STAT BAR
64 counties · Colorado DCJ + Federal BOP · 30 Community Corrections facilities · RRM Denver
KEY COLORADO FACTS
Colorado has one of the most developed state community corrections systems in the directory
Colorado term: Community Corrections - officially; "halfway house" widely used interchangeably
Regulator: Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), Office of Community Corrections (OCC)
30 Community Corrections facilities statewide (CDOC count as of most recent data)
$87.7 million annual state funding - ~16% of Colorado's public safety budget
Average stay: 237 days (2020 data)
Three placement pathways: Diversion (court), Transition (CDOC), Parole condition
Resident cost-share: up to $17/day; state reimburses facility $47.46/day per occupied bed
DCJ publishes full facility directory with addresses at dcj.colorado.gov
22 local Community Corrections Boards regulate facilities by judicial district
1 BOP RRM region covers Colorado: RRM Denver
64 counties
BOP FEDERAL RRC CONTACTS (Colorado)
RRM DENVER (Colorado + KS + MT + NE + ND + SD + UT + WY):
Office: 1215 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80204
Coverage: Colorado falls under RRM Denver
Pull all Colorado federal RRC listings from: bop.gov/business/rrc_directory.jsp (filter CO)
Known federal RRC in Colorado:
RRK Enterprise dba Independence House
Denver, CO 80236 / (303) 919-7231
Pull full address from bop.gov/business/rrc_directory.jsp
Additional CO federal RRCs: pull full CO list from BOP directory
COLORADO STATE SYSTEM - COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
Governing authority: Colorado Revised Statutes - CRS §17-27-101 et seq.
Oversight: DCJ Office of Community Corrections (OCC) - dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/occ
CDOC community corrections page: cdoc.colorado.gov/community-corrections
MANDATORY REFERRAL: Colorado law states offenders "shall" be referred to Community Corrections
Offenders can waive using form AR 550-01A
Referrals typically go to county where offender plans to reside OR county of conviction
THREE PLACEMENT PATHWAYS:
1. Diversion (Direct Sentence): Court sentences offender directly to community corrections
instead of prison - for eligible felonies
2. Transition: CDOC inmates finishing their sentence in community corrections before full release
Case manager submits application electronically to Community Corrections Office within Adult Parole
Referral typically to county where offender plans to reside; re-referred every 6 months if denied
3. Parole Condition: CDOC releases person on parole with community corrections as a condition
RESIDENT COST:
Residents pay up to $17/day
State reimburses facility $47.46/day per occupied bed
Both fees required - note for families: not entirely free even for state placements
AVERAGE STAY: 237 days (2020 state data) - longer than most states in directory
SPECIALTY PROGRAMS within community corrections:
Intensive Residential Treatment (IRT)
Residential Dual Diagnosis Treatment (RDDT)
Therapeutic Community (TC)
EMBARC (Enhancing Motivation by Achieving Reshaped Cognition) pilot
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Sex Offender Supervision and Treatment Programs (SOSTP) - must comply with SOMB standards
22 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS BOARDS - one per judicial district:
Boards regulate facilities within their district; some boards do their own auditing
Key boards and contacts listed at: dcj.colorado.gov/local-community-corrections-boards
FULL FACILITY DIRECTORY: dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/occ/corrections-boards-programs
This is the authoritative public facility list - names, addresses, phones, directors, gender served
KNOWN FACILITIES (partial - pull full list from DCJ page):
DENVER JUDICIAL DISTRICT:
Independence House Pecos - Male / 4101 Pecos St, Denver, CO 80218 / (303) 455-7667
Director: Jennifer Tegart
Project: Elevate - Female / 4280 Kearney St, Denver, CO 80216 / (720) 337-2240
Director: Cass Harris
IMPACT Center - Male / 10500 Smith Road, Denver, CO 80239 / (720) 913-3825
Director: Maxwell Abagulum
Moore Center - Male / 570 West 44th Avenue, Denver, CO 80216 / (720) 913-3825
Director: Carrie Barton
1ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Adams County):
CoreCivic Adams Transitional Center - Male / 1450 E. 62nd Ave, Denver, CO 80216 / (720) 377-0900
Director: Mike Gardner
ICCS Adams - Male/Female / 8031 I-76 Service Rd, Henderson, CO 80640 / (720) 523-7463
Director: Jessica Fields
18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln):
CoreCivic Arapahoe Community Treatment Center - Male / 3265 W. Girard Ave, Englewood, CO 80110 / (303) 761-7685
Director: Victoria Longstrom
GEO Arapahoe County Residential Center - Female/Male / 2135 W. Chenango Ave, Littleton, CO 80120 / (303) 795-6975
Director: Angie Phebus
CoreCivic Centennial Community Transition Center - Male / 14485 E. (get full address from DCJ)
3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Huerfano + Las Animas):
Contact: Martin M. Malouff / 401 Main Street, Ste. 304, Walsenburg, CO 81089 / (719) 497-8250
4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (El Paso + Teller):
Contact: Christine Burns / Scot Smith / 2002 Creek Crossing, Colorado Springs, CO 80905
(719) 520-6996 / ChristineBurns@elpasoco.com
DURANGO / LA PLATA COUNTY:
Southwest Colorado Community Corrections Center (Hilltop House)
1050 Avenida del Sol, Durango, CO 81301 / (970) 247-1342
Contact: Desiree Lipe, CCB Administrator
ADDITIONAL FROM REMERG.COM:
Advantage Treatment Center Alamosa - Male/Female / Alamosa, CO - CDOC approved collection site
Advantage Treatment Center Lamar - Male / Lamar, CO
Advantage Treatment Center Sterling - Male/Female / Sterling, CO
Second Chance Center - Aurora, CO - MOORE Center collaborative
Pull complete facility list from: dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/occ/corrections-boards-programs
KEY LAW FACTS
DCJ Office of Community Corrections: dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/occ
DCJ FAQ: dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/occ/FAQ
CDOC Community Corrections: cdoc.colorado.gov/community-corrections
CDOC Inmate Search: doc.colorado.gov/offendersearch
Sex offender restrictions (C.R.S. §18-3-412.5):
Registered sex offenders: cannot reside within 1,000 feet of school, child care center, or public swimming pool
Sex offender community corrections placements: must comply with Colorado Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB) standards
Facilities accepting sex offenders require SOMB licensing - additional layer beyond DCJ licensing
Most standard community corrections facilities do not accept sex offenders
OVERSIGHT NOTE (from ProPublica 2021 investigation):
22 community corrections boards regulate facilities but many boards haven't audited facilities in 5+ years
State directed performance-based funding standards in 2014 but implementation slow
New audit requirements enacted following investigation - expanded scope including nutrition, grievances, property
Families should be aware that oversight quality varies by judicial district
INTRO
If your loved one is approaching release from a Colorado prison, the state has one of the most structured and best-funded community corrections systems in the country. Colorado operates 30 state-funded Community Corrections facilities - what the state officially calls them, though "halfway house" is used interchangeably. The system receives $87.7 million annually - nearly 16% of Colorado's public safety budget - and is regulated by the Division of Criminal Justice's Office of Community Corrections through 22 local Community Corrections Boards across the state's judicial districts.
Colorado's placement system has three distinct pathways. Diversion placements are ordered by a judge as an alternative to prison - appropriate for eligible felonies. Transition placements move CDOC inmates from prison into community corrections in the final phase of their sentence. And parole condition placements require community corrections as a condition of release. The pathway determines how placement is initiated and by whom.
For federal inmates, Colorado is covered by BOP Residential Reentry Management Denver - 1215 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80204 - which also oversees Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
One important financial reality: Colorado community corrections placements are not entirely free. Residents pay up to $17 per day. The state covers most of the cost ($47.46/day reimbursement to facilities), but families should know the resident contribution exists.
HOW COLORADO STATE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS WORKS
Colorado law requires ("shall") that CDOC inmates be referred to community corrections before release unless they waive the referral using form AR 550-01A. Referrals go to the county where the person plans to reside, or to the county of conviction.
For Transition placements: the inmate's case manager submits an electronic application to the Community Corrections Office within Adult Parole. The application goes to the appropriate county's Community Corrections Board, which reviews and approves or denies placement. If denied, re-referral can happen every six months.
The county where placement is sought matters - each county has its own Community Corrections Board and its own facilities. The board for that county must approve the application. If the board denies, the person may be re-referred to a different county.
Average length of stay is 237 days - over seven months - making Colorado's stays among the longest in the directory.
DCJ'S PUBLISHED FACILITY DIRECTORY
The Colorado Division of Criminal Justice publishes a complete list of community corrections programs with addresses, phone numbers, directors, and gender served at dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/occ/corrections-boards-programs. This is the most comprehensive state-published halfway house directory in this entire national directory. Pull directly from this page for facility data.
THE SECOND CHANCE CENTER - AURORA
The MOORE Center (Men Overcoming Obstacles Reentry Center) is a collaborative program between the City and County of Denver and the Second Chance Center in Aurora - one of the more innovative reentry programs in Colorado, run by a nonprofit with strong community roots. Worth noting as a key resource on the Denver/Arapahoe county pages.
SEX OFFENDER RESTRICTIONS IN COLORADO
Colorado law (C.R.S. §18-3-412.5) prohibits registered sex offenders from residing within 1,000 feet of a school, child care center, or public swimming pool. Community corrections facilities that accept sex offenders must be licensed under the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB) standards - a separate licensing layer beyond standard DCJ community corrections certification. Most facilities do not carry SOMB certification. Contact the judicial district's Community Corrections Board for facilities that do accept sex offenders.
COLORADO REENTRY RESOURCES
DCJ Office of Community Corrections: dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/occ
DCJ Facility Directory: dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/occ/corrections-boards-programs
DCJ Local Boards: dcj.colorado.gov/local-community-corrections-boards
CDOC Community Corrections: cdoc.colorado.gov/community-corrections
CDOC Community Based Services: cdoc.colorado.gov/parole-and-re-entry-services/community-based-services
CDOC Inmate Search: doc.colorado.gov/offendersearch
Second Chance Center (Aurora): thesecondchancecenter.org
Remerg.com - Colorado CC directory: remerg.com/category/parole-probation/community-corrections/
Colorado Legal Services: coloradolegalservices.org / (303) 837-1313
BOP RRM Denver: 1215 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80204
211 Colorado: dial 211 - statewide housing and services referral
COUNTY GRID
All 64 Colorado counties - pills linking to city directory pages
Frequently asked questions
Q: What are Community Corrections facilities in Colorado?
A: The official term for what most people call halfway houses in Colorado. Regulated by the Division of Criminal Justice through 22 local Community Corrections Boards, with 30 facilities statewide receiving $87.7 million in annual state funding.
Q: Is Colorado community corrections placement free?
A: Not entirely. Residents pay up to $17 per day. The state reimburses facilities $47.46 per day, covering most of the cost - but the resident co-pay is real.
Q: How does a CDOC inmate get placed in community corrections?
A: Their case manager submits an electronic application to the Community Corrections Office within Adult Parole. The application goes to the county Community Corrections Board for where the person plans to live. The board must approve placement. If denied, re-referral can happen every 6 months.
Q: Which BOP RRM office covers Colorado?
A: RRM Denver - 1215 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80204 - also covering Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
Q: What is the DCJ facility directory?
A: The Colorado Division of Criminal Justice publishes a complete list of community corrections programs with addresses, phones, directors, and gender served at dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/occ/corrections-boards-programs - one of the most comprehensive state-published halfway house directories in the country. TruthFinder WIDGET Search Colorado inmate and arrest records DATA SOURCE NOTICE State facility directory: dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/occ/corrections-boards-programs DCJ Office of Community Corrections: dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/occ Federal RRC data: bop.gov/business/rrc_directory.jsp (filter CO) BOP RRM Denver: 1215 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80204 CDOC: cdoc.colorado.gov / doc.colorado.gov/offendersearch