Human Services Planning

Our mission is to research, evaluate and implement innovative social policy through regional collaborative planning and community funding.

About the HSP

• We work with many kinds of organizations to plan for the future needs of Boulder residents and provide support for the community to meet Boulder's current human service needs.
• We coordinate the department’s planning processes for the Housing and Human Services Master Plan, community projects and coordination with other departments across the city.
• We use national and state planning and policy perspectives to focus on issues that have strategic, local impact. We provide:
  • information about and analysis of community social and human service issues;
  • development of community solutions to social concerns;
  • policy analysis and development;
  • surveys and assessments of needs, trends and best practices
  • technical assistance for nonprofit organizations to build community capacity;
  • evaluation of city funding investments;
  • partnerships with community and government organizations to provide comprehensive, coordinated, integrated human services; and
  • funding to nonprofit organizations to support community services.