From its inception, Open Door was created to fill an urgent community needs to build a community-based program that addressed and alleviated the devastating effects of escalating gang activity and violence. In recent years, Open Door has adjusted its focus to a preventive posture in an attempt to address the larger socioeconomic issues that surround the problem of gang violence. Open Door is seriously focused on prevention by providing alternative choices, understanding opportunities, and presenting new realities for a healthier lifestyle for urban youth and gang-affiliated parolees.
Open Door, in collaboration with Colorado Department of Corrections, creates specialized and individualized plans which offer assistance in the areas of housing, employment skills and job readiness, transportation, money management, mentoring, family relationships, and support systems.