History of Colorado Community Voice Mail ("CCVM") In March 2004 Nigel Alexander (owner of Multi-Link – Denver’s leading voice mail service provider) and Roxane White (Denver Manager of Human Services) were discussing the issues facing the homeless in Denver and the wide range of measures being taken by Mayor Hickenlooper’s administration to tackle the problems of homelessness. It became obvious that one fundamental problem is the inability of homeless people to communicate effectively and quickly with government agencies, potential employers and healthcare providers because they have no telephone number. Alexander began investigating the possible use of voice mail in this context. A search of the web led him to the Community Voice Mail company, a national non-profit organization headquartered in Seattle, Washington and to Jennifer Brandon. Community Voice Mail has been in the forefront of using voice mail technology to help the homeless for over a decade – and it works. After further discussions, Multi-Link and its employees decided to underwrite 100% of the costs of the initial launch and operations through December 2005.
Mayor Hickenlooper
officially launched the Colorado Community Voice Mail service on Thursday
August 12th, and we issued the first 1,000 voice mail numbers
for immediate use by our new homeless customers. As of January 1, 2007
we are serving over 4,000 homeless people. In January 2006, CCVM became responsible for funding its annual operating budget shortfall of approximately $40,000 If you would like to donate to CCVM, which is a registered 501(c)3 corporation for tax purposes, please click here. Thanks for visiting.
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