Every order = a paycheck for someone rebuilding.
Street2Life is a Denver print shop and a program of Open Door Ministries — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. When you buy custom apparel from us, you are literally paying someone in their first 90 days of transitional employment after prison, addiction, or homelessness. Great gear, real second chance, every order.
A paycheck is the single hardest thing to get.
For someone stepping out of prison, off the street, or out of an addiction program, the biggest barrier to a stable life is not motivation. It is a first paycheck. Traditional employers won’t take the risk on someone with a criminal record, a gap in their résumé, or a shelter as their listed address. Without paid work, the cycle continues.
A paid job program disguised as a print shop.
Street2Life is not, primarily, a screen printer. It is a paid transitional employment program that happens to run a screen-printing shop. Every position on the floor was created for someone at the exact moment they needed a first step back — with real wages, real hours, and a real work reference at the end. The shirts we ship are a byproduct of a life being rebuilt.
That is the deliberate model, not marketing language. We chose apparel because it is a trade the crew can learn, the orders scale, and the finished product ships out the door with a story attached. Every quote submitted through this website is a job for someone else.
What your order actually does.
It is not a “% of proceeds” arrangement. There is no separate for-profit entity siphoning margin. Every dollar of order revenue stays inside the nonprofit, and the labor cost of your shirts IS the mission.
Three to six months of paid rebuilding.
Program participants are people in Open Door Ministries’ broader ecosystem — coming out of transitional housing, an addiction program, or the reentry pipeline. Street2Life is the paid-work leg of a whole-person program.
Paid work · real wages
Full paychecks, real hours, on a real production floor. Not volunteer time, not stipends — actual employment.
Mentorship + case management
Weekly check-ins, housing support, sobriety accountability, spiritual care. Nobody rebuilds alone.
Trade skills + soft skills
Screen printing is the trade taught. Showing up on time, working a team, taking feedback — the skills that transfer to every next job.
Pathway to permanent work
Graduates leave with a real work reference, savings, and a résumé. Employers who won’t take a first chance will often take a second.
A program of Open Door Ministries.
Street2Life is not a separate business or LLC. It is one program inside Open Door Ministries, a Denver 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 84-1487135) that has served Denver for more than two decades. ODM operates transitional housing, food access, family services, addiction recovery support, and reentry programs — all from a single campus at 1520 Marion Street. Street2Life is the paid-work leg of that whole-person model.
Founded in 2001 in Denver’s City Park West neighborhood, ODM has grown from a small hospitality house into an integrated recovery-focused ministry serving hundreds of people every year. Every dollar of Street2Life revenue flows through ODM’s nonprofit accounts. No shareholders. No distributions. No owner take-home.
Three ways to fund a comeback.
Order custom apparel
Every order funds paid work on the shop floor. Same-quality shirts as anywhere else, real second chance included.
Get a quote →Donate directly to ODM
Direct gifts to Open Door Ministries fund overhead, expansion, and the program layers that make paid work possible.
Donate →Volunteer or mentor
ODM runs mentorship, hospitality, and skills-training programs year-round. Invest an evening a week and change a trajectory.
Get in touch →Legal & financial documentation
For grantmakers, corporate CSR reviewers, and Google Ad Grants policy reviewers verifying the social-enterprise model: Street2Life is a program of Open Door Ministries, a Colorado 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All revenue flows through ODM’s tax-exempt accounts. No separate for-profit entity, no shareholder distributions, no owner compensation from Street2Life revenue.
- Legal name
- Open Door Ministries (dba Street2Life Print Shop)
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3) public charity · EIN 84-1487135
- State of incorporation
- Colorado
- Address
- 1520 Marion St, 3rd Floor · Denver, CO 80218
- Website
- odmdenver.org · street2life.com
- Founded
- ODM 2001 · Street2Life program 2012
- Public records
- IRS Exempt Organizations Search (search EIN 84-1487135)
- Contact
- info@street2life.com · Kelly Bailey, Shop Director