Tremaine’s Story
How Warren Village Helped Tremaine Rebuild His Foundation
When Tremaine’s seven-year-old daughter Eliza saw her new bunk bed at Warren Village’s Alameda campus, there was no question which bed she’d pick: top bunk all the way. Why the top bunk? She smiles and curls her hands over her eyes like binoculars. “Because I like to get a big view of our kitchen so I can spy what my dad’s cooking for me.”
For Tremaine, having a safe resting place for Eliza meant everything, and it showed right away. “It just seems like she’s more happy,” he says. “Just having her own space, somewhere she can call home.”
Getting to this point wasn’t easy. After Tremaine lost his steady job as a security guard, the hits kept coming: first he lost his car, then his apartment. After staying with family in Aurora, he and Eliza spent six challenging weeks in a shelter before his family convinced him to apply to Warren Village. He admits he was reluctant to accept help at first. “I was kind of being hard-headed,” he says.
"We want to help others like Warren Village helped us out."
Rebuilding His Credit — and His Confidence
Once he arrived, Tremaine got to work. He enrolled in a workforce-preparation course with the Center for Work Education and Employment (CWEE), our partner organization. CWEE built his confidence up, he says, and helped him purchase a car with matched savings. “They’re really supportive and they motivate you,” he says. “I was kind of really upset about leaving the program. I was like, man, how can I get back and see you?”
His proudest achievement since staying at Warren Village, he says, is rebuilding his credit. He spent months in the computer lab downstairs building his own plan with ChatGPT and following it religiously. Since January 2026, he says, he has moved his credit score from the 500s to the 700s.
Dreams for the Future
His dream is to own his own package-delivery business, and to hire people who have been in difficult situations like him. “We want to help out others like [Warren Village] helped us out,” he says of him and his daughter.
Tremaine was one of the first residents of Warren Village at Alameda, our newest campus, and one of only a few fathers in our community. It’s a role he embraces: he throws a football with kids in the building. “I try to be a positive role model for these kids,” he says. “Lots of them don’t have dads.”
When asked what Warren Village has meant to him, Tremaine exudes gratitude, pointing to services like the onsite Denver Health clinic and events like Family Night. “Whoever is putting any money into Warren Village,” he says, “just know that money’s being spent well.”