Community Resources

Explore Benefits and Resources

  1. Do I qualify for Government Benefits?

    My Friend Ben Benefits Eligibility Resource Partnership imageMyFriendBen is a service that helps individuals find eligible benefits and tax credits. It’s a self-service platform that puts you in the driver’s seat to explore savings opportunities quickly and confidentially.

    What programs and services are available in my community?

    The Broomfield Public Resource Directory is a one-stop shop for health and human services needs. Broken down by age and service type, the Broomfield Public Resource Directory has easy-to-use interactive search tools to help find local resources that fit your needs. 
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Community Resource Guides

View Broomfield Library's Community Resource Guides and associated Book Lists by clicking on the links below.

Spanish-language guides are italicized and marked with three asterisks***.

Las guías de recursos en español aparecen en letra itálica y están marcadas con tres asteriscos***.


Paper copies of the Resource Guides are available at the library.

Criteria for Inclusion in Community Resource Guides

  • Resources offer specific and useful services that will be directly available to likely patrons at the Broomfield Library.
  • Resources with in-person services are available to Broomfield residents and usually have a physical location in/relatively near Broomfield.
  • Resources with remote-only services will be considered on a limited, case by case basis.
  • Resources are free or very low-cost.
  • Broomfield Library staff must be able to easily verify an organization’s information. Information must come directly from the organization or materials created by the organization, be verifiable as active and up-to-date, and be publicly available.
  • The resource guides do not include resources that are primarily or solely associated with specific political advocacy that is not directly and officially affiliated with the City and County of Broomfield.
  • Resources offer services with continued, long-term availability. Resource guides do not include one-off events or programs with inconsistent or irregular availability.

Do you have suggestions for resources to add to the Resource Guides? Please email them to referencedesk@broomfield.org.

Community Resource Cabinet

Broomfield Library's Community Resource Cabinet contains personal hygiene items, food, and protective clothing that patrons can take for free.* It is located along the northeast wall on the second floor behind the nonfiction stacks. Discovery Church and individual donors provide most of the supplies in the Community Resource Cabinet  - thank you!

If you would like to make a donation to the library's Community Resource Cabinet, please ask for assistance at the reference desk.

*Please note that supplies are limited. Some items cannot be replenished until the next donation.

SWAP (Severe Weather Activation Program)

The Severe Weather Activation Program (SWAP) is a partnership between Brighton-based nonprofit Almost Home, Inc. and Broomfield and Adams counties that activates during inclement weather and provides life-saving measures for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. SWAP will assess households and administer hotel vouchers directly to enrolled households when the weather poses a threat to the well-being and lives of people sleeping or living outdoors.