Five months after launching an ambitious plan designed to help newly arrived migrants transition into more stable lives through temporary housing, job training and other supports, Denver officials said this week that the city will not continue the program next year.

Denver's Asylum Seeker Program (DASP) will not continue as it exists today because there simply isn't a need, according to city officials.

The Denver Asylum Seeker Program — designed to house, feed and provide job training to mainly Venezuelan migrants while they file federal asylum applications and await authorization to legally work in the U.