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Awarded Grants

5280 High School

Recovery High School - Summit Program

$275,000 over 2 years for the Summit Program to serve students in recovery from addiction by providing a strong pro-social peer community, specialized recovery supports, and an engaging educational environment. This grant will expand this Denver, including those with engagement in the legal system. The initial outcomes for this recovery program show great success in providing the environment and support teenagers need to remain clean and sober, and progress towards high school graduation.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Alternatives to Jail
Year Approved:
2020

5280 High School

Recovery High School Programming & Mental Health Supports

$366,168 over 3 years to continue and enhance this organization's ability to provide a strong pro-social peer community, specialized recovery supports, and an engaging educational environment to hundreds of Denver teens.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Alternatives to Jail
Year Approved:
2022

5280 High School

Youth Peer Recovery Group

$100,230 over 1 years for an after-school and weekend recovery program designed to serve the most at-risk students at 5280 High School and the surrounding area. It will provide the support youth need to be able to get traction from old habits and establish new patterns of living and new peer groups.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Youth
Year Approved:
2023

5280 High School

Youth Peer Recovery Program with Wraparound Support

$189,052 over 1 years to support students ages 15-21 in recovery by providing afterschool recovery supports through the Altitude Youth Recovery Program and in-school mental health supports.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Youth
Year Approved:
2024

A Little Help

A Little Help for Older Adults’ Mental Health

$117,000 over 3 years to reduce social isolation and address mental health challenges for older adults in Denver using its trusted neighbors volunteer model.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Community-Centered Solutions
Year Approved:
2021

Ability Connection Colorado

Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program (RAMP) Youth Resiliency Project and Trauma Intervention Support

$347,442 over 2 years to provide support to BIPOC youth with disabilities through trauma-informed mentoring and mental health care.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Youth
Year Approved:
2024

Adam's Purpose

Grief Support for Bereaved Moms of Color

$344,398 over 2 years to provide mental health support for bereaved moms of color, educate communities of color on effective ways to cope with grief and mourning, and destigmatize mental health.

City Council District:
5,
8,
9,
10,
11
Focus Area:
Innovative
Year Approved:
2023

Adoption Options

Fostering Healthy Futures

$108,914 over 3 years for Fostering Healthy Futures for pre-teens, a mentoring and skills training program for 9-to-11-year-old youth who have been placed out of the home due to child welfare involvement. This evidence-based program addresses the social emotional and coping needs of children.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Youth
Year Approved:
2021

Adoption Options

Fostering Healthy Futures Pre-Teens and Teens

$237,416 over 3 years for Fostering Healthy Futures, an evidence-based program promoting positive youth development for children with child welfare involvement through individualized support and accessible skills training.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Youth
Year Approved:
2024

Apprentice of Peace Youth Organization

Responsive/Innovative - COVID-19

$30,000 over 0.5 years in recognition that the disparate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are in part the result of a larger experience of trauma faced by the Black community, funds were provided to address mental health, substance misuse, and trauma needs in the Black community in Denver.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Responsive/Innovative – COVID-19 Response
Year Approved:
2020