Awarded Grants

$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.

$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.

$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.

$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.

$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.

$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.

$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.

$150,000 over 2 years to support youth by creating spaces to address mental health through the Value Of Life campaign led by Apprentice of Peace Youth Organization’s Youth Advisory Council as well as creating opportunities for leadership and character development.

$132,750 over 1 years to pilot a 12-week workshop series to prevent future or recurring justice involvement for youth at Vista Academy, North High School, and Mount View. Each cohort will be provided with access to mental health services, and skills for healing and coping with trauma.

$145,795 over 2 years to hire a full-time employee for the Mental Health and Substance Misuse Support project who will specialize in working with individuals with mental health and substance misuse needs at the Cornerstone Residences, a permanent supportive housing community.