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.

$418,224 over 3 years to provide support to brain injury survivors who are incarcerated in Denver County Jail through screening, psychoeducation curriculum, accommodations, and re-entry support. This project will increase the well-being, resiliency, and independence of brain injury survivors who are justice-involved and ultimately reduce recidivism among repeat offenders. As the majority of individuals incarcerated are brain injury survivors, this organization is uniquely positioned to address their unique needs, filling gaps left by the criminal justice system.

$1,219,841 over 3 years to expand the partnership with Denver specialty courts to support brain injury survivors. This organization will provide brain injury screenings, psychoeducation courses, specialized addiction counseling, and re-entry support.

$194,380 over 2 years to serve formerly incarcerated or recovering individuals in the Denver area through direct support utilizing trained health professional(s), resource navigation, and combined informational workshops to further bridge the barriers within the re-entry/recovery community.

$105,300 over 1 years to support formerly incarcerated or recovering individuals in the Denver area by providing workshops focused on substance misuse reduction and stabilization factors for those exiting the criminal legal system.

$201,617 over 1 years for creative writing and storytelling workshops to address negative personal narratives and improve the mental health and substance misuse struggles faced by people at risk of, currently involved in, and exiting the jail system.

$437,598 over 2 years for therapeutic storytelling programming with incarcerated and post-release youth and adults to increase mental health awareness, prevent substance misuse, and decrease recidivism.

$570,655 over 3 years to support individuals in recovery and re-entry, helping break cycles of addiction and recidivism. Through a peer-led, recovery-first model, the program fosters healing, accountability, and connection—empowering participants to build stable, substance-free lives.

$359,575 over 2 years to provide gender-specific, holistic, and multi-generational care management and therapeutic resources to address undiagnosed and unaddressed trauma, which is the most frequent root cause of incarceration for young women and girls of color.