Grantees

Support for empowering young Asian American and Pacific Islander girls and gender-expansive youth in the Denver metro area through mentorship, workshops and events to foster confidence, leadership and self-identity.

Support for providing services and education for those affected by intimate partner and sexual violence in Salida and surrounding areas through the provision of clinical counseling, restorative practices and therapeutic visitation, as well as community programming to improve mental health care access.

Support for addressing transportation as a barrier to accessing food by implementing a food ordering and delivery system in three southeastern Colorado counties.

Support for the “Veg Van,” a partnership-driven, access-focused venture to provide local producers a mobile market to sell their products, and a resource for providing food access to Larimer County communities.

Support for creating a community-based collaborative that will collectively lead and coordinate food relief work in Summit County, leveraging different approaches to diminish the stigma associated with food assistance, enhancing public awareness and understanding of food insecurity, and creating a sustainability plan to continue the work.

Support for teaching traditional agricultural practices, coordinating food distribution programs, conducting nutrition and cooking classes for Native youth within the Denver metro area, and establishing an Indigenous seed library.

Support for increasing food distribution days, farmer’s markets, and outreach to homebound residents; increasing food education programs; establishing and managing an AquaPonic Farm in southeast Colorado Springs; providing education on growing food; and strengthening the Southeast Colorado Springs Food Security Coalition.

Support for increasing access to nutritious and locally grown food by conducting community action planning and implementing action items that arise as priorities, and other projects.

Support for integrating the organization’s network of food pantries, governmental assistance programs and food distribution strategies; operating a grocery delivery service, food pantry and distribution support for clients; providing education and community engagement; and implementing farm-to-consumer initiatives.

Support for expanding food security work in southwest Denver by creating an urban garden for local residents, distributing community-supported agriculture boxes at Denver Health community health centers and at Re:Vision’s weekly no-cost grocery store, delivering an intergenerational food security and nutrition curriculum, and enrolling residents into benefits programs.