Grantees

Support to provide expanded learning and employment opportunities to members of the group’s youth advisory committee. (Fiscal sponsor: Boys & Girls Club of the San Luis Valley, Inc.) (Community Partnerships Culmination Phase grant)

Support for an after-school program in Dove Creek. (Community Partnerships Culmination Phase grant)

Support for expanding outreach and educational programming, and for further developing the organization’s new community center. (Community Partnerships Culmination Phase grant)

Support for the Rural Youth Public Health Summit.

Bridge funding support for organization staff during the post-Community Partnerships transition period. (Community Partnerships Culmination Phase grant)

Support for hiring a part-time digital and social media strategist.

Support for research and assessment of expanding the organization’s fiscal sponsorship services.

Alpine Achievers Initiative works to inspire, connect and nurture youth, families and communities in rural Colorado. This support is for three health equity-focused initiatives in Saguache County: summer programming in three communities that includes tutoring and recreational opportunities for youth; active allyship training for 40 educators that work in the county; and the implementation of gender sexuality alliances in multiple schools. (Community Partnerships Culmination Phase grant)

Support for the Fountain Valley Communities That Care coalition and its Connect Fountain project, which aims to bolster community connection, involvement and resource access for Fountain Valley youth and their families. This will include encouraging youth to participate in the community, connecting youth and families to existing resources, and training service providers on youth and family engagement. Youth input will factor into a gap analysis, helping to identify ways to effectively meet needs. Enhancing and creating youth opportunities through Connect Fountain will increase a sense of belonging and interpersonal relationships, and show young people that they are valued residents of Fountain. (Community Partnerships Culmination Phase grant)

Support for the Hillside Community Food Hub in the Hillside neighborhood of Colorado Springs. For nearly six years, Food to Power engaged neighbors and partners to help form the vision for this space, which now features gardening education, no-cost grocery programs, a production farm, demonstration kitchen, events venue and more. Now that the food hub has been built, these funds will support efforts to fulfill its promise to address food insecurity and strengthen the social and community context of the Hillside neighborhood. (Community Partnerships Culmination Phase grant)