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Attention 2023 OCA Award Recipients!
We have added two more virtual OCA award report training sessions! This is a mandatory training for all new award recipients in 2023.Please sign up at the links below:
Awardees that are representing Comprehensive programs: please schedule a one-on-one training session with Lisa Muellerinstead of signing up to attend this session!
FREE Summer Meals For Youth!
Youth, ages 5 - 18, are invited to enjoy FREE breakfast, lunch, supper and/or a nutritious snack, all summer long, all over the city of Denver! No ID or registration is required.
23 new locations have been addedas Tasty Food Sites, so make sure you check out the updated Summer Tasty Food Site schedules: English Spanish
To find a Tasty Food site near you, please visit the website HERE
The Office of Children's Affairs is looking for youth and adults to join the Mayor's Youth Commission in Denver! Here, you'll have the opportunity to work directly with city leaders and community members to address issues and identify solutions that impact young people in Denver. What a great platform where you can 'Be the Change!'
To apply, youth must be a Denver resident or attending Denver Public Schools (high school) in 2023 - 2024. Adults must be employed with a youth-serving organization or the City and County of Denver.
Seeking Incoming DPS 9th Grade Students for Ready For 202X !
Ready for 202X is a program that helps give incoming freshmen the skills they need to be successful though high school and beyond! Students can register to participate HERE.
Please pass along this program flyer to your networks!
Have Your Voice Heard!
The Denver Afterschool Alliance (DAA) has been partnering with Vanderbilt University, Research for Action and the Wallace Foundation on a study for the last year and a half on understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Out-of-School Time (OST) ecosystem. Data from this study will help inform how to support recovery as communities start rebuilding. A HUGE "THANK YOU" to all of the organizations that have already completed the survey! We still have so many more of your voices that need to be heard!Help us tell and share the magnificent impact of OST programming for youth and families in this great city!
All organizations that have worked with the DAA since 2018 are eligible to participate. Simply use the QR link above to take the survey TODAY!
As a small token of our appreciation, we will send you a Starbucks gift card upon survey completion.
Family Support Services on the Youth Program Locator! We are excited to provide families with an easy way to search for support services on the Youth Program Locator! Support services include mental health support, veteran's support, rental assistance, substance misuse support, clothing, food banks, and much more. This is a new search category on the Youth Program Locator, but we need more support services added!
For organizations that offer such services, please add these selections to your DAAconnect profile, so that they are listed on the Youth Program Locator. In DAAconnect, visit the Organization Profile tab, add or select an existing Focus Area and view the additional subservice categories under Health, Wellness & Family Supports service category. If you know of an organization that provides these services, but is not listed on the Youth Program Locator, please let us know so we can reach out.
Summer is just around the corner! Don't wait to update!
Now is a great time to visit our Youth Program Locator and make sure your summer programs are listed, so that families can easily find you! If you are not on the Youth Program Locator or need to update your information, please login to DAAconnect today and update your profile and program schedule.
Denver Economic Development & Opportunity's (DEDO) Neighborhood Equity & Stabilization (NEST) division is releasing its Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for federally funded neighborhood support services in 2024. NEST is seeking proposals from qualified applicants to deliver neighborhood public services that fall within the following focus areas: mental health & wellness, child & youth programming, older adult support, small business support, and nonprofit capacity-building.
Proposals are now openand the deadline to submit is Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 4 p.m. MDT.
The application and the guidelines are available HERE.
Submit questions on the NOFA Guidelines by Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 4:00 pm MDT, HERE.
Employment Opportunities
Denver Kids is currently seeking to fill two positions in the Educational SEL Counselor role, as well as one position in a Youth Pathways Advisor role! Check out these links to the job postings: Educational SEL Counselor Youth Pathways Advisor
Do you know anyone in the Denver Metro, Green Valley Ranch, or Montbello looking for part-time employment and also enjoys working with youth doing meaningful work? Are you looking for additional experience working with youth in an after school setting? Colorado "I Have A Dream" Foundation (CIHAD)is hiring Engagement Specialists at their Green Valley Ranch location (Z Place Opportunity Center)! Apply using the link HERE!
Emotional Intelligence Corner:
June Is LGBTQ+ Pride Month!
Pride Month is celebrated annually during the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Riots, an uprising that marks the beginning of an ongoing movement to prevent discriminatory laws and practices against LGBTQ+ Americans. It is a time to acknowledge the challenges faced by this community and to stand in solidarity with their fight for equality, acceptance, and human rights, as well as a time to recognize the LGBTQ+ community and their many contributions to society.
The It Gets Better Project has identified more than 1100 organizations in countries all over the world that are offering support to LGBTQ+ youth, check them out HERE.
