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Join the Denver Afterschool Alliance for our Fall Kick-off Event! This semester the DAA is encouraging the Out-of-School Time Community to prioritize your mental, physical and emotional health with self-care. To kick-off this effort, we have assembled Denver OST organizations to facilitate activities geared to help you to practice mindfulness, move your body and generate some calm as we embark on a new school year.
While RTD fares remain free for all riders through the end of August as part of the Zero Fare for Better Air initiative, this new program will allow youth ages 19 and under to continue to use RTD’s services at no cost. Zero Fare for Youth begins Sept. 1 and will last through August 2024.
DAAconnect Updates
The Survey of Academic and Youth Outcomes Surveys for youth (SAYO Y) and staff (SAYO S) are now available in multiple languages in DAAconnect! If you are interested in administering a survey within your organization, please contact DAA Quality Counts Network Lead, John Lewis, for more information!
Back To School is officially here, and families are looking for fall programs! Take a moment to visit our Youth Program Locator and make sure your fall programs are listed, so that families can easily find you! If you need to update your information, pleaselogin to DAAconnect today!
The Art Garage, whose mission is to offer arts-based programs that inspire, empower and promote creative self-expression by people of all ages and backgrounds, is looking for new part-time studio assistants, visual art instructors, and party instructors. For more information, follow this link: https://artgaragedenver.com/articles/85
Community Opportunities
SeriesFest Mobile Cinema Lab is a traveling program that brings video production and storyteller education into schools across Colorado. The program features up-to-date film and audio equipment and instruction by professional filmmakers. They have a fully developed curriculum that guides students through writing, production, post-production, and more! SeriesFest strives to inspire and celebrate the voice of every student and believe it is their mission to break down barriers that limit access for students in our community. To learn more, please clickhere.
Servicios de la Raza has an amazing opportunity open to Denver's high school aged youth to participate in a youth conference on October 27, 2023! The youth conference focuses on creating a movement through education and healing, and will include workshops (on a number of amazing topics), an education and resource fair, youth speakers and more! Check out the flyer for more information HERE.
The Office of Children's Affairs is excited to announce a new funding opportunity funded from the sale of the Denver Broncos! This opportunity is intended to support youth programming in Denver and will result in contracts for January 1-December 31, 2024. Funding requests must be a minimum of $25,000, and there is no maximum. A total of $1.2 million is anticipated to be awarded.
Check out the RFP at this link: www.bidnetdirect.com//cityandcountyofdenver Please note: Interested applicants will need to submit a "Vendor Registration" in Bidnet in order to gain access to the RFP. You can register at no cost and if you need any assistance doing so, please reach out to Vendor Support and they will walk you through the entire process (contact information below). Vendor Support:
2023 REQUEST FOR GRANT PROPOSALS
Gary Community Ventures has released requests for grant proposals in three focus areas. Click on the links below to learn more about each RFP:
Gary Community Ventures looks forward to partnering with organizations that have a focus in these areas and a commitment to advancing the promise and potential of kids and families from low-income backgrounds and BIPOC communities in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, and/or Jefferson counties. Organizations new to Gary and BIPOC-led organizations doing work aligned to the proposal focus areas are highly encouraged to consider applying. Proposals will be due at 5:00 pm MT on September 1, 2023. Grant Awards will be announced on October 20th. *Visit garycommunity.org/rfp for details and zoom links
Emotional Intelligence Corner:
Proactive Self-Care Series
The DAA Collective is leaning into the practice of “proactive self-care” this fall. Many of us have experienced it or at least heard it...as part of the standard pre-flight announcements, the flight attendant instructs that, "if there should be a change in cabin pressure...put your oxygen mask on first before helping others." While this is often used as a metaphor for self-care, it also implies there is an extreme emergency. Many of us WAIT until our lives reach that point before we take action. We want you to practice self-care EVERYDAY. Practicing small moments of self-care daily will fill your tank; protecting you from things like burnout and create the conditions for you to show up as your best, authentic self personally and professionally. Below is a list of small actions (we will add to the list each newsletter) you can take to build your self-care practice muscles. Start with one and go from there. You deserve it.
