Some of the grant programs we administer include:
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program: This grant assists unaccompanied refugee minors develop appropriate skills for entering adulthood and to achieve social self-sufficiency. Funded by a federal passthrough grant distributed by the Colorado Department of Human Services.
Chafee Program / Pathways to Success: This program is sponsored by the Center for Policy Research and establishes an intervention site to prevent and address homelessness among Colorado youth currently in or transitioning out of foster care.
Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF): This time-limited federal program supports reunification and strengthens families through individualized family service plans.
Colorado Community Response (CCR): Colorado Community Response is a state grant from the Colorado Department of Human Services Office of Early Childhood. The program provides supports to families to aid in the prevention of child maltreatment.
Colorado Fatherhood Program: This program is an initiative of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood through the federally administered Fatherhood FIRE Grant. It supports fathers and father figures to build nurturing parenting and healthy relationship skills, and gain tools to work toward financial well-being.
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG): This federal pass-through grant, from the United States Health and Human Services to the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, funds programs designed to reduce the effects of poverty. Every three years the DHS CSBG Advisory Board conducts a Community Needs Assessment to determine program priorities. 2023 subrecipients are administering programs to reduce barriers to employment and food access for individuals and families living in poverty in Denver.