CARENET (COMMUNITY ACTION ON READING AND
EDUCATION NETWORK)
CONTACT PERSON: Zak Martin
ADDRESS: 6075 Parkway Drive Unit 201
Commerce City, CO 80022
PHONE: (720) 322-8113
FAX: (720) 322-8152
EMAIL:
zmartin@acsd14.k12.co.us
CARENET AmeriCorps members provide comprehensive
literacy tutoring for Commerce City students and families, ages
preschool through adult, resulting in measurable gains in
literacy levels of students and their families. In addition,
the program will provide quality out of school time activities
for at-risk children and youth in elementary and middle schools.
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Full-time positions. The
program year begins in the fall.
OPERATION JUMPSTART AMERICORPS
CONTACT PERSON: Erica Severson
ADDRESS: 1128 28th Street
Denver, CO 80205
PHONE: (303) 308-1420 x 123
FAX: (303) 308-1421
EMAIL: eseverson@catholiccharitiesden.com
Operation JumpStart AmeriCorps seeks to increase
school readiness skills and health awareness of high-risk
children, ages infancy to twelve, and to increase parenting and
life skills among families served in Catholic Charities Child
Care Centers in Denver, Fort Collins, and Greeley.
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Full-time positions. The
program year begins in the fall.
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH IN TRANSITION
CONTACT PERSON: Pearl Lopez
ADDRESS: 1200 Federal Blvd.
Denver, CO 80204
PHONE: (720) 944-1006
FAX: (720) 944-1716
EMAIL:
pearl.lopez@dhs.co.denver.co.us
AmeriCorps members will support the development
of local community partnerships to meet the needs of youth
between the ages of 16 and 21 who are transitioning into
self-sufficiency. Members provide comprehensive mentoring
services tailored to meet the needs of individual youth who are
transitioning out of the child welfare system (those aging out
of the foster care system) and emancipated youth, such as
helping youth obtain good jobs, enhancing family and social
network support, enhancing educational success, reducing harm
from drugs, promoting mental health and wellness, equipping
youth with life skills, and youth empowerment.
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Full-time positions in
Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, and Pueblo counties. The
program year begins in the fall.
COLORADO MENTORS ON THE MOVE
CONTACT PERSON: Dana Scott
ADDRESS: 201 E. Colfax Ave.
Denver, CO 80203
PHONE: (303) 866-6930
FAX: (303) 866-6785
EMAIL:
scott_d@cde.state.co.us
The Colorado Mentors on the Move AmeriCorps
members reduce the educational and basic needs barriers for
homeless students, preschool to 12th grade. This program will
place members in school-based and community-based programs
serving homeless children and families to provide basic needs
supplies, mentoring, tutoring, and transportation for
children/youth and assist parents with resource information. The
program operates in school districts and homeless service
agencies in multiple counties.
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Currently recruiting in the
following counties: Pueblo, Denver, Boulder, Adams,
Arapahoe, Mesa, Montrose, Larimer and Weld. Program year
beings in fall. This is an AmeriCorps Education Award Only
Program.
COLORADO HIPPYCORPS
CONTACT PERSON: Melissa Kelley
ADDRESS: Colorado Parent and Child Foundation
1775 Sherman Street, Suite 2075
Denver, Colorado 80203
PHONE: (303) 860-6000
FAX: (303) 860-7110
EMAIL:
Melissa@cpeonline.org
AmeriCorps members provide a home-based, peer
delivered, early intervention program that helps parents provide
educational enrichment in pre-literacy and health issues for
their pre-school aged children, ages three, four, and five.
Areas of operation include Denver (north, northeast, and
northwest), Jefferson County, Alamosa, Conejos and Costilla
counties.
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Participants will be recruited
primarily from existing HIPPY parents, already residents in
the local neighborhoods. Members serve in a part-time
capacity. The program year begins in the fall.
COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION
CONTACT PERSON: Jennifer Freeman
ADDRESS: 225 E. Sixteenth Ave., Suite 1180
Denver, CO 80203
PHONE: (303) 863-0600
FAX: (303) 863-0610
EMAIL: jfreeman@cyca.org
The Colorado Youth Corps Association engages
AmeriCorps members throughout Colorado in meaningful
environmental service activities. Members perform conservation
service projects for public agencies across the state with
considerable positive impact. Members recruit and utilize local
volunteers to help carryout these projects, leaving lasting
visible benefits and strengthening the ethic of service among
Colorado's young people.
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Part-time and reduced part-time service
positions. This is an AmeriCorps Education Award Only
Program. Contact information can be viewed at
www.cyca.org . This is a
youth corps program for members ages 16-25. 16 year olds
must be out-of-school youth. Program year start dates vary
from site to site.
WELD COUNTY YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS
CONTACT PERSON: Ted Long
ADDRESS:
Weld County Division of Human Services
PO Box 1805 HRD
Greeley, CO 80632
PHONE: (970) 353-8300 x3400
EMAIL:
tlong@co.weld.co.us
AmeriCorps members perform valuable service
projects that meet both environmental and educational needs for
urban and rural communities of Colorado, leaving lasting visible
benefits that would otherwise not be provided. Projects include
habitat restorations, tree planting, neighborhood clean-up,
improving access to parks for persons with disabilities, and
community beautification projects. Member will work with
elementary students one day per week during the school year.
Members serve on team under the direction of a Team Leader.
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Full- time positions within a
youth corps model for members ages 17-25. The program year
begins in the fall.
MESA STATE COLLEGE AMERICORPS PROJECT
CONTACT PERSON: Pat Verstraete
ADDRESS: 1100 North Ave. Houston Hall # 127
Grand Junction, CO 81501
PHONE: (970) 248-1874
FAX: (970) 248-1157
EMAIL:
pverstra@mesastate.edu
Mesa State College AmeriCorps Project helps local
non-profit agencies meet their goals of assisting at-risk youth
throughout Mesa County. Members are involved in a variety of
activities from tutoring youth in alternative school settings,
to mentoring foster children, to providing after school and
summer programs to middle schoolers. MSC AmeriCorps members work
with restorative justice programs, teen mothers, youth in
detention and abused and neglected children and youth. MSC
AmeriCorps members also have a great deal of fun and team
spirit.
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Full-time and part-time
positions. The program year begins in January.
HEALTHY LIFESTYLES MENTORING PROGRAM
CONTACT PERSON: Gretchen Van DeCarr
ADDRESS: 1370 Bob Adams Drive, #318 (P.O. Box 775504)
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
PHONE: (970) 879-2135
FAX: (970) 876-2135
EMAIL: rmcy@springips.com
Healthy Lifestyles Mentoring Program AmeriCorps
members serve as mentors in two capacities : school-based
mentoring (tutoring low-achieving middle school students and
providing after-school activities that promote healthy
lifestyles); and youth corps mentoring (working with youth corps
members in three conservation corps programs doing environmental
service projects and service learning activities). The program
will focus its operations in Routt County as well as serve
throughout northwest Colorado.
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This is a youth corps for
members between the ages of 16-25. Full and part-time
positions. The program year begins in August for full-time
participants and in May for part-time participants.
MILE HIGH YOUTH CORPS
CONTACT PERSON: Nathan Torti
ADDRESS: 1801 Federal Blvd.
Denver, CO 80204
PHONE: (303) 433-1206
FAX: (303) 433-5997
EMAIL: ntorti@mhyc.net
The Mile High Youth Corps engages full-time and
part-time AmeriCorps members in team based projects. The
project addresses the issues of environmental conservation and
restoration, hunger and homelessness, community improvement, and
affordable housing. Corpsmembers will complete service projects
for community project sponsors. The typical day for Americorps
members will vary based on the service projects, however the
weekly schedule will remain the same. Monday – Friday 7:30 AM –
5:00 PM.
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This is a youth corps for
members between the ages of 17-24. Part –time positions
begin in the fall. Full-time positions begin in the spring.
SAQUACHE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
CONTACT PERSON: Yvonne Morfitt
ADDRESS: P.O. Box 626
387 S. Broadway
Center, CO 81125
PHONE: (719) 256-4662
EMAIL: dymorfitt@ctelco.net
COLFAX COMMUNITY NETWORK
CONTACT PERSON: Maggie Tidwell
ADDRESS: 1585 Kingston Street
Aurora, CO 80010
PHONE: (303) 360-9175
FAX: (303) 360-0627
EMAIL: maggietidwell@msn.com
GOALS INC.
CONTACT PERSON: Debra Mares
ADDRESS: 1020 Dawson Street
Thornton, CO 80229
PHONE: (720) 977-7796 x 13
EMAIL: gbs1040@aol.com
PARTNERS IN ROUTT COUNTY
CONTACT PERSON: Libby Foster, Executive Director
ADDRESS: P.O. Box 774325
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
PHONE: (970) 879-6141
EMAIL: libby@partnersrouttcounty.org
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