The Youth supports innovative mental health, trauma, and/or substance misuse supports, which increase youth’s resilience to life stresses and pressures; address mental health and substance misuse early; and/or provides supports for families and allies of youth to better support youth in their healing.
Donor Name: Caring for Denver Foundation
State: Colorado
County: Denver County (CO)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/10/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This funding opportunity aims to 1) support programs/projects that address youth trauma, mental health challenges and/or substance misuse, and/or 2) Ensure families/caregivers can access resources and other support programs to help them manage their own mental health and support their youth.
Foundation Priorities
The Foundation will prioritize funding for projects and programs that address Denver’s mental health and substance misuse challenges in at least one of the areas below:
- Inclusive Access: Helps people access mental health care and substance misuse support in ways that make sense for them, in places that feel comfortable, and at times that fit their schedules, so they are better able to participate, build skills, and apply what they have learned in their daily life.
- Attention to Fit: Ensure those providing mental health care and substance misuse support treat those seeking care and support with respect, help them feel connected and understood, primarily through offering culturally designed and matched care options. These projects also support the mental health and substance misuse needs of those providing support, so that they can be at their best as they support others.
- Care Over Time: Improve care transitions, making them easier to navigate and more seamless for people. The goal is to minimize the starts and stops in mental health and substance misuse care that often happens when needs change, prevent the trauma that comes when people must re-tell, or re-document their journeys, and increase stability.
Funding Information
The total amount available for all grant awards in this funding area is $12 million.
Eligibility Requirement
Projects and activities supported by Caring for Denver’s grantmaking must serve or support only residents of the City and County of Denver (“City”). The following individuals will be considered City residents by Caring for Denver:
- An individual who physically resides or presents and intends to stay in Denver full time, without regard to their housing status, national origin, immigration or citizenship status to the maximum extent permitted by law.
- An individual under 18 years of age and has at least one parent or legal guardian who is a Denver resident (can also have an out-of-home placement as long as not in custody of another county’s Department of Human Services);
- An individual physically residing part time in the City, under 21 years of age and in the custody of Denver Human Services (“DHS”);
- A non-City resident who is placed in a mental health or substance abuse program while in the custody of the City and County of Denver’s legal system; or
- A non-City resident registered as a Denver Public Schools student participating in a DPS program/project funded by Caring for Denver Foundation.
For more information, visit Caring for Denver.
