Funding available for Health and Well-Being of Youth in Colorado

The Caring for Colorado Foundation is accepting applications for its Youth Health and Well-Being funding opportunity.

Donor Name: Caring for Colorado Foundation

State: Colorado

County: Selected Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 11/06/2025

Size of the Grant: Not Available

Grant Duration: 3 Years

Details:

The purpose is to advance health and well-being for young people, ages 9 to 25, in Colorado who experience health inequities due to economic injustice, racism, and discrimination through strategic investments designed to support young people, strengthen families, and build youth-centered communities.

Focus Areas

Supporting Young People
- To support young people (ages 9-25) in developing a strong sense of belonging, identity, purpose, and agency.
Strengthening Families
- To support parents and caregivers of young people (ages 9-25) in developing secure and supportive relationships with their adolescent children.
Building Youth-Centered Communities
- To support communities in creating equitable access to services, spaces, and systems that are youth-centered, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed.

Eligible Funding Strategies

Supporting Young People
- Young people (ages 9-25) have the opportunity to:
  - Cultivate healthy, supportive relationships and social networks with peers, near-peers, and trusted adults.
  - Explore their values, interests, and goals.
  - Contribute in meaningful ways to others and their community.
  - Make good decisions and establish positive health behaviors.
Strengthening Families
- Parents and caregivers of young people (ages 9-25) have the opportunity to:
  - Strengthen family bonds and cultivate healthy parent/ caregiver-adolescent relationships.
  - Deepen their knowledge of adolescent development and parenting strategies that support young people’s health and well-being.
  - Develop meaningful social connections with other parents, caregivers, and advocates.
  - Access concrete support, especially in times of need.
Building Youth-Centered Communities
- Young people (ages 9-25) have the opportunity to:
  - Receive youth-centered healthcare.
  - Be safe from interpersonal, family, and community violence.
  - Successfully transition into adulthood.
  - Access inclusive, safe spaces designed to foster social connections and promote positive health outcomes.
  - Experience coordinated systems of care — especially for those with complex needs who seek
  - services across multiple systems — that are informed by young people and their families.

Grant Period

Applicants may request funding for a period of 12 to 36 months.

Youth Health and Well-Being Priority Populations

Foundation work to improve health outcomes for people experiencing the greatest inequities in health, well-being, and opportunity. Recognizing that economic injustice, racism, and discrimination are major drivers of health inequity, for the Youth Health and Well-Being funding priority, Foundation prioritize:

Young people and families living with low incomes, defined as living below 260% of the federal poverty level, 80% Area Median Income, or TANF eligible.
Communities of color, including individuals from various racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds not identified as white.
Young people who identify as 2SLGBTQAI+.
Young people who are experiencing the child welfare system.
Young people being raised by grandparents or other kinship caregivers.
Young people who are experiencing housing insecurity.
Young people who are experiencing the juvenile justice system.
Young people who are pregnant or parenting.
Young people who are experiencing interpersonal or family violence or abuse.
Newly arrived immigrants or refugees.
Young people who are experiencing family separation and/or instability due to parent involvement in the justice or immigration system.
Young people living with visible or invisible disabilities, including physical or intellectual disabilities or mental health conditions that create barriers to education, healthcare, or employment.
Young people who are pregnant or parenting.

Eligibility Criteria

Supporting Young People:
- The proposed work serves a minimum of 75% of young people who live on low incomes (at or below 260% of the federal poverty level, 80% Area Median Income, or TANF eligible).
- Proposed work explicitly centers one of Caring for Colorado’s priority populations.
Strengthening Families:
- The proposed work serves a minimum of 75% of young people who live on low incomes (at or below 260% of the federal poverty level, 80% Area Median Income, or TANF eligible).
- Proposed work explicitly centers one of Caring for Colorado’s priority populations.
Building Youth-Centered Communities:
- The proposed work serves one or more of the following counties: Alamosa, Archuleta, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Delta, Fremont, Garfield, Huerfano, Kit Carson, Lake, La Plata, Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan, Mesa, Montezuma, Montrose, Morgan, Otero, Phillips, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Grande, Saguache, Sedgwick, Washington, and Yuma.
- School-Based Health Centers (SBHC) that provide comprehensive, equitable healthcare to young people (ages 9 to 25).