The United Way of the Yampa Valley is seeking applications to unite people, ideas, and resources to advance the common good in education, financial stability, and health.
Donor Name: United Way of the Yampa Valley
State: Colorado
County: Moffat County (CO), Rio Blanco County (CO), Routt County (CO)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/16/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Goals
Give children a strong start (birth to 8 years of age)
- UWYV benefit when every child from the earliest age has a strong developmental start. UWYV funds programs that improve developmental opportunities for lower-income, at-risk children. They seek to address the following challenges:
- Access to affordable, quality preschool and childcare
- Access to other early childhood development programs that promote literacy, kindergarten preparation or parenting skills
- Childhood food insecurity
- Need for more and better qualified preschool teachers
Provide youth a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment (9-17 years of age)
- Transitions are sometimes tough for young people, particularly at-risk youth. UWYV seeks to fund programs that support the successful transition of elementary school students into middle school, of middle school students into high school and of high school students into adulthood. Challenges that they will look to address are:
- Literacy at grade level
- Financial literacy or work/life readiness
- Food insecurity
- Bullying prevention and support for diversity
- Discouraging use of alcohol, tobacco, vaping and other drugs
- Need for student engagement and/or parental support
- Healthy behavioral boundaries
- Appropriate use of technology
Improve the financial stability of Northwest Colorado residents in need
- Many individuals and families struggle to make ends meet. Programs that seek to achieve the following will be considered:
- Build financial skills or resiliency through adult education or counseling in household financial management or workplace readiness
- Reduce food insecurity
- Enable seniors to live in their homes longer if they wish
- Improve household financial stability
- Improve access to adult education or training that enhances job skills
Expand access to health & crisis services
- People who experience mental health issues or physical or emotional abuse need support and access to resources to move towards a better quality of life. To promote the social/emotional wellbeing of community members, they seek to fund programs that:
- Offer mental health education or counseling for adults or children
- Prevent suicides through education or counseling
- Address substance abuse
- Prevent domestic violence or abuse
- Respond to people in crisis
- Provide general health services in underserved areas of Moffat and/or Rio Blanco County
Grant Criteria
- Program Features
- Fund a program aligned with your core organization goals.
- Serve primarily lower-income, at-risk clients in Routt, Moffat, and/or Rio Blanco County.
- Address a UWYV community impact goal.
- Show strong program management ability by delivering, critically evaluating, and continuously improving program results.
- Organizational Features
- Exhibit strong oversight by an engaged Board of Directors.
- Present a financially healthy organization.
- Be a tax-exempt organization eligible to accept charitable donations.
Eligibility Criteria
Any health and human service nonprofit may apply that provides services in Moffat, Rio Blanco or Routt Counties in Colorado.
For more information, visit UWYV.
