Improving health and well-being for all
Everyone should be able to make healthy choices for themselves and their families. But there can be lots of barriers in underserved communities. United Way of the Yampa Valley’s partnerships with local groups expand access to nutritious food and quality healthcare, education and services. We seek to address the following challenges:
- Literacy at grade level
- Financial literacy or work/life readiness
- Food insecurity
- Mental health support and suicide prevention
- Bullying prevention and support for diversity
- Access to alcohol, tobacco, vaping and other drugs
- Need for student engagement and/or parental support
- Healthy behavioral boundaries
- Appropriate use of technology
Four out of ten teens live with someone misusing substance.
– 2022 Rise Above Colorado Youth Survey
Students participating in extracurricular activities have an 8% reduction in anxiety and depressive symptoms.
– 2024 GITNUX Marketdata Report
Success Story
“It takes a village to raise a child, and in this case, our family’s village is Partners in Routt County. The Partners program has matched my two children with amazing, caring and dedicated adult mentors. Partners strives to help me become a more effective parent by providing valuable and necessary workshops and trainings dealing with various aspects of a child’s growth and issues faced as a parent. I am a single mother of two amazing resilient children that were adopted through the foster care system in our community. With support from Partners, my children have created lifelong friendships, relationships, work ethics and social skills needed for a successful transition into adulthood. Thank you!”
– A Mother of a Partner’s Mentee
