Mile High United Way Partner Agencies

Abusive Men Exploring New Directions (AMEND)
Offers counseling to abusive men, advocacy and support groups to victims, referrals for children, and nonviolence education to the community.

Adams 14 - STARS Early Learning Center
Offering both preschool and full day kindergarten to 3-6 yr. olds, students may receive tuition support through the Colorado Preschool Project, special education funding and district scholarships.

Advocates for Children
Advocates for the best interests of abused and neglected children, including safe permanent homes, through agency-trained and supervised volunteers: CASAs (Court Appointed Special Advocates).

Alternatives to Family Violence
Provides 24-hour crisis line, shelter for battered women and children and counseling for femaile, adolescent and children victim/witnesses.

American Cancer Society, Inc.
Funds research in Colorado, transports patients, provides self-help and support services to survivors. Provides information and delivers cancer awareness programs and information to the public.

American Red Cross, Mile High Chapter
Offers disaster relief; emergency communication between military members and their families; training for life saving skills; transportation for the ill and elderly and high school youth programs.

Annunciation School's Human Services Project
Serves parents and children by providing programs in conflict management, life skills, and participation in the arts.

The Arc of Adams County
Offers advocacy, individual/family support, and parenting skills training for persons with developmental disabilities in Adams County.

Arthritis Foundation Rocky Mountain Chapter
Statewide agency supports research and provides educational services for people with arthritis, lupus, fibromyalgia, bursitis, and other related conditions.

Asian Pacific Development Center
Provides culturally-proficient behavioral healthcare services, innovative community education and health promotion programs, youth programs, and a multicultural interpreter bank.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado, Inc.
Provides one-to-one mentoring by caring and consistent adults for at-risk children and youth, ages 7 to 17, in need of a positive role model. Serves metro Denver area.

Boy Scouts of America, Denver Area Council
Provides education, fun and adventure for boys and girls ages 7-20 while teaching them character, leadership, and career exploration.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, Inc.
Provides urban youth (ages 6-18) a safe place to improve their lives through education, technology, the arts, sports/fitness, leadership, and social activities.

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Catholic Charities and Community Services of the Archdiocese of Denver, Inc.
Provides shelter for homeless, assistance with basic needs for families and individuals, support for high-risk youth and assistance to the elderly with non-discriminatory services.

Center for Hearing, Speech and Language
Provides services to people with communication disorders: audiology (testing, hearing aids, aid repair), speech/language therapies, auditory processing evaluations, Fast ForWord, hearing/ speech / vision screenings.

Cerebral Palsy of Colorado
Programs that create opportunities through education, employment and statewide support efforts that impact systemic and life changes for individuals and families facing disabilities or challenges.

Colorado AIDS Project, Inc.
Offers AIDS/HIV support services, food, housing, counseling, transportation, and education on awareness and prevention of AIDS.

Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Statewide membership organization dedicated to the elimination of domestic violence. Provides training, technical assistance, community education, and advocacy to its constituents.

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Works toward prevention/elimination of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for homeless and at-risk individuals, children and families in Colorado.

Colorado Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped
Provides dental care for people who are disabled or elderly, including house calls and free care from volunteer dentists.

Colorado I Have A Dream Foundation
Offers comprehensive dropout prevention program to groups of at-risk Denver youth for 10-year period leading up to high school graduation.

Colorado Legal Services
Provides legal services to low-income persons in the metropolitan Denver area for civil actions or special proceedings.

COMITIS Crisis Center, Inc.
Offers; Help Line, counseling, runaway youth services, food baskets / human need items, outreach and housing assistance.

Commerce City Community Health Services
Primary health care services for ages birth to 21 in Adams Districts 14 and 50; sliding scale fee. Child Health Plan+ and Medicaid accepted.

Community Outreach Service Center, Inc.
Offers assistance and support to families of Curtis Park/Five Points communities in family advocacy, employment, counseling and youth development services.

The Conflict Center
Provides violence prevention training by teaching parenting and conflict/anger management skills to families, schools, organizations and communities.

The Council
Provides substance abuse services including 24-hour hotline, licensed outpatient substance abuse and mental health treatment, prevention, education, community referrals, and school programs.

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Denver Center for Crime Victims
Provides 24-hour crisis intervention to crime victims, including counseling, support groups and programs for crime prevention.

Denver Indian Center, Inc.
Provides employment services, early childhood education and care, and emergency services for youths and seniors.

Denver Inner City Parish
A multi-generational community center that provides education and human services to the low-income, primarily Latino community of West Denver.

Denver Public Schools - Comprehensive Health Initiative
Provides school-based preventive health services to Denver students, including medical, mental health, and substance abuse treatment.

Denver Public Schools - Pupil Assistance Fund, Inc.
Provides low-income DPS pupils with emergency clothing, winter coats, eye exams / glasses, and behavioral health services.

Disability Center for Independent Living, Inc.
Assists people with disabilities in choices for independence by providing education, advocacy, skills and mobility training, and peer support.

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Eplilepsy Foundation of Colorado
Provides counseling, information and referral, employment assistance, and professional and public education to people with epilepsy.

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Family Advocacy, Care, Education, Support (FACES)
The Home Visitation Program provides counseling, education and advocacy services for parents with children, birth to twelve years, in order to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Family HomeStead
Provides short-term emergency housing (30-90 days) and transitional housing (up to six months) for homeless families with children.

Family Tree, Inc.
Helps people overcome child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness and to be safe, strong and self-reliant through a continuum of client-centered and culturally-sensitive services.

Food Bank of the Rockies
Distributes more than 20 million pounds of donated food and essential items to more than 900 hunger relief programs annually.

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Gateway Battered Women's Services
Offers services to victims of domestic violence, including 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter, counseling, and criminal justice education system advocacy and community education.

Girl Scouts of Colorado
Builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Open to all girls ages 5-17.

Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver
Inspires all girls to be Strong, Smart and Bold through after-school and summer programs, outreach, and health and sexuality programming.

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Hope Center, Inc.
Provides special education and support services for at-risk and gifted children and vocational training/job placement for differently-abled adults.

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Jefferson Center for Mental Health
Provides mental health care for youths, families, adults and seniors including trauma treatment and education for preventing adolescent suicide.

Jewish Family Service of Colorado
55+ programs for people in need including elderly, families, youth, refugees and disabled. Services are provided regardless of faith, race, sexual orientation, or economic status.

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Karis Community
Ttransitional community-living opportunity for restoring basic life skills and improving the social well-being of individuals recovering from serious and persistent mental illness.

Kids in Need of Dentistry (KIND)
Provides dentistry to children up to age 18, from low-income, working families.

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Labor's Community Agency, Inc.
Helps people in crisis overcome problems related to employment, finances, food, housing, marital difficulties, addictions, youth and senior issues.

Latin American Research and Service Agency (LARASA)
Develops culturally-competent intervention programs and strategies. Concentration areas are: education, health, capacity-building, and the improvement of public policies that impact Colorado's Latino community.

Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People
Protects human and civil rights of adults and children in education, housing, rehabilitation/employment, voting, and abuse or neglect in residential and long-term care.

Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center
Offers preschool/summer camps that include children with special needs, and recreational/social/cultural programs for seniors and families.

Lutheran Family Services of Colorado
Provides child welfare services including birth parent counseling, foster care and adoption services. Also provides immigration, geriatric care management and refugee resettlement services.

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Mental Health America of Colorado
Provides free mental health education and advocacy to the community. Also coordinates pro bono services for low-income youth and adults.

Metro Organizations for People (MOP)
Provides community building through leadership development and promoting positive change in low-to moderate-income communities.

Metro Volunteers
Metro Volunteers is the expert resource center on volunteer management and board development. We mobilize and cultivate volunteers as a vital force in our community.

Mi Casa Resource Center for Women, Inc.
Advances economic success for Latino families.

Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers
Provides comprehensive child care, education and family services to children from infancy through kindergarten who are from low-income families.

Mount Evans Hospice and Home Health Care, Inc.
Provides comprehensive in-home care to sick, disabled or terminally ill mountain-area patients and their families.

Mount Saint Vincent Home
Provides residential and day treatment services to boys and girls, ages 3-14, with emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs.

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National Jewish Health
A non-sectarian, not-for-profit, medical and research center committed to improving the treatment of patients with respiratory, allergic, immunologic, and infectious diseases.

Neighborhood Resource Center
Helps residents and their associations build stronger, healthier communities. Publishes helpful materials, holds workshops and provide assistance tailored to each community’s needs.

Northeast Denver Housing Center, Inc.
Serves the affordable housing needs of underserved households from homeless to homeownership through counseling, educational services and development of housing units.

Northeast Women's Center
Provides traditional and non-traditional job preparation/placement, adult basic education, parenting classes, youth services, and weekend food pantry.

Northwest Coalition 4 Better Schools
Promotes student success and excellence in education, through partnerships linking parents, schools, churches, business, and community in Northwest Denver.

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Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives
Works to eliminate street gang violence through outreach, public awareness, prevention of violence, and one-on-one support.

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Parent Pathways
Serves pregnant and parenting teens in metro Denver, focusing on high school completion; critical parenting, employment and life skills.

Project PAVE, Inc.
Provides violence prevention education and counseling for youths and their families who have been victims, witnesses, or perpetrators of relationship violence.

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Rape Assistance and Awareness Program, Inc. (RAAP)
Provides crisis intervention and counseling for victims of sexual assault and abuse, abuse prevention education programs, and self-protection instruction.

Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center
Saves the lives of Colorado's abused and neglected children through zealous legal advocacy, healing intervention programs, and public policy forum.

Rocky Mountain MS Center
Conducts research and provides treatment, rehabilitation referrals, education, adult day care and hydrotherapy for people with multiple sclerosis.

Rocky Mountain S.E.R. / Jobs for Progress, Inc.
Provides education, employment, training, and early childhood education services to disadvantaged and unemployed individuals.

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SafeHouse Denver, Inc.
Provides advocacy and support services to battered women and their children through 24-hour crisis line, outreach center and shelter.

The Salvation Army
Provides disadvantaged youths, elderly, poor and displaced families with day care, drug treatment, shelter, food, and emergency assistance.

The Senior Hub, Inc.
Advances quality of life for older adults through meals-on-wheels, respite care and in-home care, information, counseling, emergency services, adult day services, and volunteer opportunities.

Senior Support Services, Inc.
Senior Support Services provides meals, clothing, shelter, counseling, and job placement/referral in a safe, day-time environment to hungry and homeless seniors (55+) in central Denver.

Seniors Inc.
Colorado's best in-home care offering comprehensive assistance to elders, families and family caregivers; including homecare, care management, companionship, transportation, eldercare, advocacy and personal care.

Servicios de La Raza, Inc.
Provides mental health and domestic violence counseling, substance abuse education, employment training, emergency and miscellaneous case management services to the Latino community.

SouthWest Improvement Council (SWIC)
Provides youth employment, education, after-school program, affordable housing, senior services, down payment/closing cost assistance, foreclosure prevention, seniors home chore help, and Westwood Community Center.

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Urban Peak
Provides runaway and homeless youths with a safe, stable environment and education for exiting street life.

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Visiting Nurse Association of the Denver Area, Inc.
In its second century of service, Visiting Nurse Association provides compassionate health care services including in-home nursing, homemaking, senior wellness, and care for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Volunteers of America Colorado Branch
Homeless: meals; emergency shelter; supportive housing for chronically mentally ill women; transitional housing for youth; Seniors: meals-on-wheels; Children: Head Start and Rainbow House

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Warren Village, Inc.
Helps homeless single-parent families move from public assistance to personal economic self-sufficiency through subsidized housing, on-site childcare, case management, educational and career guidance.

Washington Street Community Center
Provides preschool and before/after school programs and holiday/summer camps, parenting classes, senior programs, and supportive homebound services.

Women's Crisis & Family Outreach Center
Provides 24-hour crisis line, shelter, therapy, legal advocacy, parenting classes, and school-based violence prevention programs for women and children who are domestic violence victims.

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YMCA of Metropolitan Denver
Provides child care, preschool and early childhood education, before/after school care, camp, teen leadership, youth/adult sports, at-risk youth programs, adult fitness/ health/ wellness activities.

YouthBiz, Inc.
Serves at-risk youth from Denver's inner-city, providing opportunities for social and economic empowerment through hands-on business experience, leadership and technology training, and academic development.

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