Media Center + Resources
The work of Colorado Youth for a Change spans across Colorado and supports students from a variety of backgrounds, ages, and geographies. We are happy to field media requests and provide resources to meet your needs.
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Founded in 2005, Colorado Youth for a Change addresses barriers to learning by providing individualized supports throughout pivotal stages of students’ education journeys. Our prevention programs support students to catch up with peers and stay engaged in school, while our Reengagement program identifies and assists young people who have left school without a diploma to reenroll. These programs support over 6,000 Colorado students ages 3-21 every year to maximize their own learning and growth. To learn more about our work, please visit our website.
In the News
- Spearheaded by Young Adults in Colorado, This New Program Addresses the Youth Mental Health Crisis (5280 Denver’s Mile High Magazine, September, 2024)
- First-of-its-kind Youth Mental Health Corps trains young people to help their peers (NBC news, June 5, 2024)
- Can Young Mental Health Navigators Ease the Crisis Facing Today’s Students? (EdSurge, June 4, 2024)
- Gen Z put mental health on the map. Let them lead in solving the crisis. (The Hill, May 23, 2024)
- This New Program Offers a Systemic Solution to America’s Youth Mental Health Crisis (Teen Vogue, May 21, 2024)
- Corps of ‘near-peers’ to help schools address youth mental health struggles (K-12 Dive, May 20, 2024)
- Reading Corps program making big impact at Coyote Ridge, other Colorado elementary schools (Fort Collins Coloradoan, January 22, 2024)
- Colorado Lt. Governor takes part in reading instruction in Thompson School District (Loveland Reporter-Herald, January 17, 2024)
- Colorado struggles to track and educate kids in trouble with the law. Here’s how one student graduated, despite the odds (Denver Gazette, August 15, 2023)
- Executive Director Mary Zanotti on Mile High Living (Denver7, June 22, 2023)
- Executive Director Mary Zanotti on Mile High Living (Denver 7, August 9, 2022)
- Governor Polis announces $2 million in emergency education funding (Fox31 KDVR, May 3, 2022)
- Polis-Primavera Administration Announce Expansion of Tutoring and Student Support Program (Office of the Governor, August 6, 2021)
Press Releases
- $1.5 Million Investment in Impact Grants for Denver’s Opportunity Youth (August 14, 2024)
- New Impact Evaluation of Colorado Reading Corps Finds Outsized Gains in Student Reading Skills (October 31, 2023)
- “Someone That I Wish I Had”: Tapping Service-Minded Individuals to Stem the Teacher Shortage (April 26, 2023)
- CYC Takes Charge of Opportunity Youth Initiative (August 8, 2022)