Agencies funded by Saint John's Cathedral
Saint John's Cathedral, through the work of the Urban and Social Concerns Commission, provides grants to local social service agencies. Because of this funding process members of Saint John's Cathedral have formed valuable and vibrant relationships with many social service agencies and the people they serve throughout the Denver area.
Adam's Camp
Adam's Camp provides intensive, personalized and integrated therapeutic programs for children with special needs and their families as well as recreational programs for youth and young adults with moderate developmental disabilities.
Greenwood Triangle
5251 South Quebec, Suite #150
Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111
(303) 563-8290
(303) 563-8291 fax
contact@adamscamp.org
Caring Association for Native Americans (CANA)
CANA helps Native Americans who come to the Denver area from reservations or other cities when referred for health care. The agency assists patients in contacting medical providers, finding temporary housing for visiting relatives, and providing prayer and counseling.
Centro Bienestar San Jose (Center for Well-being)
The center assists the "El Pueblo" Latino community. Saint John's grant helps continue the Latina Leadership Program for Professional Latinas, assisting highly educated professional women who are fleeing political and economic instability in their own countries.
623 Fox Street
Denver, CO 80204
Phone: (720) 904-2099
Fax: (720) 904-2099
http://www.centrobienestar.com
CHARG Resource Center
CHARG's mission is to improve the quality of life for mentally ill persons through advocacy, peer support and recreation. Clients have access to dental and eye care, psychiatric help, counseling and recreational therapy.
709 E. 12th Ave.
Denver, CO 80203
303-830-8805
Denver Indian Family Resource Center
This agency's mission is to strengthen vulnerable American Indian children and families through a culturally appropriate, collaborative system. Program services include home-based Indian parenting education, family counseling and a family cultural camp.
393 S. Harlan St., Suite 100
Lakewood, CO 80226
303.871.8035; fax: 720.884.0850
www.difrc.org
Denver Inner City Parish
Denver Inner City Parish serves the needs of low-income residents of West Denver, a primarily Hispanic/Latino community. Saint John's grant supports La Academia School for at-risk Latino youth and Project ReNew, a program to help former inmates reintegrate successfully into the West Denver community.
910 Galapago Street
Denver, Colorado 80204
303.629.0636
fax 303.629.7703
http://www.dicp.org/
Family HomeStead
Family HomeStead was the first agency in metro Denver to offer independent housing to homeless families. Saint John's funds are helping purchase and renovate additional transitional housing units to meet current needs.
Mail : P.O. Box 40186 Denver, CO. 80204
Phone : (303) 623-6514
info@familyhomestead.org
Hope Communities, Inc.
Hope Communities promotes a diverse, healthy community that generates affordable housing, economic opportunity, personal empowerment and spiritual wholeness. Saint John's funding supports the Family Education program, providing basic literacy, English as a Second Language and in-school after-school tutoring.
2444 Washington Street
Denver, CO 80205
T: 303-860-7747
F: 303-860-1914
Maria Droste Services
Maria Droste Services provides mental health counseling to low-income and uninsured individuals and families. The agency primarily serves the unemployed or "working poor" who are without health insurance or access to mental health services.
Address: 1355 S. Colorado Blvd. Suite C-100 Denver CO 80222
Phone: (303) 756 9052 Fax: (303)756-0308
http://www.mariadroste.org
Metro CareRing
Metro CareRing provides emergency services and food to almost 30,000 people in the Denver area each year, half of whom are children. Metro CareRing helps clients juggle their limited resources to keep from falling into deeper, more complex crises.
Phone: 303-860-7200 Fax: 303-860-7400
jholmer@metrocarering.org
Project Angel Heart
Project Angel Heart provides food and nutrition services to people living with HIV/AIDS and other long-term illnesses. Their home-delivered meal program is designed to counter malnutrition, the leading cause of death among people with long-term illnesses.
4190 Garfield St., #5
Denver, CO 80216
Phone: 303-830-0202
Fax: 303-830-1840
Project PAVE
Project PAVE works to break the cycle of relationship violence by providing education and counseling for youth that promotes understanding of and healing from emotional, physical and sexual violence. Services include a K-12 violence prevention curriculum.
2051 York Street
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 322-2382
Rainbow Alley
Rainbow Alley is a drop-in center and resource program for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender or questioning youth of all socio-economic levels and ethnic/racial backgrounds from high school age to young adulthood.
P.O. Box 9798, Denver, CO 80209-0798
Fax: 303-282-9399
info@coloradoglbt.org
32nd Avenue Jubilee Center
Located in Northwest Denver, the 32nd Avenue Jubilee Center provides stabilizing and enriching services to the working poor and elderly of this community including an after school program, English as a Second Language classes for adults, and food bank services. A health care initiative is also underway to provide mental and physical health care.
2940 Curtis Street, Denver
Work Options for Women
Work Options for Women provides intensive job training in the food service industry to low-income women who are mandated by welfare reform to find employment but may suffer from learning disabilities, domestic violence and lack of resources. A 16-week program offers life skills, daily personal support, case management, job placement and follow-up services.
1200 Federal Blvd.
Denver, CO 80204
(720) 944.1917
info@workoptions.org
Vincentian Center for Spirituality & Work
The Vincentian Center is a resource for those seeking to build integrity, dignity and hope for themselves and society through work. Saint John's supports Making Choices, a mentoring program that prepares incarcerated women to reenter society with stability and self-confidence.
P.O. Box 102168
Denver, CO 80250-2168
Phone: (303) 383-1610
Fax: (303) 383-1613
amanda@cfsaw.org
The Delores Project
Women seeking shelter at The Delores Project are offered a safe, comfortable place to stay while seeking more permanent housing. It is a place where women are treated with kindness and respect, where they can rest from the dangerous and traumatic experience of being without a place to live.
Post Office Box 1406
Denver, Colorado 80201-1406
Phone: 720-218-5466 Fax: 720-932-6276
moreinfo@thedeloresproject.org
St. Francis Center
St. Francis Center (SFC) is a refuge for men and women who are homeless in the metro Denver area, providing services that enable people to meet their basic needs for daily survival and to transition out of homelessness.
2323 Curtis Street, Denver, CO 80205 Tel 303.297.1576
www.sfcdenver.org