Community
Connections

Mobilizing communities around a social movement is all about making connections - building relationships. Asset building is spreading widely and deeply throughout Colorado and nationwide. Our network of asset-builders has grown and now represents over 2,000 individuals and organizations supporting positive youth development.

Asset champions are emerging daily in this movement for social change. As communities and organizations integrate an asset-based framework, they value networking with other asset champions to coordinate efforts or learn new asset building approaches.

Your support of positive youth development is the key to strengthening the lives of young people in our communities. Become an ACY Partner and help youth statewide.

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THE POWER OF PARTNERING
As funding becomes harder to find, community service organizations are relying on creativity and partnerships to leverage opportunities and move their work forward. In this section we highlight and explore the positive impact partnerships can have on an initiative, and ways some organizations have used relationships to maintain, and in some instances expand, their level of service in the community. We also provide connections to statewide and nationwide partners and asset-builders in the interest of promoting collaboration between organizations and individuals in support of youth.

Campaign Leverages Partnerships to Highlight Youth Strengths and Build Relationships

Denver Schools Partner to Improve Parent-Staff Relationship

Community Partners Spread Positive Youth Development in Jefferson County

Cherry Creek School District Engages Community to Support Prevention

Greeley's Youth Service Providers Stay Connected, Stay Funded Through YouthNet

Asset Builders of the Summit Partners with Media and Business to Promote Message

Conversations for Kids is moving the positive youth development dialog from theory to application in Colorado. Read more about this powerful tool for impacting public policy.

ACY Partners with Colorado Funders to Further Work in Communities
ACY was recently awarded grants from the following foundations to work with communities in the areas of early childhood education, parent engagement and cultural competence:

The Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation - for the Assets for Early Childhood Educators Project, a project designed to infuse strength-based positive youth development in early childhood education centers.
www.buellfoundation.org

Hispanics In Philanthropy - to further ACY's work with Latino communities around cultural competency issues.
www.hiponline.org

First Data Western Union Corporation - for parent engagement efforts in schools with Spanish-speaking families.
www.firstdatawesternunion.org