TPPI Honored for Outstanding Work

Denver, CO - The Montrose Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative (TPPI) received an Outstanding Asset Builder Award at a statewide summit hosted by Assets for Colorado Youth in Copper Mountain on April 4-5. TPPI was honored for recognizing the potential of the framework of the developmental assets for youth, and for continuing to promote it.

Nancy Wilson, the director of TPPI, accepted the award.

Said María Guajardo Lucero, executive director of Assets for Colorado Youth, "TPPI is responsible for starting Teen Central, a hub for positive youth involvement in the community, and for coordinating Teen Court for juvenile offenders. Also, through TPPI's efforts, youth now sit on a number of boards and councils in Montrose, including the City Council, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Arts Council."

Assets for Colorado Youth (ACY) is a nonprofit organization that champions positive youth development by increasing developmental assets in youth. Developmental assets are a research-based set of opportunities, values and positive relationships that all young people need in their lives to succeed.

For more information, visit the ACY Web site: www.buildassets.org, or call TPPI: 252-2572.

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