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Organization

Colorado Youth for a Change

Contact Information

1390 Lawrence St
Denver, CO 80204

(720) 994-8005

Focus Areas

  • Education & Youth

Colorado Youth for a Change addresses barriers to learning by providing individualized supports throughout pivotal stages of students’ education journeys.

  • About Us
    Colorado Youth for a Change (CYC) is an educational nonprofit organization with a statewide scope. CYC addresses barriers to learning by providing individualized supports throughout pivotal stages of students' education journeys. We provide a continuum of services from Prekindergarten through high school to help students find success through tutoring, case management, and outreach to help in-school youth remain in school or out-of-school youth return to school. We envision an equitable education system where each student has access to the resources they need to maximize their own learning and growth.

    Over the past two and a half years, CYC has stepped up to lead education recovery efforts due to the pandemic, not only expanding its reach to more school districts and students but also tripling its budget and learning how to deploy resources quickly. This is an exciting time to join the team, as the organization has grown, developed a new mission and vision, created a three-year strategic plan, and positions itself to respond to many incredible opportunities to support students.

    Our programs at Colorado Youth for a Change address early warning signs of dropping out: entering Kindergarten unprepared to learn; lack of reading proficiency by the end of third grade and algebra proficiency by the end of eighth grade for young students; and chronic absenteeism and course failure for youth in high school through our four AmeriCorps programs - Early Learning Corps, Reading Corps, Math Corps, and Corps for a Change.
  • Our Impact
    Early Learning Corps - 404 students served, 66% exceeded target growth rate; increasing their kindergarten readiness.
    Reading Corps - 2,682 students served, 70% exceeded target growth rate, catching up with their peers in reading
    Math Corps - 1,761 students served, 54% exceeded target growth rate, catching up with their peers in math
    Corps for a Change - 1,612 students served, 76% grew in school engagement and social-emotional skills.

Positions at Colorado Youth for a Change

Colorado Youth for a Change Programs

Colorado Early Learning Corps

Early Learning Corps promotes individualized learning experiences through play, song, instruction, activities, and conversation. The goal is to prepare preschoolers to be ready for Kindergarten — and it’s working: - Preschool students supported by Early Learning Corps achieve significantly higher assessment scores than their peers by the end of one year. - Students supported by Early Learning Corps demonstrate greater growth than their peers, regardless of gender, race, or dual language learner status.

Featured Positions
Early Learning Tutor

Colorado Math Corps

Colorado Math Corps is an AmeriCorps program with the mission of ensuring that Colorado students in 4th-8th grade who are struggling in math receive daily individualized support in order to improve math skills. Math skills are highly predictive of high school graduation. In fact, nearly 90% of students who fail 6th grade math drop out of high school. Colorado Math Corps is replicated from the successful Minnesota Math Corps. Service locations sites are located throughout the state of Colorado. Thousands of children need extra help to complete math at grade level. Take action as a tutor because students who have strong foundational math skills are better prepared for success in the classroom, community and workplace.

Featured Positions
Math Enrichment Tutor

Corps for a Change

Corps for a Change has been in operation since 2015. By focusing on school engagement and attendance, Corps for a Change offers another area of services to youth who are at risk of dropping out of school. Corps for a Change members are placed at one high school and will support a caseload of 20-40 students who are considered to exhibit low attendance and/or lack of engagement. The position is full-time (35- 40 hours per week), with school breaks and holidays off. AmeriCorps members engage in an intake process to assess what support students might need to be more engaged. AmeriCorps members will focus on student interventions such as: one-on-one support meetings, classroom observation, outreach phone calls, resource referrals, tutoring and other school-wide attendance and engagement initiatives. The goal of the members’ term of service is to support students to be more engaged in school, improve attendance, and help support a path toward academic success.

Featured Positions
Engagement Support Member