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  5500 East Yale Ave.
Denver, CO 80222

P: (303) 756-9285
F: (303) 300-7990
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Friends for Youth 
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HISTORY

Friends for Youth (FFY) was formed in 1998 after founders of Colorado Volunteers in Juvenile & Criminal Justice (CVJCV) had worked for eight years mentoring adults who were incarcerated under its Friends in Transition program.

Encouraged by the far lower recidivism rate (20% compared to 80%) among adults mentored under Friends in Transition compared to the general prison population, our founders believed that earlier intervention for at-risk youth could divert them from involvement in the juvenile and adult justice system.

With that mission in mind, Friends for Youth began in 1998, and has mentored over 1400 youth in the Denver metropolitan area. We currently serve over 200 youth annually through one-to-one and group mentoring programs.

GOALS/VISION

  • To facilitate long-term relationships between positive adult role models and youth.
  • To encourage healthy physical, mental, social, and spiritual development of youth.
  • To provide match supervision to the mentoring relationship in a way that diverts and/or encourages youth to exit the juvenile justice system, stay in school, and pursue personal goals.
  • To provide community living assistance to youth who are emancipating out of the child welfare system into independent living.
  • To engage community and faith-based volunteers in one-to-one and group mentoring opportunities.