Navigating the teen years can be challenging. Parents and youth can thrive when they have support. These resources offer a range of support options.
These lists are not intended to be exhaustive.
Substance Use and Mental Health Support
| Type | Organization | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marijuana | Responsibility Grows Here | Information for youth and adults about marijuana. |
| Mental Health | Safe to Tell | Anonymous report line for anything that concerns or threatens you, your friends, your family, or your community. |
| Mental Health | Naropa Community Counseling | Counseling for residents with low to moderate income with slicing scale from $320-$90. Medicaid is accepted. |
| Substance Use | Natural Highs | Free after-school for youth to learn about and try alternatives to substance use. |
| Substance Use | Early Intervention Services - CU Boulder | A harm reduction-based program that helps students examine their alcohol use and reduce their risk of future problems. |
| Substance Use | Above the Influence | Information to help young people avoid substance use through empowerment. |
| Substance Use | Colorado LADDERS | Information and services for prevention, treatment, and recovery from substance use and mental health conditions. |
| Substance Use | OpiRescue | Information about opioid response for community members and first responders. |
| Substance Use | AlAnon Family Groups | Free fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who have been affected by someone’s drinking or drug use. |
| Substance Use | Teen Intervene | An assessment and three 60-minutes sessions with a counselor for teens who have experienced mild to moderate substance use. |
| Tobacco Cessation | Colorado Quitline | Hotline to help youth and adults quit tobacco (including e-cigarettes/vaping. |
| Tobacco Cessation | This is Quitting | Support via text to quit e-cigarettes/vaping |
| Tobacco Cessation | Smokefree Teen | Information about tobacco risks and quitting tools to help quit. |
| Mental Health | Mental Health Hotline 1-800-448-3000 | Get help immediately 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. |
| Mental Health | Colorado Crisis Services Text TALK to 38255 | A confidential texting services for mental health issues. |
| Mental Health | Able to Sail | A youth empowerment camp aimed at intentionally changing the negative mental chatter of inadequacy that precedes high-risk behaviors, i.e. drug use, cutting, suicide etc. |
| Substance Use | Tobacco Education & Prevention Partnership | Boulder County Public Health’s tobacco program. |
| Mental Health | Rise Against Suicide | Free mental health therapy to uninsured and underinsured youth struggling with suicidal ideation. |
| Mental Health | Centennial Peaks Hospital | Treatment for a wide range of disorders and conditions related to mental health. |
| Mental Health | I Matter | A program that provides up to three free counseling sessions for Colorado youth. Youth and their parents can visit the I Matter platform to take a confidential online survey about their mental health and schedule sessions with a licensed behavioral health clinician, primarily online over telehealth. All Colorado youth ages 18 or younger—or 21 and younger if receiving special education services—are eligible to receive free services. |
| Substance Use | Mental Health Partners | Community mental health organization with a team of licensed therapists and certified substance use counselors. 24/7 walk-in crisis center with low-cost and sliding scale options. |
Youth Development Resources
| Organization | Description |
|---|---|
| Longmont Youth Center | Free after-school programs (sports leagues, music studio, college prep, homework help, arts, and support groups) for youth 6th-12th grade after school and on non-school days. |
| Peers Building Justice | Education to prevent interpersonal and sexual violence and promoting social justice. |
| Teens Inc. - Youth and Family Center | Free recreational center for teens 11-21. The after-school programming is targeted at teens to do homework, socialize and learn marketable skills, as well as increase their awareness of teamwork and the environment |
| Boulder County Youth Mentoring | The youth mentoring program matches adults and teens in the juvenile justice system one-on-one to provide the youth with enduring links to positive supports in the community. |
| Rocky Mountain Equality | Free after-school youth groups and programs for LGBTIQ+ youth age 11-18. |
| YMCA of Northern Colorado | Camp, Teen Night, Before and After school programming and homework help. |
| GENESISTER | Pregnancy prevention program for siblings of teen parents. |
| OASOS | OASOS is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA) youth 13-18. |
| Brite Collaborative | A new program created by LCJP, in partnership with Mirror Image Arts! Utilizing positive youth development, trauma informed and culturally relevant approaches LCJP and Mirror Image Arts create a safe learning environment where youth can take safe risks, self-reflect, and use art to center transformative and honest conversations. For more information and to register call 303-651-8879 or email cases@lcjp.org. |
Parenting Skill-Building
| Organization | Description |
|---|---|
| Parent Engagement Network | Education and training to improve parent’s skills and knowledge. |
| Parents Involved in Education | Education and training to improve Latino parent’s skills, knowledge, and involvement in school. |
| City of Longmont Parenting Classes | Education and training to improve parent’s parenting skills and self-nurturing. Dinner and child care provided. |
| Community Resource & Family Training | Free eight week class for parents to learn non-confrontational techniques to help youth reduce substance use and/or get treatment. Dinner and child care reimbursement available. Language interpreter available. |
| AMISTAD | AMISTAD provides programs for the Latino community in Boulder County including "Promotoras de Salud", Compañeras Emotional Wellbeing & Resiliency program, and Escuela de Padres y Madres (Fathers and Mothers School). |
| Tough as a Mother treatment finder | This is a Colorado State-wide substance use treatment provider search feature for those who are seeking substance use treatment and recovery support while pregnant or parenting young children. |
Community Efforts
| Organization | Description |
|---|---|
| Healthy Futures Coalition | The Healthy Futures Coalition is a group of individuals and organizations dedicated to reducing substance abuse in Boulder County. |
| Substance Use Advisory Group | The Boulder County Substance Use Advisory Group is a group of individuals and organizations dedicated to responding to the opioid epidemic and other substance abuse. |
| Communities that Care | Lafayette, Colorado is participating in the Communities that Care process which helps communities prevent problems before they start. |
