Promises for Children

A community partnership dedicated to improving the well-being of all children in Weld County by focusing on the critical growth and brain development period from pre-birth to five years of age to promote school readiness and lifelong success. Promises for Children is a cohesive, collaborative network of community leaders, staff, and volunteers working together with families to provide a variety of essential programs and services for Weld County children.

Promises for Children has six different committees that you can volunteer with:

In addition to volunteering with these committees, you could volunteer by:

For information on how to volunteer with Promises for Children, contact United Way at (970) 353-400.

City of Greeley Neighborhood Building Blocks Program

The objective of the Neighborhood Building Blocks Program is to ensure that the local government will provide timely and cost-effective infrastructure and services to assure a safe environment and a good quality of life.

This program establishes a single team of City employees from all departments, who focus municipal services into a unified response team to help address special neighborhood needs and interests. Neighborhood Building Block teams can contact the departments for specifics concerns or interests.

Neighborhood Improvement Grants, Blocks Party Kits, and Neighborhood Newsletters with information on traffic calming and crime prevention are some of the program’s efforts. In addition, you can volunteer by:

The Neighbor Labor Bank expands the existing volunteer network in order to match citizens with civic groups and organizations who are able to take on small individual projects for those unable to manage home improvement or maintenance projects of their own. The labor bank would function as a network, matching residents in need to willing civic and neighborhood groupd.

Volunteer Qualifications:

Possible Volunteers:

For further information on the Building Blocks Program or to learn more about volunteering, call the Community Development Department at (970) 350-9780.

Community Outreach Program (COPS)

The Community Outreach Program provides adult and youth programming through a partnership between the Greeley Recreation Department and the Greeley Police Department. The goal is to bring recreational programming into different neighborhoods throughout Greeley. By teaching youth and adults leisure skills, residents of all ages can improve their quality of life.

COP works with District 6 to provide after school programming at the following schools:

Youth Programming:

For information on how you can volunteer, contact the Greeley Youth Initiative at (970) 350-9771 or the Greeley Police Dept. at (970) 350-9605

Weld County School District 6

There are many volunteer opportunities at individual schools throughout District 6. The district will focus all volunteer and partnership programs on continuous student achievement and the diverse needs of students.

You could volunteer your time in many ways:

For information on how to specifically volunteer, call the individual school or visit www.greeleyschools.org

Juvenile Assessment Center

As the fastest growing county in the country, one challenge facing Weld County is the ability to provide adequate services to youth and families in crisis. Last year, Weld County had high drop-out, suspension, and expulsion rates, and an increase in juvenile court filings. With these things in mind, the Juvenile Assessment Center is a non-profit organization designed to improve the lives of Weld County youth. The main goals of the JAC are:

The benefits of the JAC in Weld County will include:

At the moment there are no volunteer opportunities with the JAC, but you can volunteer your time with some of JAC’s partnering agencies:

Northern Colorado Health Alliance

This is a community collaboration of agencies working to address health issues, especially of the underserved.

For further information, contact the Weld County Health Dept at (970) 356-5520.