1. 1 Overview History Program Services Community Partners Current Supporters Past Supporters

2. 2 History Positive Connection began in 1991 as a community outreach project of Grace and Truth Full Gospel Pentecostal Church. Church staff and congregation members volunteered Intervention Services at the Phillip S. Gilliam Youth Services Center the primary detention facility for juvenile offenders in Denver.

3. 3 History, Cont. Positive Connection was founded in 1994 and received its first grant to provide Prevention Services to middle school girls. Prevention Services were offered at Cole Middle School and Gove Middle School. In 2000, Redirection Services were offered to girls involved in the juvenile justice system.

4. 4 History, Cont. Positive Connection obtained its own 501(c)3 status in 2002 and provided Prevention, Intervention and Redirection Services to girls ages 9-18 years.

5. 5 Program Services Program Services Anger Management Classes Group Mentoring Life Skills Development Courses Reading Enrichment and Skill Building Community Service Youth Summer Employment

6. 6 Program Services Anger Management Classes Contracted by The Conflict Center 6 Week Course Group Mentoring Offered monthly with positive and caring adult mentors and volunteers. Activities are specifically geared toward female and adult bonding and include grooming sessions, craft projects, casual and social interaction.

7. 7 Program Services Life Skills Development Courses Four times a month, girls participate in a self-empowerment workshop. Includes classes in employment readiness, self-esteem, health and hygiene, employment readiness, self- sufficiency and current issues.

8. 8 Program Services Reading Enrichment and Skill Building Structured to allow girls to work independently and at their own pace on computerized educational programs. The majority of our participants are reading below grade level by at least one, two or more years.

9. 9 Program Services Community Service Encouraging participants to give back to the community and show them ways in which making positive contributions to the community are important to their own personal development and self-interests. Incorporates Community Service to participants who must complete Community Service work as a condition of sentencing.

10. 10 Program Services Youth Summer Employment Offered through the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Office and Safe City Diversion. Hires youth from 14-18 years of age.

11. 11 Program Operations Referral Intake Assigned Classes Case Management Program Completion Reporting Exit

12. 12 Community Partners Redirection Denver Juvenile Court – Courtroom 191J Denver Probation Correctional Connections Safe City Diversion Prevention Bruce Randolph Middle School

13. 13 Current Supporters Current Supporters George W. Hopper Family Foundation Grace and Truth Church Private Donors Jared Polis Foundation

14. 14 Past Supporters Adolph Coors Foundation The National Christian Foundation The Piton Foundation Public/Private Ventures Rose Community Foundation Private Donors Metro Denver Black Church Division of Juvenile Justice through the Department of Safety

15. 15 Board of Directors Vel Garner, Chair Darzella Williams, Vice-Chair Pastor Tastonga O. Moore, President Frankie Briggs, Secretary Dorothy Jean Snoddy, Treasurer Charlesetta Parker Laurence Tarver