Stepping Stones cultivates strong mentoring relationships and community spaces for youth ages 10-24 to foster personal growth, compassion, and responsibility.
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Our Model
With mentoring at the center, we offer wraparound services to meet youth and families’ needs. All services are always free.
Youth Mentoring
Supportive mentoring relationships help youth build identity and belonging.
Experiential Activities
Each year our outings include yoga, trail maintenance, skiing, rock climbing, paddleboarding, arts activities, museum visits, service learning, and more.
Basic Needs Services
We offer daily meals, bus cards, laundry and shower facilities, food distribution, and emergency housing assistance.
Crisis Response
When our youth encounter a crisis like homelessness or suicidal ideations, we develop multi-faceted, asset-based plans to ensure their holistic needs are met.
Safe Space
Our welcoming, safe, inclusive drop-in centers are open year round, five days per week, with extended hours on holidays.
Educational Support
We offer advocacy, tutoring, in-school support groups, and high levels of coordination with school staff.
Skill Development
Our staff works with each participant to identify goals like getting a job, starting counseling, or reducing substance use.
Community Connections
We facilitate linkages with employment, therapy, athletics, and more to help youth thrive.
Mental Health Services
We offer free, on-site therapy, as well as mentoring and case management focused on mental health needs.
Programs & Locations
Our Impact 2024
398
youth served
8,528
drop-in visits
2,341
mentoring sessions
98% of our participants report having a trusted adult to whom they could go with a problem, over 30% points greater than peers.
(Search Institute, CDPHE 2021)
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