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Causes: Children & Youth, Education, Educational Services, Youth Development Programs
Mission: To solve the dropout crisis in Colorado.
Target demographics: Youth that have dropped out of high school or are at risk of dropping out of high school.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 1878 students
Geographic areas served: Colorado
Programs: Since 2005, Colorado Youth for a Change (CYC) has worked collaboratively with school districts throughout the state of Colorado to provide dropout outreach and recovery services that bring high school dropouts back to school; educational intervention services that help students failing core courses to graduate on time; and new school programs that fit the needs of students who have fallen too far behind in and/or dropped out of traditional schools.