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Welcome to the Out for Safe Spaces: Building Allyship and Diversity in Jeffco (BADJ) Initiative!
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Below are national and local resources the BADJ Workgroup has put together to assist LGBTQ+ and BIPOC youth. Please note: While the resources included here are reputable, Jeffco CTC has not specifically vetted them.
The Trevor Project
Trained counselors are here to support LGBTQIA+ youth 24/7. If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a confidential, safe and judgment-free place to talk, call the Trevor Project now at 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678678 or chat online.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call or text 988 or chat online.
The Center on Colfax
The Center on Colfax: To engage, empower, enrich, and advance the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community of Colorado. Find resources for youth, events for youth, and more for LGBT+ people of all ages.
Colorado Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline
Imagine if every family in Colorado had access to the support they need. Know a family that needs help? Have concerns about possible child abuse or neglect? Call 844-CO-4-Kids, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Your call is confidential. Learn more at CO4Kids.org.
Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Colorado has a large number of rape crisis centers throughout the state that can be of help to you. These centers provide free, confidential referrals and services for sexual assault victims, survivors, and their close family and friends. See more to find your local center.
Colorado Crisis Services
Confidential Talk Line: Text "TALK" to 38255 or call 1-844-493-TALK (8255) to be connected to a mental health professional at Colorado Crisis Services to talk over anxiety, suicidal thoughts, substance misuse or other issues.
Find Your Words
What you say to someone with depression can change everything. Find out more about mental health and how to help others. Visit #FindYourWords
Human Rights Campaign
The Initiative
The Initiative (previously known as the Domestic Violence Initiative for Women with Disabilities or DVI) advocates for persons with disabilities who have experienced abuse. The Initiative provides comprehensive, creative, and collaborative services in order to address clients' complex goals and objectives. These services primarily fall within 4 categories: safety, self-sufficiency, criminal justice support, and recovery and healing. Further, these services are rooted in accessible, culturally-responsive, and trauma-informed (ACRTI) approaches to advocacy.
All services are mobile and dynamic, and all services are available to monolingual Spanish speakers and victims in rural areas. Additionally, office culture, language usage, and core values and beliefs at The Initiative are LGBTQ+ inclusive. Click here for more information.
Jefferson Center
Substance Use: How do I know when I need Help?
RAINN
To talk with someone about sexual assault or relationship violence: Call 1-800-656-HOPE or visit RAINN.
The Steve Fund
Are you a young person of color? Feeling down, stressed or overwhelmed? Text STEVE to 741741 and a live, trained Crisis Counselor will respond.
Safe 2 Tell Colorado / Cuéntalo Colorado
Anonymously report anything that concerns or threatens you, your friends, your family, or your community. Safe 2 Tell Colorado takes your reports any time, any day. Make a report online or call 1-877-542-7233.
Transgender Center of the Rockies
Holistic mental health services for members of Colorado's transgender and gender expansive community. Visit transgendercenteroftherockies.org for more information on support groups, youth therapy groups and more.
Urban Peak
Do you need a safe place to eat a hot meal and store your belongings? Are you looking for a secure shelter nearby? Do you need someone to talk to or meet with? We provide a full range of programs and services that help youth experiencing homelessness in the Denver metro area and put them on a path toward self-sufficiency. Visit www.urbanpeak.org for more information.
Violence Free Colorado
If you are being abused, or know someone who is, check out Violence Free Colorado's Resources page to find the domestic violence program nearest you.
