The Get Grounded Foundation Awards Grants to Four Programs Serving Denver's At-Risk Youth

DENVER, July 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- GroundFloor Media (GFM) and its sister agency, CenterTable, announced today that their Get Grounded Foundation has awarded its latest round of grants to four outstanding local community programs supporting youth services. A total of more than $17,000 was granted to Child Advocates - CASA of Jefferson & Gilpin Counties, The Bridge Project, The Denver Children's Advocacy Center and PCs for People. The programs were selected for their efforts to get a new or innovative program off the "ground floor" in the area of child abuse and neglect, youth behavioral health or childhood hunger relief.

A volunteer committee made up of individuals from the sister agencies reviewed the spring 2017 round of grant applications. The deadline for applications for the fall 2017 grant cycle is Friday, September 29.

The Spring 2017 Get Grounded Foundation Grant Recipients

The mission of Child Advocates – CASA of Jefferson & Gilpin Counties (court-appointed special advocates) is to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in Juvenile Court through the services of specially selected and trained community volunteers. These volunteers are the children's representatives in court when there is suspicion of abuse or neglect. That said, only 35 percent of all cases have CASAs appointed to them. This grant will help change that statistic and will give CASA of Jefferson & Gilpin Counties the funding to allow them to recruit, train and manage additional peer coordinators.

The Bridge Project (Bridge) was founded in 1991 as a unique community collaboration between the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver, the Denver Housing Authority (DHA) and community representatives. Bridge was designed to help mitigate the extremely high dropout rates in Denver's public housing communities by emphasizing education and a holistic view of child development. It has served children in Denver's public housing neighborhoods for more than 25 years. The grant funding will be used to launch the Printing Prodigies Project (P3) for the elementary and middle school youth across all four Bridge sites, primarily covering the cost of purchasing 3D printers and materials.

The Denver Children's Advocacy Center's (DCAC) mission is to prevent abuse, strengthen families and restore childhood. Its programs fall along a continuum of care that includes prevention, early intervention, crisis response, forensic interviews, mental health treatment and family support services. Funds from the foundation will be used to help launch a trauma-sensitive yoga program for the children served at DCAC and in the community who have been subjected to abuse and neglect.  

The mission of PCs for People is to create new opportunities by providing affordable personal computers, computer repairs and internet service to people with limited technological experience due to social, physical or economic circumstances. PCs for People strives to provide the necessary tools to put a functional computer into the hands of low-income individuals and get them online. The grant funding will be used to support two local non-profits, Denver CASA and the Denver Children's Home.

About The Get Grounded Foundation
The Get Grounded Foundation, established in 2015, is based on two pillars of thought already firmly established at GFM and CenterTable. The first is that nonprofits, similar to many startup organizations, are entrepreneurial in their approach, yet often can't find seed funding to get a new or innovative program off the "ground floor." Second, it elevates the agencies' long giving history of focusing on causes that our team members are proud to support, including child abuse and neglect prevention, youth behavioral health and childhood hunger relief. As such, The Foundation provides one-year grants, which to date totals over $70,000. These grants are funded by GFM and CenterTable's profits, for new or expanded, innovative or entrepreneurial programs or projects within an existing, qualified nonprofit that directly supports the healthy development of at-risk youth between the ages of three and 13 in the Denver Metro area.

About GroundFloor Media & CenterTable
Founded in 2001, GroundFloor Media (GFM) is an award-winning communications firm, focused on public relations and crisis & issues management. Its sister agency, CenterTable, helps clients create direct and measurable connections with their target audiences through social media, digital advertising, website design and development, SEO, video production, creative campaigns and content development.

Headquartered in Denver, the agencies have more than 30 team members throughout the U.S., with global reach across 50 countries through membership in PROI, the industry's largest partnership of independent market-leading agencies.

GFM has been recognized four times by OUTSIDE magazine as one of the top five Best Places to Work in America. In addition, GFM was named a Certified B Corporation® in 2016 by the global nonprofit B Lab®. The certification recognizes companies meeting the highest global standards for corporate transparency, accountability and social and environmental performance.

For more information about GFM and CenterTable, visit www.groundfloormedia.com or www.MeetAtCT.com and get to know the agencies via their blog, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Media Contact:
Amanda Brannum
GroundFloor Media
303.865.8143
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