Health Promotion
The Roaring Fork Family Resource Centers provide health education resources to teachers, students and families. This includes nationally-recognized speakers, print/video materials, dynamic and interactive presentations, and other assistance. The Centers work with the schools to identify student needs and issues, then develop special projects in response to those needs. Watch our monthly newsletter for upcoming events.
Current projects include:
- English Language Learner (ELL) Health Days
- Girls to Women, Women to Girls Conference
- Preventative Dental Varnishing Clinics
- Health Screening Collaboration
- Health Insurance Outreach
- Food For Thought
- Latino Youth Summit
- School-based Mental Health Groups
We advocate for youth and family issues in the community, particularly around gaps in, and funding for, health care services.
Current collaborations include:
- Garfield County Human Services Commission
- Pitkin County POD
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition
- Suicide Prevention Task Force
- Be a Smart Mouth Oral Health Awareness Campaign
- Valley Indigent Dental Needs Coalition
- Garfield County FACET, Family and Community Engagement Team
- Eagle/Pitkin County Child Protection Teams
- Ninth Judicial District Coalition for Families
