{"id":2,"date":"2026-03-25T20:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowercoyouth.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:43:16","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/empowercoloradoyouth.org\/","title":{"rendered":"EMPOWER Colorado Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2\" class=\"elementor elementor-2\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bbc1a8 hero e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bbc1a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65c75fc e-con-full margin-left e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"65c75fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7715721 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7715721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Listening to Young People from Parachute to Aspen, Colorado<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0979db e-con-full hero-right e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b0979db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83a1839 hero-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83a1839\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/empowercoloradoyouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/empower-cover-3-31-1018x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empowercoloradoyouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/empower-cover-3-31-1018x1024.webp 1018w, https:\/\/empowercoloradoyouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/empower-cover-3-31-298x300.webp 298w, https:\/\/empowercoloradoyouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/empower-cover-3-31-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/empowercoloradoyouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/empower-cover-3-31-768x773.webp 768w, https:\/\/empowercoloradoyouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/empower-cover-3-31-1527x1536.webp 1527w, https:\/\/empowercoloradoyouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/empower-cover-3-31.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7703005 map-container e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7703005\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"intro\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afdd5d0 e-con-full map-box animated-slow e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"afdd5d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0219c58 no-margin elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0219c58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>More than <strong>1,200 young people<\/strong> across the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys (from the Aspen to Parachute region) shared what they are experiencing, what opportunities excite them, and what barriers stand in their way.<\/p><p><strong>EMPOWER<\/strong> brings together those insights to help communities better support youth.<\/p><p>Nonprofit and youth leaders connected with young people from across the region to hear their thoughts and gather data. 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Through surveys, interviews, and focus groups, youth helped shape the insights shared in this report.<\/p><p>We thank the <a href=\"https:\/\/expandingleadership.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Expanding Leadership and Opportunity<\/a>\u00a0for uplifting key learnings from the data; <a href=\"https:\/\/apogeecreative.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apogee Creative<\/a> for their creative direction and amplifying the voices of youth; and <a href=\"https:\/\/humanserviceinnovations.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Service Innovations<\/a> for supporting the Youth Empowerment Alliance and this project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1824de9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1824de9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5db0175 partner-list elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5db0175\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Learn about the Youth Empowerment Alliance partners whose work with youth led to EMPOWER.<\/p><ul class=\"notranslate\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aspennature.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aspen Center for Environmental Studies<\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.org\/programs\/aspen-community-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aspen Community Programs at the Aspen Institute<\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspenfamilyconnections.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aspen Family Connections<\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andersonranch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anderson 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