Supported Families Stronger Communities (SFSC) is a $2.5M grant that was created to be a multi-agency prevention system to help families improve their well-being and stay outside of the formal child welfare system. The initiative was intended to decrease the number of children who experience maltreatment throughout Larimer County. The core of this work surrounds community involvement through case management, care coordination, community coalition team meetings, parent cafes, and world cafes. In this rose, I assisted in both the navigation and care coordination aspect of the grant. I co-hosted community events such as World Cafe's which are hosted by SFSC and local organizations in order to gain a better insight into the needs of the community first hand as well as co-hosted navigation meetings held with key community members weekly to encourage the development of multi-agency communication.

Facilitated learning and supported lead staff in teaching Colorado standards in early childhood education. I taught lessons to prepare students for Pre-Kindergarten and beyond via large group learning, one-on-one or small group. Taught in a manner that allowed the children to grow and explore through growth mindset teaching. Continuously created a positive and safe school environment for children while engaging with other teachers and students professionally and appropriately.

As the school year ended I planned a five day a week 7am-6pm summer program with weekly themes and activities. This program ran with up to 40 elementary school-age children a day all from local towns in the Vail Valley. Activities ranged from outdoor play and sports, trampoline activities, arts and crafts, archery, rock climbing, gymnastics, and field trips to local attractions My role as a lead summer camp counselor was not only to facilitate a fun and safe summer environment for kids but also to help support and lead the assistant counselors and volunteers.