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Youth @ Crossroads Mission

Youth @ Crossroads seeks to reduce high risk behaviors in youth ages 13 – 18 by promoting positive decision-making and personal responsibility through education, community service, and ongoing year-round activities.

Youth @ Crossroads Program

Youth @ Crossroads offers multiple educational programs for youth:

"Girls Circle/ Boys Council": Youth @ Crossroads teams up with the Salida Middle School to offer weekly Girls Circle/ Boys Council health education to all 7th grade youth, to promote healthy decision-making skills around drugs and alcohol and relationships.

“Reconnecting Youth”: a semester-long class taught in local high schools to referred youth.  Curriculum designed to prevent school dropout and substance abuse & increase school performance & emotional stability.

“Project Toward No Drug Abuse”: six two-hour classes and 12 hours group community service taught to youth arrested for a first-time “Minor’s in Possession” or related charge or for youth attending alternative high school including Chaffee County High School or Salida's Horizons Academy.   Curriculum designed to prevent or reduce alcohol, tobacco & drug use and other high risk behaviors.

Weekly Activities:  Youth @ Crossroads offers year-round weekly activities for participants and graduates, to engage youth in healthy alternatives to drug and alcohol use, connect them with positive adults and reinforce lessons learned through class.

Contact Us: 448 E. 1st Street/ P.O. Box 1007 Salida Colorado 81201

Family & Youth Initiatives Grant Manager and Youth @ Crossroads Manager: Kelly Kissling
(719) 530-2575, or kkissling@chaffeecounty.org

Youth @ Crossroads Coordinator: Kayla Maddox
(719) 530-2577, or kmaddox@chaffeecounty.org