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Roots & Branches Foundation
Recent Grant Awards - 2011
Roots & Branches Foundation awarded $89,282 in grants to nine organizations providing need-based scholarships to Jewish youth from Greater Denver and Boulder to attend Colorado’s Jewish residential summer camps, and agencies supporting services for victims of human trafficking in Greater Denver and Boulder. Locations indicate the organization’s headquarters, not necessarily the geographic area served.
JEWISH RESIDENTIAL SUMMER CAMPS
The following organizations received grants to provide need-based scholarships for Jewish youth from Greater Denver and Boulder to attend Colorado’s Jewish overnight summer camps:
- JCC Ranch Camp (Denver): $11,267
- The Maurice B. Shwayder Camp of Temple Emanuel (Denver): $11,267
- Ramah Outdoor Adventure (Denver): $8,196
SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Center for Immigrants and Immigration Services (Denver): $12,500 for outreach and to provide emergency support, case management, life-skills education and legal services to victims of human trafficking in five African immigrant communities.
The Delores Project (Denver): $4,000 to provide shelter and counseling to women who are victims of human trafficking.
The Denver Center for Crime Victims (Denver): $5,000 to provide legal services, case management, counseling and emergency financial support to immigrant victims of human trafficking.
Prax(us) (Denver): $12,000 to support the Street Outreach and Community Organizing programs in addressing the needs of youth victims of human trafficking.
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (Westminster): $15,052 to provide free legal services to child victims of human trafficking seeking lawful immigration status.
Urban Peak (Denver): $10,000 to provide shelter, case management, education and job placement, and physical and mental medical care to homeless youth victims of human trafficking.
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– Justin Borus, Roots & Branches Member 2008-2009