Project PAVE, Inc.

A nonprofit organization

421 donors

Please join Project PAVE in working to end relationship violence in our community. Your gift supports critical therapy and support services for young people who have witnessed or experienced relationship violence and violence prevention education, healthy masculinity and youth leadership programs.

Testimonials

"I am very grateful for Project PAVE. We started therapy in chaos... I was an emotional mess as were my children, and their behaviors were showing it. Through therapy I was able to identify this. My children were able to express their feelings towards their father in very constructive and creative ways."
Project PAVE client

"These workshops were the start of the point where my life changed. I always knew relationship violence is one of the biggest issues we never address. Through these workshops, I was able to see the necessity of young people to speak out about it."
Former student and relationship violence survivor, Emily Griffith School

"We now have the tools that will lead us in the right direction for a very healthy mother-daughter relationship."
Project PAVE client

"I have seen firsthand the impact that Project PAVE has made in school communities and neighborhoods in Denver. The success of Project PAVE programs in Whittier K-8 is the result of hard work, dedication, and an authentic commitment to this community."
Jai Palmer, Principal, Whitter K - 8 School

"Because of Project PAVE I have improved my parenting skills and my youngest daughter is learning to resolve the issues she has surrounding my divorce from her abusive father and his subsequent abandonment of our family."
Project PAVE client

"At first I never took anything like "dating violence" seriously until Project PAVE came to my class. It was such an eye opener and really made me think. Especially about how important equal power and respect are and that you need them to have a healthy relationship."
10th grade student, East High School

"Were it not for Project PAVE, many young people would go without services."
Peggy Calhoun, Teacher, Bear Creek High School

"Thank you very much for giving me the resources to make my dreams of higher education come true. It would not have been possible without your assistance! Thank you also for giving me an opportunity to tell my story; it was the first step in the healing process."
Carolyn Cole, 2005 Scholarship Recipient and 2009 Emory University Graduate

"Our entire school community has benefited from our partnership with Project PAVE."
Alicia Daigler, Academy of Urban Learning

"It taught me about respect and tolerance in relationships in the real world. I learned to respect my partner and communicate better."
11th grade student, East High School

Mission

Project PAVE is ending violence by empowering youth to build healthy relationships.

Background Statement

Established in 1986 in response to a number of violent incidents in the Denver area, community leaders came together to create a framework for intervening early in the lives of youth and families exposed to relationship violence and to promote alternatives to violence in youth relationships. PAVE has a long history of providing innovative, evidence-based, and culturally-responsive services for survivors and their families in our community. It is the promise of our mission that youth who receive services and education are less likely to continue cycles of violence later in life. Our legacy bears witness to the realization of our mission in the lives of thousands of participants. In FY21 PAVE served over 3,500 children, teens, parents, teachers, and professionals throughout Metro Denver.

To accomplish its mission, PAVE implements two program strategies: Violence Prevention Education (a Primary Prevention model for all youth based upon Positive Youth Development principles); and Early Intervention Services (advanced support for youth victims identified in the community).

Project PAVE’s organizational goals are to 1) Provide therapy for youth that addresses the impact of their victimization and prepares them for future success 2) Connect youth victims and their families with resources necessary to create safe, healthy lives 3) Engage youth and the community to raise awareness of relationship violence throughout Denver 4) Train and support youth to lead efforts to reduce violence in their communities.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Project PAVE, Inc.

other names

PAVE

Year Established

1986

Tax id (EIN)

84-1031533

Category

Human Services

Organization Size

Large Organization

Address

4140 Tejon St
Denver, CO 80211

Service areas

Denver County, CO, US

Phone

303-322-2382

Other

720-414-2537

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