Women/Children/Families Internships
The following are a list of possible internships in organizations that work with women, children, and families. If there is a place you are interested in that is not listed, please consult Dr. Karen Jennison for approval:
- A Woman's Place
- A Kid's Place
- American Red Cross
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Weld County
- Child Advocacy Resource and Education (C.A.R.E.)
- City of Greeley Youth Enrichment
- Denver Rescue Mission
- Food Bank, Weld
- Girl Scouts, Mountain Prairie Council
- The Jacob Center
- Joyful Journeys Community Enrichment
- Juvenile Assessment Center (J.A.C.), Weld County
- Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountain
- Northern Colorado Upward Board
- Reflections For Youth Inc.
- Rocky Mountain Resource Center on Violent, Destructive & Hate Groups
- Turning Point
- United Way of Weld County - Promises for Children
- Weld County Alternatives
- Weld County Youth & Family Connections
A Woman’s Place
Provides services specifically geared toward victims/survivors of domestic violence, including emergency shelter, a 24-hour crisis line, individual domestic violence counseling, case management, education, support groups, legal advocacy and a children’s program.
A Woman's Place flyer put together by one of our interns.
Contact: Jennifer Lauer
Email: vista@awpdv.org
Phone: 970-351-0467
Fax: 970-351-6686
Address: P O Box 71, Greeley, CO 80632
A Kid’s Place
Assessment center for child victims of severe physical and sexual abuse to be interviewed. Also operates CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), providing volunteers to work on behalf of abused and neglected children in court.
Contact: Chris Sarlo-Bergmann
Phone:970-353-5970Email: cbergmann@akidsplace.org
American Red Cross - Northern Colorado
Family service case work.
Phone: 970-226-5728 x 229
Boys and Girls Clubs of Weld County
Contact: Emily Stanfill, Director of Operations
Phone: 970-353-1278
Contact Fax: 970-353-1279
Contact Email: volunteer@bgcweld.org
Contact address: P O Box 812, Greeley, CO 80632
Administration Office: 2400 1st Ave, Greeley, CO 80631
Child Advocacy Resource and Education (C.A.R.E.)
Offers community education and intervention regarding parenting issues and child abuse prevention to individuals, groups, or families.
Contact: Annie Goodrick
Phone: 970-356-6751
City of Greeley Youth Enrichment
Flyer put together by a student intern.
Denver Rescue Mission
www.denverrescuemission.org/internship
Flyer put together by a student intern.
Contact: Christina Moos
Phone: 303-953-3951Email: cmoos@denrescue.org
Address: The Crossing, DRM, 6090 E Smith Rd, Denver, CO 80216
Food Bank, Weld
Contact: Nicole Hurt
Phone: 970-356-2199 ext 302
Girl Scouts, Mountain Prairie Council
Contact: Ruth Ann Thompson or Tanya Trujillo-Martinez
Phone: 970-397-6447 and 970-231-0575
The Jacob Center
Foster care, services for teens in trouble, foster family services, home detention, case management, alternative sentencing program. Youth and family service agency.
Contact: Joel D. Painter
Phone: 970-352-2852; 970-484-8427
Joyful Journeys Community Enrichment
Building positive community bonds, positive relationship building with adults, and successful achievement through study time, craft building, game playing, community service and positive leisure activities at little or no cost to individuals.
http://joyfuljourneyscommunityenrichment.org
Contact: Tasha VanMarter (a Sociology Graduate from UNC!!!)
Email: tasha.vanmarter@yahoo.com
Phone: 303-667-9695
Juvenile Assessment Center (J.A.C.), Weld County
Contact: Michael Guthrie
Phone: 970-351-5460
Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountain
Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains is a faith based, non-profit human service agency helping children and families during their most challenging times. We have been committed to serving all people, regardless of race, religion, gender or age since 1948. Past internships offered are Supervised Visitation Program and Children's Programs.
Contact: Tammy Fisher, Coordinator
Phone: 970-356-6751 ext 8871
Fax: 970-506-2726
Northern Colorado Upward Board
Flyer put together by a student intern.
Reflections For Youth Inc.
Flyer put together by a student intern.
Rocky Mountain Resource Center On Violent, Destructive, & Hate Groups
The Rocky Mountain Resource Center helps people and their families who have been in destructive groups such as cults, gangs, and hate groups. One of our main goals at the Center is to educate the public about these destructive groups.
Contact: Lisa Monroney
Phone: 970-490-2032
Turning Point
Services for adolescents having problems at home, in school, and with the law.
Phone: 970-221-0999; 970-221-0550 ext. 102
United Way of Weld County - Promises for Children
Volunteers visit parents of new infants and provide developmental information, community resources and ongoing support.
Contact: Emma Wood
Phone: 970-304-6198Fax: 970-353-4738
Address: 814 9th St, Greeley, CO 80631
Weld County Youth Alternatives
Phone: 970-351-0700
Weld County Youth & Family Alternatives
Community-based service organization, provides coordinated multi-agency services for youth struggling with life issues, out of parent control or engaged in anti-social behaviors.
http://www.youthandfamilyconnections.org
Contact: Michael Guthrie
Phone: 970-351-5460Address: 2835 10th St, Greeley, CO 8631
If you have an internship opportunity you would like to post here, please contact the Sociology Department at 970-351-2315 or sociology@unco.edu.
