Adelante Empowerment Program

EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITY: UPSKILLING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP TRAINING, CONNECTION BUILDING & BELONGING

Adelante Youth Fellowships

Our Adelante Youth Fellowship Program creates cohorts of peer support for local youth and young adult students from historically marginalized communities. Cohorts members are hosted by local organizations and business host sites throughout the community. Over the course of the summer months, participants receive hands-on connection-building and professional development training at their host site. They also participate in fieldtrips, weekly trainings and faciltated debriefs as a cohort, making connections with peers from different racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds and receiving mentorship in navigating institutional and organizational spaces. All fellows receive wellness support and mindfulness training, and they are assisted with a need-based grant for household expenses so they can concentrate their time on building connections and learning.

Many more pictures from our 2024 cohort can be found on our Facebook Page here!

Adelante Adult Training and Upskill Grants

The Adelante Upskill Program is an intergenerational program that recognizes that in immigrant and refugee families, in particular, the finances of all the generations are tied together, and different support must exist for the unique positions and experiences of the 1st, 2nd and 1.5 generation family members. Our Adelante Adult program includes scholarship funds for anyone interested in gaining mobility in the job force through training, certifications, exams, English language classes, and work authorization (and renewal). We also connect people to critical resources such as the Larimer County Economic and Workforce bilingual navigation team, the Multicultural Business and Entrepreneur Center, Towards Justice (for workplace rights support), and immigration legal support.