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This program is a gift for a lifetime. My kids will have more opportunities for a better future than I had.
- JPP Parent
Jeffco Prosperity Partners
Jeffco Prosperity Partners (JPP) is a collaboration of community, schools, businesses, government, faith-based organizations, and county partners working together to help Jefferson County families break the cycle of generational poverty.
We believe that all individuals, if given a quality education, opportunities driven by their own goals, surrounded by community and individual support, they will generate success and stand on their own two feet.
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Our story
Jeffco Prosperity Partners have been breaking the cycle of generational poverty in Jefferson County for over 10 years.
JPP began as an extension of Head Start, a no-cost early childhood education program. Head Start focuses on social emotional development and increasing school readiness for children by providing support for the whole family.
JPP partners with Head Start to provide families with access to resources and help them navigate support services in areas of education, employment, health and wellbeing, economic stability, and social capital.
Families opt into the JPP program when they enroll children in Head Start. JPP coaches guide children as they transition from Head Start into public schools and support parents and caregivers as they work to achieve their self-defined goals. Each family is connected to JPP until their youngest child graduates from high school, ensuring academic success and sustained family self-sufficiency.
What we do
Family voice and expertise drive the design of the JPP program. We implement a two-generation approach to persistently identify long-standing and emerging barriers that keep families from achieving financial stability.
We foster self-defined success through coaching, not case management, to link services, resources, and community to equip families with the tools they need to adapt and overcome obstacles.
We coach, not case work
Families play a vital role in program development and define their own success, dreams, and goals. JPP coaches listen and engage to understand barriers each family and individual faces and develop solutions together.
JPP promotes social equity, community networks and supports, and asset building through coaching families to identify issues and assumptions.
JPP reminds you that you are worthy and capable.
– JPP Participant
Two- Gen Approach
We partner with families and children using a two-generation (Two-Gen) or whole family approach.
Two-Gen approach ensures that the benefit of a program intervention is sustainable across generations. Our service delivery system supports the whole family, providing families with holistic access to services and resources they need to build health and well-being across generations.
JPP focuses equally and intentionally on services and opportunities for both parents and children, using five key areas: education, employment pathways, economic stability, health and wellness, and social capital.
JPP was created by the community, for the community, and cannot do this work alone.
Community Partnership
Our programs and community services work together to produce strong, sustainable, positive effects on family wellbeing. We promote health equity, inclusive and diverse mindsets, and provide equal opportunity to underserved populations, while preserving the dignity of families.
We are always looking for partners who share our mission of moving families from poverty to prosperity.
Together we can break the cycle of poverty and move families to self-sufficiency.
Let’s Work Together