​1600 York Street
Denver, CO 80206

FESTIVAL for LIFE and EMPOWERMENT

For over 30 years, thousands of people from across Colorado have joined together as a community to raise money for organizations that provide critical services to people living with or at risk of acquiring HIV. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic this is the first year Festival for Life will go virtual. 

The Empowerment Program is a Partner Agency for the Festival For Life AIDS Walk Colorado. 60% of funds raised for the Empowerment Program team will come back to Empowerment for services for women living with HIV. We depend on these funds to provide needed and unfunded items such as: hygiene items, feminine hygiene items, emergency copay assistance for medications, cold weather gear such as hats/gloves, socks & underwear, and other urgent needs of participants.

GOAL: $1,000
Join our virtual team! Donate! Share!
​Click on the 'Join Team' if interested!

SEX ED TRIVIA!

Event Registration
Entry Fee: $20
Sponsor another person to play 
and/or Donate additional money! 
 
Locally Sourced PRIZES!
Supporting our local artists
and small business owners 
 
Date to be announced SOON!

Join us Thursday, September 24, 2020 from 11am-1pm

Calling ALL Staff & ALL Participants for FREE LUNCH (first 50 people) and a PHOTO SHOOT on THURSDAY, September 24TH from 11A-1PM at Empowerment’s parking lot.

Check out Peggy’s website One Million Faces – link is below! You can write your own inspiring message on a white board for your photo!! Each person’s photo will take no more than 10 minutes, we hope EVERYONE can join us!!!

Just show up and be ready to inspire with your beautiful smile and message!!

www.onemillionfaces.org
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See you Thursday at Empowerment in the parking lot anytime 11am – 1pm!!!

Program Manager for IPS Supported Employment Program at Empowerment

Job Description: The Program Manager will provide task and administrative support and supervision to the IPS Employment Specialist(s).  The Program Manager is responsible for timely and effective implementation of all IPS Supported Employment services, including maintaining and updating project specific operational procedures, and managing internal as well as external project communications.  The Program Manager will also provide trauma informed IPS employment services and collaborate with Empowerment staff and community partners to empower individuals in their efforts to achieve and maintain steady, meaningful employment in mainstream competitive jobs.   

IPS Supported Employment Program Manager is responsible for:
  • Understanding and implementing the IPS Supported Employment Scope of Work and ensuring Employment Specialist(s) complies with all grant requirements
  • Providing task and administrative supervision to the Employment Specialist(s) as needed.  This includes providing weekly or bi-weekly field mentoring for specialists who are new to their jobs, and those who need additional support
  • Providing trauma informed employment services
  • Screening and assigning incoming referrals and developing expectations for specialists regarding employer contacts, number of jobs starts each quarter, and employment rate
  • Accurately and timely collecting, documenting and monitoring participant engagement, progress and outcomes on an on-going basis
  • Completing and appropriately disseminating all required documentation and reports
  • Preparing for and coordinating IPS supported employment fidelity reviews
  • Assisting with the development of fidelity action plans
  • Establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with other agencies and staff in the community- including mental health providers - to ensure services are integrated, to resolve issues, and to act as a proponent for employment.
  • Consistently collaborates with the office of Vocational Rehabilitation to coordinate services.
  • Arranging or facilitating appropriate trainings for staff for continuous learning
  • Leading participant advisory board meetings to obtain participant feedback and incorporating participant feedback into programming
Other Responsibilities Include:
  • Attending all required meetings at Empowerment and with partners in the community
  • Maintaining Self-Care
  • Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
  • Must have reliable vehicle, valid driver’s license and insurance
  • Working understanding of harm reduction theory and trauma informed services
  • Applicable professional or life experience is preferred
  • Experience working with a diverse population
  • Ability to de-escalate stressful situations 

Send resume to julie-kiehl@empowermentprogram.org

Peer Support Specialist - Housing Opportunities for People Living with HIV/AIDS (HOPWA)

Job Description:  The HOPWA Housing Peer Support Specialist works directly with women living with HIV who are either homeless or housed to maintain and/or acquire housing. The Peer Support Specialist would be available to assist in any life skills support services and education that will benefit women to live well independently and with their families, to access needed supports to maintain housing, and to help women access all needed eligibility requirements to access housing throughout the community. The Peer Support Specialist will work with current medical care managers, Empowerment housing staff, community landlords and resources/supports to ensure participant needs are being met.

Qualifications:
  • Must have reliable vehicle, valid driver’s license and insurance
  • Working understanding of harm reduction theory and trauma informed services
  • Applicable professional or life experience is preferred
  • Experience working with a diverse population
  • Ability to de-escalate stressful situations with participants dealing with trauma and loss.  

​Full Job Description

Send resume to brandi-haberl@empowermentprogram.org

MONDAY MOTIVATION

 Cancelled for September
​HOST: Meghan Behring
​
Start the week off by joining with community. We will gather together to set and share our weekly intentions.  

HOW ARE WE DOING?

EVERY FRIDAY  1 – 2pm
HOST:  Laura Schneider
Meeting ID:  ​651 478 653
​Password: 1600york
First time on Zoom? 
​Join us to check-in, test out Zoom, work out the kinks, and talk about things we are working on!  

Sex Ed Trivia!

Register Today!
Entry Fee: $20
Sponsor another person to play 
and/or Donate additional money! 
August 6, 2020
6:30-8:30pm 
Register - Sex Ed Trivia!
Locally Sourced PRIZES!
Supporting our local artists
and small business owners

​You will receive an e-mail with the Zoom link.
The Empowerment Program is a Partner Agency for the Festival For Life AIDS Walk Colorado. 60% of funds raised for the Empowerment Program team will come back to Empowerment for services for women living with HIV. We depend on these funds to provide needed and unfunded items such as: hygiene items, feminine hygiene items, emergency copay assistance for medications, cold weather gear such as hats/gloves, socks & underwear, and other urgent needs of participants.
Do you have any questions about sex and sexuality? Ask them anonymously here:

Q:  Who should REGISTER for Sex Ed Trivia?

ANSWERS:
    A. EVERYONE who thinks they may have played it a long time ago!
    B. EVERYONE who thinks they probably wouldn't want to play with their grandparents...but, maybe!
    C. EVERYONE who thinks it's funny or awkward to talk about sex, sexuality, gender, and new ideas!
    D. EVERYONE who thinks it's AWESOME and FUN to talk about sex, sexuality, gender, and new ideas!
    E. EVERYONE who thinks they know everything about sex ed!
    F. EVERYONE who thinks they know nothing about sex ed!
    G. EVERYONE who … is YOU!

Q:  What IS Sex Ed Trivia?

ANSWER:     Exactly what you think it is!
IOP: Attend 9+ Hours/week 
for a minimum of 16 weeks. ​​
Attend 8 TREM groups
​to receive grant incentives.
Update your Service Plan!
Receive a $20 gift card

Begin Your Wellness Journey at Empowerment

or call 720-425-6293
*If Intensive Outpatient or Outpatient Treatment is NOT needed, we will refer you to a Peer Navigator to make a plan.
*If yReceive a day planner, $10 gift card, & welcome kit to help prepare for your wellness journey!

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BEYOND TRAUMA

  THURSDAYS  ​1:30 – 3pm
HOST:  Brandi Haberl
Meeting ID:  663 531 108​
Phone:  1-312-626-6799
Beyond Trauma is a group for women who are ready to examine the reach and impact of trauma on women’s lives, helping to integrate traumatic experiences through understanding, mindfulness, and connection.

MOTHERHOOD
​Matters of the Heart

ON HOLD - NO CLASSES
HOST: Leta Calvert
Motherhood provides a safe environment where parents can openly discuss their successes and challenges of parenting and the difficult relationships we often have with our own mothers. 

FINDING THE CORE BELIEF

Let Love Be Your Beam
LAST CLASS on June 26!
​FRIDAYS  2 – 3pm
HOST:  Amber B. Shells
Meeting ID:  817 1373 6748
Join us to explore why we make the decisions that we make and how we see our own personal truth. Find the root belief versus our emotional beliefs. We will be exploring how beliefs and emotions can limit us. Please bring paper and a pencil to the group.

    CONFIDENTIALITY Agreement

    The Empowerment Program, Inc.
    Revised April, 2020
     
    As a paid employee, volunteer, student, intern, community service person, member of the Board of Directors, or other designation of the Empowerment Program, your position may expose you to confidential information.  Any information you may acquire, either directly or indirectly, may not be divulged to anyone except as may be required in the course of your work.  If legal summons is involved, the Executive Director is to be notified immediately.  Your response to that summons may be only with the approval of the Executive Director.  This confidential information includes, but is not limited to, HIV status (positive or negative) and drug and alcohol use or treatments.

    • In addition, the protection of confidential business information is vital to the interest and success of the Empowerment Program.  Any requests involving budgets or other financial information should be referred to the Executive Director.
    •  To engage in any discussion of such confidential information is a breach of confidence and may involve you in legal proceedings.  Breach of any confidential information may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.
    I have read The Empowerment Program Confidentiality Policy regarding confidential information and understand this agreement.  My written name represents my signature, and certifies that I agree to abide by the policies set forth herein and understand the penalties for any breach of confidentiality.
​SINCE 1986
We’ve worked to decrease the number of women living in poverty who have significant barriers to self-sufficiency due to involvement in the criminal justice system, substance abuse, and violence.

The Empowerment Program

​OUR MISSION: Holistically helping individuals build healthier lives from the inside out.  
The Empowerment Program
1600 York Street
Denver, CO 80206
303-320-1989
FAX: 303-320-3987
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