Jewish Family Service of Colorado (JFS) has launched Abby’s Impact: Realizing Resilience, a program created to foster coping and problem-solving skills among young adults. The client-centered, integrated program includes a series of six classes for individuals ages 18-26 to help participants build skills to facilitate resiliency and cultivate healthy minds with the goal of reducing the likelihood of poor health outcomes such as depression, anxiety, or substance abuse. The program is currently taking place virtually, but when it is safe, JFS will offer in-person classes.

Created in part through an individual donor and funding from the Colorado Health Foundation, Abby’s Impact is named for Abby, a young adult who suffered from anxiety, depression, and drug addiction, and who ultimately lost her life. The program is expected to serve 100 individuals in the first year and is free for participants. Each registrant will work with a coach who will help determine goals and a customized plan including recommended individual and group classes. The program will support individuals in attaining long-term skills necessary to build cognitive and emotional fitness and strong relationships with others.

Program components also include mental health counseling, access to the Weinberg Food Pantry, job-readiness support, financial coaching, parenting workshops, and effective relationship strategies. Each participant will complete a comprehensive intake process which allows case managers to determine the best combination of coaching and programming for that individual.

“We are really working to remove any barriers to success an individual might have,” says Linda Foster, JFS president and CEO. “Whether someone needs support with personal finances and financial literacy, parenting skills, mental health counseling, career coaching, psychoeducation, or a combination of all of the above, the Abby’s Impact program will provide individualized support where needed.”

To learn more about Abby’s Impact: Realizing Resilience or to register visit https://www.jewishfamilyservice.org/services/abbys-impact.