November Pathfinder 2023

Comprehensive, Wraparound Services for Teen Families

Empowering Dreams: Juliana’s Story

When Juliana realized she was pregnant, she felt like she would have to give up on her passions and dreams to become a mom. “A lot was going through my head,” she explains, “When I first found out, I didn’t want to go through with it because I was scared for my whole future, but after finding this place, it’s been everything.”

Juliana’s journey highlights the transformative power of the comprehensive wraparound resources available at Florence Crittenton Services. Her experience shows that with access to these resources, determined students like her can turn adversity into opportunity, empowering both themselves and their children. In this special edition of the Pathfinder, we’ll follow Juliana and her one-year-old son, Brandon, throughout the Florence Crittenton campus. The next few pages detail impactful FloCrit experiences like friendship, staff support, the Summer Workforce Program, as well as the Early Childhood Education Center. Beyond these stories, Juliana has shown her ambition by utilizing additional FloCrit services such as:

Student and Family Support Services

• -Legal Clinic

• -Food Boxes/Mobile Food Pantry

• -After school activities with Frank

• -Workforce Development

• -Vital Documents Support with her

• Family Advocate

• -Therapy with Denver Children’s Advocacy Center, a FloCrit Partner

• -Financial Advisement

• -Housing Support

• -Baby Bucks Basic Needs Store

Florence Crittenton High School

• -Student President of HOSA, Future Health Professionals through the MedConnect Program