Grand Junction Community Resources for Young Adults
Grand Junction Community Resources for Young Adults
Whether you’re looking for support, skills, social connection, or future opportunities, this guide points you to local places where teens and young adults can grow, belong, and get what they need.
Creative & Skills-Building
Creative & Skills-Building
BAM! Business Art Mentorship Youth Program
A youth-focused program blending art and real-world business skills. Teens learn creative thinking, teamwork, and what it takes to run things in the art world, great for students who love drawing, design, and entrepreneurship.
BAM! Business Art Mentorship Youth Program
A youth-focused program blending art and real-world business skills. Teens learn creative thinking, teamwork, and what it takes to run things in the art world, great for students who love drawing, design, and entrepreneurship.
Community Building
Community Building
The library provides programming such as weekly Teen Times, anual events such as the Teen Self-Care Fair and Comic Con, and volunteer opportunities. Teens come to the linbrary to grow community in a safe, inclusive environment.
The library provides programming such as weekly Teen Times, anual events such as the Teen Self-Care Fair and Comic Con, and volunteer opportunities. Teens come to the linbrary to grow community in a safe, inclusive environment.
Empowerment & Outdoor Adventure
Empowerment & Outdoor Adventure
The Cycle Effect
A nonprofit that uses mountain biking and mentorship to help girls and young women grow confidence and life skills. It’s not just about biking , it’s about making friends, building courage, and finding community both on and off the trails.
The Cycle Effect
A nonprofit that uses mountain biking and mentorship to help girls and young women grow confidence and life skills. It’s not just about biking , it’s about making friends, building courage, and finding community both on and off the trails.
Mentoring & Life Support
Mentoring & Life Support
Foster Alumni Mentors
A local mentoring community specifically for people who have lived in foster care. They connect you with mentoring, resources, and encouragement to reach your goals after foster care.
Foster Alumni Mentors
A local mentoring community specifically for people who have lived in foster care. They connect you with mentoring, resources, and encouragement to reach your goals after foster care.
Alternative & Personalized Education
Alternative & Personalized Education
Riverside Education Center
A place for students who might need a different approach to education than mainstream schools. Often smaller and more flexible, it helps teens stay on track with learning and personal growth.
Riverside Education Center
A place for students who might need a different approach to education than mainstream schools. Often smaller and more flexible, it helps teens stay on track with learning and personal growth.
Youth Leadership & Fun
Youth Leadership & Fun
Girl Scouts of Colorado (local)
Offers troops and activities that help girls build leadership, outdoor skills, community service experience, and lifelong friendships. A great way to explore interests and feel part of something bigger.
Girl Scouts of Colorado (local)
Offers troops and activities that help girls build leadership, outdoor skills, community service experience, and lifelong friendships. A great way to explore interests and feel part of something bigger.
Job Skills & Training
Job Skills & Training
Collbran Job Corps
A federally funded program that provides career and technical training for teens and young adults — everything from trade skills to college prep, helping you start a job or career path. (Note: specific eligibility may apply, usually ages 16–24.)
Collbran Job Corps
A federally funded program that provides career and technical training for teens and young adults — everything from trade skills to college prep, helping you start a job or career path. (Note: specific eligibility may apply, usually ages 16–24.)
Safe Space & Social Support
Safe Space & Social Support
Loving Beyond Understanding / The Center
A community hub for LGBTQ+ teens and adults, offering a welcoming place to hang out, get support, find resources, and meet people like you. There are daily drop-in hours, social events, support navigation, and creative activities.
Loving Beyond Understanding / The Center
A community hub for LGBTQ+ teens and adults, offering a welcoming place to hang out, get support, find resources, and meet people like you. There are daily drop-in hours, social events, support navigation, and creative activities.
Healing & Connection
Healing & Connection
Harmony Acres Equestrian Center
This center brings animals and people together to support healing and emotional well-being. They offer therapeutic riding and programs that help you relax, connect with animals, and build trust, especially helpful if you’ve had tough experiences.
Harmony Acres Equestrian Center
This center brings animals and people together to support healing and emotional well-being. They offer therapeutic riding and programs that help you relax, connect with animals, and build trust, especially helpful if you’ve had tough experiences.
Youth Services & Housing Support
Youth Services & Housing Support
Hilltop – Connections Program
Supports young adults (about ages 13–24) who need help with housing, jobs, benefits, and independent life skills. There’s a drop-in center, emergency shelter support, housing navigation, and coaching to help you build stability.
Hilltop – Connections Program
Supports young adults (about ages 13–24) who need help with housing, jobs, benefits, and independent life skills. There’s a drop-in center, emergency shelter support, housing navigation, and coaching to help you build stability.
Employment & Career Resources
Employment & Career Resources
Mesa County Workforce Center
A one-stop center where you can explore jobs, build resumes, take workshops, and get help with job searches. They offer free career help for teens and adults, plus computer access and employment tools.
Mesa County Workforce Center
A one-stop center where you can explore jobs, build resumes, take workshops, and get help with job searches. They offer free career help for teens and adults, plus computer access and employment tools.
Life Skills & Independent Living
Life Skills & Independent Living
Mesa County Passages
Created to help teens and young adults transition into adulthood with tools for life success, including education help, job support, housing guidance, parenting resources, and emotional backing when things get tough.
Mesa County Passages
Created to help teens and young adults transition into adulthood with tools for life success, including education help, job support, housing guidance, parenting resources, and emotional backing when things get tough.