Community Building & Partnership
Healthy & Socially Thriving
Parks & Recreation
FY2025 Budget
Program Budget Overview
Description
The Community Building & Partnership team provides camps, EXPAND, Youth Services Initiative (YSI) and other recreation programming for people with disabilities and low-income families and volunteer efforts. This includes targeted outreach to increase awareness of public recreation programming for those from underrepresented communities as well as individuals with disabilities, coordinating system-wide volunteer efforts, and partnerships to build alternative funding to achieve community goals.
Summary of 2025 Budget Enhancements and Realignments:
1) Provides adequate resources to sustain operations for the department’s community programs.
2) Allows for BPR to maintain EXPAND’s internship program which supports programming for our youth, teens and those with disabilities.
3) Supports the PLAY Boulder Foundation partnership to seek non-traditional funding sources for capital campaigns, community grants and park enhancement projects.
Community Building & Partnership Subprograms:
Access & Inclusion
Fostering inclusion by creating a community of all abilities through recreation.
The EXPAND program provides affordable programming for children, youth and adults with disabilities allowing them to take full advantage of recreational opportunities and experiences. Serving community members with disabilities is regularly ranked as a priority by the community, and EXPAND’s level of service and the city’s investment in it aligns with that community input.
Youth and teen-focused programming provides recreational services to all young community members and on-site services to youth from historically underrepresented communities. The opportunity to engage in positive activities increases well-being and engagement in positive activities in safe spaces and has been shown to decrease youth misbehavior and criminal activity.
Community Building & Partnerships
BPR’s Community Building & Partnership team is dedicated to identifying funding through alternative methods to support core community benefit services and support reliable, relevant programming that cultivates a wide range of enriching opportunities. Community volunteers contribute their time and talent to support causes, leading to a deep sense of ownership and commitment. Their contributions are invaluable in building stronger, more connected communities.
