What is You Decide Denver?
You Decide Denver is collecting and funding project ideas from community members who want to help influence Denver’s approach to substance use support and recovery.
Share Your Idea
1,865 people died from an overdose in Colorado in 2023
Substance misuse in the Denver community impacts all of us. We believe the people closest to the challenges are the people closest to the solutions. You Decide Denver brings people together people who want to help find solutions to the overdose crisis happening in our city.
How to get involved
You Decide Denver is funding non-clinical project ideas using the Participatory Budgeting process. Non-clinical projects meet people where they are with information, education, screening and support options to help them on their recovery journeys.
Share your non-clinical project ideas such as:
Have a project idea? Here are the guidelines to keep in mind:
- Projects should be manageable given community resources and funding scope
- Projects must be focused on supporting people impacted by substance use disorders
- Projects must reflect You Decide Denver’s values of compassion, honesty, hope, trust, inclusion and equity
Submit Your Idea
Stay informed and vote on project ideas
You don’t have to submit a project idea to get involved! Once project submissions close, You Decide Denver’s committee of Community Champions, comprised of people with lived experience, will review and organize the project submissions for voting. Voting will be open to everyone in the community. You’ll have the opportunity to vote on the projects you think You Decide Denver should fund.
Sign up for updates about voting and how you can stay involved throughout the process.