Partners Mentoring Youth, a Larimer County 501(c)3, was founded in 1978 as Partners of Larimer County in response to a need that was lacking in Northern Colorado. Community leaders in the 1970's saw a dramatic increase in the number of youth offending, entering the Juvenile Justice system and then re-offending. The District Attorney, Mayor and other business and community leaders, seeking ways to help these youth, found the Partners model being used effectively in Denver as a youth-mentoring program. This spurred the development of Partners Mentoring Youth of Larimer County as part of a larger Partners Mentoring Association (PMA).

Though originally established as an intervention program for youth already involved in the court system, the Partners model has evolved over time to more of a "prevention" based approach. Partners now focuses on the goal of understanding children who are at risk of not reaching their full potential in life, and working to serve them early on in their lives.

Partners Mentoring Youth of Larimer County celebrated its first Partnership in 1979 and has since expanded to serve youth throughout Larimer County, including Loveland and Estes Park, establishing itself as an influential Northern Colorado Volunteer Program. To find out how to get involved, click here.