Chapter Life
Welcome to Young People in Recovery (YPR), Cortez Chapter
Welcome to YPR-Cortez, where individuals from all walks of life and recovery pathways are warmly welcomed and celebrated. At the Cortez Chapter, we are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment for anyone in recovery, seeking recovery, or supporting someone on their recovery journey.
Our vision is a world where everyone has access to the resources they need to thrive in recovery from addiction. All of our recovery support services are free, ensuring that anyone seeking recovery has the tools and community they need to succeed.
We host All Recovery Meetings that provide a safe and welcoming space for individuals from all recovery pathways. These meetings are open to everyone, fostering a sense of connection, support, and community as participants share their experiences and navigate their personal recovery journeys.
In addition to our meetings, we offer pro-social events and life skills workshops that help individuals build strong, healthy lives. Our events are designed to encourage personal growth, foster meaningful connections, and offer support in a fun and engaging way.
At YPR Cortez, we are dedicated to supporting individuals in recovery, promoting harm reduction, and building a community where everyone is empowered to reach their full potential. Join us to be a part of a growing network that is making a difference in the recovery community.
Chapter REsources
Good Samaritan Food Pantry
The Good Samaritan Center is a food pantry and emerging community food hub in Cortez, CO. We provide food assistance to anyone who needs it through market-style shopping for supplementary groceries. Households can shop for groceries up to twice per month and up to once per week for produce-only items.
Indigenous Wellbriety Program
Sharing space here for communities in recovery, organizations who support peer recovery in substance use and a focus on how we can improve each other through promoting community events, sober led activities with education and training opportunities for the southwest Colorado Region.
The Bridge Emergency Shelter
Within a safe and respectful environment, the Bridge provides a seasonal shelter for adults as well as transitional housing and work opportunities for adults seeking greater independence.
Cortez Integrated Healthcare
Your mind and body are connected, and so is our health system. Our integrated health care combines primary care, counseling, psychiatry, substance use treatment, and dental care. Depending on the clinic you choose, the professionals on your team will vary. However, all of our clinics provide a variety of support to help you get well and stay well.
Four Corners Child Advocacy Center
The mission of Four Corners Child Advocacy Center is to strengthen our community’s response to child abuse and neglect through prevention, intervention, education, and advocacy.
Renew
Our mission at Renew Inc. is to provide assistance to victims of domestic violence, adult sexual assault, and adult survivors of child sexual abuse through crisis intervention, public education, and awareness.
Grace’s Kitchen
Serving free lunch from 12:00 – 1:00 PM on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Hope’s Kitchen
(970) 565-3002
Serving free lunch 12:00 – 1:00 PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 515 N Park St, Cortez, CO 81321.
Colorado Workforce Center
cortez@state.co.us
Workforce Centers provide a variety of free services to assist employers and job seekers alike. These include job listings, computer and internet access, career counseling, and training for job seekers, recruitment of workers, pre-screening, referral services, tax credits, and training reimbursement for employers. Customers can choose either self-service or staff-assisted options to meet their employment needs.
Montezuma County Health Department
Services include Immunizations, Food Service Inspections, Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Smilemakers and Other Dental Programs, Reach Out and Read, Environmental Health, Emergency Preparedness, Nurse-Family Partnership, Car Seat and Bike Helmet Programs, Communicable Disease, Nurturing Parents, and Options for Long-term Care.
Four Corners Child Advocacy Center
The mission of Four Corners Child Advocacy Center is to strengthen our community’s response to child abuse and neglect through prevention, intervention, education, and advocacy.
Axis Care Hotline
(970) 247-5245
Axis offers a 24/7 Care Line with clinician assessment and recommendations for planning next steps. If an in-person appointment is needed, they explore the safest and most effective plan for individualized care in crisis care clinics.
The Recovery Center
The Recovery Center acknowledges that clients often have multi-systemic issues driving their drug and alcohol abuse. They use a multi-dimensional treatment approach, individualized to specific client issues, providing safe, effective, concise skills, and boundaries for recovery.
MoCO Transportation
MoCO Transportation operates a door-to-door call response transportation system within Montezuma County and provides transportation to Dove Creek and Durango for medical appointments. Schedule a ride by calling 970-564-2773 the business day before 2:30 pm. A 2-week notice is required for medical appointments in Dove Creek, Durango, or Farmington.
Cortez Cab
(970) 565-6911
Cortez Cab provides 24/7 service. Calls for service and reservations are taken from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM weekdays and 6:00 AM to 2:00 AM on weekends. Off-hours reservations require an advance payment of $20.00, non-refundable, with a minimum fare of $20.00. Closed on Christmas Day unless an advance reservation is made.
Find Treatment
A confidential and anonymous resource for persons seeking treatment for mental and substance use disorders in the United States and its territories.
The Treatment Atlas
Treatment Atlas is a free and confidential resource to find and compare addiction treatment programs.