
Our Mission:
Promoting public safety, mental health, and addiction recovery through a coordinated response to Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, providing family reintegration, family preservation, social reintegration, employment and education, housing services, and other aftercare activities through the provision of incentives and other needed supports to the Problem Solving Courts in Larimer County, as are accepted and approved by the Board of Directors.
Our Story:
Larimer Court Support (LCS) was founded on a cold January night in 2017 during a community meeting held by Larimer County treatment court coordinators, who voiced their concern about the large gap between community and the clients in treatment courts. Many community members had expressed their desire to support clients with various goods and services, but there was no way to do this without violating privacy policies and other bureaucratic barriers. We were inspired by a successful nonprofit program in Jefferson County that was finding ways to bring gaps between community and treatment court clients.
Three women in the room that January night showed great interest in creating a nonprofit entity that could do the same thing in Larimer County, and so they did. Kim Zappia - a mother of a previous treatment court client, Bernadette Felix - a retired probation officer of 28 years, and Geena Rupp - a graduate of the Adult Drug Court program, met several times over the next few months to create the foundation of this emerging organization. These founding board members met eight times in three months working diligently to get all the required documents, accounts and resources together to be able to serve the community and the clients in the most efficient way.
In May of 2017, the organization welcomed Spencer Harrison - a graduate of the DUI Recovery Court program, to become the first male board member. By the end of 2017, there were a total of 16 board meetings, two fundraising events, two sober activities, received over $3,000 in donations and assistance to over 50 clients in the treatment courts.
LCS continues to serve the treatment courts of Larimer County with positive results for clients and the community. Be sure to check out our testimonial page to read stories from clients that have benefited directly from LCS.
Promoting public safety, mental health, and addiction recovery through a coordinated response to Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, providing family reintegration, family preservation, social reintegration, employment and education, housing services, and other aftercare activities through the provision of incentives and other needed supports to the Problem Solving Courts in Larimer County, as are accepted and approved by the Board of Directors.
Our Story:
Larimer Court Support (LCS) was founded on a cold January night in 2017 during a community meeting held by Larimer County treatment court coordinators, who voiced their concern about the large gap between community and the clients in treatment courts. Many community members had expressed their desire to support clients with various goods and services, but there was no way to do this without violating privacy policies and other bureaucratic barriers. We were inspired by a successful nonprofit program in Jefferson County that was finding ways to bring gaps between community and treatment court clients.
Three women in the room that January night showed great interest in creating a nonprofit entity that could do the same thing in Larimer County, and so they did. Kim Zappia - a mother of a previous treatment court client, Bernadette Felix - a retired probation officer of 28 years, and Geena Rupp - a graduate of the Adult Drug Court program, met several times over the next few months to create the foundation of this emerging organization. These founding board members met eight times in three months working diligently to get all the required documents, accounts and resources together to be able to serve the community and the clients in the most efficient way.
In May of 2017, the organization welcomed Spencer Harrison - a graduate of the DUI Recovery Court program, to become the first male board member. By the end of 2017, there were a total of 16 board meetings, two fundraising events, two sober activities, received over $3,000 in donations and assistance to over 50 clients in the treatment courts.
LCS continues to serve the treatment courts of Larimer County with positive results for clients and the community. Be sure to check out our testimonial page to read stories from clients that have benefited directly from LCS.
"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose"
-Lyndon B Johnson
-Lyndon B Johnson