The Natrona Collective Health Trust awarded $150,000 in grants for existing "third spaces" as well as $50,000 for a new third space.

Earlier this year, a group of community members came together in response to a rise of teen violence in Natrona County, and identified the need for youth third spaces – settings away from home and school where young people can gather and connect. The group also agreed that youth voices needed to be at the center of the creation and support of these third spaces, and soon, the idea for Youth Takeover Week was born.

Twenty-one Natrona County young people between the ages of 13-19 were selected through an application process to fully lead the grantmaking process – identifying existing third spaces to fund and reviewing applications for the planning of new thir

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