Integrated Services

• Doubled up with family or friends due to financial need
• In a shelter
• In a car, under a bridge, in a tent
• In a motel, campground, hotel
• In an abandoned building, park, bus or train station
•  “Substandard living:" poor quality of living, no water, no heat, no electricity, etc.    

Food Banks 

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)- If you and your family are food insecure, apply for SNAP food assistance. Click here for more information.
• Food Banks Thornton Assistance-English 
• Food Banks Thornton Assistance-Spanish
• Food Banks and Pantries in Adams County 
• Food Bank of the Rockies 
• CDE Emergency Feeding 
• Hunger Free Colorado 
• Colorado WIC 
• Metro Caring 
• Kids Food Finder

Area Health Care Resources

• English brochure
• Spanish brochure

A Precious Child - A Precious Child provides children in need with opportunities and resources to empower them to achieve their full potential.

Clothes To Kids

Clothes To Kids of Denver (CTKD) provides FREE clothing to children and youth who are in need or in crisis. To shop, students must live in Metro Denver, be age 3 - 21, and be enrolled in school (remote or in-person) or working toward a GED.

For families who would prefer a contactless option, they are continuing to offer wardrobes via Curbside Service. This option enables parents and caregivers to request a wardrobe for any student in need, and their staff will shop on their behalf.

Families wishing to shop in person or request a wardrobe for pick-up should call at 720.379.4630 or email at appointment@clothestokidsdenver.org for an appointment. Up-to-date phone hours are on the Shop With Us page of their website.

No referral required.

Hours of Operation

• Tuesdays-Fridays: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Saturdays: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Sundays and Mondays: Closed

Donations Accepted

• Fridays and Saturdays: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Check our updated Donation Guidelines for ideas. 

• Information and Referral - 720.977.5800
  • Community members can call City of Thornton’s main number when in need of resources. Connections to information on programs and services in the community, and the Denver Metro Area, are provided by their team.
• Water Assistance Program – This program helps low-income individuals and families struggling to pay their water bill. 

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is Congress’s directive to schools receiving any federal funding to eliminate discrimination based on disability from all aspects of school operation. Mapleton Public School District is required to provide eligible disabled students with equal access to services, programs, and activities offered by the District. Section 504 is a civil rights statute and not a special education statute. Therefore, it is the responsibility of regular education staff and building administration to implement those practices and procedures necessary for a school to fulfill the requirements of this law.

Accommodation:
An accommodation allows a student to complete the same assignment or test as other students, but with a change in the timing, formatting, setting, scheduling, response and/or presentation. The accommodation does not alter in any significant way what the test or assignment measures. The purpose of an accommodation is to provide a student with equal access to learning and an equal opportunity to show what he/she knows and what he/she can do. 

Modification:
A modification is an adjustment to an assignment or a test that changes the standard or what the test or assignment is supposed to measure. Examples of possible modifications include a student completing work on part of a standard or student completing an alternate assignment that is more easily achievable that the standard assignment.

School directors or director designees are responsible for maintaining student 504 Plans. If you have questions or concerns, please direct them to your child's school director.