NextChapter Dashboard
Welcome to the NextChapter Dashboard
Here, you'll find our class schedule, events, ways to contact NextChapter staff, important messages and more.
Important Messages
Looking for information about NextChapter announcements, events and more? Check this section for real-time updates.
NextChapter BUILDING CLOSURE: Thursday, May 16 from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
456 Bannock St. Denver, CO 80204
Front Desk: (303) 504-1700
- WellPower snow line (303-756-SNOW)
- WellPower official website (wellpower.org)
- WellPower Facebook and Instagram accounts
- 9News (9news.com) (NOTE: It is up to the discretion of 9News on whether to just publish this closure information on their website or to also include it on their TV broadcast)
Dates to Know
Open 05/27/2024 for Memorial day. 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Reminders
Lunch is served from 12:00 - 12:30 p.m., Mon - Fri for $1. Must be participating in classes that day. Purchase lunch tickets and snacks at the Market café.
Free breakfast is served 8:15 - 8:45 a.m. if signed up for A.M. classes.
- REMINDER: Please register for all in person classes in advance by calling the front desk at (303) 504-1700 or contact the class facilitator/ your education counselor.
Check Out Our Services
Work is an important goal for the people we serve and an important factor in their recovery. NextChapter teaches professional skills, provides career assessments, and matches Denver area businesses with productive and motivated employees.
Our Community Education program helps students who are interested in pursuing higher education in the community. Our Education Counselors help people navigate the education process from beginning to end, including providing on campus support.
General Education
Classes are provided to help build skills for community education, career pursuits or general knowledge. We offer a variety of classes in computers, reading, math, Spanish, and writing, as well as, tutoring in several subjects. We also assist with both in house and community-based volunteering opportunities to further explore and prepare for careers.
Social and Recreation
We offer individuals with opportunities to engage in a variety of classes, groups and experiences to enhance one's own social and community wellbeing. We offer frequent outings to cultural events, opportunities to connect with nature and explorations in the community.
NextChapter Art Program
The NextChapter Art Studio provides people with a wide range of materials and instruction, as well as a spacious and welcoming art studio, to create forms of visual art. We assist artists in creative expression as a part of their journey in recovery.
Health and Wellness
We focus on well-being and recovery for the whole person. This includes physical health and nutrition. In addition to our gym and studio, we have outings to rec centers, nutrition classes, group meditation and other classes to promote a healthy lifestyle.
Peer Support Services
NextChapter recognizes the importance of lived experience by providing peer support services. Individual and group support, peer led classes and workshops and opportunities for training and employment.
Music and Performing Art
Opportunities are available to participate in a variety of music experiences and groups to enhance skills, quality of life, and practice for in house and community-based performances. We provide people of all skill levels and abilities with an environment that promotes their own musical or preforming expression.
Culinary Training
Trainees gain valuable, paid, on-the-job training while preparing and providing nutritious meals within Sally's Café, an operating restaurant at NextChapter. The training offers participants the chance to see how a functioning food service entity runs and explore different job areas they might be interested in pursuing in the community.