{"id":801274,"date":"2019-11-12T18:17:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T01:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=374297"},"modified":"2019-11-13T09:08:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T16:08:55","slug":"family-intercultural-resource-centers-noelle-sivon-named-outstanding-professional-in-a-nonprofit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/family-intercultural-resource-centers-noelle-sivon-named-outstanding-professional-in-a-nonprofit\/","title":{"rendered":"Family & Intercultural Resource Center\u2019s Noelle Sivon named Outstanding Professional in a Nonprofit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Outstanding Professional in a Nonprofit award winner Noelle Sivon.<\/strong>
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SILVERTHORNE \u2014 Noelle Sivon will be honored with The Summit Foundation title of Outstanding Professional in a Nonprofit for her work at the Family & Intercultural Resource Center as the Families United program manager.<\/p>\n

Within that program, Sivon leads the Parents as Teachers initiative, which is a national home-visitation program with a curriculum that provides education and parenting support to families with children ages birth to 5.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really work to empower parents to take that role on and access the support that they need,\u201d Sivon said. <\/p>\n

Sivon has worked with Parents as Teachers for 12 years and has been in her current role as manager of Families United for eight years. Under Sivon\u2019s leadership, the local Parents as Teachers program became the first in Colorado to achieve the Blue Ribbon Affiliate status.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo what that means is \u2014 based on a criteria that Parents as Teachers has identified for fidelity of delivering the services of their program \u2014 we met all 17 of the requirements and an additional 100 standards that show we are a high-quality program,\u201d Sivon said. \u201cThat was a huge honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Families United received the designation in 2016, the same year Sivon received a Champion of Children Award from Summit County.<\/p>\n

\u201cNoelle demonstrates a fierce dedication to Summit County families, to program staff and to the early childhood community,\u201d Danielle McQueen wrote in a letter nominating Sivon for The Summit Foundation award, which will be presented later this month. \u201cSummit County families with young children experience significant barriers to family stability, including social isolation and inequitable access to resources. Families United provides real solutions for working families.\u201d<\/p>\n

McQueen\u2019s nomination letter also explained that throughout Sivon\u2019s service, 700 children and their families have been given access to the \u201cskills, resources and education they need to thrive in Summit County.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Families United program is universal, Sivon explained, which means anyone who has an age-eligible child can participate regardless of income level. While Sivon said general child development is the focus of the program, a major part of that is parenting support, which is why the program works to encourage positive parenting and education preparation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe realize that when kids start school ready to learn, they have more success,\u201d Sivon said.<\/p>\n

She said the program has a very high retention rate because parents choose to participate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have amazing outcomes with the families that we work with,\u201d Sivon said. \u201cWhen they do complete the program, they report being more confident as parents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through the program, parents learn to interact with the school their child is attending in a positive way when their child needs support, Sivon said. <\/p>\n

\u201cSummit County families have unique needs,\u201d McQueen wrote in her nomination letter. \u201cThrough regular supervision, Noelle ensures that staff meet families where they are and provide the extensive supports needed to strengthen families. As a dedicated mother, staff and community leader, she puts herself in the shoes of those we serve and exhausts all resources in order to protect families and promote their wellbeing,\u201d<\/p>\n

The program currently serves 125 children and their families with 42 children on the waiting list. <\/p>\n

\u201cI feel really grateful and honored to have the opportunity to work in this capacity at (the Family & Intercultural Resource Center) because I really do believe in our mission that stronger families create stronger communities,\u201d Sivon said. \u201cI really do believe that our work is making a stronger community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Outstanding Professional in a Nonprofit award winner Noelle Sivon.Courtesy Joe Kusumoto SILVERTHORNE \u2014 Noelle Sivon will be honored with The Summit Foundation title of Outstanding Professional in a Nonprofit for her work at the Family & Intercultural Resource Center as the Families United program manager. Within that program, Sivon leads the Parents as Teachers initiative, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-801274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 14:50:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":801290,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801274\/revisions\/801290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}