by advocates-admin | Aug 21, 2025 | News
Last week’s back-to-back incidents involving young people and firearms have shaken our Lake County community to its core. The first day of school for the 2025-2026 academic year was interrupted by a lockdown prompted by an off-campus shooting that injured a Lake...
by advocates-admin | Aug 21, 2025 | News
This week ALC’s Client Services Director and Co–Executive Director Tim Best wrote an op-ed urging the community to consider how close each of us is to homelessness. “The recent assault on homelessness in Washington, D.C.—where unsheltered living is being...
by advocates-admin | May 5, 2025 | News
On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, the Leadville/Lake County community lost one of our own to a senseless act of gun violence. This is the second such loss in Lake County in 8 months, making it all the more devastating. Our hearts are breaking for the family and loved ones...
by advocates-admin | Apr 30, 2025 | News
Following Jenny Abbott’s departure from her role as Executive Director last month, ALC has decided to pilot a co-leadership model in lieu of conducting a traditional Executive Director search. With enthusiastic support from both ALC’s Board and staff, we are so...
by advocates-admin | Mar 28, 2025 | News
Farewell and best wishes to long-time ALC Executive Director Jenny Abbott. Jenny joined ALC in 2014 in a direct service role serving clients in our safehouse. Less than 1 year later, she became executive director, in which position she had many responsibilities and...
by advocates-admin | Feb 3, 2025 | News
Watch the video interview on YouTube now. Advocates of Lake County recently sat down with Elsa Tharp — a Lake County Commissioner as well as mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, and two-time rape survivor — to talk about how Lake County’s proposed emergency...
