LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF COLORADO
Programs
Foster Care Services
FOSTER CARE SERVICES: IN FY 2022, LFS SERVED 176 CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN LICENSED FOSTER HOMES LOCATED ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. LFS ACCEPTS REFERRALS FROM ANY OF THE 64 COUNTIES IN COLORADO WHO RETAIN CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN, AS WELL AS PLACEMENT OF UNACCOMPANIED REFUGEE MINORS (URM) WHO ARE REFERRED THROUGH THE US STATE DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT. LFS CARED FOR 71 URM CHILDREN AND YOUTH SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES DUE TO WAR OR CIVIL UNREST DURING THE YEAR. LFS FOSTER CARE SERVICES PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY CASE MANAGEMENT FOR ALL CHILDREN IN CARE, AS WELL AS ENHANCED SUPPORT FOR FOSTER FAMILIES WHO CARE FOR THESE VULNERABLE CHLLDREN AND YOUTH. LFS FOCUSES ON PROVIDING THE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS NEEDED TO KEEP CHILDREN AND FAMILIES STABLE, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DISRUPTIONS CHILDREN AND YOUTH EXPERIENCE DURING THEIR TIME IN FOSTER CARE. IN ADDITION, LFS FACILITATED 10 ADOPTIONS FROM FOSTER CARE DURING THE YEAR.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$5.5MRefugee Resettlement Services
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT SERVICES: LFSRM IS ONE OF THE LARGEST RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION. IN COOPERATION WITH LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICES, WE WELCOMED APPROXIMATELY 1621 REFUGEE AND AFGHAN ARRIVALS TO COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO FROM WAR TORN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. IN ADDITION, WE SERVE SECONDARY MIGRANTS, ASYLEES AND VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE COLORADO OR NEW MEXICO THEIR HOME. LFSRM CURRENTLY PROVIDES REFUGEE SERVICES IN DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS, GREELEY, ALBUQUERQUE, AND LAS CRUCES AND ALSO SERVES AS NEEDED IN THE STATE OF MONTANA.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$13MDisaster Response Program
DISASTER RESPONSE: THE PROGRAM SERVES TO ADDRESS LARGE NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS WHICH OCCUR IN COLORADO OR NEW MEXICO. THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, DISASTER RESPONSE INCLUDED SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF WILDFIRES IN BOULDER COUNTY ALONG WITH A CRISIS COUNSELING PROGRAM FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY COVID AND NEEDING ASSISTANCE TO GET BACK TO THEIR LIFE. THE CRISIS COUNSELING PROGRAM SERVED CLIENTS IN THE DENVER METRO AREA AND ALSO ON THE WESTERN SLOPE OF COLORADO.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$534.4K
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