Yatooma's Foundation For The Kids

Yatooma’s Foundation For The Kids is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing guidance, stability, and financial assistance to families with children who have lost one or both parents. This all-too-common tragedy transcends the lines of race, religion, and status and often forces children to prematurely assume the burden of adult responsibility.

In addition to immediate financial resources for living expenses, Yatooma’s Foundation For The Kids attempts to provide at least some semblance of the parent’s mentoring hand, now reduced to memories and photographs.

We provide financial assistance to qualifying families who have sustained financial burdens due to the loss of the parent. We are able to guide families through the process of getting social security established, guardianship (if appropriate), etc. We also provide monthly family events where kids can be with other kids who have experienced the same loss in order to form life-long bonds and know that they are not alone. We are able to adopt families for Christmas so that good memories can be formed during what can be a very difficult season of grief. We customize our program offerings to the situations. We have resources for therapy, camps, and other healing programs specifically for children that have lost a parent.

Our staff is able to provide expertise for walking through many of the processes necessary after a death. We have collaborated with many community organizations that specialize in therapeutic programs. Through the generosity of donors, we are able to provide financial support to qualifying families that are struggling directly due to the loss of a parent. We are able to provide a listening ear and support for parents, grandparents, guardians, and children who are dealing with this tragedy and trying to deal with day-to-day life at the same time.

Our program services continue to grow to serve more children. We are working to increase funding to be able to have a center where families can come for services and support.