Mission
Halos of the St. Croix Valley is a recognized 501(c)(3)non-profit foundation in the State of Wisconsin that provides support to families suffering from the loss of a child. Halos of the St. Croix Valley is run by parents who have lost a child themselves and want to be there for those parents that need the love and support of someone who truly understands what they are going through. Halos offers many forms of support to parents and families of child-loss, from financial to emotional. Including but not limited to: -Assistance with cremation/burial cost. memorial services, headstone -Providing personalize memorial cards for their child’s service. -Providing cemetery plots for a child at a local cemetery. -Providing photography services for families at the hospital/memorial service. and more!
Ruling year
2015
Executive Director
Kelli Lynn Espiritu
Main address
207 S. Knowles Ave
New Richmond, WI 54017 USA
EIN
46-4220801
NTEE code
Human Service Organizations (P20)
Health Support Services (E60)
Family Services (P40)
IRS filing requirement
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We want to provide other after care support options that will be utilized more than what we had at the beginning of 2022.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Little Angel Healing Baskets
We provide our Little Angel Healing Baskets to parents after the loss of a baby. The baskets are distributed to all all local hospitals and are also brought to local area funeral homes.
The baskets include:
burial gown, hair clipping bag, hand and foot mold kit, books (Heaven Is For Real, We Were Having a Baby But Had An Angel Instead), handmade blanket and hat, nuk, forget me not seed packet, candle, literature on our photography services and free financial assistance and hands on support that we provide to parents for burial or cremation needs.
Monitor Rental
Giving families a peace of mind after the loss of a child. We allow families to checkout Owlet Monitor's and Fetal Doppler's, using a library checkout system.
Family Support
Providing families with one on one support through our Family Support Advocate (much like a funeral director), to guide them through the many decisions they are facing, all while assisting them financially and hands on to provide create and provide mementos, and give parents a soft place to land through their grief.
Cuddle Cots & Caring Cradles
Providing the gift of time by purchasing cooling bassinets for hospitals, for parents facing the loss of a baby. These bassinets provide families with the ability to keep their child with them in the room with them.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of families served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Family Support
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of crisis hotline calls answered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Family Support
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We are basing these off of just the initial call someone makes to us immediately after their child dies, but many families call back multiple times for other needs that comes up over the first year.
Number of volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Family Support
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We created a Hand and Foot Molds Team and an On-Call Phones Team in 2022 giving us 31 extra volunteers.
Average number of days taken to respond to customers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Family Support
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
We always respond within 12 hours to all new Family Support Requests and within 24 hours to all other calls and emails.
Number of therapy hours provided to clients
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Family Support
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
There has been less interest in online therapy sessions, so we are pulling back from them and plan to add something new in place of them for 2023.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Since we decided to add more after care support we have started doing Virtual Monthly Grief Talks with therapists, grief experts, loss parents that run organizations, and directors of other loss organizations. We have also started offering free Help Text subscriptions to any new family that feels they would benefit from them. Lastly, we are working with Whitetail Lodge in MN to offer a free three day stay for all of our new families.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We have have already added three new programs, listed above, so for 2023 we are focusing on finding ways to provide one on one therapy for new families with a licensed therapist. We have calls out to area therapists to get pricing information and find ways to work with them to provide this at a reduced cost that we can cover.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We will be able to offer this sometime within 2023.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have added Virtual Monthly Grief Talks, Help Texts, and Whitetail Lodge Loss Parent Retreat Center to our after care support. These have been of great impact on our families both new and existing.
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Operations
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Halos of the St Croix Valley
Board of directorsas of 01/25/2023
Kelli Espiritu
Kelli Espiritu
Halos of the St. Croix Valley
Barry Espiritu
Chris Roberts
Darrell Roberts
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Board orientation and education
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CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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