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FOSTER SOURCE

Inspiring lasting healing in vulnerable children through confident, compassionate foster parents.

Thornton, CO   |  http://fostersource.org/

Mission

Our mission is to provide relevant training, resources and support to foster and kinship parents from a trauma-informed approach, giving them the skills and confidence to spark healing in vulnerable children. We serve the state of Colorado.

Ruling year info

2017

Executive Director

Renee Bernhard

Treasurer

Brian Bernhard

Main address

3879 E 120th Ave. #218

Thornton, CO 80233 USA

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EIN

81-2922749

NTEE code info

Foster Care (P32)

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (F12)

Children's and Youth Services (P30)

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Foster Parent Education

Foster Parent Trainings - Foster Source provides various free training seminars for continuing education and provides appropriate childcare. Topics of training seminars include basics of parenting children with trauma, repercussions of fetal alcohol syndrome and drug exposure, as well as trainings on parenting children of a different race, choosing the right therapy type for your foster child, and in-depth sessions regarding different therapy options.

Foster Parent Support Groups – Foster parents have the opportunity to come together and discuss their struggles, and supporting one another during this time. The private location provides a safe, judgement-free environment for foster parents to vent, ask advice, laugh and cry.

Our behavioral health training courses are currently offered in Windsor, Brighton, Aurora, and Denver. We serve foster parents statewide in Colorado, and have made individual trips to try to better accommodate rural foster parents. The Learning Source is our virtual classroom and formed as a result of so many rural counties asking how their foster parents can access our trainings. This virtual classroom will increase access to behavioral health education to foster parents all over the state, and eventually, even nationally. We are thrilled to be able to include foster parents live in the virtual classroom during our live in person trainings as well as afterwards in an on demand capacity.

Population(s) Served
Families
Caregivers

Meeting Needs and Granting Wishes - Foster Source uses donated and raised funds to meet needs of local and rural foster families and children. Our top 4 items that we provide are weighted items, car seats, mattresses and bunk beds. Recent wishes include box braids for a teen in care wishing for a new hair style, an egress window for a family who wanted to take siblings, and a hotel stay for a family with a new teen placement.

Population(s) Served
Families
Caregivers

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Our Sustainable Development Goals

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How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time

Financials

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FOSTER SOURCE

Board of directors
as of 06/22/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Rebecca Allen

Maria Avila

Adams County Human Services

Rebecca Allen

Board President

Karen Wolf

Trauma Educator

Adrienne Parrott

Big Hearts Closet

Kriss Porco

Thrivent Financial

Brian Bernhard

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Renee Bernhard

Executive Director

Sean Camacho

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Matt LaCrue

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Tonya Van Beber

Save Our Grid LLC

Board leadership practices

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • 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? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 10/12/2023
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Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

We do not display disability information for organizations with fewer than 15 staff.

Equity strategies

Last updated: 10/12/2023

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
Policies and processes
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.