Tu Nidito Children and Family Services
Growing Through Grief
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Tu Nidito's Mission To create a community of acceptance and understanding for those grieving a serious medical condition or death. Tu Nidito's Vision No child grieves alone. Our Guiding Principles • It is our commitment to provide meaningful experiences to our clients and community. • We strengthen our community by providing support, resources and education in the field of childhood bereavement. • We believe in providing compassion, expertise, integrity and empathy to all grieving families.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Children to Children Grief Support Program
Tu Nidito’s Children to Children program offers support groups for children ages 3 1/2 -18, who are grieving the death of a loved one. Grief support services extend to the entire family, other caregivers, schools, and the greater community. CTC has provided grief support to thousands of children in Southern Arizona and is Tucson's only child-centered grief support program.
Support for Children with a Serious Medical Condition
Tu Nidito provides home, hospital and community-based support for children age birth to 18 diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition. Master’s level Social Workers, Case Managers and highly-trained volunteers provide individualized support to the diagnosed child, their siblings and their families. Specialized curriculum helps each family member integrate coping tools, understand emotions, and foster new ways to communicate as they navigate the difficulty and stress of diagnosis, change in prognosis and course of treatment.
Support Group For Children Whose Parent or Caregiver is Diagnosed with a Serious Medical Condition
Tu Nidito offers ongoing support groups for children and teenagers who have a parent diagnosed with a serious medical condition, such as cancer. Support groups provide a safe place to process the changes in each family member’s life due to the medical condition using guided discussions and peer-to-peer interaction. While children and teens are receiving support, the diagnosed adult and their partner attend their own support group. This empowers adults to share their challenges and learn ways to best support their children.
Grief Education and Intervention
Tu Nidito's Grief Education programming ensures that adults who work with youth are aware of how young people grieve and that they have the skills and knowledge to best support them. Grief Education workshops are provided for schools and community agencies to help create an environment of acceptance and understanding regarding children and teens in grief.
Tu Nidito is also available to provide on-site grief intervention and support in the event of a death or tragedy in the community that impacts children and teens. Ongoing follow-up support and intervention is available to help navigate the grief process.
Where we work
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Our results
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Number of volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Caregivers, Families, Parents, Children and youth
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of children served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Caregivers, Young adults, Older adults, Adolescents, Children
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of families served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Caregivers, Adolescents, Children, Single parents, Grandparents
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Community Grief Education Workshops
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Teachers
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Grief education programming provides workshops to schools and community agencies to help create an environment of acceptance and understanding regarding children in grief.
Grief Intervention Sessions Delivered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Preteens, Children, Adolescents
Related Program
Grief Education and Intervention
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Grief Intervention Sessions are provided to school communities in the event of student/faculty death(s).
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Tu Nidito has four long term goals to ensure we are working towards our mission:
1. MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES: We will provide effective tools and experiences for our clients and community.
2. RESPONSIVE: We will identify opportunities to be flexible in our program options, identify gaps in services, and respond to community needs that align with our mission, allowing us to serve children we have not previously supported.
3. NORMALIZATION OF GRIEF: Grief is an experience that needs and deserves understanding, support, and community awareness.
4. SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: We will ensure Tu Nidito is a valued resource for those grieving in our community for years to come through financial stability and strong leadership.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Tu Nidito follows strategies to ensure our goals are being met:
MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES: We will provide effective tools and experiences for our clients and community.
Goal 1: Clients will learn the skills and tools needed to support themselves and/or members of their community
Goal 2: Programs are sensitive to the cultural, racial, and diverse population that are being served
Goal 3: We are Southern Arizona’s preferred non-profit for long-term employment and volunteerism
RESPONSIVENESS: We will identify opportunities to be flexible in our program options, identify gaps in services, and respond to community needs that align with our mission.
Goal 1: A special emphasis is placed on data about recruitment and engagement of clients to ensure we are reaching the individuals we aspire to serve
Goal 2: Ensure families are staying in service for the optimal length of time
Goal 3: Identify alternative or flexible programming options
Goal 4: Avoid waiting lists
NORMALIZATION OF GRIEF: Grief is an experience that needs and deserves understanding, support, and community awareness.
Goal 1: Ensure Tu Nidito continues to be seen as a leader in the field of grief
Goal 2: Conduct rigorous outreach and education dedicated to destigmatizing grief in the community
Goal 3: Form strategic community partnerships to increase community understanding
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: We will ensure that Tu Nidito will be a valued resource for those who are grieving in our community for years to come through financial stability and strong leadership.
Goal 1: Diversify revenue to include a more balance portfolio.
Goal 2: Increase donor retention.
Goal 3. Grow Endowment.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Tu Nidito has a dedicated Board of Directors, which includes 13 members. All have diverse backgrounds including medical professionals, legal professionals and accountants that assist with creating a community of support for Tu Nidito services. Tu Nidito has a diverse staff of 10 industry leading professionals with a directorship of over 25 years’ experience in nonprofit management. Additionally, Tu Nidito relies on the dedication of over 200 volunteers that help to run our support groups, work one on one with our family members and support our events.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Tu Nidito continues to work towards our goals by meeting and addressing community needs. We are offering free Grief Education to school partners in all of Tucson. We are also becoming the first contact for crisis intervention when a death happens at a school or community organization. We aim to continue to evolve to meet the needs of our community by offering remote/virtual program options in addition to tradition programs. Through family feedback surveys, Tu Nidito continues listening to the needs of our grieving community and adjusting programs to meet identified needs. Tu Nidito continues to work as a collective whole with our partners and community to ensure that no child grieves alone.
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Tu Nidito Children and Family Services
Board of directorsas of 03/22/2023
Mr Richard Thompson
Caterpillar
Term: 2023 - 2024
Eric Maneval
Beach Fleischman
Jenna Elmer, SPHR
U of A
Charlie Bowles
Bowles Realty & Investments
Heather Bachman
El Rio Health
Supriya Bakshi
New York Life
Melissa Ritchey
Children's Clinic
Andy Townsend
Elvira Elementary School
Richard Thompson
Catepillar
Gabriela Cervantes
Snell & Wilmer
Lisa Owens-Sredzinski
Berwick Insurance
Angelica Weber
Amgen, Inc
Aditi Gupta
Morgan Stanley
Laura Godlewski
HTG Molecular
Ed Moomjian
Moomjian Law
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
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Equity strategies
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- 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 have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- 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 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.