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Fostering Joy: "Birthday Palooza" Returns on Saturday, April 13, 2024

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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LOS ANGELES, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- If you want to do big things, you need great partners. That's why a collaborative of non-profit organizations is joining forces to throw the second ever "Birthday Palooza," a celebratory day-long event that reunites hundreds of siblings separated by foster care. Foster Love, Kidspace Children's Museum, Make Good Inc., and Hope in a Suitcase will partner for the event at Kidspace in Pasadena on Saturday, April 13, 2024, 10:00 AM.

Key Points: 
  • "We know that visitation time, including time with siblings, is critical to maintaining family bonds, supporting child well-being, and increasing reunification rates.
  • Birthday Palooza is a joyful way to reunite siblings, strengthen their bonds, and create lasting memories together."
  • Birthday Palooza helps biological siblings separated in the foster system celebrate one of the family milestones they miss the most; sharing birthdays together.
  • It includes financial and nutritional literacy, social and emotional intelligence and having one's needs met with dignity and respect.

Union Home Mortgage Foundation announces fourth quarter grant recipients

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Monday, February 12, 2024
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STRONGSVILLE, Ohio, Feb. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Union Home Mortgage Foundation, the charitable arm of Union Home Mortgage whose mission is to equip families with the tools and resources needed to achieve economic self-sufficiency, has announced its grant recipients for the fourth quarter of 2023.  The Foundation awarded grants to eight nonprofits from across the country totaling $67,500. 

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  • Awardees include 8 nonprofits in Florida, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, and Texas
    STRONGSVILLE, Ohio, Feb. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Union Home Mortgage Foundation, the charitable arm of Union Home Mortgage whose mission is to equip families with the tools and resources needed to achieve economic self-sufficiency, has announced its grant recipients for the fourth quarter of 2023.
  • "At Union Home Mortgage, it's critical for us to partner with dynamic organizations that make a difference in our communities, providing more equitable opportunities for those they serve," said Bill Cosgrove, CEO of Union Home Mortgage.
  • For more information on the Union Home Mortgage Foundation, visit www.uhmfoundation.org , or email [email protected] .
  • The fourth quarter grant recipients are:
    Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland: $15,000 in support of financial literacy programming that will serve more than 25,000 Cleveland-area students and focus on personal finance, savings, budgeting, and investing wisely.

The Kinkade Family Foundation Provides Holiday Therapeutic Art Kits For Youth In Northern California Farmworker And Underserved Communities

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Kinkade Family Foundation announced that it has partnered with six charities in Northern California farmworker and underserved Communities to provide children with therapeutic art kits for the Holidays. The therapeutic art kits are also available for free to download at www.kinkadefamilyfoundation.org.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Kinkade Family Foundation announced that it has partnered with six charities in Northern California farmworker and underserved Communities to provide children with therapeutic art kits for the Holidays.
  • The therapeutic art kits are also available for free to download at www.kinkadefamilyfoundation.org .
  • The Kinkade Family Foundation (KFF) started distributing art kits in 2020 as a response to the pandemic, which amplified the lack of art in schools and underserved communities.
  • This year, KFF has partnered with East Bay Art Therapy and  added a new element to the art kits by adding therapeutic art projects to the kits.

Nonprofit Collaborative Celebrates Inaugural "Birthday Palooza at Kidspace" Saturday, May 6, 2023

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Monday, April 17, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Foster Love, the non-profit organization devoted to improving how children experience the foster care system in America, is partnering with several nonprofit organizations including Kidspace Museum, Make Good Inc., and Hope in a Suitcase to create "Birthday Palooza at Kidspace," a celebratory day-long event that will reunite hundreds of siblings separated by foster care. The event will be held at Kidspace Museum in Pasadena, CA on Saturday, May 6, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • The event will be held at Kidspace Museum in Pasadena, CA on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
  • "We know that family visitation time, including time with siblings, is critical to maintaining family bonds, supporting child well-being, and increasing family reunification rates.
  • Birthday Palooza is a joyful way to reunite siblings, strengthen their bonds, and create lasting memories together."
  • www.fosterlove.com
    Kidspace is a nonprofit museum designed to delight and engage children intellectually, emotionally, and physically through joyful, kid-driven experiences.

Los Angeles Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center Becomes the Largest Provider of Acute Care for Adolescent Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder in Los Angeles County

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Monday, January 9, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of Governor Gavin Newsom's announcement to award $480.5 million in grants for 54 projects to improve California's behavioral health infrastructure for children and youth, Los Angeles-based Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center announced that it will receive $19.2 million of the grant funding to expand behavioral and mental health services for adolescents at its facilities at its Echo Park hospital campus. The expansion and grant are part of the Los Angeles County-based projects that support behavioral health infrastructure to address gaps in care and create sustainable improvements that better serve county residents. The expansion will also make Gateways Hospital the largest provider of acute adolescent (ages 13-18) mental health and substance use disorder in Los Angeles County.

Key Points: 
  • The expansion will also make Gateways Hospital the largest provider of acute adolescent (ages 13-18) mental health and substance use disorder in Los Angeles County.
  • "The investment in behavioral and mental health services tailored to youth comes at a pivotal time," said Gateways Hospital CEO Dr. Phil Wong.
  • We commend Governor Newsom and Los Angeles County for prioritizing the funds to focus on youth mental health by expanding infrastructure capacity to help shift the tide.
  • The awards are delivered through the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Round 4: Children and Youth grants.

1,700 Children in Foster Care Join iFoster Community Art Event

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Thursday, May 12, 2022
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TRUCKEE, Calif., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- iFoster, a national 501c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure that every child growing up outside of their biological home has the resources and opportunities they need to become successful, hosted a virtual art event for children being raised in the foster care system. The goal of the event was to provide children being raised in the foster care system an opportunity to express their vision of community during Foster Care Month.

Key Points: 
  • The goal of the event was to provide children being raised in the foster care system an opportunity to express their vision of community during Foster Care Month.
  • In advance of May 7, iFoster distributed 1,700 art kits to children in foster care across the U.S. On May 7, world-renowned artist (and former foster youth) ENKONE unveiled his portable 8 foot x 8 foot mural celebrating the foster care community, generously funded by the James Irvine Foundation.
  • iFoster would love to thank the foster care community, ENKONE, The James Irvine Foundation, ohyay!, our special guests Congressperson Bass, Assemblymember Bryan, and Miami Dolphin Alec Engold, and the fantastic iFoster Team.
  • On May 4, 2022, iFoster released The Voice of the Foster Care Community Report, the largest national survey of more than 2,400 youth, caregivers and front-line workers, all with lived experience.