IS FOSTER CARE THE DIFFERENCE YOU ARE MEANT TO MAKE?
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ATTEND AN INFO MEETING
Info Meetings are for potential foster and adoptive parents, their support team members and anyone interested in learning more about the Colorado foster care system and Project 1.27. |
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COMPLETE TRAINING
Project 1.27 provides 28 hours of state-required training, including a Support Team Training. All training is biblically based and designed to prepare parents for a successful placement and parenting experience. |
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GET CERTIFIED
After your training is complete you will select an agency. Your agency completes your home visit and other pieces for your certification. A Project 1.27 case manager will be available to you during this process. |
WAYS TO GET INVOLVED
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SOCIALIGHT
Socialight works to support Child Welfare Social Workers through acts of radical hospitality. Socialight connects volunteers to a social worker in their county for the purpose of providing encouragement and support to continue interceding for vulnerable children.
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CAREPORTAL
Careportal bridges the gap between children in need and church and community responders who want to help. Child welfare & nonprofit workers uncover the needs and CarePortal makes local responders aware, giving them a real-time opportunity to meet the needs of vulnerable kids and families in our community.
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ECHOFLEX
ECHOFlex (Everyone Can Help Others Flex) is a supportive mental health program for foster, kinship, and adoptive families. The 8-week series of learning, activities, meals, and connection to increase resiliency and promote mental wellness. You can support ECHOFlex by providing meals, dinner & grocery gift cards, activity materials, and volunteering.
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BEAR NECESSITIES CLOSET
The Bear Necessities program "AKA The Closet" collects and distributes items for children and teens living in foster or kinship families between the ages of birth through 18.
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VOLUNTEER
The Western Slope needs volunteers to help collect and deliver items from our Bear Necessities Closet and much more!
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DONATE
Donate to the Western Slope and your money will impact the community where you live!
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OPENED MY EYES
The training opened my eyes to the real need of foster parents. Learning everything we did about being foster parents and the impact that can have on a child's life and in their family’s life was really incredible.We feel very thankful to have found your organization!
-Brenda
-Brenda
BIBLICALLY-BASED TRAINING
Biblically-based, state-approved training that provides the info and tools for success.
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A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY
Resources to equip your friends, family and church to care for you as you care for kids.
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EXPERIENCED GUIDE
Experienced Christian Case Manager to pray for, encourage and guide you.
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WHAT MAKES PROJECT 1.27 DIFFERENT?
In December 2004 there were 875 children legally available for adoption in the Colorado foster care system. With the knowledge of over 3,000 active churches in Colorado, Pastor Robert Gelinas of Colorado Community Church began speaking with the state government to see how Colorado churches could work toward finding homes for these children.
He explained, “The body of Christ needs to come together to make sure there are no children waiting for homes in Colorado. It is a travesty that we have kids waiting for homes in our own backyards. That should never be the case.”
Thus, Project 1.27 was born with the vision that if each church in Colorado had one family step forward to adopt a child, there would be waiting parents instead of children. James 1:27 serves as a central verse of the mission, stating that “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans… in their distress.”
Through the collaborative efforts of state and county agencies, churches and faith-based organizations like Project 1.27, the number of waiting children has declined in recent years. Project 1.27 now focuses on inspiring and recruiting families to both foster and adopt through the Foster Care System. Through our work in Colorado, as well as efforts toward a national expansion, Project 1.27 continuously strives to achieve our vision of a family waiting for every child!
He explained, “The body of Christ needs to come together to make sure there are no children waiting for homes in Colorado. It is a travesty that we have kids waiting for homes in our own backyards. That should never be the case.”
Thus, Project 1.27 was born with the vision that if each church in Colorado had one family step forward to adopt a child, there would be waiting parents instead of children. James 1:27 serves as a central verse of the mission, stating that “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans… in their distress.”
Through the collaborative efforts of state and county agencies, churches and faith-based organizations like Project 1.27, the number of waiting children has declined in recent years. Project 1.27 now focuses on inspiring and recruiting families to both foster and adopt through the Foster Care System. Through our work in Colorado, as well as efforts toward a national expansion, Project 1.27 continuously strives to achieve our vision of a family waiting for every child!
ASK A QUESTION OR LEARN MORE
Or call Western Slope Director Lisa McGinnett at 970.462.7061.
Thank you to our Western Slope Sponsors
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