Family Lives on Foundation

“Both members of the organization's management and board of directors review and approve form 990 before it is submitted.”

“Conflict of interest disclosure forms are signed yearly by the board and the organization staff and potential conflicts made known to all board members. Board members abstain from any votes for which a conflict may exist.”

“The executive committee of the board of directors, after researching executive director compensation for the industry, set compensation for the executive director. The compensation was then approved by the board of directors.”

“The executive committee of the board of directors, after researching key employee compensation for the industry, set compensation for the key employees. The compensation was then approved by the board of directors.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available to the public upon request. Financial statements for the organization are also available on the organization's website.”

“Family lives on foundation's mission is to support the lifelong emotional wellbeing of children whose mother or father has died. The death of a parent is one of the most traumatic life events a child can experience. More than two million children and teens in the us are grieving the deaths of their moms or dads. Family lives on foundation's groundbreaking tradition program addresses three critical, and oftentimes unmet, needs in child and family bereavement support. Grieving families need intra-family connection and communication, ongoing support, and continuing emotional bond with their deceased parent. The tradition program provides opportunities for intentional remembering, a safe haven for grief, communication and celebration.”

“Since january 2014, we have begun an accelerated national outreach and awareness initiative to serve more families grieving the death of a mother or father. Given the tremendous need for support, our goal is to increase our reach to engage and assist more grieving children and surviving caregivers. Our targeted approach is designed to be scalable and remove logistical, cultural and socioeconomic barriers.”

“We have recently made several innovative changes to our tradition program so that we can fulfill even more traditions for grieving children. Using technology we are able to increase our reach and productivity to remove physical and psychological barriers to our service. Prior to streamlining, family meetings required in-home visits and the management and scheduling logistics were time consuming. With the use of skype we are able to serve more families in less time and children feel safer sharing their feelings with a screen barrier in place. Through new software, we have simplified cumbersome scheduling tasks. As a result, we have experienced record- breaking enrollment one month after implementing online, mobile-ready enrollment forms.”

“Comfortable environment to help move a child through grief into healing. The average child remains in the program for 7.2 years so the longevity and continuity nurtures and sustains family connections throughout the child's development, assisting them to adapt to the death of their parent. Trained volunteers work with children to identify a tradition they shared with their mother or father, and that they want to continue. Volunteers engage the child and family in a child-focused manner. Each eligible child, including multiple siblings in a single family, is encouraged to articulate his or her own tradition. Currently served children have chosen activities such as going to the zoo, movie theater or to visit grandma; baking cookies, muffins and cakes; back-to-school shopping; and planting flowers. Family lives on then provides the logistical and financial resources for the family and child's annual participation in the requested tradition each year until the child reaches the age of 18.”

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