Organizations Filed Purposes:
BF provides resources to improve the lives of children and families. BF works to increase the quality, accessibility and availability of early care and education in San Miguel, Ouray, Montrose, Delta and San Juan counties.
BF supports child care and preschool programs by providing free quality improvement coaching professional development. A total of 30 professional development trainings were offered and were attended by 242 people. BF oversees a coaching, training and mentoring initiative to assist early childhood teachers in embedding early childhood mental health and social-emotional learning in their classrooms. They focus on teaching children lifelong skills like how to make friends, problem solving, conflict resolution and how to identify with their emotions and the emotions of others. This fiscal year, 2,453 children were served along with 264 early childhood teachers. BF hosted 8 parenting workshops with 265 attendees. BF roll in supporting children and families was magnified due to COVID-19. We provided PPE, cleaning supplies, childcare scholarships to families and trainings on best practices adhering to public health guidelines. BF supported families by delivering essentials like diapers, food and wipes. We assisted with school supplies and served as a referral source to and for other community resources.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Kathleen Merritt | Executive Director | 40 | $98,694 |
| Alison Wright | Board Member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Matthew Bayma | Board Treasurer | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kristen O'Brian | Board Secretary | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mark Betts | Board Vice-Chair | 0.5 | $0 |
| Susan Altman | Board Chair | 2 | $0 |
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