Organizations Filed Purposes:
To accelerate the movement of orphaned children into permanent, loving families, the Foundation works to help children in orphanages, institutions and the streets to be reunited with biological family whenever possible, adopted whenever necessary.
Family Reunification: Our objective is to transform orphanages into centers of family reunification. In radical collaboration with global and regional sector leaders, we co-develop and broadly deploy training and tools which empower practitioners to repurpose their infrastructure and staff to achieve permanence for every child. Practitioners shift from indefinitely housing the same children to creating the capacity to benefit multiplied more children through (1) short-term trauma rehabilitation, (2) recruitment, vetting, and equipping of local, biological families to permanently care for the child, and (3) responsible reunification, followed by long-term case management and family strengthening.
Child Permanence Advocacy: As care reform and de-institutionalization are increasingly influencing policy, we are convening sector leaders and collectively promoting best-in-class solutions to influence practice. We aim to build up actual capacity for family-based care so that more traditional care providers can be transformed before losing donor support or government licenses to operate. We also champion permanence for underserved populations significantly larger than institutionalized children - street kids and children with special needs. Through best practices, media and events, we advocate to private NGO's and faith communities already serving separated and abandoned children in order to safely achieve child permanence. This recruits and empowers a far broader population of practitioners.
Special Needs Adoption: Our objective is to remove barriers of adoption and quality of life for children least able to be reunited - those with physical, medical, and cognitive special needs. This is achieved with (1) adoption assistance grants up to $5,000 helping families cover one-time adoption expenses and bring home children who may otherwise never have a family. (2) Post-placement support connecting adoptive parents to empowering resources in communities of peers and mentors, which together increase their success and stamina overcoming the unique challenges of special needs.
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 |
|---|
| Michele Schneidler | COO/President | 40 | $110,000 |
| Daryl Heald | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Millie Snook | Asst Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Robert J Reich | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| James Snook | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Amanda Gallagher | Secretary | 5 | $0 |
| Michael A Gallagher | CEO, Board Pres | 40 | $0 |
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