BECAUSE KIDS GRIEVE INC

Programs

1. Camp Erin Because Kids Grieves annual summer camp experience is for children and teens between the ages of 6 and 17 to go to a camp and conference center in the Idaho mountains for a weekend at no cost to them. The camp is designed for mourning children and teens to realize they are not alone in their grieving the loss of someone significant in their life. There are activities of fun and games as well as activities to create a safe environment for expressing grief in a variety of ways i.e. art crafts dialogue music challenge course etc.. Transportation is provided from across approximately 72,000 square miles of southern Idaho. Around 62% of the participants are identified as coming from low income households which may indicate a challenge for accessing support resources. As with all Because Kids Grieve programming any and every child or teen who is grieving the loss in death of someone they deeply love is invited and welcomed to participate without discrimination.

   $17,721 spentof which $14,000 as grants
   51% of program spending

2. Because Kids Grieve works with schools providing grief support through a program named Grief Debrief School Initiative. Group facilitators trained and background checked collaborate with school counselors in providing a 4 to 5 week session once a week meeting usually during the school hours to offer support to grieving children and teens. In Idaho it is estimated that 1 in 15 students will experience the loss in death of a parent or sibling by the age of 18 Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model.Roughly that means there could be 2 students in any classroom at any given time grieving this type of loss. This does not include all the other significant people in a childs or teens life whom they might have loss in death. These groups create a safe environment for students to journey together in their grief through various activities designed for expression grief. Having such groups allows school counselors educators etc. to help provide support needed.

   $5,963 spentof which $5,963 as grants
   17% of program spending

3. Because Kids Grieves annual Fall Bereavement Conference provides updated training in child and teen bereavement support to school counselors educators social workers private practice counselors therapists healthcare clinicians chaplains etc. A nationally recognized expert in the field of childs grief provides this training which is certified for 6 CEUs for those needing these for their credentialing. The conference provided in 2 different areas of southern Idaho on consecutive days also allows for the participants to collaborate and network for strengthening one more aspect of the safety net for mourning children and teens. In terms of potential impact conference participants estimate that they have oversight of 6,685 elementary and secondary students. Of these it is estimated that 1,472 are experiencing grief related to someone significant in their life. The conference helps to better prepare the participants for assisting these grieving students.

   $7,815 spentof which $4,000 as grants
   23% of program spending

4. In order to be offering regular opportunities of grief support throughout each year for children and teens Because Kids Grieve also provides monthly Kids2Kids group meetings with separate sessions for parents caregivers Day Camps in the Spiring and Fall and special Holiday Events to help grieving children and teens and their families at a most difficult time of the year when one has lost someone in death that they deeply love. Because Kids Grieve hopes that all t he programming described he re an above will make available i.e. mourning children and teens can participate in as man y activities as needed over the years of ages 6 to 17 support in healing in grief.

   $2,966 spentof which $2,966 as grants
   9% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $34,465.