2024 At A Glance

Each day at LFSRM we strive to provide support to families throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Our work continues to grow as we continuely look for new resources and services to help strengthen our communities.

6,259 Refugees & Asylee Clients Served

95 Children/Youth in Foster Care Served - 23,347 Nights of Care

79 URM Children Youth in Foster Care served - 23,680 Nights of Care

71 Older Adult Wards with LFSRM Guardianship

13 Adoptive Placements

45 Birth Parents Receiving Pregnancy Options counseling

5,151 Children and 568 Families served through Family Support & Education

487 Migrants & Asylum seekers served in Las Cruces and Denver

957 Households served through Disaster relief

Where We Serve

Services Provided by Location

Albuquerque
Refugee & Asylee 
Immigration Legal Services
 

Billings
Refugee & Asylee

Colorado Springs
Adoption
Foster Care
KPC Family Resource  Center
SafeCare Parent Support
Pregnancy Options  Colorado
Refugee & Asylee

Denver
Adoption
Foster Care
Immigration Legal Services
Older Adult 
Pregnancy Options  Colorado
Refugee & Asylee

Fort Collins
Adoption
Foster Care
Parenting Education
Pregnancy Options Colorado

Greeley/Evans
Parenting Education
Refugee & Asylee
SafeTouch
Supervised Family Time & Safe Exchange

Las Cruces
Refugee & Asylee
Immigration Legal Services

Salt Lake City
Immigration Legal Services

ADOPTION & PREGNANCY OPTIONS COUNSELING

Since 1948 we have helped to build families through infant, designated, and international adoption by providing support, education, and counseling to parents.

 

 

INTERSTATE COMPACT (ICPC) REVIEWS
LFSRM is contracted by the State of Colorado to review all Interstate Compacts for the Placement of Children related to adoptive placements entering Colorado. During Fiscal Year 2024 the program reviewed 130 ICPC placement packets to ensure the safely of children and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Foster Care

At LFSRM, we believe there is no such thing as “other people’s kids.” Through our Foster Care Program, we work diligently with our families to support them through the foster process and beyond. We provide skilled, caring substitute families for children unable to live with their birth families.

Foster parents receive training to gain skills on how to responsively support these youth. A case manager is assigned to each family to provide specialized support that helps families navigate the lives of these children.

 

 

URM Foster Care

Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) are children under the age of 18 who have been resettled in the United  States without a parent or relative to care for them. LFSRM’s URM Foster Care program provides care and specialized assistance for children who were forced to flee their country of origin due to war, persecution, or unrest, and whose parents and adult caregivers are deceased or unable to be located. LFSRM trains and supports culturally and linguistically appropriate homes, supports a network of other sub-contracted placement providers, and provides Supervised Independent Living services for URM youth in the program.

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REFUGEE & ASYLEE

Since 1975 LFSRM Refugee & Asylee Programs have helped people who have been uprooted by persecution and violence work towards self-sufficiency through essential resettlement services, including: housing, employment, English language, and cultural orientation. Some locations have other grant-funded programs.

 
 
Refugee Microenterprise Development (MED)

Our MED program provides training, technical assistance, and loans for Refugees and Asylees to start, maintain, and expand small businesses. The program helps to create refugee owned small businesses, generate jobs, increase incomes, and contribute to the local economy.

 

Immigration Legal Services

Immigration Legal Services (ILS) provides consultation and assistance to newcomers seeking immigration relief through Adjustment of Status to Lawful Permanent Residency, Employment Authorization, Naturalization/Citizenship applications, and assistance with renewals and replacement documents. The program also provides assistance with relative petitions, consular processing, refugee travel documents, and waiver requests.

The Safe Release Support program also provided fingerprinting for 185 individuals in Denver, Colorado Springs, Albuquerque, and Salt Lake City in order to support family reunification.

Research shows newcomers with representation fare better at every stage of the immigration process.

 

 

Family Support and Education

Every family has strengths and every family can use support. We believe that every child deserves to grow up in a safe, nurturing environment. Through these programs families gain skills to provide a safe home.

FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

KPC Family Resource Center: Offers temporary crisis and planned childcare for infants and young children in Colorado Springs providing relief and support to parents and guardians.

Supervised Family Time & Safe Exchange: Provides a comfortable, nurturing environment for families and children to have supervised family time, monitored family time, and safe exchanges in northern Colorado.

 

PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS

SafeCare Colorado: Offers in-home, voluntary services that support families in Colorado Springs in gaining skills to provide a safe home, address child health needs, and engage in positive interactions with their children under 5 years.

Parenting Education: Provides a number of different classes in Larimer and Weld Counties to teach parents and provide support as they learn parenting skills.

CHILD/YOUTH EDUCATION & EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS

SafeTouch  Child Safety Class: This class concentrates on how children and adolescents can protect themselves from any type of abusive or unwanted touch. 

OLDER ADULT PROGRAM

Our Older Adult Program serves unbefriended patients and the facilities that care for them. Unbefriended patients are patients who have no written outline of their care preference and no identified family or friends to assist in medical decision-making when needed.

For patients whose families need assistance petitioning the court to establish guardianship, our team contracts with hospitals to provide support to those families in their efforts of establishing guardianship.

 

 

Emergency Relief and Support

LFSRM provides light-touch case management and resource navigation as well as limited financial assistance to migrants and asylum seekers who arrived in Las Cruces, NM and in Denver, CO.

*Does not include light-touch information and referrals.

Disaster Relief

Disaster Relief began its Marshall Fire Recovery Navigation program in July 2022 to provide Disaster Care Management assistance to residents impacted by the Marshall Fire and Straight Line Wind event. The program offers basic resource referral to any household impacted by the fire or wind event and more intensive services to households needing assistance with developing a recovery plan; applying for available funding for unmet needs, repair or rebuild; advocacy and navigation assistance; language assistance; direct assistance for immediate and urgent unmet needs, and other identified needs.


 

Partner Organizations   

3M Company
5280 Staffing
Abiding Hope Church
Advent Lutheran Church
Albuquerque Community Foundation
All Saints Lutheran Church Albuquerque
Allied Universal
American Furniture Warehouse
Analog Devices Foundation
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
Arts on Fire Studio
Arvada Center
Ascension Lutheran Church
Atonement Lutheran Church
Augustana Foundation
Augustana Lutheran Church
Backpacks for a Cause
Balistreri Vineyards
Ball Aerospace Corporation
Behrens/Zimmerman Foundation
Bethany Lutheran Church
Bethany Lutheran Church
Bethel Lutheran Church
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Big Bill's New York Pizza
Café Terracotta
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Caring for Denver Foundation
Carl W. & Carrie Mae Joslyn Charitable Trust
Chevron Humankind - Employee Matching Program
Christ Community Evangelical Free Church
Christ On The Mountain Church
Christ the King Lutheran Church
Christ the Savior Lutheran Church
Christ the Servant Lutheran Church
City and County of Denver
City of Greeley
Classic Homes
Colorado College Refugee Alliance
Colorado Combined Campaign
Colorado Episcopal Service Corps
Colorado Springs Health Foundation
Comcast
Comedy Works
Community of Hope Church
Community Shares of Colorado
Cranelli's Italian Restaurant
CSU Ultimate Frisbee Team
CWS
Denver Art Museum
Denver Biscuit Company/Fat Sully's
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
E4M Services
Easter Seals Colorado
El Pomar Foundation
ELCA
ELCA Foundation
ELCA Southeast CO Cluster
Embark Education
Empower Retirement
Empty Stocking Fund
Energy Outreach Colorado
ENT Credit Union
Epiphany Lutheran Church
Escapology
Eternal Savior Lutheran Church
Evergreen Lutheran Church
Exchange Club of Falcon
Faith Lutheran Church
Fellowship Church
Fevo
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
First Bank Holding Company
First Church-Christ Scientis
First John Lutheran
First Lutheran Church
First Presbyterian Church
First Unitarian Denver
Front Range Christian School
Gelato & Co.
Gerald and Virginia Hornung Family Charitable Fund
Google
Grand Hyatt Denver
Great Harvest Bakery and Café
Greater Works Church
Habitat for Humanity
Happy Canyon Flowers
Heart of The Rockies Chirstian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Hewlett-Packard
Hill Family Foundation
Hinz Fine Art Studio
Holland & Hart
Holy Love Lutheran Church
Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Home Medical Supplies
House of Refuge and Hope
Hyatt Regency Denver
Immigration Legal Resource Center
Indulbe Bistro and Wine Bar
Insurance Marketing Concepts
Intel Foundation
International Anglican Church
Joy Lutheran Church
Just Serve
Kaiser Permanente
Karen J. Glanert Charitable Trust
Karen Stevens
Kell Giving Fund
Keysight Technologies
King of Glory Lutheran Church
Knothole Woodworking and Crafts
Kris Holthaus
Lakewood United Church of Christ
Landsdowne Arms
Last Chance Community Church
Limelight Hotel Denver
Littleton ReStore
Lutheran Church of Hope
Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit
Lutheran Church of the Master
Maiorani-Stuart Family Fund
Mark Stevens Photography
Markham Family Foundation
Mary Martha Society
Maxwell J. and Dr. Joe L. Wilson Family Foundation
Melting Pot Littleton
Merrill Lynch
Messiah Community Church
Mile High United Way
Mill City Church
Min Yasui Chapter/Minoru Yasui American Inn of Court's
Molly Brown House Museum
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Mountain Sky Conference of the United Methodist Church
Myron Stratton Home
National Christian Foundation
National Financial Services
Nativity Lutheran Church
Nono's Café
Old Blinking Light Kitchen & Cocktails
OMNI Institute
Opal's Heart
Our Father Lutheran Church
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
OXY
Palenque Cocina y Agaveria
Paul and Kari Blanchard Family Foundation
Peace Lutheran Church
Peace With Christ Lutheran Church
Perry Agency, LLC
Peter and Libby Whitmore
Pikes Peak Christian School
Pikes Peak United Way
Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ
Plymouth Congregational Church
Postino Restaurant & Wine Café
Precious Cat, Inc.
Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies
Prince of Peace Women of the ELCA
Public Services Company of New Mexico Resources Foundation
Pulpit Rock Church
Quest Diagnostics
Rabinowe Family Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Realities for Children, Inc.
Red Wing Motel
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Redeemer Lutheran Church Fort Collins
Rejoice Lutheran Church
Reunion Elementary Parent Group
Rev. Stephani Kopsch
Robert & Ada Twito Memorial Endowment Fund
Rocky Mountain Synod ELCA
Rolling Springs Camping Group
Romano's Italian Restaurant
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Rose Community Foundation
Sandia Preparatory School
Savory Spice Shop
Schlessman Family Foundation
Shepherd of The Valley Presbyterian Church
Shepherd of The Rockies
Smith Family Foundation
Solventum Corporation
St. Luke Lutheran Church
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church
St. Paul Lutheran Church
St. Peter Lutheran Church
St. Philip Lutheran Church
St. Timothy’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Summit of Peace Lutheran Church
Swallow Music Hall
T. Rowe Price
Ted's Bicycles
Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation
The Arrow Group
The ART Hotel
The Boulder Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
The Bruni Foundation
The Bryce Charles Anderson Family Memorial Fund
The Church at Woodmoor
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS
The Darlene M. and Reuben T. Swanson Foundation
The Denver Foundation
The Kemp Foundation
The Leigh C. Saulsbury Fund of Vanguard Charitable
The Marson Foundation
The Mutolo/Malivuk Fund at Schwab Charitable
The Nutrition Camp School Foundation, Inc.
The Other Side Furniture Boutique
The Perfect Landing Restaurant
The Trust for Public Land
The Vineyard Wine Shop
The W&K Goodwin Matthew 6:21 Fund
The Weld Trust
The Woodhouse Day Spa
Thrivent Financial
TIAA Serves
Tools for Bending, Inc.
Trade Mango/Article
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Tyson Mendes Law Group
UHG
United Healthcare of Colorado, Inc.
United Way of Larimer County
United Way of Weld County
USAA
VISA - Workplace Giving
VOA
Watershed School
Weld Community Foundation
Whitford Family Fund
Woodley's Fine Furniture
Xcel Energy Foundation
YMCA of the Rockies
Young & Zen LLC
Zaidy's Deli and Bakery
Zellmer Family Fund
Zion Lutheran Women's Missionary League

 

Congregation Partner of the Year 2024

Castle Oaks Covenant Church
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Community Parter of the Year 2024

Shiloh House
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Special Impact Award 2024

Mill City Church
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Engaging Our Communities


We are grateful for the willingness of our volunteers to give of their time, energy, and talents. Their support allows us to continue fulfilling our mission and serve thousands of people through the Rocky Mountain region each year.

 2024 Volunteers of the Year | Colorado Springs Deb and Kurt Emanuelson

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2024 Volunteer of the Year Denver | Dwight Willis                             

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Program Area Number of Volunteers Volunteer Hours Value*
Foster Care 2 12 $402
Prevention Services 3 576 $19,290
Refugee & Asylee Program Colorado Springs 101 2,459 $82,352
Refugee & Asylee Program Denver 103 7,966 $266,781
Refugee & Asylee Program Greeley 22 737 $24,682
Refugee & Asylee Program Albuquerque & Las Cruces 33 251 $8,406
Special Events 14 78 $2,612
Total Value of Volunteers 278 12,079 $404,525

In 2024, the value of one hour of volunteer time = $33.49, per Independent Sector
*Figure rounded to the nearest dollar

Financial information

Fiscal Year 2023-2024
(July 1, 2023 -June 30, 2024)

Board of Directors

Mr. Tom Brook
Contractual Fractional Services Management
Denver Metro Colorado

Mr. Tino Cruz
Health Care Services Director
Southern Colorado

Mr. Joe DesJardin
Civil Engineer
Southern Colorado

Pastor Nicolé Ferry
Senior Pastor
New Mexico

Ms. Amy Johnson
Project Manager/Engineer
Northern Colorado

Ms. Lori Ann Fujioka Knutson
First Assistant Attorney General, Contracts and Procurement Unit
Denver Metro Colorado

Pastor Julie McNitt
Lead Servant for Spiritual Life
Denver Metro Colorado

Ms. Mary Jo Michels
Social Worker (Retired)
Montana

Ms. Margarita Reyes
Lay Leader
Denver Metro Colorado

Mr. Jeff Solomonson
Financial Consultant
Northern Colorado

Mr. Eric Stolp
Financial Consultant
Southern Colorado

Ms. Marjorie (Margie) Versen, Chair
Chief Financial Officer
Denver Metro Colorado

Mr. Frank Virginia
Director of Technical Services
Denver Metro Colorado

Ms. Nga Vuong-Sandoval
U.S. Refugee Advisory Board Project Manager
Denver Metro Colorado

Mr. Peter Whitmore
Attorney
Denver Metro Colorado

Board of Trustrees

Mr. Greg Bickle
Denver Metro Colorado
Financial Representative

Mr. Tom Brook
Denver Metro Colorado
Contractual Fractional Services Management

Mr. Joe DesJardin
Southern Colorado
Civil Engineer

Ms. Jeanne Maloney
Denver Metro Colorado

Ms. Karen Spies, Chair
Denver Metro Colorado
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