2024-02-09T18:24:44Z 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 834331481 COLUMBIA FOSTER AND ADOPTION PROJECT COLU 4178729477 19 E Walnut Street Suite C COLUMBIA MO 65203 Andrew Longley Treasurer 4178729477 2024-02-09 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X https://comoadoption.com/ X X 182203 X 182203 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 182203 0 0 0 0 12874 4403 17277 164926 117745 282671 X 73745 227557 0 0 44000 44100 117745 271657 0 0 117745 271657 Our organization offers support to the relative caregiver, foster and adoptive community through educational trainings and social events. We also support relative caregiver, foster and adoptive families by providing tangible items and supplies for the children of these homes through our Foster & Adoptive Parent Support Group, iBelong Basket program and through CFAPs The Giving Tree which fulfills holiday wish lists of Boone and Callaway County children in foster care. Support group events. Our Foster & Adoptive Parent Support Group is held monthly at the Columbia Boys and Girls Club. The events are open to all Boone County relative caregiver, foster and adoptive families. We regularly provide child care, and a meal is provided to everyone who attends. We work with an incredible group of volunteers that host activities for children as parents find community through shared experiences. Every quarter we host a social event, where families can gather to enjoy food, festivities, and enjoy one anothers company. 0 7212 I Belong Baskets. Initially entering foster care is one of the most traumatic things a child and their family can face. At a moments notice they are asked to pack what belongings they can, if any, and oftentimes dont even fully understand why they can no longer be with their family. Many of these children have been exposed to things beyond their years. An iBelong Basket is a basket with a purpose to provide comfort to children as they enter the foster care system and to provide important and necessary supplies to support the foster parent or relative caregiver who will be providing for that child. These help ease what is often a scary transition. These baskets all stay in our community and surrounding counties so you can assure your donation supports a local child and their caregiver. Typically we distribute about 400 baskets per year. 0 6225 The Giving Tree. The Giving Tree is a program organized each year by Columbia Foster and Adoption Project in Coordination with Great Circle, Cornerstones of Care, Missouri Alliance for Children and Families and Boone and Callaway Counties Childrens Division to provide Christmas gifts for Boone County children in foster care. Foster parents assist the children in filling out Christmas wish lists, then residents of the community adopt a childs list to purchase gifts from and return the gifts to CFAP for distribution. typically between 350 - 400 kids receive gifts through this program. 0 3319 16756 Andrew Longley Treasurer 3.00 0 0 0 Kathryn Ohagan President 4.00 0 0 0 Erin Strong Board Member 5.00 0 0 0 Carrie Beucke Vice President 4.00 0 0 0 Cindy Garrett Board Member 2.00 0 0 0 Lisa Crader Board Member 3.00 0 0 0 Jennifer Dunlap Board member 3.00 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false MO Andrew Longley 19 E Walnut Street Suite C Columbia MO 65203 3193304669 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 0 0 0 0 4950 58308 31127 182203 276588 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4950 58308 31127 182203 276588 276588 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 276588 X 1.00000 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, Line 16 general business expenses not associated with programing. Part II, Line 24 Our inventory consists of laundry baskets full of donated items foster kids need when being placed in foster care. Estimated value of each basket is $100. The inventory dips throughout the year and once a year our organization hosts a basket drive to replenish inventory.