2025-09-04T10:03:53-04:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 820525955 BECAUSE KIDS GRIEVE INC % Mike Seward BECA 2083522994 PO BOX 5533 TWIN FALLS ID 833035533 Michael Seward President 2025-09-05 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X becausekidsgrieve.org X X 62081 X 62081 0 0 0 62081 900 4475 5707 1514 37702 50298 11783 74302 86085 X 14709 20770 112139 115378 126848 136148 52546 50063 74302 86085 X To assist in creating a safe culture in southern Idaho where children and teenagers ages 6 through 17 who have experienced the death of someone they care about can share their feelings of grief and loss including grief experienced in preparation for these losses with their peers and supportive adult volunteer advocates as they progress toward eventual healing on their journey through grief. "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. 5000 7241 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. 4609 4609 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. 3212 6012 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 the programming described he re an above will make available i.e. mourning children and teens can participate in as many activities as needed over the years of ages 6 to 17 support in healing in grief. 2653 2653 20515 Mike Seward President Executive Director 10 900 0 0 Revis Turner Grant Writer 2 0 0 0 Autumn Mantey Board Secretary 1 0 0 0 Sarah Kirby Treasurer 1 0 0 0 April Lopas Southwestern Idaho Regional Director 2 0 0 0 Tiffany Eckles South Central Regional Director 4 1575 0 0 Lacy Parker Southeastern Regional Director 3 0 0 0 Jim O'Donnell Community Outreach Promotion 0.2 0 0 0 James Wentworth Board Member 0.1 0 0 0 Mike Parkes Business Representative 0.1 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false ID Michael Seward PO BOX 5533 TWIN FALLS ID 833035533 2083522994 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 40094 57055 59428 44907 62081 263565 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40094 57055 59428 44907 62081 263565 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 263565 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40094 57055 59428 44907 62081 263565 1 1 0 0.00 X Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Includes expenses for programming $20,575 and other operating expenses e.g. meetings insurances marketing office supplies etc. not already included in lines 10-15 $17,127., $37702| Part II, line 26 | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| Other assets including secured mortgage and note payable taxes due and credit card balances, $52546, $50063|