Changing the Life of a Child
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Thursday, Oct 17, 2024 6pm - 7:30pm
Location
Global Village Museum of Arts & Cultures
200 W Mountain Avenue, Suite C
Details
For those interested in providing a home for Colorado or refugee minors, Changing the Life of a Child will be presented from 6-7:30 pm Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures. “We are looking for individuals and families who can provide safe and loving homes to children who now reside in shelter-like settings,” said Myranda Horn, Recruitment and Licensing Specialist for Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains (LFSRM). Horn will detail the agency’s efforts along with Marissa Olson, Foster Family Recruiter & Training Specialist. LFSRM is a nonprofit agency founded in 1948. A focus of the Fort Collins office is securing foster care for unaccompanied refugee minors, often from Central and South America. Unaccompanied refugee minors are youth who have been resettled into the U.S. without a parent or relative to care for them. Olson and Horn will detail the process of foster care, from the experiences of unaccompanied youth to the roles and responsibilities of a foster parent. The presentation will also outline the licensing and training process to become a certified foster parent in Colorado. LFSRM provides individualized support in the areas of a youth’s transition into the home, English language development, school enrollment, and medical services and mental healthcare. Tickets to the presentation are $5 per person, and reservations are requested at globalvillagemuseum.org. The Global Village Museum is located at 200 West Mountain Avenue, and Museum hours are 11 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit globalvillagemuseum.org or call 970-221-4600.
This event is produced by an outside organization and is unaffiliated with the Downtown Development Authority. The DDA website serves as a marketing outlet for events and promotions occurring inside the Downtown boundary. For questions regarding the event, please contact the event producer.
