Supporters Of Funding Resources For Families

Rebecca Redelsheimer and Nancy Masland announced several professional resources have expressed their interest in collaborating to help families who need help in providing necessary residential placement for their children.

Mission Statement:
Alliance for Families of At-Risk Youth [AFARY] is a group of foundations, programs and Educational Consultants collaborating to help families access needed financial assistance for therapeutic interventions. Founded in 2006, they seek to network each month to share information that will help for-profit programs and foundations become proficient in fund-raising, to better provide resources that will support the health and nurturing of families.

FUNDING RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES

Achievement Transition Group, Inc.:
James Morton
james@atg-family.com
406-546-9574 cell

ANASAZI Foundation:
Mike Merchant
800-678-3445
www.anasazi.org
info@anasazi.org

C.E.R.T.S:
Kolob Canyon
info@kolobcanyonrtc.com
Moonridge
moonridgeacademyadmissions@gmail.com
Mountain Springs Prep Academy
La Europa
dmayeski@laeuropa.com
801-268-9300

C.H.A.R.T.:
Children's Help and Assistance for Residential Treatment
maryannchart@msn.com
520-749-2151
Began in 2006; national non-profit organization to assist families with adopted children(AZ & CO) with S.M.I. 9-13 years old fund placement in an RTC.
Goals: provide knowledge of appropriate RTC, emergency funds, information on state and local funding programs, and family education

Clark Custom Educational Loans:
Shauna Clark, Chelsea Dickinson
shauna@customedloans.com
888-755-3079
www.customedloans.com
Began in 2003 - works with all families of special needs children and helps find the means to afford quality healthcare.

Cornerstone Education Loans:
Elizabeth Ellison
Elizabeth@cornerstoneedloans.com
877-260-2403
Began in 1980, helps families find the best K-12 private student loan possible

Financing4Youth, Inc.:
John Stewart
info@financing4youth.com
888-088-0701
Began in 2005, helps families with children K-12 achieve educational goals through special needs and regular boarding schools and colleges

Friends of Families:
Brandi Elliot, Dr. Jim Powell
info@friendsoffamilies.org
951-315-8320
Began in the '80s with CEDU parents, works with families of special needs children who are enrolled in a participating program who need extra funding to complete the program . Collateral loan guarantees have a 15 yr. repayment plan

Hope Renews:
Cathy Gilson
cbgilson@roadrunner.com
310-476-0258
www.hoperenews.com
Began in 2004, a non-profit group who raise money for children (14-24) currently in a program (at least 6 weeks in RTC ,therapeutic boarding school/wilderness/Outdoor therapeutic programs) for mental health and substance abuse problems.

Jason William Hunt Foundation:
John Hunt
john@jwhf.org
www.jasonwilliamhuntfoundation.org
Began in memory of son Jason, for students 13-17 in wilderness.

Saving Teens in Crisis Collaborative (STICC):
John Reuben
jreuben@savingteens.org
978-852-2144
www.savingteens.org
Also consultants: Leslie Goldberg, Marilyn Engleman, Tamara Ancona , Lon Woodbury.
Began as a non-profit in 2004, to help families with children with substance abuse and with funding long term care and support.

Second Nature Scholarship Program:
Leah Halverson
leah@snwp.com
To help students fund wilderness

Serenity Loans
www.serenityloans.com
Began to fund families with substance abuse issues.

Star of Life Foundation:
Jeanne Shockley
jshockley@staroflife.org
'Helping families saving lives' non-profit

Westridge Academy:
Ken Allen
kallen@wracademy.org
801- 282-1000
www.westridgeacademy.com
Willing to help train for fundraising events.

Westshield:
Allen Cardoza, Carly Stern
westshield@att.net
Fundraising events scheduled for financial aid to families

Youth Education Fund
info@youtheducationfund.org
800-969-2213
Tax-free Tuition solutions for at-risk youth

The Alliance for Families of At-Risk Youth (AFARY), founded in 2006, is a group of foundations, programs and Educational Consultants who are seeking to work collaboratively to support the health and nurturing of families in need of therapeutic interventions, information and financial assistance.