2023-06-29T11:52:27-05:00 2022-12-31 840884124 BiggsKofford PC 630 Southpointe Court Suite 200 Colorado Springs CO 80906 990 2022-01-01 841476535 Special Kids-Special Families Inc SPEC 7194478983 1915 Aerotech Dr Suite 100 Colorado Springs CO 80916 Kevin Porter Executive Director 7194478983 2023-06-09 1 Kevin Porter 999009999 0 Bret Wichert P00576888 7195799090 2023-06-09 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Kevin Porter 1915 Aerotech Dr Suite 100 Colorado Springs CO 80916 9407807 0 X www.sksfcolorado.org X 1998 CO Promote, strengthen, and support individuals with disabilities and their families and caregivers. Our purpose is to provide support services to families who have a family member with a disability in a manner that provides an opportunity to those in need with limited resources. The vision is "Giving People in Need the Resources, Compassion, and Freedom to Achieve the Life that Everyone Deserves". 7 6 94 78 0 0 724882 1235012 7217281 8044877 6029 6443 102844 53425 8051036 9339757 4037671 4911749 0 0 2492143 2671678 0 0 97843 1180251 1302158 7710065 8885585 340971 454172 3295295 4699820 563653 1514006 2731642 3185814 X Promote, strengthen, and support individuals with disabilities and their families and caregivers. Our purpose is to provide support services to families who have a family member with a disability in a manner that provides opportunity to those in need with limited resources. The vision is "Giving People in Need the Resources, Compassion and Freedom to Achieve the Life that Everyone Deserves". 0 0 3218865 2797027 3861860 Host Home Adult Services (Residential Services) served 56 clients in 2022. This program developed to provide adult services to young adults with disabilities who were in the foster care system having dual diagnosis of a developmental disability and behavioral health issues. This population of older foster youth are in need of specialized adult services. The program has, since 2011, assisted other adults in locating within the community of their choice. The host home provider's role is to oversee, supervise and aid the adult with disabilities to engage and connect in the community with activities and opportunities. The adults are residing in their own home settings under supervision or in a setting with the provider; and this is funded through the Medicaid Disability Waiver system. This program continues to grow as it is serving individuals in a supported and caring manner. The case management services include 24-hour crisis intervention trainings, respite services, representative payee services, and oversight of the progression of the client's life goals. 2640393 1988362 3122618 Foster Care Placement Services served 122 youth in the foster care program in 2022. The foster care program became licensed by the State of Colorado in 2002. A request by El Paso County Department of Human Services was to develop a foster home network with the skill and capacity to work with youth with developmental disabilities. Since that time, other children with unique situations, especially youth with LGTBQ needs, are currently being addressed in some of the home settings. The locations of foster homes are throughout EL Paso, Teller, and the Denver Metro area. Referrals are received throughout the State. Family resource homes provide respite care to youth from birth families to other foster homes. In late 2021, the family resource homes began accepting referrals for youth in need of foster care through behavioral health referrals. These services have also expanded to include active involvement as a resource provider for the Colorado Crisis System. This system is designed to address the crisis needs of youth who are at risk of hospitalization. Respite care then becomes an alternative to out of home care. In addition, the program is an approved provider for services under the youth Medicaid Waiver systems for the Children's Habilitation Residential Program (CHRP) and the children's Extensive Waiver Program. The services include placement, respite care, mentoring and community connections; all aimed to support the family and youth. Families are receiving training in the areas of crisis intervention, trauma, diverse populations and working with various systems of care. In 2022 the program had more than 40 foster home and family resource homes. 1449527 124564 806197 Adult Day Services served 96 clients in 2022. The adult day services program provides community- and facility-based programming for adults with disability, age's 18-seniors. The program allows the individuals to plan a schedule to have one or both options. Individuals can attend classes in the facility on one day and then choose to have community activities on the following day. The individuals served have a direct care provider who is trained to administer medications, and attend to other medical needs. The Licensed Professional nurse trains the direct care staff, and furthermore offers classes to the community providers in need of Qualified Medication Administration Program. Care plans are created by the program nurse, who maintains close communication with parents/caregivers of the clients to ensure that support can be infused into the daily care, such as specialized diets, g-tube feedings, and adaptive equipment. The facility classes include yoga, current news discussions, themed activities, recreation, music and the arts. Infused in the program is the horticulture experience of the outdoor garden. The creation of the garden offers a haven for clients and the opportunity to have adaptable equipment to engage in the seeding, growing, tending and harvesting of the produce. Sensory activities such as digging in the soil, touching the plants, empowers clients to have direct experience. The program has been fortunate to have received various local and state grant funding to support this project. Additionally, the horticulturist is also a clinician in the community who specializes in working with people with disabilities. The community based program allows adults to engage in recreation within the community. The community based program had been limited in clients being able to participate in the community. The program leadership have work diligently to increase community opportunities and lengthen the time in the community with a future goal of re-establishing the amount of time and involvement in the community. Two additional programs added to adult day services in the Building Connection. This group meets weekly to participate in relationship building activities to tackle social isolation and loneliness for clients. The success is that the group has full participation. A monthly caregiver support event occurs on weekends to further address social connections with fun themes; and give the parent/caregiver a chance to have a break. This program is well attended with an occasional wait list. In November 2021, the adult day program was approved to provide home care services to clients in the community. This program is currently under process for attending to clients in their own home. This program allows a continuum of care support to individuals with disabilities. 476484 1797 93680 Zach's Place is a licensed care center that in 2022 provided services to 39 children ages 2 to 21, many of whom have developmental disabilities. We opened our doors in June of 1999. Children are provided with life skills education, develop critical safety skills, and are immersed in community inclusion activities. Families who enroll in the program schedule the care they need, including before and after school, weekdays, evenings, weekends, and overnight care. We are available 24/7. Approximately 50% of the care we provide is paid for using an 'ability to pay' fee schedule, which averages $4.46 per hour despite actual costs of $30 per hour. Among our families served, 60% are low income by HUD standards (38% have a household income of less than $30,000 with 35% earning between $30,000-$59,000 per year) and 33% are single parents. Zach's Place transports children to community-based activities and offers before- and after-school transportation, which assists working parents whose children need specialized after care. The school busing systems in the various school districts often do not suffice and many of the children in our program attend schools that are far from our facility. Therefore, to help these families, we provide as many transportation services as we can. There currently exists a wait list for individuals requesting transportation. 321956 160522 The behavioral health program serves the mental health needs of underserved individuals and families, including those without insurance coverage for mental health services, those who can't leave their homes to access services (due to disability, lack of accessible transportation, or caregiving for a person with a disability), and those living in underserved areas. We were approved as a provider by the state's Regional Accountable Entity (RAE) in 2019 to offer counseling and specialized therapy to change behaviors, thoughts, emotions and how people see and understand situations. Our behavioral health team will consider physical, behavioral and emotional aspects of and individual's health and help determine a course of action that is best. Our team is also a CORE services provider for El Paso County DHS, offering family preservation, advocacy and supervised visits to at-risk individuals and their families. Collectively, we served more than 50 individuals in 2022. 798440 1797 254202 8107225 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 94 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X The Organization 7194478983 1915 Aerotech Dr Suite 100 Colorado Springs CO 80916 Daniel Frasier President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Mark Schaefer Vice President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Patty Brooks Secretary 1.00 X X 80750 0 0 Blake Graham Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Toni Major Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Katie Monson Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sarah Brown Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 John Butts Board Member (resigned May 2022) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Harold Jordan Board Member (resigned Feb. 2022) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Bijili Purushothaman Board Member (resigned June 2022) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Leslie Wolken Board Member (resigned Dec. 2022) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lukas Zakrzewski Executive Director (resigned May 2022) 40.00 X 44372 0 134 Michele Peters Director of Finance/Operations 40.00 X 72149 0 7215 Linda Ellegard Interim Executive Director 40.00 X 81350 0 198 278621 0 7547 0 0 0 0 0 9950 736209 488853 52193 1235012 Host Home 624100 3861860 3861860 Foster Care Placement 624100 3122618 3122618 I-CAN 624100 806197 806197 Behavioral Health 624100 160522 160522 Zach's Place 624110 93680 93680 8044877 6443 6443 121475 9950 68050 53425 53425 9339757 8044877 0 59868 4911749 4911749 286168 245264 39273 1631 2081711 1756457 287566 37688 4875 4178 669 28 109483 93834 15025 624 189441 162363 25998 1080 27545 27545 23644 23644 248371 118712 117072 12587 12107 12107 106901 44474 18222 44205 33646 12212 21434 326540 290234 36306 102742 99762 2980 79293 79293 122270 112641 9629 Classes, treatment, and 152421 152421 Employee training and r 60522 17475 43047 Other expenses 6156 6156 8885585 8107225 680517 97843 1381478 1178610 514411 626725 691816 576444 697714 3939 14536 1179665 419099 806133 760566 12890 729853 3295295 4699820 519337 746878 44316 53050 0 714078 563653 1514006 X 2715200 2493998 16442 691816 2731642 3185814 3295295 4699820 454172 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 571278 597428 498371 471628 568196 2706901 5854375 6879108 7013894 7371210 8166352 35284939 6425653 7476536 7512265 7842838 8734548 37991840 82099 217562 272822 209575 208028 990086 0 82099 217562 272822 209575 208028 990086 37001754 714 1312 2769 6029 6443 17267 714 1312 2769 6029 6443 17267 6426367 7477848 7515034 7848867 8740991 38009107 0.97350 0.99800 0.00050 0.00030 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 242236 242236 395459 90843 304616 541970 328256 213714 760566 Security deposits 12890 Operating lease right-of-use assets 716963 729853 Operating lease liabilities 714078 714078 X 9339757 0 9339757 0 9339757 8885585 0 8885585 0 8885585 Part X, Line 2: The Organization evaluates the effect of uncertain tax positions, if any, and provides for those positions in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC 450, Contingencies. No tax accrual for uncertain tax positions has been recorded as management believes there are no uncertain tax positions for the Organization. Night of Comedy 98769 7660 91109 22137 300 31262 Bowl-a-Thon Fundraiser 15841 2290 13551 10341 2 16815 16815 4010 131425 9950 121475 22137 300 45613 68050 53425 1 Foster Care Program 122 1988361 Adult Day Services Program 96 124564 Host Home Program 56 2797027 Zach's Place Program 39 1797 X 7174 Thrift Value X Miscellaneous gifts and other items 124 26193 Fair Value X Toys, medicial supplies, and other items 41 18825 Fair Value 0 1 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Form 990 is provided to the Board of Directors for review prior to being filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c At the beginning of the year, all board members, in writing submit conflict of interest, and share the information amongst all board members. Staff are to report other outside employment when working outside the organization, for determination of possible conflict. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The Board evaluates the Executive Director annually, and any salary increases are determined by performance base. Executive Director evaluates key employees annually, and compensation is based on performance. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Organization keeps documents required to be available for public inspection on hand at the office. The documents are available upon request. Form 990 Part XII, Line 2c The process for overseeing the audit and the selection committee has not changed from previous years.