Our Mission |
What We Do |
| FocusedKids partners with schools, families, and communities to prioritize healthy brain development for children. Using mindful self-regulation and brain-building techniques, we help increase resilience, self-awareness, and academic potential. | Our research-backed social-emotional learning program focuses on basic brain knowledge and self-regulation techniques. Using engaging tools like puppets, we help children and adults understand how the brain works and use this knowledge to manage thoughts, feelings, and behavior. |
Why It Matters |
Where We Work |
| Our neuroscience-based program helps children regulate emotions, cope with stress, and improve focus using mindfulness, movement, and play. Research from the Harvard Center for the Developing Child shows that self-regulation skills and strong adult relationships reduce toxic stress and improve mental health. Surveys show that children in our programs focus better than their peers, and teachers report reduced classroom stress. | FocusedKids partners with public and private schools (Pre-K – Middle School) to serve rural communities along Colorado’s Western Slope, reaching nearly 3,000 youth, parents, and teachers annually. Most of the youth and families served are Latino (60-75%) and live in households with incomes at or below 260% of the federal poverty level, with 30% of the broader community being immigrants. Our programs focus on children ages 0-11, providing support to families and educators in underserved areas like Rifle, Glenwood Springs, and Carbondale. |
Our biggest challenge is insufficient funding to serve all the youth, teachers, and families in need. Additional funding would enable us to:
MISSION:
The FocusedKids mission is to partner with schools, families, and community organizations to make healthy brains a priority for our children. We are instilling mindful self-regulation skills and brain-building techniques into daily routines to increase resilience, self-awareness, and academic potential.
VISION:
To equip children and adults in their lives with the neurological wiring that promotes mental and physical well-being skills to last a lifetime.
VALUES:
– The path to health equity is achieved by supporting all ethnicities in building personal health and self-advocacy.
– Offer a program that is available to anyone at little cost.
Organization name
FocusedKids
other names
Focused Kids
2013
Tax id (EIN)
81-4090184
Category
Youth Development, Education, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
140 RIVER OAKS LNEagle County, CO, US
Garfield County, CO, US
Pitkin County, CO, US