Who We Are
The Little Blue House works with families damaged by substance abuse, healing children and helping their mothers become drug-free, self-sufficient and good parents.
Program
/ Activities
Family Services
Services to Promote the Independence of Specific Populations
Single Parent Agencies/Services
How to Help
This organization is seeking funds from contributions and grants. These funds will be used for special projects.
The Boarder Baby Project Ltd dba, The Little Blue House makes its audited financial statements
available to the public upon request.
Mission and Programs
Mission
At The Little Blue House, our goal is to help families in crisis, often as a result of a mother''s drug abuse. We also seek to use our experience and our successes to create a new framework for addressing the problems that plague at-risk families in our communities. Our job is not done until these children have a permanent, stable, loving home -- helping one family at a time.
Programs
This program keeps kids busy all-day, every
weekday with educational, social and developmental programs. Kids are
offered breakfast if they didn’t eat any before coming to the LBH. The kids get fed at least one hot meal a day
during camp. Various activities the kids
participate in include The Virginia Gold Cup, horse races in Northern Virginia;
a trip to the beach (the first for many of the kids); and playing on the water
slide that director Carl Foster installed in the backyard, among others. The kids are picked up every day and taken
home if their parents are working or don’t have transportation.
The camp is a great way to help the parents in
our program as well, because daycare can be very expensive and many parents in
our program must work full-time in order to support their families.
Goals and Results
Accomplishments
for Fiscal Year Ending 12/31/2003
A 4-year old boy arrived after being abused by his mother. The therapist's evaluation stated he was in a constant state of "fight or flight" -- that he was terrified all the time. However, with the child-friendly, loving environment of The Little Blue House, and the therapy and services we were able to provide, he is a now beautiful, healthy boy. He began full-day kindergarten, ready to learn, in a regular class room, not in a special education program.
A little girl was reunited with her mother, who with the support of The Little Blue House staff, is self-sufficient and able to provide a good home for her daughter. While the little girl lived at LBH, Mom visited often and was allowed to parent her daughter under the watchful eyes of our staff. Mom developed the skills and self-confidence to handle the job of being a mother -- she did the job so well that all the other kids in the LBH called her "Mom". The Little Blue House is still available to watch her daughter if there is a day-care problem, and both mom and child still come to visit and go on outings with their LBH family.
A 2-year old girl arrived, like many others, filthy, hungry and scared. The youngest of 12 children born to a substance-abusing mother, she was living in a building with no heat or running water on her way to homelessness. Initially, she hardly ever spoke. To boost her self esteem, we enrolled her in a twice-weekly therapeutic preschool program for little girlsl. And when we noticed that weekly family visits were troubling to her, we arranged for additional sessions with a child psychiatrist. Additional therapy and preschool programs are all provided at LBH expense. At 3, she was a wonderful little girl who loved computer games and knew her numbers and alphabet. In July 2001, she went home with an adoptive mother; her adoption was finalized. Thanks to the LBH, she is still the only one of her siblings to move on to permanency, even a year after her adoption.
Objectives for Fiscal Year Beginning 01/01/2004
To have our first families successfully complete the Commitment to Hope program; to have at least 8 children in safe, stable loving homes.
To create positive change in policies dealing with at-risk families, to help other jurisdictions create good outcomes for children using our model.
Revenue and Expenses: Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2007
Revenue
Expenses
Contributions
$0
Government Grants
$0
Program Services
$0
Investments
$0
Special Events
$0
Sales
$0
Other
$0
Program Services
$310,957
Administration
$30,098
Other
$8,251
Total Expenditures
$349,306
Total Revenue
$391,599
NET GAIN/LOSS
$0
Balance
Sheet: Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2007
Notes
The
balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization
at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should
generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot long survive,
but the types of assets and liabilities also must be considered.
For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables,
securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities
(payables, deferred revenue, current year loan and note payments).
Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other
hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed
its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Assets
Jan 1, 2007
Dec 31, 2007
Change
Cash
& Equivalent
$28,944
$33,906
$4,962
Accounts
Receivable
$0
$0
$0
Pledges
& Grants Receivable
$0
$0
$0
Receivables/Other
$0
$0
$0
Inventories
for Sale or Use
$0
$0
$0
Investments/Securities
$307
$6
$(301)
Investments/Other
$0
$0
$0
Fixed
Assets
$131,562
$126,405
$(5,157)
Other
$0
$0
$0
Total Assets
$192,607
$223,288
$30,681
Liabilities
Jan 1, 2007
Dec 31, 2007
Change
Accounts
Payable
$0
$0
$0
Grants
Payable
$0
$0
$0
Deferred
Revenue
$0
$0
$0
Loans
and Notes
$0
$0
$0
Tax-Exempt
Bond Liabilities
$0
$0
$0
Other
$0
$0
$0
Total
Liabilities
$152,040
$140,428
$(11,612)
FUND BALANCE
$0
$0
$0
Financial Comments
Audited financials for FY 2002 are available upon request.
Leaders
of the Organization
Chief Executive Profile
A Founding Board Member in 1991, Mr. Foster was installed by Board of Directors to run the agency on a daily basis in 1997 and has continued to serve as the chief LBH executive as a volunteer. It is Mr. Foster who works nights as senior news producer for C-SPAN radio in order to work at the LBH during the day. It is Mr. Foster who comes in on weekends to take the children swimming or to go places like Build-A-Bear with children and staff. And it is Mr. Foster who wears a pager 24 hours a day to handle any crisis situations for children or arrange for LBH to take in emergency placements of children found in abandoned vehicles, in crack house raids or alone outside a burning home. For his many years of volunteer service to LBH Mr. Foster has received many recent awards including: Washingtonian of the Year (2003) from Washingtonian Magazine, Frederick Douglass Men of Strength Award (2003) from Men can Stop Rape, NFL Community Quarterback finalist (2001) from the Washington Redskins, Fannie Mae Good Neighbor Award (2000) from the Fannie Mae Foundation. Mr. Foster holds a BS in Health Care Administration.
Board of Directors
Sidney Bresler, Board President/Treasurer
Carl Foster, Board Vice President/COO
Dr. Michael Goldstein, Member
Nancy Hedin, Member
William Jacobson, Member
Marissa Jacobson, Member
Navarro Pulley, Member
Sylvia Wooten, Member
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