Milestone numbers

Number of children in Colorado’s foster care system—def. Every year, there are approximately 3000 children served by the Colorado foster care system. Of that number approximately 1500-2000 are returned to the birthparents and another 200-700 are targeted for adoption by their foster families or extended family members. This leaves approximately 800 kids legally free and waiting for other people to step forward to adopt them. They are the waiting children that Project 1.27 targets. In 2005 there were 875 children in this category. As of Jun 30, 2008 there were 727 children left in this category.
Children placed—def. these are children from the Colorado foster care system placed into the homes of designated Project 1.27 families.
Families involved with Project 1.27/Families signed up—def. Every person in important. This is the number of families that have signed commitment forms to walk forward in the adoption process. Project 1.27 does work with singles, but it can be generally assumed that that each family represents two adults. Each recruited family has potential to adopt a child from foster care. Some families choose to take their time through the process (some 3 years). Some families choose to go on hold or opt out half way through the program (family issues, bad timing, moves, etc). Other families continue through the process and adopt children. Some of them even come back to do it again! We work hard to serve every family because we believe all of them can offer potential hope to a child.
Families trained—def. This represents the number of committed Project 1.27 families that have any of the Project 1.27 training courses.
Families waiting for kids—def. this represents families currently still walking through the Project 1.27 adoption process at some level who have not yet been placed with a child. This is an important number because these families represent the highest potential for placement.
Families placed with kids—def. This represents the number of families placed with any number of kids. Some families take in one child. Some take in up to three. We broadcast this number because it demonstrates how our families are willing to take in sibling groups. This is one of the biggest needs of children in foster care and Project 1.27 is helping with this need.
Children placed in homes—def. This represents the number of children who are legally and physically living in a home with adoption as the goal. Each of these placements are expected to result in an adoption finalization after a minimum of 6 months (prescribed by law). A small percentage of placed children are reunified with their biological families (legal risk placements). Another small percentage of placements result in disruptions where the children are returned to the foster care system for a variety of reasons. However, many of the reunifications and disruptions my still work out to be successes for children. It is the belief of Project 1.27 that every placement of every child is a blessing for how-ever long it may be. It is especially an opportunity for the family to bless that child, to love that child and pray the best for that child.
Waiting to finalize—def. This represents a portion of the number of “Children placed in homes” that are currently in their home waiting for their finalizations to occur. The balance between this number and “Children placed in homes” includes the number of children reunified or disrupted and the number of children already finalized.
Children with finalized adoptions—def. Our best metric
Adoptive families churches/Churches represented—def. This represents the number of churches that our families are coming from. These are churches all over the state.
Cities Represented—def. This represents the number of cities that our families come from around the state.
Formal Church partners—def. This represents the number of churches that have signed formal agreements between Project 1.27 and their church. For more information on church partnerships see our partner section on the web site.
Formal County/CPA partners—def. This represents the number of County/CPAs that have signed formal agreements between Project 1.27 and their church. For more information on county/CPA partnerships see our partner section on the web site.
Associate Support Groups—def. This represents other church based support groups that are not yet in a formal partnership with Project 1.27.

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