A Donation Makes A Difference in the Life of a Child

The mission of the Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center is to protect and save the lives of abused and neglected children by supplementing zealous legal advocacy with innovative programs and public policy reform.

“Colorado's child-welfare system is in crisis. . . . Money is tight, granted. Yet if we can't meet the basic needs of the most vulnerable among us, each of us should be more than ashamed of ourselves“, said Shari F. Shink, Founder and Executive Director of the Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center, in Johnson Colorado's number of shame 179 kids killed from abuse, neglect over seven years, Bill Johnson, Denver Post January 2010.

One Hundred and Seventy Nine, the tragic number of children in Colorado killed as a result of abuse and neglect between 2000 and 2007. Moreover, it was recently reported that 35 children have died since 2007 after having been removed from their abusive homes and placed in Colorado’s Child Protection System. The Children’s Law Center believes that we can do better. The best way to share this fact is to view or read any one of the Children’s Law Center’s success stories.

$5,000 would help us respond to 174 crisis calls ($28.75/call) from across the Colorado or allow 6 children in foster care to participate in 9 months of Dandelion Project ($97.67/month), a horticultural therapeutic intervention.

$10,000 would help us provide 295 hours of legal advocacy to 6-7 maltreated children ($66,375 value)

For an additional $5,000, we can nearly double these services. $15,000 can provide 442.6 hours of legal advocacy saving 8-10 abused and negelcted children ($99,587 value)

$20,000 would sponsor 33% of the Dandelion Project, providing 23 foster children with 9 months of horticultural therapeutic intervention and activities;
help us respond to 696 crisis calls; or provide 590 hours of legal services to ensure that 11-14 vulnerable children become self-sufficient and productive members of the community. ($132,783 value)

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If you prefer to make a contribution by personal check, please send your contribution to:
Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center
1325 S. Colorado Blvd., Ste. 308
Denver, Colorado 80222