Our Impact

A snap shot of Families Like Ours, Inc. Impact

• 1,034 average number of daily web resource users (professional and families)
• Each year FLO provides 8 family support events – four quarterly respite events and four family networking and support events
• FLO averages approximately 110 new inquires per month for resource and agency referral, and more than 500 additional each year from events and educational programs
• Each month FLO hosts a waiting family support and networking group for pre-adoptive families
• FLO provides family non-therapeutic support work-groups throughout the year to help families meet parenting challenges
• Non-therapeutic youth support groups are facilitated throughout the year for GLBT&Q youth, Social skill development skill building, and other specialty topics
• Phone, video and in person adoption information counseling is available through our adoption buddy support network
• Each month FLO volunteers generate nearly 200 support hours

• Each calender year, FLO conducts nearly 500 hours of educational programs for families and professionals
• FLO's Post Placement program includes 27 hours of additional training for pre and post adoptive and foster families
• 81% of families taking their P.R.I.D.E. (Parent Resource for Information, Development, and Education) through FLO have the goal of adoption, 19% fostering and 7% are able or willing to provide respite for other families
• Only 2% of families choose another direction after taking a FLO P.R.I.D.E. training and 78% move forward shortly after their training

• Approximately 10 foster and adoptive youth are referred to FLO everyday for help finding a family
• FLO works at least five SAFE GLBT&Q foster youth cases per day
• Approximately 100 volunteer community outreach hours per month are spent on recruitment education
• FLO resource information is provided to every foster and adoptive parent taking a WA State P.R.I.D.E. state wide training, regardless of which agency provides the training for GLBT&Q foster youth
• Each year FLO co-sponsors or attends more than 24 interactive events including National Foster Care Month (May), National Adoption Month (November) activities
• FLO maintains an active list of more than 100 peer-to-peer respite providers in Western WA
• FLO is used by private placement agencies, WA State DSHS, AdoptUSKids project, GLBT hotlines, and others for family referral and foster care recruitment