Building Resilient Brains |
Measurable, Lasting Impact |
| When you support FocusedKids, you're giving children in rural Colorado communities the tools to understand their own brains. Through our research-backed program—featuring engaging tools like puppets that make neuroscience accessible—you help children discover how their brains work and practice self-regulation techniques they'll use every single day. | Your investment delivers proven results: children showing increased resilience, better focus, and improved academic performance, while teachers report reduced classroom stress. When you give to FocusedKids, you're funding Harvard-backed techniques—mindfulness, movement, and play—that reduce toxic stress and build skills lasting a lifetime, not just the school year. |
Why Your Support Matters |
Why Your Gift is Urgent Now |
| You understand that early intervention creates lasting change. When you help children develop self-regulation skills early, you're equipping them to handle stress, build relationships, and succeed in school—benefits that compound throughout their entire lives. Your donation reaches children at the most critical developmental window—when their brains are most adaptable. | Federal mental health grants are expiring and education funding remains in jeopardy. Schools are losing vital resources just as children need them most. Rural districts don't have teams of specialists–they have FocusedKids. Right now our biggest challenge is insufficient funding to serve all the youth, teachers, and families asking for help. |
FocusedKids partners with schools, families, and community organizations to prioritize healthy brains for our children. We instill brain-building techniques and mindful self-regulation skills into daily routines to increase resilience, self-awareness, and academic success.
Founded in 2013 as a pilot program at Valley Settlement preschool in Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley, FocusedKids was created to serve children from immigrant, Spanish-speaking families facing poverty and isolation. What began as a single-school initiative to improve school readiness has grown into a comprehensive program serving nearly 3,000 youth, parents, and teachers annually across rural Western Slope communities like Rifle, Glenwood Springs, and Carbondale.
Today, we remain committed to our founding mission: equipping underserved children with brain-based skills that last a lifetime. Working primarily with Latino families (60-75% of those we serve) living at or below 260% of the federal poverty level, FocusedKids fills a critical gap where accessible mental health resources are scarce.
Our neuroscience-backed program teaches children (ages 0-11) how their brains work and provides practical self-regulation techniques to manage emotions, build resilience, and improve focus. We deliver impact through classroom lessons in Pre-K through middle school, teacher training, and bilingual parent coaching and family events.
The results are measurable: Teachers report reduced classroom stress, and children demonstrate better focus than peers. By reaching children during the most critical developmental window, we're building neurological foundations that improve academic performance, relationships, and mental health for decades to come.
When you invest in FocusedKids, you're not funding a program—you're changing how children's brains develop in communities that need it most.
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
PO Box 2042Eagle County, CO, US
Garfield County, CO, US
Pitkin County, CO, US