M I S S

THE MISS FOUNDATION IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT CARES FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE DEATH OF A CHILD OF ANY AGE, FROM ANY CAUSE. ITS SELAH CAREFARM PROGRAM IS THE FIRST THERAPEUTIC CAREFARM IN THE WORLD TO SERVE THE TRAUMATICALLY BEREAVED.

THROUGH OUR COMPASSIONATE BEREAVEMENT CARE (CBC) CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, WE REACHED OUT TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES, TRAINING 129 NEW PROVIDERS TO OFFER EXPERT CARE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE A CHILD WHO IS DYING OR WHO HAS DIED. THOSE WHO QUALIFY AS CBC PROVIDERS IN OUR NETWORK ARE TRAINED IN TRAUMATIC GRIEF AND INCLUDE TOP-LEVEL PHYSICIANS, MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, NURSES, SOCIAL WORKERS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, THERAPISTS, HOSPICE CARE, CLERGY AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

WITH THE SUPPORT OF A GENEROUS DONOR, WE PURCHASED THE $1.8 MILLION, 3-BEDROOM 2800-SQUARE FOOT OF LODGING, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL FACILITIES, ON 6.8 ACRES OF LAND NEXT TO THE SELAH CAREFARM TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES FOR EVENTS AND RETREATS. IT IS THE SECOND RESPITE CENTER FOR GRIEVING FAMILIES AT THE SELAH CAREFARM. OUR FIRST RESPITE CENTER, ANDY'S SANCTUARY AT THE SELAH CAREFARM, IS RECOGNIZED AS THE FIRST THERAPEUTIC CAREFARM IN THE WORLD. IT SERVED 605 CLIENTS IN 2023. WE FILLED 1016 ROOM NIGHTS AT ANDY'S SANCTUARY, PROVIDING 4161 HOURS OF TRAUMATIC GRIEF COUNSELING, WITH $300,000 OF IN-KIND SERVICES DEDICATED TO CLIENTS IN FINANCIAL NEED AND FROM UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. OUR FOUNDER, DR. JOANNE CACCIATORE, AND OUR COUNSELORS, WORKED YEAR-ROUND WITH INDIVIDUALS THROUGH CRISIS INTERVENTIONS, COUNSELING INTENSIVES, TRAUMATIC GRIEF PROGRAMS AND RETREATS. OUR TEAM ALSO CARED FOR 51 ANIMALS RESCUED FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT, PROVIDING THEM WITH A FOREVER SANCTUARY.

IN 2023, WE HELPED THOUSANDS OF FAMILY MEMBERS THROUGH OUR HOPE MENTOR PROGRAM, COUNSELING SERVICES, ONLINE FORUMS, SUPPORT GROUPS AND SELAH CAREFARM VISITS. WE OFFERED FREE AND AFFORDABLE COUNSELING TO THOSE IN NEED, PROVIDING 4161 COUNSELING HOURS BY HIGHLY-TRAINED TRAUMATIC GRIEF COUNSELORS, AND 300 HOURS OF CRISIS SUPPORT AND SUICIDE INTERVENTION COUNSELING. OUR VOLUNTEERS SENT 413 SUPPORT PACKETS TO GRIEVING FAMILIES. WE CONNECTED 155 HOPE MENTORS TO BEREAVED PARENTS, SIBLINGS AND GRANDPARENTS, AVERAGING 740 VOLUNTEER HOURS. OUR FACILITATORS HELD SUPPORT GROUPS FOR GRIEVING FAMILY MEMBERS (VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON). WE ALSO HOSTED INTERNATIONAL KINDNESS PROJECT DAY.