Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form<\/p>\n
Organization Name: Three Starlings Foundation
\nLegal Name (if Different):
\nAlso Known As: n\/a
\nMailing Address: 253 HANOVER DR
\nCity: Costa Mesa
\nState: California
\nPostal Code: 92626
\nMain Phone: 7147213652
\nMain Fax:
\nOrganization Website: https:\/\/www.threestarlings.org
\nEmployer ID Number: 99-3498180
\nOrganization Tax Status: 501 (c) (3) Federal and State of CA exempt<\/p>\n
Proposal Information<\/p>\n
Today’s Date: 12\/30\/2025
\nRequested Amount: 10,000<\/p>\n
Project Title: Mind the Gap
\nProject Description:<\/p>\n
\u201cMind the Gap\u201d is an effort to improve outcomes of children entering foster care by meeting their critical needs (for clothing and, at times, for food) more immediately. Inadequate clothing is correlated with poor health outcomes, encompassing physical, mental, and social well-being, and including a higher likelihood for anxiety, musculoskeletal issues, reduced exercise, infections, skin conditions, and social isolation. Adequate food is obviously a basic survival requirement. Unfortunately, many children enter foster care from extreme deprivation, sometimes arriving with only the clothes on their backs. Their foster carers, often family members who assume this role on short notice, are sometimes themselves in economically vulnerable circumstances, and\u2014unhelpfully\u2014County foster care stipends do not arrive until at least 45 days after a foster placement has begun. <\/p>\n
This 45-day \u201cGap\u201d is what we hope to address: a child should not have to wait 6 weeks for clean, adequate clothing or enough to eat. <\/p>\n
Children in foster care have a high incidence of mental health challenges. Their ability to establish a foundation for addressing these concerns should not be compromised by a lack of basic resources during the critical initial period of placement. Basic needs are survival needs. Many high-needs households, however, simply do not have an adequate cushion to absorb the cost of providing these children an adequate wardrobe and nutritious food immediately.<\/p>\n
Our intent is to offer a per child allocation of up to $500.00 (gift card, food, or clothing equivalent), toward supporting children in the first 45 days of placement, in foster homes identified as \u201cextremely high needs,\u201d by social workers in Orange County Resource Family Support. These social workers have informed us that they encounter a child with this exceptional need level at a rate of approximately once per week. With this in mind, our annual budget, intended to serve 52 children, is $26,000.\n<\/p>\n
Total Project Budget: $26,000<\/p>\n
Other Funding
\nSources For The Project (Committed & Potential): We have received $15,000 in donations from individuals toward this project. We have submitted grant requests to a few organizations for additional funds (Stater Brothers, Starbucks, Costco) but we have not heard back from them. We applied for a $1000 community grant from the City of Anaheim. <\/p>\n
Project Duration: 1year
\nGeographical Area Served: Orange County
\nAge Group To Be Served: 0-21 year olds in foster care<\/p>\n
Contact Information<\/p>\n
Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs.
\nContact First Name: Holly
\nContact Last Name: Gruber
\nContact Title: President
\nContact Phone: 714-721-3652
\nContact Email: threestarlingsfoundation@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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