The Light House has programs to help children who have experienced foster care and their families to ensure better mental health. Whether it is Emotional Regulation classes for the kids, Support Group for the parents, or Life Skills for teens, The Light House exists to ease the trauma of foster care for the kids in the Denver metro area.
Did you know?
Up to 80% of children in foster care enter with a significant mental health need, and more than 80% have been exposed to significant violence. Big feelings and hard behaviors aren’t a sign you’re doing something wrong. They’re a normal response to what your child has been through, and they can be learned through.
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics, Szilagyi et al., 2015
Our Emotional Regulation class and mentorships are open to children that have been affected by foster care which includes reunited bio kids, foster, kinship placed, or adopted children. Our monthly Life skills workshop is open to any age teen from 16 to 21 yrs old.
To learn more about our emotional regulation class, please click on the button below. Find out what The Light House can do for your child today!
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Shared Journeys
What if you had people who truly understood your family?
Shared Journeys is a parent community for foster, kinship, adoptive and biological parents. While your kids are in Emotional Regulation class, connect with other parents, swap what’s working, and earn training hours on topics that go past the basics, like co-regulation and building your support network.
Every other Sunday, 1:00–2:30 pm · Southmoor Elementary
Life Skill Workshops and Mentoring
Skills to Build Your Path. Power to Own Your Life.
Ready to level up your future? Our monthly workshops for teens ages 16–21 give you real-world tools to make confident choices, handle everyday challenges, and build the life you want. Each teen is also paired with a mentor who’s in their corner.
Coming in the Future: First Light
When a child enters foster care, it’s often after a moment that changes everything. Their world shifts in an instant—new faces, new homes, and no clear sense of what comes next. Many arrive with almost nothing, carrying fear, confusion, and the weight of a situation they didn’t choose. It’s a hard day for them, for the caseworkers who care deeply, and for the families opening their doors. Even when they’re placed with relatives, the transition can feel overwhelming and lonely.
The Light House is building a program to soften that day—to make sure every child has what they need, to ease the stress on everyone involved, and to remind these kids that they are not facing this moment alone.
Click below to see how we’re working to bring comfort, dignity, and hope to children on one of the toughest days of their lives.
Give the gift of healing
All our classes are free for foster, kinship and adopted children, but supplies and space aren’t. $50 covers a month of classes for one child and parent. Give once or monthly, and be part of a child’s healing journey.
Businesses interested in sponsoring a program can reach us at info@thelighthousedenver.org or 720-556-4837.
Supplies Needed!
Our classes run on supplies, and you can help stock them. See our current wish list, schedule a drop-off, or host a supply drive at your workplace.
What if you could be the support a foster child never had?
Whether you’d like to teach, help run classes or bring a new class idea, we’d love to hear from you.