CONTACT GRAND FAMILY COALITION
PO Box 1432, Loveland, CO 80539
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 970-699-2837
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Board of Directors
Gail Engel
Founder / Executive Director
Kelly Krapus
Vice President
Tina Hugo
Secretary
Debbie Hines
Treasurer
Diana Barnes
Board Member
Laura Kollener
Board MemberStaff
Joe Engel
Grandpa AmbassadorSpecial Recognition
In Memory of
Becky Seville
Co-Founder
February 8, 1954 – February 28, 2018
February 17, 2023
We founded Grand Family Coalition because of the struggles faced when trying to prevent our daughters and their children from entering the foster system. My story has been 16 years in the making. My Co-Founder however lost her daughter through her journey in the child welfare system way before Family First, and why we worked so hard to support families here in Colorado. Our stories led me to sit on the Colorado Family First Implementation Team back in 2019 and continue to advocate for families. If Family First would have been there for us things might have been a little different today. Co-Founder Becky Saville, suffered the loss of her daughter, and her grandchildren were placed in Kinship Care (which was not a thing in 2018). Today we are implementing prevention through Family First. I hope you will share her story or at least find it inspiring enough to share and motivate you to keep asking, Why Family First?
Family First Prevention Service Act was signed into law on February 9, 2018. Becky passed away on February 23, 2018, but not before struggling for ten years to get stability for her grandchildren, and help for her daughter. Most tragically they both lost their lives because of a lack of support. Please read Becky’s Story HERE
Gail Engel, Founder/Executive Director
PEER SUPPORT CAREGIVERS
Need a Peer to help you on your journey? Reach out to one of us for support.
Aline Rafliff
Aurora Peer Support CaregiverDebbie Hines
Fort Collins Peer Support Caregiver
Tina Hugo
Resources Peer Support Caregiver