Keeping children safe and families together.
Join our growing group of dedicated volunteers today and start making a difference in the lives of local families.
Your donation today will help us serve families who need hope and support.
Our goal is to support and strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and reduce the number of children unnecessarily entering the child welfare system.
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The average length of stay is about 6 weeks, but hosting arrangements usually last from 2 days to a year. Safe Families for Children makes every effort to estimate the length of stay at the time of hosting.
These children sometimes come from very difficult circumstances. Each child will respond to the situation differently, depending on his or her personality and coping skills. Children placed by Safe Families are not believed to be victims of physical or sexual abuse; otherwise, they would be wards of the state and ineligible for hosting.
Although traumatic, crisis can also offer an opportunity for positive personal and familial transformations. Children are accepted into Safe Families based on the availability of a Host Family. Some Host Families are able to accept sibling groups and parenting/pregnant teens.
The children can be newborns through teens (0–18 years). In reality, about 70% of children we serve are less than 6 years old.
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