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Solicitar Ayuda Get Involved Request More Info Safe Families Schools Be a Host Family Be a Family Friend Be a Family Coach Be a Resource Friend Prayer Be a Safe Families PLUS Mentor Become a Safe Families Church Start A New Chapter Safe Families Sunday About How Safe Families Works History Our Impact Safe Families Research FAQs Our Leadership Our Partners Our Board Careers Blog Testimonials Media Videos Online Resources Tell Your Story Chapters Locations Join a Chapter Host a Home Gathering Answering the Call to Stand in the Gap for Families 20th Anniversary Conference Donate Portal Menu Our Mission Safe Families for Children seeks to bring the church and community together to keep children safe and families together. Safe Families for Children is rooted in faith, fueled by radical hospitality, disruptive generosity, and intentional compassion, to build a network of caring and compassionate volunteers to support families facing social isolation. 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. Learn More DONATE HERE Why I Started Safe Families? Twenty years ago, I believe the Lord put a calling on my life. After working in ministry, launching a church, and then running a child welfare agency, I believe the Lord gave me the mission of Safe Families. It was driven by an incredible sadness regarding the suffering children have to endure related to child abuse and retraumatizing in the child welfare system. Research shows that children who remain at home even with marginal parents have better outcomes than those children who are forcibly removed and experience the placement disruption of foster care. That’s where Safe Families came in. My passion was to help the most vulnerable children and their parents. These are families that are on the edge of going into foster care. These are families that had no one to call when facing a crisis or dealing with unmanageable circumstances. However, how do we help them? At the same time, my heart was burdened with the mission of the Church, and its unique calling to change agents in society. As I continued to pray, the Lord birthed a powerful vision for the Church to answer the call to support vulnerable children and families through biblical hospitality. Continue Reading Safe Families For Children serves families who lack social networks and live in isolation without support of family and friends dealing with crises such as homelessness, unemployment, child abuse, domestic violence, medical emergencies and alcohol/drug rehabilitation . Safe Families for Children helps provide radical hospitality to families in crisis. Get Help Today Learn how you can be part of our Circle of Support and make a difference today! Learn More Today Find us today! Safe Families for Children has many chapters around the country who can serve you and whom you can serve! View Chapters Our Blog Better than a Double Play at First Base May 7, 2024 Categories: Media Mentions , Noteworthy Thoughts , Success Stories by Host Family Volunteer, Amy, from Wisconsin For the last couple of months I’ve been talking with God about my… Read More We Just Keep Showing Up, and So Does He! April 3, 2024 Categories: Announcements , Noteworthy Thoughts , Success Stories by Laura Oberski, SFFC Austin, TX Chapter Anyone who has talked with me for more than 30 seconds knows that… Read More The Power of Relationships March 8, 2024 Categories: Announcements , Media Mentions , Noteworthy Thoughts Supportive relationships between committed volunteers and isolated parents are making a deep impact. The key to the Safe Families model… Read More How Community Collaboration Works February 7, 2024 Categories: Announcements , Noteworthy Thoughts , Success Stories Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” ― Helen Keller The goal of preventing child… Read More When Biblical Hospitality Starts with the Pastor January 8, 2024 Categories: Announcements , Noteworthy Thoughts When my wife and I moved to Hillsboro, Oregon to plant a church eight years ago, we knew we were… Read More Becoming Extended Family December 13, 2023 Categories: Announcements When a crisis strikes, many of us rely on family and friends for support. But for some families, poverty and… Read More Contact us To find the chapter closest to you, click "Locations" in the menu. Safe Families for Children, National Office 4300 W. Irving Park Road Chicago, IL 60641 info@safefamilies.net Tel: 773-653-2200 | Fax: 773-355-5564Safe Families for Children Donation Processing 4839 W. 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