HOPE FOR NEW YORK
Safe Families for Children
Brooklyn · Downtown · The East Side · The West Side

Safe Families for Children is an alternative to foster care that through the involvement and resources of the local church, both human and financial, enables families to remain intact and to thrive. Safe Families accomplishes this by creating extended family-like relationships and support systems for desperate families through a community of devoted volunteers who are motivated by faith to keep children safe and to reunite families. 

OUR PARTNERSHIP
The Safe Families movement is 85% volunteer-driven. Volunteers are crucial to the success of Safe Families. They open their homes to children in need as well as provide goods and resources to Host Families.
Our grant dollars support the successful launch of Safe Families into NYC including staff support and other administration costs necessary for the successful intake of children in need.
Safe Families draws faith-based communities around families in crisis, providing a full support network to ensure that the family is supported through and beyond their circumstances.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

There are a variety of volunteer roles to come alongside overwhelmed families. The roles are flexible and volunteers can offer support according to their skills, interests, and availability.

Family Friend

Helps parents to increase the stability of their lives, their home environment and their parenting, in order to improve the well-being of their children. They are volunteers who befriend, mentor and support parents through their crisis, helping them get back on their feet and making the home stable for them and their children.

They can offer:

  • Moral support and encouragement
  • Parenting support and development of parenting strengths
  • Practical help, such as babysitting or providing transport
  • Connections to community resources
  • Advocacy and accompaniment to appointments
  • Support in setting and achieving goals

    • Resource Friend: 

    Donates a variety of items (beds, clothes, diapers, etc.) or services (medical care, dental care, counseling, etc.) to families.

    Family Coach:

    Coordinates the team of volunteers, making sure that the parent, child, and family friends have the resources needed to thrive.

    All volunteers must complete an application, basic screening steps, and training before being able to serve. Dates for trainings will be listed below as they are available.

     


    See below to sign up for these opportunities.
    UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
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    “I am so grateful every morning to wake up to [my daughter's] smiling face for all of the help that I received. I can't imagine what I would have done without the help that I received, other than resulting in an unwanted adoption.”
    A local Brooklyn mom
    MENTIONS
    Welcome, New Affiliate: Safe Families for Children
    July 14, 2016
    We’re excited to welcome Safe Families for Children to our affiliate family! Safe Families works with local churches to ensure that at-risk families receive the help they need to keep their children out of foster care. We are confident in their mission and dedication to bringing hope to families in crisis in our city and we rejoice that they are finally coming to New York!
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    Prayers for Families in Crisis
    December 20, 2016
    Children who spend time in foster care often face serious challenges—teen pregnancy, homelessness, incarceration—later in life. Let us come to the Father on behalf of these children and their families knowing that our God is a Father to the fatherless and a protector of widows. We invite you to pray with us.
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