Safe Families for Children, East Central, IL

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.

We help parents in crisis. Whether they are experiencing issues with homelessness, unemployment, domestic violence or other obstacles, we want to help.

Safe Families for Children helps parents in crisis get back on their feet and keep their families intact.

• Safe Families is NOT a foster care or adoption service.

• Parents maintain full custody of their children and can request their return at any time.

• Parents have regular visits and contact with their children.

• Volunteer families are extensively screened with a background check, home screening, and references.

• Volunteers receive no compensation and serve out of their belief of helping others.

• Children ages 0 – 18 can be hosted, including parenting teens.

• Children can be hosted for as short as a couple of days to several months.

• Every attempt will be made to maintain the child’s daily schedule.

• Safe Families is committed to reuniting parents and children as soon as possible.