Jan 7, 2025 | Announcements, Noteworthy Thoughts, Success Stories
Every year, New Year’s resolutions are made. Like many families, we evaluate life and make adjustments that we anticipate will benefit and enhance our lives. So, a unanimous decision was made. We needed to get out of our “normal.” We needed to be open to new...
Nov 8, 2024 | Announcements, Success Stories
by Jessie Manning, Cleveland, OH Safe Families for Children Chapter Director Shame. It’s such a heavy word. It impacts our thoughts, actions, and hopes. It can hold us back and keep us stuck. In the spring of 2023, Elexis she found herself facing incarceration and...
Oct 3, 2024 | Announcements
by Jessica Frost, Engagement Coordinator for Safe Families Greater Milwaukee Chapter With parental stress reaching new heights of concern, as suggested by the 2024 U.S. Surgeon General report, communities must work together to address this crisis to help stressors...
Dec 13, 2023 | Announcements
When a crisis strikes, many of us rely on family and friends for support. But for some families, poverty and social isolation mean they have no support networks when they need them the most. The Safe Families model is built upon providing family-like supports in order...
Nov 8, 2023 | Announcements
When her niece was murdered, Brooke Gustafson broke. She walked away from her 12-year career as a surgical technologist and began using recreational drugs to dull her pain. After spiraling for six months, she sought treatment for her addiction and mental health. Safe...
Oct 5, 2023 | Announcements
by Jewel Photopulos (Safe Families Tampa Chapter Director) Our first conversation with Mr. Hunt was heartbreaking. He wept as he explained his situation. He was jobless, homeless, and alone while trying to raise his two children on his own. His mother, who had been...
