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When we talk to friends and family members about Safe Families, it always takes a while to explain what it is. Is is foster care? Is it adoption? Is it just free baby sitting? I think it’s difficult to explain because it doesn’t fit into any of our normal categories....
A Matter of Life and Death
A testimonial from a social worker from a child welfare agency that has worked with Safe Families for Children: I wanted to thank Safe Families for Children for all that they have done to help a member that I am working with in Peoria, IL. I truly believe that the...
Hindsight
To see the hindsight of God’s incredible plan, I have to start back in 2015. 3 Adults, Many Needs In May of 2015, we took in my 17-year-old special needs nephew while watching my sister die for 6 weeks. She died on June 8th, 2015 and then unexpectedly my mother-in-law...
What Happens When Lives Intersect
Mom made a brave choice to trust Safe Families almost six years ago. Sometimes, I think it was for me. Either way, it has been a bridge for two families that never would have been crossed without it. A very, very, adventurous bridge. A Story of Two Women From Chicago...
Going Home Before Going Away
We were hosting a sweet baby boy while the child welfare agency was investigating his mom. But yesterday we were overjoyed to receive a call that this precious child was allowed to go back to his mom! What a blessing! It turns out that he was removed from mom's care...
15 Year Anniversary Celebration!
Save the date! We will be celebrating 15 years of providing caring, compassionate community to families in need. People from all over the country will be in attendance as we look forward to the next 15 years of living out love! More details to come. Friday, September...
Changing Your Normal
Our journey towards becoming a host family started as many of our God journey’s begin - ignoring the call. Thinking of every excuse: “There isn’t that big of a need”, “Someone else will step up”, "We are far too busy to add this to our plate”, “Maybe when our kids are...
What’s a Single Mom to Do During a Week in the Hospital?
What’s a Single Mom to Do During a Week in the Hospital? Preventive services—like the Safe Families network—can help prevent crises or a loss of custody. Eleven days after the birth of her daughter last September, Charlotte—who asked me not to use her last name—began...
“Dangerous” Hospitality
Although some of our friends supported us, others told us we were crazy to voluntarily open our home to children we’d never met. Doubts swirled around us. What were we thinking? Could we afford it? We have three daughters. Would they be OK? Were we putting them at...
Your Gift Cards Can Help Us Keep Kids Safe!
Safe Families for Children is happy to announce that we now accept gift cards as donations! Through our partnership with Raise, we are able to convert gift cards into a cash donation to support the work we do across the country. Raise will resell the gift cards we...
Nurturing a Newborn
We had been serving with Safe Families for a couple of years but were on a short respite as I had just found out my father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. We took a call anyway...Mom had just given birth and we were the perfect match for her little one. I said a...
Perfectly Imperfectly
We're not perfect. We are not rich. We're not remarkable. We don't have a giant home. We don't even have a guest room. We don't have a van. But we do know that when there is a need, God will provide. We might just have a couple of loaves and fish, but when we put what...
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