In an unprecedented move, Youth for Christ (YFC) in Tacoma has decided to shift its foster care and adoption services to Olive Crest Pacific Northwest. After Youth for Christ's decision to focus its ministry on 11 to 19-year-olds, the leadership sought out a credible,...

ANDERSON — Bev and Roger Sharritt eventually got into the flow of their new routine. They woke up early in the morning, rotating days to who got to exercise and who got to get the kids ready for school. They were out the door by 6:45 a.m. to get the two girls to Kids’...

LaGRANGE — Members of the Safe Families for Children are issuing a challenge to the community in the hopes of finding more host families and churches for children in temporary need of homes. Team members launched a 100 day challenge at the beginning of June. Safe...

Sir Peter Vardy, founder of Safe Families for Children UK, which works with councils in Greater Manchester, has urged David Cameron to concentrate on early intervention for children at risk of being taken into care after the Prime Minister vowed to show “zero...

VOLUNTEERS will help Southampton City Council to help struggling families in the city. Charity Safe Families for Children UK has announced a new partnership which will see its volunteers working with families and children in the city. The move comes with the council...

When Chelsea Geyer heads to the front of a congregation to sell them on helping Washington, D.C.’s child welfare system, the 27-year-old co-founder of DC127 comes with a two-pronged sales pitch that meshes the Good Book with the modern city. “I make the argument that...

The house on Montcliff Drive is unusually quiet now. Four of Tiffany Taulbee’s children are away at school. Only Maddox, her 2-year-old, remains, playing on her lap. In just a few hours, the kitchen will be a den of energy, homework and after-school snacks again but...

A CHARITY has revealed plans to recruit an army of 100,000 volunteers to help children who needlessly go into care. Durham-based Safe Families For Children UK, founded by philanthropist and entrepreneur Sir Peter Vardy, offers a network of helpers for families in...

A program launched by local churches like Genesis of Petoskey, Community Reformed Church of Charlevoix, and Petoskey Church of Christ, is designed to be an in-between for a family that may need additional support. The organization helps a family in crisis by taking...