I had been the chapter director in Raleigh/Durham for slightly more than a month when my Family Coach Supervisor called to tell me one of our moms was in the hospital and needed someone to sit with and advocate for her.  I walked into that hospital room on a...

Written from the Perspective of a Host Family from Portland, Oregon We first met Serena during the summer of 2020. I was approached by church staff that there was a local young lady in need of some resources as she was soon expecting her first baby. I was told in...

Written by Luke EppersonA Mat-Su host family with Safe Families for Children through Beacon Hill When Jesus showed up at my house, he had intestinal worms and ate three plates of spaghetti. He lovedtoy trains, and as a non-verbal four-year-old, he mostly grunted at...

by Emily Cowan, LMSW Family Support Team Supervisor | NYC Safe Families Chapter It’s easy to think of Disruptive Generosity, one of the three SFFC core values we’re reflecting on this month, as being wildly generous with our finances. But if you’ve spent any...

By Natalie Bezek, SFFC Chief Development Officer I reflected on this question often through my mid-twenties. As a single woman, I watched many friends get married and start families, and I often felt overlooked by God. The “good life” I imagined for myself and...

Written by Laura Rasche What seemed like a fast transition of me stepping in as Director of the Central Indiana chapter of Safe Families in May of 2021 had actually been a work in progress for nearly nine years. In the summer of 2012, my own children Nettie ( 5) and...

Elizabeth Beseke, Minnesota State Director When I heard the statement, “Trauma blocks love but love heals trauma” by Frank Anderson, a conversation quickly flashed in my mind. I remember it well. My Family Coach and I were sitting in a coffee shop with mom sharing how...

"Praise be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God."2 Corinthians 1:3-5 The three...

We believe there are three core values that are important for Safe Families to live out.  Radical hospitality is the idea we love strangers by opening our lives and by inviting them into our homes to live and fellowship with us. By caring for children in our homes and...