Engaging the Community to Meet the Needs of Families.

Safe Families for Children hosts vulnerable children and creates extended family-like supports for families in crisis through a community of compassionate volunteers motivated by their faith to keep children safe and ultimately, together with their families. 

Mission

Founded in 2003, Safe Families for Children surrounds families in crisis with caring, compassionate community. We are a volunteer-driven initiative that provides hope and support to families in our local communities.

Safe Families was brought to Lane County in 2015, clearly fitting into CAFA’s mission to “make a safer place for children.” In the last 8 years we have grown consistently, serving the different areas of Lane County . In 2022 we began to expand our services to host unhoused youth, primarily ages 15-18.

History


The three objectives of Safe Families for Children are:

  1. Keep children safe during a family crisis such as homelessness, hospitalization, or domestic violence in an effort to prevent child abuse and/or neglect.

  2. Support, and stabilize families in crisis by surrounding them with caring, compassionate community.

  3. Reunite families and reduce the number of children entering the child welfare system.

What We Do

Who We Are

  • Angela Albin

    DIRECTOR

  • Cindy Ryan

    FAMILY COACH SUPERVISOR

  • Sarah Halstead

    PARENT PARTNER PROGRAM COORDINATOR