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Newport Beach Independent: July 30, 2010: If your circumstances changed dramatically leaving you unable to care for your children and you had no extended family, where would you turn for help... More

The Orange County Register: July 22, 2010: More than 100 community and church leaders met Wednesday to learn about a local effort to find volunteer families to temporarily take in and care for children whose families are in crisis... More

Daily Pilot: July 14, 2010: Frank and Nancie Carpenter's house, just blocks from Corona del Mar High School, has become a revolving door for children whose biological parents find themselves in a bind... More

CBS News: May 11, 2010: Watch the CBS Evening News video revisiting Safe Families

newsantaana.com: March 2, 2010: Olive Crest Safe Families program results in a happy ending at Saddleback Church. A brand-new "Blind Side" story takes place in the O.C., as Olive Crest's Safe Families Program brings together a... More

The Orange County Register: January 7, 2010: Churches offer alternative to welfare system By Sean Emery THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER As economic woes put pressure on Orange County families, local churches are stepping up to stop kids from falling... More

CNN: November 27, 2009: Watch the CNN Video about Atlanta Safe Families

CBS News Video: May 18, 2009: Watch the CBS Video about Safe Families

CBS News: May 18, 2009: Safe Families For Children In Need CBS Reports: Group Is Making A Difference By Taking In Children While Their Parents Get Back On Their Feet NEW YORK, May 18, 2009 Lawrie, 10, and Isabel, 5 lived on... More

USAToday.com: May 18, 2009: The recession's tiniest victims need help, too By Katie Couric A police officer in Chicago noticed a small child with swollen feet. The family had been riding trains and walking all day because they... More 

Become a Safe Family Supporter

Safe Families is a donor-funded program. Gifts from individuals, corporations, foundations, churches and organizations provide the resources necessary to implement the Safe Families program. To make a gift, click here or contact Lois Verleur at 1-800-550-CHILD (2445), ext. 1120 for more information.

Become a Safe Family

California
To become a safe family contact Renee Franks at 1-800-550-CHILD (2445), ext. 1234 or get connected with a Safe Families for Children church, contact Karen Bergstrom at 1-800-550-CHILD (2445), ext. 1174.

Pacific Northwest
To become a safe family, click here. To request a church or agency presentation, contact Elliot Stockstad, Director of Safe Families for Children (WA) at 253-212-1355.