Host families are households of 1 or more people willing to engage with their community through radical hospitality, disruptive generosity, and intentional compassion. Safe Families for Children prevents families from entering the foster care system. Host families are screened and trained volunteers willing to temporarily host children of parents facing isolation and crisis. Average hosting lengths are 3 weeks, but can range from 1 night to several weeks or months depending on each unique circumstance. Our goal is reunification of children with their parents. Parents request Safe Family hosting for many reasons including domestic violence, homelessness, unemployment, medical crisis and many others.
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
4300 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60641, US
Safe Families for Children seeks to bring the church and community together to keep children safe and families together. Safe Families for Children is rooted in faith, fueled by radical hospitality, disruptive generosity, and intentional compassion, to build a network of caring and compassionate volunteers to support families facing social isolation. Our goal is to support and strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and reduce the number of children unnecessarily entering the child welfare system.
Safe Families For Children serves families who lack social networks and live in isolation without support of family and friends dealing with crises such as homelessness, unemployment, child abuse, domestic violence, medical emergencies and alcohol/drug rehabilitation.
Multiple locations Chicago, IL 60641
August 27, 2024
