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newsantaana.com: March 2, 2010PressOlive 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 Register-Guard: February 5, 2010PressBill seeks safe haven for kids Charities would establish volunteer networks to care for Oregon children whose families are in crisis By David Steves The Register-Guard Appeared in print: Friday, Feb... More Haiti Orphan InitiativeGeneral NewsUpdate: January 26, 2010 from Dr. David Anderson, Director of Safe Families & LYDIA Home Association 150,000 confirmed dead with estimates of 200,000 194,000 injured 3 million affected 800,000 to... More Chicago Sun-Times: January 21, 2010PressState opens arms to evacuees from Haiti HAITI RELIEF | Groups line up homes, hospitals for kids January 21, 2010 BY MICHAEL SNEED Sun-Times Columnist The earthquake-ravaged children of Haiti are... More The Orange County Register: January 7, 2010PressChurches 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 Daily Herald: December 27, 2009PressSuburban agency places children in short-term foster care By Vincent Pierri | Daily Herald Staff & Staff Photographer Katie and Clark Cashman of Libertyville play with 3-year-old Christina. The... More  Download Safe Families FormsPlease email, mail or fax completed forms to your Safe Families office. For a list of office contact information click here . Forms for those interested in becoming a Safe Family: Application... MoreRockford Register Star: October 10, 2009PressProgram gives parents in crisis a ‘respite’ Safe Families for Children provides temporary homes without foster care or the courts. By Georgette Braun RRSTAR.COM Posted Oct 10, 2009 @ 11:49 PM Erica... More Chattanooga Times Free Press: July 27, 2009 PressNew Bethany program seeks safe families for children By: Clint Cooper Sleepless nights, teething pain and diaper changes are old hat for Becky and Glen Wieldraayer. In the past 18 years, not only... More CBS News: May 18, 2009PressSafe 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, 2009PressThe 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 syracuse.com: May 12, 2009PressKeeping Them Safe Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Janai Parahams, 25, of Indianapolis, wanted to regroup after leaving an abusive relationship. With no job, four children and no family support, she was on the... More babble Australia: May 8, 2009PressTemporary “Parents” Keep Troubled Families Together Posted by Hannah Tennant-Moore at 4:00 PM on May 8, 2009 It’s a great day when the cover of the New York Times has a story that puts you in a good... More cbs2chicago.com: May 7, 2009PressProgram Offered Support To Troubled Mother Reporting Jim Williams CHICAGO (CBS) ― Click here to see the video of this story. Generous residents briefly took in Araina Page's three boys as she rebuilt... More New York Times: May 6, 2009PressMothers in Crisis Turn to Temporary ‘Parents’ Published: May 6, 2009 INDIANAPOLIS — After resolving to leave her longtime but violent partner in March, Janai Parahams, 25 and jobless, wanted to make... More IndyStar.com: May 4, 2009PressProgram seen as rescue for youths, parents Volunteers care for children temporarily while adults deal with life's challenges By Melissa Tussing | Posted: May 4, 2009 When Kelli Ball first heard of... More  Forest Bluff Magazine: March 2009PressMichael’s Chance is a business whose mission is to employ women and children who are in crisis situations. Second chances empower women, children, and communities. Michael’s Chance employs desperate... More Michael's ChanceMichael’s Chance is a business that gives women and children who need a second chance an opportunity to earn money and gives 50% of its profits to social service organizations. Necklaces and... More Chicago Tribune: March 29, 2009PressHELP IN HARD TIMES Chicago parents in crisis: Extended child care proves a godsend Some parents in crisis are getting assistance from Safe Families, a Chicago-area group that offers temporary child... More Pam's StoryPam came to us in February 2006 in a desperate state. She had eight children, ages six months to 16 years old, and was raising them alone, without any support from their fathers. Barely making it by... More Samantha's StorySafe Families provided one young mother with something she had never experienced: unconditional love. Her baby, Africa, had been born prematurely a month earlier and was about to be released from the... MoreABC Chicago News: January 20, 2008PressHarry Porterfield from ABC News Chicago chose LYDIA's Safe Families program to highlight during his segment called, "Someone You Should Know" that aired on Thursday, January 10 (see video below). For... More  The Rangel FamilyWhen Donna Rangel handed her two children over to Safe Families volunteers Mike and Katy Wright, she was more committed to partying than to being a good mother. For months, she had been tucking her... More
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