Safe Families for Children of Greater Chattanooga

09/21/2023

Help us Celebrate! Would you SHARE THIS POST with your network to get the word out about Safe Families for Children?

09/19/2023

Help us celebrate our 20-year Anniversary by sharing how Safe Families has impacted you and your family! We would love to hear from you by using this link, https://bit.ly/3Lr1tgk

09/15/2023

Hear how Radical Hospitality is encouraging families to open their hearts and homes to help keep children safe and families together!

09/12/2023

20 years ago, founder Dave Anderson wondered if families would use their homes as vehicles of HOSPITALITY to serve vulnerable children and parents. The answer is YES with over 76,000 hosting arrangements to keep children safe and families together!

Safe Families for Children was founded with the belief that Radical Hospitality displayed by the Church could transform and heal communities. We celebrate that core value and thank the thousands of volunteers who have opened their hearts and homes to support families facing crisis situations.

09/07/2023

We are celebrating 20 Years of the Safe Families movement! Over this time, we have grown to over 100 chapters nationwide serving local communities to help keep children safe and families together.

09/05/2023

We have BIG news! We are kicking off our 20th Anniversary Celebration this week! Because of YOU, we have supported over 40,000 parents and children nationwide as a Safe Families movement. parents

08/31/2023

Social awareness is the ability to empathize with and understand the perspective of someone else, even though their background and culture might differ from yours. It's vital to understand the viewpoint of another person's feelings, intentions, thoughts, or views of a particular situation. At Safe Families, we value social awareness to increase a healthy understanding of diverse families and cultures.

Here are some ways adults can support kids to practice social awareness, perspective-taking, and empathy at home:

1. Read books with your kids and talk about how the characters are feeling and reacting. Identify the emotions and then talk about why the character feels that way or how you know.

2. Talk about your own emotions with your kids. Label your feelings and explain what made you feel that way. If you have negative emotions, talk about what would help you to feel better.

3. If a conflict arises, ask your child to think about how the other person might feel.

08/29/2023

The aim of Safe Families is that parents have a friend who helps shoulder the burden and stand in the gap. We all need to feel a "hug of support!"

Fostering social connections requires that we all commit to developing and building RELATIONSHIPS!

08/24/2023

Gratitude runs both ways! We feel extremely thankful for all the parents who trust Safe Families as a partner in building strong, resilient families so children can thrive in the home.

08/22/2023

At Safe Families, we believe engaging in relationships and finding community with one another helps combat social isolation and improves a parent's ability to care for their children.

08/17/2023

As many families get ready to go back to school, it is vital that all parents feel supported as they seek to educate their children.
Share this video with your community network and help us serve more families! We partner with schools to wrap Circles of Support around families so children can be safe and stay out of the foster care system.

This is "Safe Families Schools" by Safe Families for Children on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

08/15/2023

As the new school year begins, it is a reminder that we all have a responsibility to support the health and well-being of the children and families in our communities.

When we come together to support children and families and ensure they are safe and their basic needs are met, we help them reach their full potential and thrive. To find out more about collaboration between Safe Families and schools, go to
https://bit.ly/45cibYI. Our goal is to partner with schools to help keep children safe and families together!