Emergency Care - Get Help
Support when you need it most
Get the help you need
When parents are unable to provide the safe home environment they desire, children become vulnerable to neglect – and the family may even disintegrate. No family should experience this.
Through our Safe Families program, Host Families and parents collaborate willingly to care for kids caught in crisis. You’ll have the time you need to stabilize your life, reuniting with your kids in a stronger home environment.
Let us help you find a safe family for your child.
Emergency care is not foster care
Understand the key differences between foster care and emergency care.
Courts and compensation
In foster care, children are placed into homes through the courts, and foster families receive compensation for their care. In Safe Families, parents voluntarily place children into homes, and Host Families receive no compensation for their care.
Different reasons for hosting
With foster care, the courts remove a child from their home, often because of abuse or neglect. With Safe Families, parents voluntarily seek a safe place for their child due to a number of reasons including an unexpected illness, homelessness, or the lack of extended family support.
The length of stay
While it may vary, the average length of stay in Safe Families is 30 days, whereas foster care can be closer to a year. This temporary care for children gives parents time to re-establish stability in their homes so the family can be reunited—stronger than ever.
Experience the incredible impact of families helping families
Rising from the ashes to build a stronger family
When a fire demolished her home, Princess leaned on a Host Family to care for her children while she got back on her feet.
A helping hand to raise two little boys
When Brijon found out she was pregnant with twins at age 18, she didn’t know where to turn. Learn how she received support to parent her boys.
