Our calling to keep children safe with their families, not from their families, is motivated by our faith in who God is and the radical love he calls us to.

From her first days as a Child Protective Services investigator to Bethany senior vice president, what Cheri Williams has learned over her social services career has changed her thinking about what’s best for children. Today she’s in a position to do something about that.

Safe Families volunteers use their homes to love their neighbors

Amy entered foster care at 15 after disclosing years of abuse at home. But family would also play a key role in her healing.

Two parallel phone calls changed everything. One call was from the school counselor, saying Bobbi’s daughter had disclosed years of sexual abuse. The second call was from Bethany, asking Bobbi’s sister if she could provide kinship care.

Bethany Recovery Center is a rehab center that helps women struggling with drug or alcohol abuse and addiction.

Because of her substance use, Keri had already lost one child to the foster care system. So when her addiction led her to prison, and she learned she was pregnant again, she had to find a different path.

When Mia’s behaviors escalated, she was hospitalized for months because local residential care facilities would not admit her. Intensive, home-based intervention made it possible for her to come home again.

In response to the declining number of infants available for adoption, Bethany is shifting programming and investing in services that safely keep families together.

After Lucy escaped sex trafficking, violence, and addiction, Safe Families for Children volunteers provided a safe, temporary home for Lucy’s children so she could get the help she needed to heal.