Get Involved

There are many ways to get involved with the Safe Families Canada. Look through the various roles available in your local chapter - see the list to the left

Safe Families Canada strives to meet four objectives:

1. Family Support and Stabilization:
   Many parents struggle because of limited informal social supports and unavailable extended family.  Many Host Families become the extended family that a parent never had, as does the local church congregation.
   
   
2. Child Welfare Deflection: 
   Safe Families is a preventative measure, thus reducing the number of children entering the child welfare system.
   
   
3. Child Abuse Prevention:
   Providing an overwhelmed and resource limited parent with a safe, temporary place for their child without threat of losing custody can avert potential abuse/neglect episodes.
   
   
4. Revitalization of the Church:
   Participation in Safe Families helps volunteers align their spiritual practice more closely with God’s commandments.  Some call it a movement of compassion while others respond to the idea of returning to Biblical hospitality.  Both concepts are embodied in the acts of loving a child, mentoring a parent or supporting the movement with goods and services.