Our Program

About Safe Families for Children Raleigh-Durham

In 2003, the Safe Families for Children (SFFC) movement began in Chicago. In 2016, our local chapter launched.

Through our Circle of Support program, the Raleigh-Durham Chapter of Safe Families for Children has served over 117 families since then with a 98% reunification rate of children returning home to their parents or an identified relative that has agreed to care for them. To learn more about our chapter, read our 2025 Impact Report.

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Our Why

We aim to prevent child abuse and neglect, reduce the number of children entering the child welfare system, and support and stabilize families.

Our Mission

SFFC exists to surround families facing crisis in isolation with compassionate volunteers providing relationships and resources.

What we Do

We serve families who are isolated and experiencing crisis…

  • Family death/illness/separation

  • Loss of employment

  • Mental health/postpartum depression

  • Hospitalization/medical emergency

  • Addiction/recovery

  • Unstable housing

  • Pregnancy complications/multiples/premies

  • House fires and natural disasters, etc.

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