Where Kids Get Help. . .FAST
Project Safe Place provides access to immediate help and
supportive resources for young people in crisis through a network of sites
sustained by qualified agencies, trained volunteers, and businesses.
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Where Kids Get Help. . .FAST
Project Safe Place provides access to immediate help and
supportive resources for young people in crisis through a network of sites
sustained by qualified agencies, trained volunteers, and businesses. |
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238-2008 24 Hour Hotline
1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-621-4000) |
Safe Place is a program designed for kids in crisis. Crisis to a child can range from being separated from adults to being lost, abused, depressed, dealing with drugs or alcohol and more. Safe Place gives youth the ability to contact help when and where they need it most, in their own neighborhoods. By developing "Safe Places", a group of local businesses and public locations, kids can be connected with the adults and agencies already in place to help youth with the problems they face. Our children deserve the opportunity to have a happy and healthy family life. Safe Place gives young people one more choice that they can make when they need someone to talk to. Safe Place works to bring kids back in touch with family members and eliminate dangers they may face.
The Safe Place location employee calls the Safe Place agency and helps make the young person comfortable until a trained volunteer arrives. The youth is transported to the youth service agency if counseling or residential assistance is needed. Once there, counselors talk with the young person. They make sure the youth and their families receive the help and professional referrals they need. Safe Place works to bring families back together. All Safe Place services are Free and Confidential.
National Facts about Safe Place
· More than 75,000 young people have sought help at Safe Place locations with a total of over 150,000 youth receiving help through all the efforts of Project Safe Place.
· There are over 14,000 Safe Place sites available where youth can get help.
· Trained volunteers across the country are available to respond to youth in crisis situations.
· There are 142 Safe Place programs making help available to young people in more than 714 communities.
· Safe Place is operated in 41 states across the country.
· As a result of Safe Place outreach efforts, every year thousands of youth receive crisis counseling by phone through youth shelters across the country.
· Safe Place was recognized by President Reagan with a Presidential Citation for Private Sector Initiatives.
· The National League of Cities lauded Safe Place as the Most Innovative City Program.
· Safe Place volunteers in Louisville, KY and Raleigh, NC were designated as Points of Light by President George Bush.
· Project Safe Place is a partner with both America’s Promise, Boys & Girls Club of America and National Runaway Switchboard.
· Safe Place effectively extends the doors of the youth agencies throughout the community.
· The Safe Place program makes help readily available to youth when they need it - at any time of day or night and where they need it - right in their own neighborhood. |
Any
youth can walk into a business or community building displaying the diamond
shaped Safe Place sign and ask for help.