Family Supportive Services

The storms of life can threaten the stability of any family. SAFY’s Empowering Families Programs put families on a path to creating and maintaining a safe and sustainable environment for every member.

Every family faces moments of uncertainty, but with the right support, those moments can become turning points. SAFY’s approach focuses on meeting families where they are, providing guidance, resources, and consistent support that helps reduce immediate stressors while building a stronger foundation for the future. By addressing challenges proactively and collaboratively, we help families move forward with greater confidence, stability, and connection.

SAFY’s family supportive services are preservation programs designed to help families stay safely together addressing challenges early with structured, in-home support. We work with families to strengthen relationships, improve communication, and build the skills that create lasting stability. Our focus is keeping children safely at home whenever possible, while giving caregivers practical, real-world tools they can use right away.

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How We Work

Working alongside the family, SAFY’s Empowering Families Programs build lifelong skills enabling the family to achieve physical, social, and emotional well-being.  We provide families with the tools needed to develop and maintain strong foundations.  Services can range from parenting education to anger management, or any brief and focused intervention which resolves problems threatening stability. 

Evidence-Based Practices

SAFY utilizes nationally recognized Evidence-Based Practices to deliver exceptional outcomes for families we serve.

These evidence-based family preservation programs are designed to produce measurable results, helping families improve functioning, strengthen relationships, and reduce the likelihood of future disruptions. By using proven models, SAFY ensures every family receives care that is both effective and sustainable.

Community Based Services

The SAFY Team meets families where they are - at home, work, school, or in the community.

Our community-based approach is a core part of our family supportive services, allowing us to work within the environments where families live and interact daily. This ensures the tools and strategies we provide are practical, relevant, and immediately applicable to real-life situations.

Experienced Clinicians

Each team is led by a Master’s level clinician highly qualified and trained in family systems.

Our clinicians bring deep expertise in behavioral health and family dynamics, guiding families through challenges with compassion and professionalism. Their experience ensures each family preservation program is delivered with a balance of clinical insight and real-world practicality.

Our Impact

SAFY’s Empowering Families Programs work with families to reach their full potential. Throughout 2022 SAFY:

  • served 563 families

  • On average, 9 out of 10 families achieved their treatment goals or otherwise experienced a positive discharge

  • 97% of caregivers reported feeling more positive about their family’s future due to SAFY services

These outcomes highlight the effectiveness of SAFY’s family supportive services in helping families build stability and confidence. By focusing on prevention and early support, our programs play a critical role in keeping families together and helping families stay together and communities stay connected.

The SAFY Difference

  • SAFY has made a huge difference in our home! The trainings, the support and the connections have been not only a huge help for us as parents but also for our daughter. We don't know what we'd do without SAFY in our lives.

    Caregiver Response to SAFY’s Satisfaction Survey

  • Susan responded rather quickly to our family's needs after our adoption process/needs did not go through as planned. I appreciate her listening to my concerns and addressing my child's needs, that have been neglected/overlooked by [the county system].

    Caregiver Response to SAFY’s Satisfaction Survey

  • The support and assistance that has been provided to our family has been a timely encouragement to us. We are grateful for a wonderful post-adoption worker that is able to meet us where we are and help us find supports our child needs.

    Caregiver Response to SAFY’s Satisfaction Survey

  • We have appreciated the services we've received from SAFY so much! Everyone is generous, helpful, and kind. We've gotten connected to great resources, gotten tickets for a fun family night at a hockey game, and had someone listen when issues came up in our family dynamic.

    Caregiver Response to SAFY’s Satisfaction Survey

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