Safe Refuge for Children and Families
Address
25A Crescent Drive #337
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
(925) 566-8050
AKA:
Safe Families for Children Northern California
Description:
Provides temporary safe homes where parents may voluntarily have their children cared for during a family crisis. Crisis situations may include homelessness, unemployment, incarceration, drug addiction, medical illness, hospitalization, or any other crisis circumstance that makes it difficult for the parents to care for their children. The staff offers support by helping new and previously helped clients find needed resources for their families. Safe Refuge for Children + Families is a faith-based organization that recruits its volunteers through churches. These local churches support the families hosting the children of the families in crisis. The Safe Refuge volunteer host families are screened (background checks, home studies, training, etc.) and approved to be safe. This is a voluntary program and the families in crisis always retain all of their parental rights and custody.
Handicap Accessible?
Yes
Is Shelter?
No
Date of Official Change:
September 17, 2021
Address Listings
Mailing
25A Crescent Drive #337
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Physical (Primary)
25A Crescent Drive #337
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Contacts
Alexia Paredes
Phone Numbers
Main Number
(925) 566-8050
Fax
(925) 566-8530
Toll Free
(888) 554-7576
Accessibility:
Handicap Accessible
Services
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Description
Provides temporary safe homes where parents may voluntarily have their children cared for during a family crisis. Crisis situations may include homelessness, unemployment, incarceration, drug addiction, medical illness, hospitalization, or any other crisis circumstance that makes it difficult for the parents to care for their children. The staff offers support by helping new and previously helped clients find needed resources for their families. Safe Refuge for Children + Families is a faith-based organization that recruits its volunteers through churches. These local churches support the families hosting the children of the families in crisis. The Safe Refuge volunteer host families are screened (background checks, home studies, training, etc.) and approved to be safe. This is a voluntary program and the families in crisis always retain all of their parental rights and custody.
Hours
Monday-Friday, 9am - 5pm; 24 hour answering machine
Required Documents
Call for information
Eligibility
Families in crisis with children ages 0-18
Fees
None for families in crisis.
Intake Procedure
Call to determine eligibility.
Languages
Intake in English and Spanish; hosting family languages may vary.
Service Area
Contra Costa County
Geography Served
- California
- Contra Costa County
- Contra Costa County
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Description
Provides safe homes where parents may voluntarily have their children cared for during a family crisis. Crisis situations may include homelessness, unemployment, incarceration, drug addiction, sickness, hospitalization or any other crisis circumstance that makes it difficult for the parents to care for the children. Recruits volunteers through the church and uses the church to support the host families and the families in crisis. Host families are screened (livescans, home studies, training, etc.) and approved to be safe. This is a voluntary program and the families in crisis always retain all of their parental rights and custody.
Hours
Monday-Friday, 9-5pm; 24 hour answering machine
Required Documents
Call for information
Eligibility
Individuals 18+
Fees
None
Intake Procedure
Call for specific information, if no answer leave a message with your contact information. Messages are checked daily and calls are returned within 24 hours.
Languages
English and Spanish
Service Area
Contra Costa County
Geography Served
- California
- Contra Costa County
- Contra Costa County
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