Safe Haven Serves More Families Than Ever Before

Pivot was more than a buzzword at Safe Haven, it was a call to action to innovate and keep serving families despite the challenges we faced in 2020. Safe Haven quickly adjusted to ensure the safety of families, volunteers, and staff by closing the shelter and forming partnerships with extended stay hotels to safely continue our families housed children served shelter program and services. Our staff increased partnerships with landlords and moving companies to get families moved into housing quickly. A combo of CARES funds, Emergency Solutions Grant, and the United Way/ The Family Collective/ Department of Human Services Expansion, helped us to house more people and provide rental assistance to keep people housed. 139 Volunteers and donors families prevented from eviction stepped up to make sure 86% success rate we were able to provide families maintaining housing for a year or more after program departure food boxes, cleaning supplies and needed items to help families move into their own housing..

In 2021, we are continuing to find families a home, jobs that will sustain them, hope that will inspire them, and opportunities for the children we serve. We have not wavered from our commitment to our mission, and with your support, we will remain on the forefront of ending family homelessness.