SAFE & SOUND

Programs

1. Strategic partnerships & policy - Safe & Sound's strategic partnerships & policy programming focuses on enhancing services for children and caregivers by establishing and strengthening partnerships across the city, and supporting research and policy advocacy at the local, state, and national levels. This includes supporting numerous policies and advocacy efforts that address critical issues including child abuse prevention and mandated reporter reforms. A key aspect of our efforts is leading the san francisco family services alliance, a merger between the family resource center alliance and family support network, which brings together 40+ frcs and child-serving agencies that collectively support over 40,000 children and caregivers across the city. Through the family services alliance, Safe & Sound champions investment in frcs and actively advocates for budget allocations that significantly support family services. As a backbone organization, Safe & Sound plays a central role in the planning and implementation of initiatives like the family first prevention services act (ffpsa), collaborating with frcs and community-based organizations to provide essential upstream support for…

   $4,359,692 spent$22,577 earned by the program
   41% of program spending

2. Children & family services - Safe & Sound's comprehensive children & family services programming aims to improve the health of children, families, and communities exposed to child abuse, neglect, trauma, and other adverse childhood experiences through trauma-informed interventions. Safe & Sound uses early, focused interventions to disrupt the cycle of abuse through an intergenerational approach to provide empowering support to both parents and children. Programs support families with evidence informed direct support services that provide wraparound interventions to families living in circumstances that place them at risk for neglect, trauma and abuse, empowering parents and children through early, focused interventions to disrupt the cycle of abuse. Services include a therapeutic children's playroom, parent and child education, our parental stress talk line, concrete needs support, and integrated family services aimed at assessing protective factors and delivering tailored, evidence based interventions to families in at-risk situations. In 2023, we provided in-person support, parenting education, support groups, skills workshops, and community events to 3,877 participants, and…

   $3,740,292 spent$4,100 earned by the program
   35% of program spending

3. Community education & partnerships - Safe & Sound's community education & partnerships, in collaboration with the san francisco unified school district, focuses on child safety awareness training for both students and child-serving adults. The program empowers children to advocate for their safety and emphasizes to adults the understanding of responsibilities as mandated reporters and fostering action when child abuse is suspected, as well as advocating for necessary changes to the child welfare field. Additionally, Safe & Sound leads essential services for families with young children exposed to violence through the safestart family resource center collaborative. The communities of care (coc) project extends this work, aiming to prevent child abuse and maintain family strength through a collaborative, evidence-based framework. The coc model incorporates protective factor training and assessments, fostering a data-informed approach to enhance support for families through community partnerships. In 2023, the team provided 10,831 children and child-serving adults with child safety awareness or mandated reporter training and trained 1,888 providers with trauma-informed systems…

   $2,628,108 spent$69,510 earned by the program
   24% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,728,092.