National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center : Direct Service Programs : Directory : Project SAFE

The Source - Spring 2008
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2008 Teleconference Training Series
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National Abandoned Infants
Assistance Resource Center
University of California, Berkeley
1950 Addison Street, Suite 104 # 7402
Berkeley, CA 94720-7402
Phone: (510) 643-8390
Fax: (510) 643-7019
E-mail: aia@berkeley.edu

Project SAFE
3000 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 200
Miami, FL 33137
Phone: (305) 573-2141 x548
Fax: (305) 572-9697
E-mail: marcel.rivas@chsfl.org

Project Director:
Marcel Rivas

Evaluator:
Elane Nuehring, PhD
Sally Dodds, PhD

Sponsoring Organization:
Children's Home Society of Florida Inc., Southeastern Division

Description:
Project SAFE (Stopping Abandonment through Family Empowerment) is committed to decreasing the incidence of infant abandonment by strengthening families. The mission of the program is to plan, deliver, and evaluate a child-centered, family focused, comprehensive early intervention program for parents and their children. The program seeks to improve the family’s quality of life by intervening to reduce substance abuse and the risk of HIV transmission; promoting stability, safety and permanency planning; expanding male caregiver involvement; and enhancing mental and physiological health functioning. Under the auspices of Children’s Home Society and in collaboration Barry University, Project SAFE provides a network of services to families. Project SAFE employs an innovative strategy of client engagement by utilizing peer workers to provide community-centered, home-based service delivery.