Kindred Partners

Safe families for children in greater portland and mid-willamette valley continued to serve vulnerable families. These community-based hosting arrangements kept children safe and deflected children from entering foster care. Sffc has an average length of stay of one month, versus two years in foster care. Over 90% of children served through sffc return home, versus 50% of children served through foster care. Sffc can serve ten children through community-based hostings for the same cost as the state of oregon pays to serve one child.

The sffc program served 211 children and supported 126 families in 2024. In addition to hosting, kindred partners' staff partners with local social services providers to connect vulnerable families to critical resources. This has been accomplished through direct service and coaching from staff, through training and deploying of volunteers from the local church, and also through forming collaborative relationships with local churches and nonprofit partners. Kindred partners mobilized hundreds of volunteers to surround families in crisis in the greater portland area and the mid-willamette valley.