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Safe Shores’ Clinical Services helps children and families heal from the trauma of violence. Mental health treatment is a crucial part of healing but can often be too expensive or difficult to access. To remove any barrier to healing, we provide services for as long as necessary, free of charge. “Safe Shores has been the […]

Safe Shores’ Pack2School Drive is here for 2021, and we’re excited to announce that this year’s drive will be implemented online and in person! We are once again counting on you to ensure that the children we serve have the tools they need for school in the fall. Last year’s drive was done very differently as online learning became […]

While we share in the collective relief following the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, that feeling is juxtaposed with our rage and grief over the needless death of Ma’Khia Bryant, a 15-year-old Black American girl, shot and killed by police mere minutes before the Chauvin verdict was read. The reality […]

February is coming to an end, but fortunately, recognition and celebration of Black history isn’t, because Black history can’t be confined to the shortest month of the year (we said what we said) nor any month for that matter. Black history is HISTORY and HERSTORY, yesterday, today and tomorrow. Black creatives, entrepreneurs, scientists, teachers, engineers, […]

CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING It’s real, it happens and it’s a heinous crime. Because of the way it’s portrayed in fictional movies and memes on social media, many think of this crime as a stereotypical white suburban teenage girl being kidnapped by a stranger, in broad daylight, from a public place and imprisoned in a dark […]

It’s no secret that 2020 has been the strangest of years. Indeed, it is one for the record books and soon the history books. Even Rexie, Safe Shores’ fun and friendly therapy puppet, who’s usually pretty easygoing, is ready to say a swift (don’t let the door knob hit ya) good-bye to this chaotic year. […]