(KMJ) – The first Safe Place Site in the city of Selma is located at the Boys & Girls Club, and held its dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday.
Safe Place is a youth outreach program that connects businesses and volunteers to provide immediate help and safety to youth facing abuse, neglect, bullying, serious family struggles, homelessness and more.
The goal of Safe Place is to offer immediate help to any youth in crisis. They can enter a designated Safe Place location and ask for help from trained volunteers who are able to connect them to appropriate assistance.
The Selma Boys & Girls Club is located at 1800 Sheridan Street.
In partnership with National Safe Place Network, Fresno EOC Sanctuary and Youth Services has operated the Safe Place program locally for 20 years.
In Fresno, Safe Place consists of a network of 272 Safe Place sites at school campuses, businesses, community buildings, and transit system – such as Fresno Unified School District schools, city parks, community centers, Wal-Mart, Boys & Girls Club, convenience stores, and Fresno Area Express (FAX) buses – all of which display black and yellow Safe Place signs.
Kids are then transported to the Fresno EOC Sanctuary Youth Shelter.
For more info: www.fresnoeoc.org/safe-place.
Click below to listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern:
