Safe Start Initiative Collaborative

Family Contact

Deena Abramson

415-694-5863

deena.abramson@safeandsound.org

Location

1757 Waller Street

San Francisco, CA 94117

Upper Haight, Western Addition, Mission, Chinatown, Visitacion Valley | www.safeandsound.org

Drop-In Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10 am – 4 pm

SafeStart is a collaborative of four Family Resource Centers in the city of San Francisco. SafeStart’s mission is to reduce the impact and incidence of childhood violence exposure. SafeStart provides direct services to families with at least one child aged 6 or under who has directly or indirectly experienced domestic and/or community violence. Child Advocates are distributed throughout the city–in its four locations–and offer neighborhood-based case management, resources, referrals, home visiting, system navigation, advocacy, and caregiver and child development support. Parenting classes and child-parent skill building groups are offered at all four sites multiple times per year in Spanish, English and Cantonese.

Services Provided

Classification	Service	Description	How to Access
Community Connections	Workshops and classes	SafeStart offers presentations to parents and local providers (within public health, criminal justice, social service and education arenas) on the impacts of childhood violence exposure including tools for caregivers and professionals to use while approaching child development, attachment and health in a trauma-informed way.	By registration
Parenting Advice and Skill Building	Toddlers/preschoolers playgroup	Superheroes is a parent-child interactive group for parents together with their 5-6 year old children. This 10-week group focuses on the social-emotional competency of children, aimed to promote child autonomy, positive self-regulation skills, empathy, emotional identification and coping tools. Included topics are: emotional identification, positive communication, listening skills, emotional regulation, helping others (empathy), building health self-esteem and working with others (teamwork).	By registration
Parenting Advice and Skill Building	Parent education	Adults and Children Together (ACT) is a 9-week parent psychoeducation group that focuses on child development, the impacts of violence on children, conflict resolution, anger management and positive discipline. Topics covered include: understanding children’s behavior, understanding parental and childhood anger, managing media violence and diverse parenting approaches.	By registration
Parenting Advice and Skill Building	Support groups	Safety, Emotions, Loss and Future (SELF) is an 8-week parent/peer support group that intends to decrease parent anxiety, stress and depression, identify past trauma, discuss past and present safety concerns and highlight parental resilience. This is a flexible curriculum based on parent needs within each unique group. Topics addressed include: trust, defining safety and boundaries, consent, emotional identification, addiction and stress management.	Drop-in or by registration
Parenting Advice and Skill Building	Developmental screening	ASQ-SE is completed with families at intake and assessment for Superheroes Group and as needed or requested by caregivers concerned about their child’s developmental health.	By registration
Formal Supports	Family advocacy/case management	SafeStart Child Advocates provide neighborhood-based case management, resources, referrals, home visiting, system navigation, advocacy, and caregiver and child development support.	By registration
Other Leveraged Services	Legal consulting	SafeStart offers individuals legal advice through its legal consultants.	By appointment
Community Connections	Workshops and classes	SafeStart offers presentations to parents and local providers (within public health, criminal justice, social service and education arenas) on the impacts of childhood violence exposure including tools for caregivers and professionals to use while approaching child development, attachment and health in a trauma-informed way.	By registration
Parenting Advice and Skill Building	Toddlers/preschoolers playgroup	Superheroes is a parent-child interactive group for parents together with their 5-6 year old children. This 10-week group focuses on the social-emotional competency of children, aimed to promote child autonomy, positive self-regulation skills, empathy, emotional identification and coping tools. Included topics are: emotional identification, positive communication, listening skills, emotional regulation, helping others (empathy), building health self-esteem and working with others (teamwork).	By registration
Parenting Advice and Skill Building	Parent education	Adults and Children Together (ACT) is a 9-week parent psychoeducation group that focuses on child development, the impacts of violence on children, conflict resolution, anger management and positive discipline. Topics covered include: understanding children’s behavior, understanding parental and childhood anger, managing media violence and diverse parenting approaches.	By registration
Parenting Advice and Skill Building	Support groups	Safety, Emotions, Loss and Future (SELF) is an 8-week parent/peer support group that intends to decrease parent anxiety, stress and depression, identify past trauma, discuss past and present safety concerns and highlight parental resilience. This is a flexible curriculum based on parent needs within each unique group. Topics addressed include: trust, defining safety and boundaries, consent, emotional identification, addiction and stress management.	Drop-in or by registration
Parenting Advice and Skill Building	Developmental screening	ASQ-SE is completed with families at intake and assessment for Superheroes Group and as needed or requested by caregivers concerned about their child’s developmental health.	By registration
Formal Supports	Family advocacy/case management	SafeStart Child Advocates provide neighborhood-based case management, resources, referrals, home visiting, system navigation, advocacy, and caregiver and child development support.	By registration
Other Leveraged Services	Legal consulting	SafeStart offers individuals legal advice through its legal consultants.	By appointment

Classification

Service

Description

How to Access

Community Connections

Workshops and classes

SafeStart offers presentations to parents and local providers (within public health, criminal justice, social service and education arenas) on the impacts of childhood violence exposure including tools for caregivers and professionals to use while approaching child development, attachment and health in a trauma-informed way.

By registration

Parenting Advice and Skill Building

Toddlers/preschoolers playgroup

Superheroes is a parent-child interactive group for parents together with their 5-6 year old children.
This 10-week group focuses on the social-emotional competency of children, aimed to promote child autonomy, positive self-regulation skills, empathy, emotional identification and coping tools.

Included topics are: emotional identification, positive communication, listening skills, emotional regulation, helping others (empathy), building health self-esteem and working with others (teamwork).

By registration

Parenting Advice and Skill Building

Parent education

Adults and Children Together (ACT) is a 9-week parent psychoeducation group that focuses on child development, the impacts of violence on children, conflict resolution, anger management and positive discipline.
Topics covered include: understanding children’s behavior, understanding parental and childhood anger, managing media violence and diverse parenting approaches.

By registration

Parenting Advice and Skill Building

Support groups

Safety, Emotions, Loss and Future (SELF) is an 8-week parent/peer support group that intends to decrease parent anxiety, stress and depression, identify past trauma, discuss past and present safety concerns and highlight parental resilience.
This is a flexible curriculum based on parent needs within each unique group. Topics addressed include: trust, defining safety and boundaries, consent, emotional identification, addiction and stress management.

Drop-in or by registration

Parenting Advice and Skill Building

Developmental screening

ASQ-SE is completed with families at intake and assessment for Superheroes Group and as needed or requested by caregivers concerned about their child’s developmental health.

By registration

Formal Supports

Family advocacy/case management

SafeStart Child Advocates provide neighborhood-based case management, resources, referrals, home visiting, system navigation, advocacy, and caregiver and child development support.

By registration

Other Leveraged Services

Legal consulting

SafeStart offers individuals legal advice through its legal consultants.

By appointment

Community Connections

Workshops and classes

By registration

Parenting Advice and Skill Building

Toddlers/preschoolers playgroup

Superheroes is a parent-child interactive group for parents together with their 5-6 year old children.

This 10-week group focuses on the social-emotional competency of children, aimed to promote child autonomy, positive self-regulation skills, empathy, emotional identification and coping tools.

By registration

Parenting Advice and Skill Building

Parent education

Topics covered include: understanding children’s behavior, understanding parental and childhood anger, managing media violence and diverse parenting approaches.

By registration

Parenting Advice and Skill Building

Support groups

This is a flexible curriculum based on parent needs within each unique group. Topics addressed include: trust, defining safety and boundaries, consent, emotional identification, addiction and stress management.

Drop-in or by registration

Parenting Advice and Skill Building

Developmental screening

ASQ-SE is completed with families at intake and assessment for Superheroes Group and as needed or requested by caregivers concerned about their child’s developmental health.

By registration

Formal Supports

Family advocacy/case management

SafeStart Child Advocates provide neighborhood-based case management, resources, referrals, home visiting, system navigation, advocacy, and caregiver and child development support.

By registration

Other Leveraged Services

Legal consulting

SafeStart offers individuals legal advice through its legal consultants.

By appointment

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