Pictured: Safe Children Coalition’s prevention and diversion program team members (from l-r) Beth Hassen, Taylor Collins, Claudia Sbaschnik, Betty Mehari and Cynthia Zangari Rod Millington/Safe Children Coalition. Provided photo.

While July is National Make a Difference to Children Month, EVERY day is "Make a Difference to Children Day" for child welfare organization Safe Children Coalition. The organization's growing prevention and diversion program provides proactive and targeted resources that keep children out of the child welfare system and keep families together. The majority of Safe Children Coalition's work involves prevention and diversion, which helps to stabilize households, secure child safety, and reduce the likelihood that children will need to be removed from their homes. Prevention programs work to identify families who are experiencing stressors that may affect the safety of their children; diversion programs provide parents/caretakers with alternatives when they are on the verge of formal child welfare involvement. 

Pictured: Safe Children Coalition’s prevention and diversion program team members (from l-r) Beth Hassen, Taylor Collins, Claudia Sbaschnik, Betty Mehari and Cynthia Zangari Rod Millington/Safe Children Coalition. Provided photo.