From Center for Youth Wellness, July 2021
Today, the Center for Youth Wellness (CYW) and Safe & Sound announced their agreement to join together as one organization to serve families and children in San Francisco. Both organizations have a long-standing commitment and proven-record of success in improving the health and well-being of children and families. As children and families continue to face the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the accompanying economic downturn, and racial injustice, joining together as one organization ensures a holistic response to the critical and dynamic needs of our community during this unprecedented time.
“There has never been a more critical time for nonprofits to collaborate. Working together as one organization allows us to be more available and more responsive than ever before. Families in distress need access to basic concrete supports like food and diapers, as well as tools for parenting in times of crises and mental health services that can be coordinated with primary care. Together, we can offer a full spectrum of services that rise to the needs of the families we serve. We have a responsibility not only to ensure that families have access to immediate one-on-one services, but to change the systems that exacerbate familial stress and put young children at risk for developing a toxic stress physiology. Bringing our organizations together builds upon our existing partnership to broaden our reach in the community, strengthen our policy work, and deepen our support of community members’ own involvement in advocacy and the process of change,” said Gatanya Arnic, CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness, and Katie Albright, CEO of Safe & Sound.
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