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Pizza Wings & Things is Honored to be a Designated Safe Place in Niagara
County
- Communities
all share a concern about the safety and welfare of their youth and search
for ways to keep their young people safe.
- Project
Safe Place is a program designed to provide access to immediate help and
safety to young people at risk of abuse, neglect or serious family problems.
- It
is a cost-effective program offering youth and their families access to
counseling and effective resolution to their conflicts before their
situation escalates beyond their control.
- Businesses,
community buildings and buses are designated as Safe Place sites and
prominently display a distinctive yellow and black Safe Place logo.
- Any
youth can walk into a Safe Place and let an employee know that they need
help.
- They
are quickly connected with a youth serving agency that can provide the help
they need.
- Project Safe Place provides access to immediate
help and supportive resources for young people in crisis through a network
of sites sustained by qualified agencies, trained volunteers, and
businesses.
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The
program began in Louisville, Kentucky in 1983 as an outreach effort of the YMCA
Center for Youth Alternatives. Success has prompted the implementation of this
youth shelter outreach program in communities throughout the United States.
 For more information on
this program please visit the Safe
Place Website
For valuable Family
Resource Tips visit: http://www.safeplaceservices.org/resources-tips.html
Visit Teen Topics for
helpful & fun Teen information:
http://www.safeplaceservices.org/teentopics/
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