Safe Place

About Safe Place

Safe Place is a national youth outreach program that educates thousands of young people every year. Safe Place initiative involves the whole community to provide safe havens and resources for youth in crisis. Safe Place creates a network of "Safe Place locations" - youth friendly businesses, schools, libraries, YMCAs and other appropriate public buildings that display the distinctive yellow and black Safe Place sign. These Safe Place sites extend the doors of the youth emergency shelter or youth service agency throughout the community. Youth are easily able to access immediate help wherever they are.

Link below is a map of all our Safe Place sites:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1VIpWWGk1ssIwBPrpRU15Cnqh1Kbw8WQ&usp=sharing

Safe Place Coordinator: Darrell Amburgey

How to Contact

Youth in crisis can text the word SAFE and their current location to the number 44357 and they will receive an address of the nearest Safe Place site and contact number for the local youth shelter. In cities that do not have a Safe Place program, the youth will receive the name and number of the youth shelter or, if there is no local shelter, the National Runaway Switchboard Hotline Number (1-800-RUNAWAY).

QPR Suicide Prevention Training

Suicidal prevention training is a new feature offered through Jefferson County Youth Shelter.

Troy Hedges is our certified QPR Suicide Prevention Trainer.

For more information contact 812-265-3777.

Youth As Resources

Youth as Resources (YAR) is a nonprofit grant allocating committee that enables local youth to apply for and receive grants that benefit Jefferson County. Students and adults work together in YAR to present workshops and educational opportunities for applicants to learn about philanthropy and the grant writing experience.

YAR obtains funds for distribution from its Endowment through the Community Foundation of Madison and Jefferson County and through fundraising activities. YAR meets on a monthly basis and is open to any young person who is committed to working together through philanthropy, for the betterment of our community.

TransParenting 2019

About

This program is court mandated classes that teach divorcing parents the skills to ease the trauma and the transition of divorce on the children involved. Parents may attend together or schedule separate class times. Each participant will receive a parenting handbook addressing many of the issues co-parenting may raise.

coming events

2023- Dates to be determined

Location

Classes will be held at The Jefferson County Youth Shelter, located at 212 East St. Madison, IN 47250.

Cost

The cost to each participant is $50. There will be no food or drinks provided. Guests are welcome to bring in any personal snack or sandwich items. There will be two break times.

Facilitator Information

Betty Sebree

At the completion of this course, each participant will receive a signed Certificate of Completion to document Court-mandated completion of this course as one of the steps for finalization of the divorce.