AIRED: April 30, 2018– 11 am PST
SPECIAL GUEST: Danny Sells
In many situations, parents or guardians may be incapable of providing a safe and caring environment for their children, putting them at risk of abuse and neglect. Compounding the problem, a parent may feel socially isolated. Whether they are dealing with homelessness, unemployment, addiction, domestic violence, or hospitalization, all these families lack a healthy support network and have no one else to turn to in their time of crisis.
Founded in 2003, Safe Families for Children surrounds families in crisis with caring, compassionate community. Located in 70 cities across the U.S., Canady and the UK, and beyond, their mission is to step in to help families in crisis by caring for their children for short periods of time, thereby avoiding the intervention of state child welfare agencies that leave thousands of children at risk.
Danny Sells, National Director of Safe Families, joins us to discuss the origins of the organization, its outstanding success, and how, by creating “extended family-like supports” for desperate families through a community of devoted volunteers, they are keeping children safe and families intact.
ABOUT DANNY SELLS
Danny Sells is the National Director of Safe Families for Children at Olive Crest. He has been working with SFFC since 2010 and has had the privilege of watching the SFFC program grow at Olive Crest over the last 8 years. Danny currently oversees SFFC Olive Crest programs in Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles, Inland Empire, Coachella, Las Vegas, Seattle/Tacoma, and Spokane.
Danny’s background is in counseling psychology and ministry. He came to Olive Crest after serving 12 years in church ministry, most recently has been on the pastoral staff of Saddleback Church. Danny’s undergraduate work was completed at Milligan College in Tennessee, and he has participated in graduate coursework in both Social Work and Ministry at Southern Illinois University and Hope International University.
