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Programs and Services - Project Safe Place
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YSB knows that the best way to deal with a crisis is to prevent it. Safe Place
provides access to immediate help and safety for all young people in
crisis. A network of thousands of businesses and other public locations
across the country extend the doors of local youth serving agencies by
displaying Safe Place's recognizable yellow and black diamond-shaped
logo. The National Safe Place vision is to make the Safe Place sign the universal symbol of help and safety for youth by working with local communities to build safety nets that can prevent vulnerable children and teens from victimization. To learn more information about National Safe Place, click the link below. For school & community presentations contact Vanessa Schmidt at the number listed below or at her email address. PLEASE NOTE: If you are seeking Safe Place Services, or are a youth in crisis, please contact the Binkley House Youth Shelter directly at 812-349-2507.
Vanessa Schmidt, Safe Place Coordinator For Information: Phone: 812-349-2043 Fax: 812-349-2892 Watch the Safe Place Commercial!
NEW! Safe Place 2010 Annual Report! Click here!
In addition to crisis counseling
services, the Youth Services Bureau operates Project Safe Place of Monroe, Greene, and Owen Counties, a
community-wide outreach service for runaways and at-risk youth in crisis
situations. Throughout Monroe, Greene, and Owen Counties, dozens of businesses
and community locations have volunteered to be part of the Safe Place
Network. These Safe Places are identified by the
bright yellow Safe Place logo.
A youth can enter a Safe Place at any time and ask for help. Within a few
minutes a trained volunteer arrives to meet the youth and assist in
defusing the crisis. In most cases, the youth chooses to have the volunteer
transport them to the
Youth Services Bureau shelter where staff welcome the youth and provide
for his or her immediate needs--food, warmth, rest, etc. Together they
begin to work toward a solution. Click here for a list of Safe Place sites in Greene County. Click here for a list of Safe Place sites in Owen County.
TXT 4 HELP
National Safe Place has launched a new project to help teens connect to a Safe Place location. The TXT 4 HELP project uses technology to quickly offer teens information about the closest location where they can get immediate help and safety. Here is how it works: Youth in crisis can text the word SAFE and their current location to the number 69866 and they will receive an address of the nearest Safe Place site and contact number for the local youth shelter. In cities that don't 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). This text service is available nationwide.
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