FLO LGBT&Q: SAFE youth & family project

Sun, 08/14/2011 - 11:51

The SAFE project is a private—public partnership between FLO, a long term community partner and stakeholder of DSHS, and private community agencies. SAFE provides support, recruitment consulting and education assistance in the permanency planning for:

  • LGBT&Q foster youth
  • Families providing support for these youth
  • Adoptive and foster families
  • Professional teams working with LGBT&Q youth and families
Why is this program needed
LGBT&Q youth and the families that support these youth require specialized support services from caseworkers and agencies. FLO is able to work with the professional team to provide:
  • Permanency placement recruitment for identified LGBT&Q youth
  • Family and Professional placement & youth support
  • A frontline resource for professional teams working with LGBT&Q youth and families
  • Pre and post placement support network and mentoring for LBT&Q youth & families
Families like ours experience with LGBT&Q Youth and families
Since October 2000 FLO has assisted hundreds of LGBT&Q youth and families in the Pacific Northwest as well as nationally. FLO’s ongoing recruitment, retention and education of families and professionals is well established. Working closely with professional teams, FLO has become an instrumental resource for caseworkers and agencies in providing the specialized services these youth and families require. This experience and the critical need to support these youth and families has lead to the SAFE program first introduced in King County, Washington. As a national adoption exchange, FLO continues to support the needs of LGBT&Q adoptive families throughout the United States.