Folsom, Calif. - (Dec. 12, 2023) - Exemplifying the credit union's commitment in 2023 to provide philanthropic support to nonprofits supporting healthy communities, SAFE is providing funding to help the most vulnerable of Yolo, Sacramento and Solano county residents.
The credit union recently awarded the Yolo Crisis Nursery with a $10,000 SAFE community grant to assist the nursery's efforts to give children experiencing, or at risk of being abused and neglected, a safe, healthy and caring environment.
The grant provides funding for the nursery's Safe Stays Crisis Respite Care program. The crisis nursery – one of only of four throughout California – is the only crisis nursery licensed to provide overnight crisis childcare in Yolo County.
"Our vision at the nursery is that every child grows up in a safe, stable, and loving home," says Yolo Crisis Nursery Executive Director Heather Sleuter. "We are thrilled to partner with SAFE Credit Union on this grant. It will enable the nursery to care for more vulnerable children and their families in our community."
Yolo Crisis Nursery staff member illustrates the nursery's services with a community model.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, an estimated one in four children in the country experience abuse or neglect in their lifetime. In addition the most recent available data from KidsData, an organization that promotes the health of children in California, shows 43 reports of abuse or neglect per 1,000 children were made in Yolo County in 2020.
The Safe Stays program provides between 2,000 and 2,500 stays for children annually, including 100 parents and children in crisis benefitting from the program that offers a caring and home-like environment for visitors.
Yolo Crisis Nursery Executive Director Heather Sleuter
"We are so humbled and proud to be able to provide funding for such an extraordinarily impactful program in our area," says SAFE Credit Union Vice President of Community Relations and Financial Education Rebecca Delmundo.
SAFE Credit Union Vice President of Community Relations and Financial Education Rebecca Delmundo.
The Yolo Crisis Nursery, founded in 2001, offers free, 24-hour nurturing childcare for infants and children up to the age of five and provides wrap-around services for parents and caretakers. To find out more click here or visit: https://yolocrisisnursery.org/.
For more information about SAFE Credit Union's grants program click here or visit: https://www.safecu.org/community/community-impact/funding.
For more information email [email protected].
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About SAFE
SAFE Credit Union has made members an integral part of its vision since 1940. Over the years the credit union has kept the focus on what really matters, putting members first, a formula that has seen SAFE grow into a leading financial institution in Northern California with $4.7 billion in assets and about 236,000 members. SAFE crafts every cutting-edge product and sterling service with members' needs foremost in mind. In addition to banking services conveniently available through online, chat, mobile, or phone options, SAFE offers in-person services for members and small businesses at service centers across the Greater Sacramento region. SAFE is a not-for-profit, state-chartered credit union with membership open to businesses and individuals living or working in Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado, Sutter, Butte, Nevada, Solano, San Joaquin, Contra Costa, Yuba, Amador, and Alameda counties. Insured by NCUA. www.safecu.org