About Safe Harbor Children's Center



Safe Harbor Children's Center has long been known as a "life preserving haven." Founded in 1991 by former Jekyll Island residents Susan and Bob Hamer, Safe Harbor is a shelter serving abused, neglected, homeless, and runaway children. The shelter can accommodate children ranging in age from birth to seventeen.

The Center is a large, rambling, two-story home that includes a large living room, dining room, kitchen, laundry area, family visitation area, activity center, and administrative offices.

There is a large deck outside which provides an ideal setting for cookouts and group gatherings. Safe Harbor is a private, not-for-profit, 501(c) (3) organization governed by a volunteer board of directors. In order to aid the Center in the delivery of its mission, the Safe Harbor Auxiliary was created in 1993.

Over the years the Center has expanded its mission to include a full continuum of services to the children and youth that it serves. That expansion includes the national program, Project Safe Place, a complete program of therapeutic services, an aftercare program, and a program for homeless. Safe Harbor receives funding from both state and federal grants as well as local fundraising events.



Safe Harbor is licensed:

By the Georgia Department of Human Resources - Childcare Licensing Division



Safe Harbor is a Member of the following:

• Southeastern Network of Youth & Family Services
• Georgia Emergency Shelter Association
• YMCA National Safe Place Program
• Combined Federal Campaign
• National Network for Youth
• Runaway Switchboard
• Glynn County Chamber of Commerce

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