Crisis Nursery

Crisis Nursery's core values include compassion, communication, empathy, integrity, and respect. The Nursery is genuinely concerned about the needs of others, striving to think about a situation and feel it from their perspective. It is vitally important to Crisis Nursery to build trusting relationships with families and donors, acting with empathy, honesty and transparency.

The Safe Children program is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There is no income eligibility or fees associated with using the service. This reduces some of the barriers involved for families to receive quality childcare in a time of crisis. Crisis Nursery Lead Children's Specialists, Crisis Support Specialists, and Crisis Advocates are trauma-informed and trained in responding to families in crisis. These individuals help families through the intake process, care for the children, and follow-up with families after care.
The Strong Families program provides specialized groups for postpartum and perinatal depression, parent-child interaction, support groups and more. The team of Family Specialists are constantly finding new ways to reach more people and strengthen their family. Family Specialists often hold a masters degree in social work or in a related field. They attend BabyTALK conferences, trauma-informed and resiliency training, and so much more.

Crisis Nursery has over 30 people on staff, both part-time and full-time, to meet the goal of providing an "Island of Safety." Staff that work with children are constantly going through different training programs to better understand how to provide the best care possible.

Since opening our doors 36 years ago, we have impacted the lives of over 20,000 children in the community. In FY19 alone we provided over 31,000 hours of crisis care to families experiencing crisis.