What is Safe Place?

Safe Place is an innovative outreach program designed to assist youth and families in crisis situations. The program began in Louisville, Kentucky in 1983 as an outreach effort of the YMCA shelter for youth. Its success has prompted the implementation of Safe Place in over 300 communities nationwide. Bartow is the fifth community in Georgia to join the Safe Place ranks. 

The program works very simply by creating a network of "Safe Places" - businesses and public locations that display the Safe Place sign on their premises.  Any youth in trouble can go to a location bearing this sign and request help. A trained employee will provide the youth with a secure place to wait until our Flowering Branch shelter is contacted.  The Shelter then will send a trained volunteer to the Safe Place site to offer assistance and to provide transportation to the best place possible. This program provides a safe and organized way of reaching kids who are caught in a crisis situation.

Talk with your family about what teens should do when they don't feel safe!

Visit the National Project Safe Place Website

Safe Place Sites:

n All Bartow County Libraries (3)

n All City Fire Stations (3)

n All County Fire Stations (13)

n Bartow County Sherrif Department

n Chick-fil-A

n Holiday Inn

n Kia of Cartersville

n Publix - Cartersville

n Quick Trip - Adairsville

n Quick Trip - Cartersville

n Southern Medical & Dental Careers

n Suntrust Bank

n TA Travel Center

n Thompson Honda
n Tilley Team
n Trinity United Methodist Church

n Walls Mart (Euharlee)

n WalMart
n Wise Family & Cosmetic Dentistry