There is no more important foundational unit to a community than the family, and, to the family, the children. The 306 Initiative raises awareness of the need for foster families in collaboration with local churches.
Too few foster homes means
46.6%
of foster
children are relocated
outside Summit County.
SUMMIT COUNTY FOSTER HOMES
2003
350
2023
154
SUMMIT COUNTY REMOVALS
2022
811 Removals, ~584
from Akron Proper
95 Removals from
zip code 44306
PARTNERS OF THE 306 INITIATIVE
Safe Families
Safe Families for Children is a community-driven nonprofit organization that works to prevent child abuse and decrease the number of children being forcibly separated from their parents through foster care.
​
They addresses the needs of underserved children and their parents who are on the edge of crisis and at risk of foster care involvement. We seek to support parents where there may be risk of neglect because the parent does not have the support needed to meet their own needs as well as the needs of their children.
Refuge Host Homes
A network of Host Homes (families, married couples, and individuals) in the Greater Akron, Ohio area who open up our houses and lives to a vulnerable pregnant mother so she doesn't have to travel the journey into motherhood alone. We are committed to living life alongside a mom and her child in a practical and life-giving way.