Re-creating safe and healthy homes by...


  • Eliminating child abuse and neglect by parents
  • Improving parenting skills
  • Assisting children in reaching age-appropriate development levels
  • Providing youth and parents with self-sufficiency and work readiness skills
  • Delaying the onset of additional pregnancies
  • Reunifying children with their parents when possible

Charity

In the Spotlight!

Genesis II for Families and Children’s Safety Centers merged effective January 1, 2012

See press release.

Pioneer Press calls merger “a marriage of missions.” Frank Forsberg, a senior vice president with Greater Twin Cities United Way…praised the merger: “I think this looks like a very smart integration, that’s going to have good, complementary services.”

Read the complete January 7, 2012 article by Frederick Melo

The new, combined organization will be led by Executive Director Michelle Basham. For more information about Children’s Safety Centers services, please go to www.childrensafetycenters.org

For more information, contact Michelle Basham at: mbasham@genesis2.org

Annual Spring Benefit Coming May 10

Mark your calendars for Thursday, May 10, 2012, early evening for our Annual Spring Benefit! Details will follow.

What an exciting time to be part of Genesis II for Families!

Here are some of the reasons why:

  • We are honored to receive substantial grants from the Twin Cities United Way to enhance services for the next three years!
  • We are pleased to be merging with Children’s Safety Centers!
  • We are excited to be changing our name and logo in upcoming months!
  • We are strong financially with 93% of our 2012 funding secured!

However, we still need to fill a $167,500 funding hole for 2012. Please consider a tax-deductible end-of-year contribution today, by mail or on-line.



"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."


~Ralph Waldo Emerson