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child & family Child and Family

Our Child and Family service area includes a diverse group
of programs. These include: Foster Care, Independent 8,346
Living Plus, Youth Residential, New Americans (resettle-
services ment and employment), Community Center Saginaw, Persons Served

Lutheran Adoption Service and several family preserva-
tion and behavioral health programs. Thousands of Michigan children
need temporary homes where they

Some highlights from 2018 include: can feel safe, secure and loved.
Some are victims of abuse or

• 756 people served through our Behavioral Health neglect. Some have been abandoned
program. by their birth families. Samaritas
• 1,352 people served through Family Preservation. has been providing services for
• 704 children served in our School Impact children and families since 1934.
Program for New Americans.
• 86% of New Americans were self-sufficient We are Michigan’s largest private
foster care organization, helping
within 180 days through the Matching Grant more than 800 children daily. Our

program. experienced staff are passionate
• 459 adoptions through Lutheran Adoption about their desire to help foster
Services. families create a better life for the
• 13,267 total meals served through the children in their care.
The largest private Foster Care and Adoption organization in Community Center Saginaw.

Michigan, Samaritas also helps more families through reunification
and intervention services to keep children safe at home.

Through Samaritas’s Family Preservation programs, we seek to

guide parents toward creating a satisfying, nurturing home life for
the entire family, to keep children in their natural setting with

their biological parents.