Child Welfare & Safety

Our Team

Safe Families for Children is both volunteer-driven and professionally-supported, with our dedicated volunteers leading our community efforts while our professional team provides essential support and structure. Our team passionately invests their lives in strengthening families, engaging the church and community, growing the volunteer base, supporting and vetting volunteers to keep children safe and families together!

Jessica Trowbridge

Chapter Director

Jessica is a native to the Quad Cities and has been part of Safe Families team since 2009, first as a volunteer and later as a member of our staff team. She holds a degree in psychology with an emphasis in Christian Counseling from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia and has earned her Professional Life Coaching certification through Light University in Forest, Virginia. Jessica’s heart is to empower women and families as they navigate life’s challenges. She is passionate about equipping the Church to live on mission and to serve others with the love of Jesus.

Sydney Jones, MSW

Family Coach Supervisor

Sydney serves as our Family Coach Supervisor and has been part of the Safe Families team since 2022. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in criminal justice from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville and a Master of Social Work from Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. Sydney is deeply passionate about advocating for families of all kinds and ensuring they are well supported within their communities. Her ultimate goal is to help families stay together and find new opportunities for stability and hope in challenging circumstances.

Our Volunteers

Our volunteers are the driving force behind the Safe Families movement. It takes many people working in various capacities to support families who are going through difficult circumstances. These dedicated volunteers live out our core values of radical hospitality, disruptive generosity, and intentional compassion. Volunteers serve a variety of roles from hosting children for a temporary period of time to wrapping support around families to providing services such as transportation, parent mentoring, respite care, and supplying tangible items such as diapers, car seats, household items, and meals.