Helping families and children

they serve to protect

those who can not for themselves

Children no longer in fear

of the fists that once were

the center of their nightmares

and the cause of their pain

Teenagers no longer in felony flats

making a living by selling their addictions

no longer breaking their skin

to feel whole again

Helping families and children

they serve to unite

those who didn't know they could

A new baby in the arms of those

who could not could not conceive

Mothers and daughters together again

after years of being apart.

Helping children and families

this is what they do.

Social workers aim to change

lives to the better

and this is what I want to do.