LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Saint Francis Ministries is asking the community to help restock its emergency supply closet, which provides essential items to children entering foster care, and to families working toward reunification.

The nonprofit serves as a community-based care contractor for Child Protective Services, working to remove children from harmful situations and, when possible, help families reunite.

Renee Morales, community liaison for Saint Francis Ministries, said the organization's goal is stability and safety for children."We don't want to break families up, we do believe that when it's a safe situation, families are the best place for kids, but sometimes that is not always possible," Morales said.