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Offers adoption programs. Available children typically range in age from 5 to 12 years old. The children tend to be of minority ethnicity, and are usually placed as part of a sibling group.

Operates the Children's Home of York's Permanency Program. Provides a variety of services for children and their biological, foster, and/or adoptive families from birth through the age of 18. Maintains an ongoing process of recruitment, screening, and training, which provides the ability to offer diverse geographical and racial/ethnic environments essential to the successful placement of children and sibling groups of all ages who have a variety of emotional and psychological needs.

Offers services to to protect children from abuse and neglect, to preserve families whenever possible, and to ensure that every child has a safe, permanent home. Includes general protective services, substitute care, and family-centered services to avoid out-of-home placement.

In Pennsylvania, families who have provided permanency through adoption, regardless of whether the adoption was facilitated through the child welfare system, private, or international means, are eligible for valuable post-permanency services offered by the Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN). Additionally, formal kinship or permanent legal guardianship families who step forward to provide stability for Pennsylvania foster children can also access SWAN’s post-permanency services.

Provides foster care and the recruitment and training of foster parents, adoption, parent support, independent living, and shelter care.

Identify and enlist individuals and couples who are willing to provide a permanent home and new legal parentage for children who have been relinquished for adoption.

Arranges permanent homes under new legal parentage for individual whose birth parens are unable or unwilling to provide for their care.

Provides adoption services.

Foster care and adoption services for children with behavioral or emotional challenges.

Investigates allegations of abuse and neglect, assures the safety of all children, provides in-home services to those families in need of services, and provides temporary placement for youth when needed.

Arrange permanent homes under new legal parentage for individuals whose birth parents are unable to provide for their care.

Offering both Adoption and Foster Care Services. ADOPTION: Conducts home studies and ongoing support, when requested. Also provides assistance and emotional support to pregnant women wishing to make designated adoptions. Works with the Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (Swan) to assist families in adopting children with special needs (children older than 5 years, sibling groups, children with emotional, intellectual or physical challenges) and legal-risk adoptions (foster to adopt). No fees for adoptions through the SWAN program, but fees apply for other adoption services. FOSTER CARE: Foster Care program provides training and support for adults wishing to become foster parents and works with the courts to place children in appropriate foster care. A stipend is provided for foster parents. Provides training and support for adults wishing to become foster parents and works with the courts to place children in appropriate foster care. A stipend is provided for foster parents.

Provides in-depth services to those seeking to adopt international children, domestic infants, older American children, or children with special needs. Also works with children in the foster care system and foster parents, as well as families who have already adopted.

Provides permanent homes for children by offering comprehensive adoption services to all members of the birth family and community.

Offers free pre-abortion/prenatal screening with options counseling, pregnancy testing, and ultrasounds. Provides material support in the form of baby supplies and clothing that can be acquired using “Baby Bucks” earned in our birth-parenting classes. We have a one-time emergency supply support program as well.

Provides home study, evaluation, training, licensing for foster homes, and supportive services for the placement of children up to 18 years of age by Dauphin County Social Services for Children and Youth.

Provides services to children and families as they work toward permanence and after adoption.

Assistance with private and state subsidized adoptions through the Statewide Adoption Network (SWAN). Complete home studies for a family aspiring to become an adoptive family, post-placement supervision and reports for children in pre-adoptive placements and out of state adoptions. Post adoption supports and services.

Offers a full range of adoption services, including home studies, evaluation, placement, assistance for birth mothers wishing to give up their baby for adoption and a support group for waiting families. Also has an assisted reproduction program, including international surrogacy and embryo education.

Designed to offer birth families, the child/adolescent, and the adoptive/permanency parents the availability of counseling and services need for the adoption or permanency process including direct interactions and/or a referral. Provides a continuity of services for children in care whose placement goals are identified for permanent living arrangements including reunification, kinship, adoption, or legal custodianship. Services consist of a Family Profile, Child Profile, Child Preparation, Placement/Finalization Supervision, Child Specific Recruitment, Support Group, and/or post Permanency Services. Fully licensed PA Adoption Agency and a Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) Affiliate.

Investigates all allegations of child abuse and neglect, as mandated by state law. Services include: Adoption Services, Child Sexual Abuse Center, Child Welfare, Community Education, Emergency Services, Family Support Services, Foster Care and Kinship Care Services, Independent Living Services for Transition-Age Youth, Information and Referral, Home Protective Services (SCOH), Intake Evaluations, Residential Placement, Supervised Independent Living.

Provides adoption for children ages 0-6 months. Short term interim foster care available.

Provides child welfare services designed to keep children in their own homes, prevent neglect, abuse and exploration, help overcome problems that result in dependency, neglect and delinquency, and provide adequate substitute care in foster family homes.

Provides assistance to address safety, permanency, and well-being issues of children. Includes child welfare, adoption and foster care, and other social services.

Provides 24/7 supervision for children who are in need of structure and guidance and are unable to adjust to a family living environment or who are stepping down from a more restrictive placement prior to their return to a family setting.