Private adoption agency

Provides temporary placement in a foster family or group home, permanent placement in an adoptive home if return to natural family is not possible. Seeks termination of parental rights after a child is in placement for 15 months, if the family has not made significant progress in resolving dependency issues.

Offers several specialized programs to support families and children in the community.

Makes every attempt to find a forever family for adoptable children who are currently within the state's foster care system. More than 5,000 of these children are waiting for permanent homes.

Provides information, training, child matching and support to families wishing to adopt. Agency provides private adoption services and also works with the Statewide Adoption and permanency Network (SWAN) to assist families in adopting foster children. No fees for adoptions through the SWAN program, but fees apply for private adoption services.

Provides search services to individuals adopted through Catholic Charities Diocese of Allentown.

Assists with adoption placement.

Offers a variety of intake and in-home services designed to support children and families within the community.

Provides adoption services to families and birth mothers.

Offers services for birth parents such as talking about possible plans for their child, adoptive possibilities, finding an adoptive family, and more.

Offers referrals for community resources.

Helps families interested in being a foster family by providing foster family profile services, matching, and placement supports.

Provides social services to protect children, empower youth, and strengthen families.Offers Pregnancy Counseling, Domestic Infant Adoption, Foster Care Adoption, Post Pregnancy Services, Safe Families for Children, ADOPTS (Addressing the Distress of Post-Traumatic Stress) Therapy, General Counseling, Foster Care, Refugee Services, and the ReNew Program which provides specialized case management to pregnant women with substance use disorders through the first year of their child's life.

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.

Facilitates adoptions between families and children from infancy to 21-years-old. Specifically seeks placements with families who are willing to care for siblings and older children.

Provides special needs, domestic and international adoption services and placements. Licensed provider of adoption home studies. Provides foster care placement services. Short-term placement options such as shelter or respite foster care, and long-term options such as specialized/intensive foster care are included. Family Visitation/Transportation Program provides transportation and supervision of visitations between children in substitute care and their non-custodial parents/relatives. Branch Offices: 1101 Northampton Street, Suite 201 Easton, PA 18042 16 South Broadway Suite 2 Wind Gap, PA 18091

Provides support to women who are pregnant, to families seeking to adopt, and to children in need of a temporary or permanent home when reunification is not an option. Offers assessment of a family's situation, case advocacy, support groups, education, respite, family cam,p and referrals.

Investigates reports made to our office and work with families, when appropriate, to address conditions which adversely affect a child's care. Our staff work with families directly and also coordinate services with community resources to improve family conditions. In-home Services, Placement Services and Adoption Services are integral to our child protective service function.

Provides training, home studies, adoption counseling, and post-placement supervision for all types of adoptions. Sponsors educational and support groups for adoptive families. Provides post-permanency services through SWAN Helpline. Provides referral to child placement agencies.

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

Supports the work of county agencies in expediting permanency services. Assists families interested in adoption.

Investigates all allegations of child abuse and neglect, as mandated by state law. Provides a wide range of services including: 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.

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.

Helps prospective adoptive parents learn about the options, costs, risks, and rewards of various adoption possibilities.

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.