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Serves as the point of entry to services that protect children from abuse and neglect, preserve families whenever possible, and ensure that every child has a safe, stable, and permanent home in which to grow. Services include child protection services, foster services, and more.

Offers Foster care for children, ages newborn to 23, including those with special medical and/or behavioral needs.

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 parents to assist Children and Youth in temporarily providing for the physical, emotional, and social needs of children and youth in a "substitute" family setting until the biological family can be reunited. In Lancaster County, parents are urgently needed for sibling groups and teenagers. This organization also offers supportive services to resource parents.

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

Offers screening and training services to families interested in becoming foster parents.

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 child protective services, caseworker assistance, counseling referrals, general investigation and research, and coordination with Mental Health services.

Provides 24 hour care in approved foster homes, reunification, legal custodianship, and life skill training for foster youth age 14 and older.

Provides safe and loving homes for children while equipping parents with life-improving resources to keep families together when possible.

Recruits individuals and families to act as foster parents or foster families for abused and neglected children.

Provides a variety of foster care services, including family recruitment, training and licensing, and supervision of foster placements.

Offers supportive housing and placement services for older adults or individuals that may not otherwise be able to care for themselves independently.

Works with children who have experienced loss, separation, trauma, and physical/ sexual abuse. In situations where birth families were unable to make the changes needed to keep their children safe within a federally mandated timeline, search, match, and preparation services are provided to match children with families. These foster families take a 10-week intensive therapeautic curriculum and receive case management services in order to ensure success prior to finalization.

Provides foster care and adoption services, offers support and training for parents, and offers guidance and support to those entering adulthood.

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. Diakon Adoption and Foster Care services assists people wishing to adopt. 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.

Provides educational information and meetings to mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect. Offers information to community forums to increase child abuse and neglect awareness and foster parent recruitment.

Identify and enlist people who are willing to provide foster care for dependent children who have geen removed from their homes because of abuse, neglect or abandonment.

Investigates reports of child abuse and neglect and through investigation take steps to protect children. Steps will be taken to preserve families when possible. Also recruits families to provide foster care.

Offers safe, temporary housing for children birth to 18 who are removed from their homes due to issues such as abuse, neglect, an at risk environment and improper parenting. All family avenues are exhausted before a child is placed in this care environment. The program also provides for recruitment and supervision of resource homes as well as training for resource parents.

Provides children with a safe, comfortable home environment for respite, short-term (less than 30 days) or long term (more than 30 days) placement. Children at this level of care generally do not have major behavioral, emotional or medical issues. Case management may be provided if requested by the placing agency.

Assists adult applicants who are willing to offer a safe, and stable environment to a child in need.

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 programs to increase the number of families available to foster/adopt children. Offers pre-service training, family profiles, and ongoing placement support. Also provides post adoption services and outpatient therapy.

Provide homes for infants, young children, teens and adults who cannot remain safe in their own home.