Programs that provide alternative family living arrangements in agency-supervised private family homes for children and youth who have been neglected, abused or abandoned in situations where a children's protective services worker or a court has decided that they cannot live safely at home.

Provide alternative family living arrangements in agency-supervised private family homes for children and youth who have been neglected, abused or abandoned in situations where a children's protective services worker or a court has decided that they cannot live safely at home.

Wayne County Children and Youth Resource Family Program provides loving and caring homes to children in need of foster care.

Works to protect children and youth from abuse and neglect through protective and preventive services. Services include counseling, case management, parenting education, foster home care, adoption services, court-ordered custody evaluations, supervised visitation, re-unification, and permanent placement. Also contracts with other providers for group home care, residential care, life skills education, day care, day treatment, and supervised independent living.

Provides emergency and long-term placement in foster homes with parent of a Christian background. Offers trainings to prospective care parents.

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.

Programs that provide alternative family living arrangements in agency-supervised private family homes for children and youth who have been neglected, abused or abandoned in situations where a children's protective services worker or a court has decided that they cannot live safely at home.

The purpose of foster family care is to provide healthy and supportive homes for children. Foster care is necessary when children are unable to live with their biological family. Foster families will assist Friendship House in meeting the childs emotional and physical needs, and provide daily care. The ultimate program goal is to prepare children and biological parents for successful reunification whenever possible. Friendship House offers training, financial reimbursement, case manager support and referrals to community services, with round-the-clock access to an "On-Call" case manager.

Programs that provide alternative family living arrangements in agency-supervised private family homes for children and youth who have been neglected, abused or abandoned in situations where a children's protective services worker or a court has decided that they cannot live safely at home.

Works with the Statewide Adoption Network (SWAN) to provide services to children and to provide homestudy services to individuals or couples interested in adopting a child from the Child Welfare System. Services to children include child profiles, child preparation and child specific recruitment. Services to individuals and couples interested in adoption include homestudy services, diligent recruitment services, placement services and supervision services once a child match is made. The children that are available for adoption through this program have been exposed to some form of physical, sexual or emotional abuse or neglect.

Provides alternative family living arrangements in agency-supervised private family homes for children and youth who have been neglected, abused, or abandoned.

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

Operates a residential facility that provides a continuum of care for children displaced from their family home. Includes group home and foster care services for children and youth who don't need the structure of the residential program. All residents attend local schools or the alternative education program on campus. Discharge plans may include family reunification, continuing placement, stepdown to less structure or independence.

Provides temporary care with foster parents for children who are unable to remain in their own homes and are placed in the custody of the county Children and Youth agency by the courts. Foster care gives the parent’s time to make the necessary changes for reunification with their child. Provides ongoing supportive services for children in permanent placement. Recruits foster parents.

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

Provide alternative family living arrangements in agency-supervised private family homes for children and youth who have been neglected, bused or abandoned.

Provides child welfare services through programs in foster care, adoption, and permanency. Varying levels of foster care are offered including intensive foster care for youth whose needs cannot be met in their own families; intermediate foster care for youth who generally do not require more intensive interventions; and medical foster care for youth with acute physical, emotional or mental disabilities as an alternative to hospitalization or institutionalization.

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.

Provide alternative family living arrangements in agency-supervised private family homes for children and youth who have been neglected, abused or abandoned in situations where a children's protective services worker or a court has decided that they cannot live safely at home.

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.

Offers programs that provide alternative family living arrangements in agency-supervised private family homes for children and youth who have been neglected, abused or abandoned.

Foster care programming recruits, trains, approves and supports families to provide temporary, substitute care for children in need due to abuse, neglect, deprivation, abandonment and/or a guardianâs inability to care for a child. The children are referred through county children and youth agencies. Kinship Care is a 24 hour out-of-home living arrangement providing care and supervision for a child in an approved home of a relative or family friend. Kinship Care homes must meet the same criteria for approval as a foster family home. Adoption programming seeks to ensure permanency for children in foster care, and works closely with our foster care program to ensure that children who are unable to return home experience minimal disruption.

Provides a temporary substitute family experience for a child who has been removed from their biological home for a variety of reasons.

This program provides temporary emergency foster home placement and ongoing supportive foster home placement for children and youth from various counties in Pennsylvania. As a Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) affiliate, the program also provides permanency services that are currently offered include family profiles, child profiles, child preparation, and finalization.

Intensive in-home services for child at risk. Service can be provided by in house or purchased programming. Referrals must be made by Children and Youth.