This program involves taking in a child who is a part of your family or whom you know in some other way. Unlike with Family Foster Care, a kinship home is identified by the county or other referring agency, and then must choose which foster care agency (such as Children's Choice) they want to work with.

Investigates all allegations of child abuse and neglect, as mandated by state law. Provides a wide range of services to abused and neglected children and their families. Also provides services to adolescents who are at severe risk due to their behavior or that of their parent. Services include: Adoption Services, Child Sexual Abuse Center, Child Welfare Day Care, Community Education, Emergency Services, Emergency Shelter Care, 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.

Kinship Care/Family-Based Services is the full-time nurturing and protection of children who must be separated from their parent(s) and temporarily placed in the home of a caregiver who has an existing relationship with the child or the child's family. Family Care for Children & Youth provides formal Kinship Care whereby the county has legal custody of a child and has placed a child through FCCY with a formal Kinship Caregiver.

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.

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.

Kinship Care is provided by a relative or adult, who has an established relationship with the child. Families who provide this level of care are required to participate in pre-service and ongoing yearly training to maintain certification. Bethesda Foster Care provides the same opportunities and supports to these families as to the other foster families.

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.

Kinship Care/Family-Based Services is the full-time nurturing and protection of children who must be separated from their parent(s) and temporarily placed in the home of a caregiver who has an existing relationship with the child or the child's family. Family Care for Children & Youth provides formal Kinship Care whereby the county has legal custody of a child and has placed a child through FCCY with a formal Kinship Caregiver.

Provides a broad range of foster care services. Offers Family-Based Foster Care for children requiring temporary placement and for infants through teens, who are placed outside their homes or in protective custody.

Offers various community-based placement services designed to provide safe and supportive environments for children who cannot remain in their homes due to issues such as abuse or neglect.

This program involves taking in a child who is a part of your family or whom you know in some other way. Unlike with Family Foster Care, a kinship home is identified by the county or other referring agency, and then must choose which foster care agency (such as Children's Choice) they want to work with.

Provides direct services to families serving as kinship foster homes. Helps these families meet the requirements of foster care set by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS) and A Second Chance, Inc.

Provides direct services to families serving as kinship foster homes. Helps families meet the requirements of foster care set by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Allegheny County Children, Youth and Families,(ACCYF) and A Second Chance, Inc.

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.

Kinship Care/Family-Based Services is the full-time nurturing and protection of children who must be separated from their parent(s) and temporarily placed in the home of a caregiver who has an existing relationship with the child or the child's family. Family Care for Children & Youth provides formal Kinship Care whereby the county has legal custody of a child and has placed a child through FCCY with a formal Kinship Caregiver.

Investigates all allegations of child abuse and neglect, as mandated by state law. Services include: Adoption Services, Child Sexual Abuse Center, Child Welfare Day Care, Community Education, Emergency Services, Emergency Shelter Care, 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.

Offers arrangements in which the full time care, supervision, nurturing, and protection of a minor child is the responsibility of a friend of family member, tribal or clan member, or another adult who has a long-standing relationship with the child, or the family in situations where the child cannot live with his or her parents.

Kinship Care/Family-Based Services is the full-time nurturing and protection of children who must be separated from their parent(s) and temporarily placed in the home of a caregiver who has an existing relationship with the child or the child's family. Family Care for Children & Youth provides formal Kinship Care whereby the county has legal custody of a child and has placed a child through FCCY with a formal Kinship Caregiver.

This program involves taking in a child who is a part of your family or whom you know in some other way. Unlike with Family Foster Care, a kinship home is identified by the county or other referring agency, and then must choose which foster care agency (such as Children's Choice) they want to work with.

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.

Arrangements in which the full time care of a minor child is the responsibility of a grandparent, aunt, uncle or other relative.

Facilitates the placement of children in the custody of a County Children and Youth agency into the home of a relative or other significant adult. The program also provides ongoing supervision of the placement.

Arrangements in which the full time care of a minor child is the responsibility of a grandparent, aunt, uncle or other relative.

Loftus-Vergari and Associates is actively recruiting foster parents for children and teens in your community and surrounding areas. A foster parent needs to be committed to providing a safe and nurturing family environment for a child until he or she can return home to live with their biological family.

Provides direct services to families serving as kinship foster homes. Helps families meet the requirements of foster care set by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Allegheny County Children, Youth and Families,(ACCYF) and A Second Chance, Inc.