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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.

Provides a residential program for adults who are unable to live alone because of difficulties with daily living skills, in social or personal adjustment, or because of disabilities. Providers open up their homes to individuals who need a supervised living arrangement in a home-like environment.

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 substitute family life experience for a child at a time of crisis or need.

Matches adults who cannot live alone (because of age-related problems, or physical or developmental disabilities) with families who are willing to provide a supportive, family-like living arrangement for them. Dom Care providers care for no more than three people, and undergo a thorough vetting process. Also recruits and screens potential providers.

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.

Places children with foster families who have been specially trained to care for children with trauma, medical, mental or behavioral needs. Also provides placement for pregnant teens and teenage mothers and their babies.

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

Recruits families and parents to provide foster home placements for children.

Places children with foster families who have been specially trained to care for children with trauma, medical, mental or behavioral needs. Also provides placement for pregnant teens and teenage mothers and their babies.

Matches adults who cannot live alone (because of age-related problems, or physical or developmental disabilities) with families who are willing to provide a supportive, family-like living arrangement for them. Dom Care providers care for no more than three people, and undergo a thorough vetting process. Also recruits and screens potential providers.

Provides a licensed, full-service foster care and adoption agency. Provides services such as home studies, education and post placement supervision/reports for families pursuing a foster to adopt placement, domestic private, or international adoption. An affiliate of the PA Statewide Adoption Network. Provides post adoption/post permanency services to any adoptive or permanent kinship family in the area.

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 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 a licensed, full-service foster care and adoption agency. Provides services such as home studies, education and post placement supervision/reports for families pursuing a foster to adopt placement, domestic private, or international adoption. An affiliate of the PA Statewide Adoption Network. Provides post adoption/post permanency services to any adoptive or permanent kinship family in the area.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Identifies and enlists people who are willing to provide foster care for dependent children who have been removed from their homes or individuals with developmental disabilities, sensory impairments, physical disabilities, emotional problems, or multiple disabilities who are unable to live with their birth families or in an independent setting.

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