Provides child protective services, foster home placement and foster family recruitment, and adoption services. Other family support services offered include family preservation, family group decision making, parent education and training in independent living skills for youth.

Works alongside families, providing the support and services needed to reduce trauma and out-of-home removals across a range of services, including preservation and reunification services, in-home, intensive family support, and individualized care to meet family needs.

Accepts reports (calls) 24 hours a day from any person, in accordance with Pennsylvania's Child Protective Services Law.

The DHS Office of Children Youth and Families Intake Department also takes calls about suspected abuse and neglect.

You may remain anonymous. CYF call screeners do not log telephone numbers.

The call screener gathers the information and consults with their supervisor about whether to investigate.

A supervisor looks at any available DHS and CYF data related to the child and family, assesses risk and safety and either screens out or chooses to investigate.

If the child is unsafe, a caseworker is dispatched within two hours.

Provides a range of prevention, protection, and supportive services with an emphasis on family preservation whenever possible.

Caseworkers provide emergency and planned temporary out-of-home care when necessary to a small percentage of children active with the agency.

Works to reunite families whenever possible. When reunification is not a possibility, Caseworkers work to provide a permanent, legally assured home through adoption or permanent legal custodianship.

Children who age out of the system transition into independent living services.

Services are provided directly by caseworkers, CYF support staff and by a network of contracted agencies.

Provides a range of prevention, protection, and supportive services with an emphasis on family preservation whenever possible.

Caseworkers provide emergency and planned temporary out-of-home care when necessary to a small percentage of children active with the agency.

Works to reunite families whenever possible. When reunification is not a possibility, Caseworkers work to provide a permanent, legally assured home through adoption or permanent legal custodianship.

Children who age out of the system transition into independent living services.

Services are provided directly by caseworkers, CYF support staff and by a network of contracted agencies.

Provides a range of prevention, protection, and supportive services with an emphasis on family preservation whenever possible.

Caseworkers provide emergency and planned temporary out-of-home care when necessary to a small percentage of children active with the agency.

Works to reunite families whenever possible. When reunification is not a possibility, Caseworkers work to provide a permanent, legally assured home through adoption or permanent legal custodianship.

Children who age out of the system transition into independent living services.

Services are provided directly by caseworkers, CYF support staff and by a network of contracted agencies.

Provides a range of prevention, protection, and supportive services with an emphasis on family preservation whenever possible.

Caseworkers provide emergency and planned temporary out-of-home care when necessary to a small percentage of children active with the agency.

Works to reunite families whenever possible. When reunification is not a possibility, Caseworkers work to provide a permanent, legally assured home through adoption or permanent legal custodianship.

Children who age out of the system transition into independent living services.

Services are provided directly by caseworkers, CYF support staff and by a network of contracted agencies.

Provides a range of prevention, protection, and supportive services with an emphasis on family preservation whenever possible.

Caseworkers provide emergency and planned temporary out-of-home care when necessary to a small percentage of children active with the agency.

Works to reunite families whenever possible. When reunification is not a possibility, Caseworkers work to provide a permanent, legally assured home through adoption or permanent legal custodianship.

Children who age out of the system transition into independent living services.

Services are provided directly by caseworkers, CYF support staff and by a network of contracted agencies.

Offers services to to protect children from abuse and neglect, to preserve families whenever possible, and to ensure that every child has a safe, permanent home. Includes
general protective services, substitute care, and family-centered services to avoid out-of-home placement.

Provides psychotherapeutic services to adult and child victims of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse; adult and adolescent perpetrators of abuse; and non-offending parents. Includes group, individual, family, and couples therapy.

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

Provides child protective services to individuals at risk of harm.

Specializes in investigations of child abuse and child neglect referrals. Provides continual assessment, case management, and assistance to all children and families accepted for services.

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.

The EICIP program helps families in Beaver County by providing Developmental Screenings for children from three months to 6 years of age with evaluations in hearing, speech, behavioral, and development to identify possible delays and who may be at risk for abuse or neglect. Additionally, Crisis Child Care helps to provide a safe environment for children ages birth to 6 years who are at-risk, along with providing Home-Based Family Support for families who may be experiencing the effects of poverty, mental/physical health concerns, developmental delays, behavioral delays, addiction, single parenting, or other stressors that may impact their ability to parent effectively and/or safely.

Provides assessment and investigation of allegations of child abuse and neglect. MCCYS conducts general protective service assessments and child protective service investigations when allegations of child abuse/neglect are reported to the agency or to ChildLine, and when the abuse is alleged to have occurred in Mercer County.

Investigates reports of child abuse and neglect. Provides ongoing protective services to families in need.

Provides short-term, temporary shelter to adults and children who need emergency housing because of abuse and violence or threats of abuse and violence.

Twenty-four hour availability to investigate reports of alleged child abuse and child neglect.

Provides services and assistance to families and children to enable children to remain safely within their own homes and to prevent family disruption and the need for child placement.

Community education, parent education and other preventive services in collaboration with others to reduce the number of families needing services of the public child welfare agency.

Temporary safe care and supportive services in the most family-like setting possible for children in need of placement outside of the home.

Stable permanent family through adoption or permanent legal custody when the birth family is unwilling or unable to provide safe permanency for their child along with Post-permanency support.

Accepts reports of child abuse/neglect in Westmoreland County. Provides in-home support to families when the Assessment Division determines that a family is in need of services

After hours, or if a child is in imminent danger, call 911 to be referred to an on-call caseworker.

Provides temporary placement for children with reported child abuse, neglect or abandonment; work with families experiencing problems.

Provides crisis intervention services (phone and walk-in) for adults and their families who exhibit an acute problem of disturbed thought, behavior, mood or social relationships.

Investigates allegations of abuse and neglect, assures the safety of all children, provides in-home services to those families in need of services, and provides temporary placement for youth when needed.

Provides a hotline and ChildLine for individuals to report any child abuse or neglect.

Provides a variety of social services designed to support healthy family development so family problems don't reach crisis proportions.

Provides a process where families have the opportunity to develop a plan that will ensure children are cared for and protected from future harm in ways befitting their culture and lifestyle. Extends on-going responsibility for child safety, well-being and permanence to families, communities and natural support systems. Families are directly involved in the planning and protection of their children.

Investigates state-registered reports of suspected abuse and/or neglect; provides referrals to appropriate services/community resources; assessment of non-registered (intake) referrals which may need to be registered as CPS investigation; CPS 24 hour courtesy interviews/contact for other counties; placement casework through court adjudication; acceptance of cases for services, develop Family Service Plans (FSPs), and refer and/or transfer for on-going services.

Assist parents, caretakers, and families in recognizing and remedying conditions harmful to children and in fulfilling their parental duties in a manner that does not put their children at risk; investigates non-registered reports of suspected child abuse and/or neglect; referrals to appropriate services/community resources; placement casework through court adjudication; and acceptance of cases for services, develop FSPs, and monitor cases through 6 month reviews.

Conducts and approves home studies for appropriate resource families; provide training to the resource families; assures compliance with state regulations; and monitor and provide support to resource families on an on-going basis. Resource Homes included both foster and kinship homes.

Assists victims of crime petition the court for the following protection orders: Protection from Abuse Orders, Sexual Violence Protection Orders, and Protection from Intimidation Orders.

Team delivered intensive comprehensive mental health services provided to families

Family Preservation is an intensive in-home intervention designed to support families in crisis

Provides in-home treatment program to families in crisis that aim to reduce out-of-home placements and length of unavoidable out-of-home placements. The intensive In-Home Support programs provide individual, couple and family counseling, and assist with daily living skills to improve interaction and functioning.

Investigates reports of child abuse, neglect or abandonment; document substantiated cases; provide for the temporary placement of children who, for their own protection, have been removed from the custody of the adults who are responsible for their care; work with families who are experiencing a problem with child abuse with the objective of facilitating continued family unification or reunification; and provide ongoing supportive services for children in permanent placement.

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.

Practice for families to gather and create their own plan in regards to the reunification of their family after a child/children were removed from the home. Families meet with relatives, friends, case management and providers to discuss strengths and concerns. The family is given private time to create a plan that will help protect and prevent future harm to their children.

Provides services to families who, for many reasons, need assistance in providing a safe, nurtuing and stable setting for their children. Works with the family and connect parents with appropriate community resources for medical care, child care or supervision, substance use disorder issues, mental health needs, education, and housing.

Protective Services works to safeguard children from abuse and serious neglect and implement the Child Protective Services Law. Investigate reports of child abuse and neglect.Assistance includes parental instruction and education, protective and preventive social counseling, emergency homemaker services, emergency shelter placement, emergency medical services and self-help groups.

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.

Provides investigations about situations where there are concerns that children are being neglected or abused. Abuse can be physical, sexual, or emotional. Neglected children are children who are without proper parental care or control, or education as required by law.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 of child abuse. Services include Protective/Family support services, Independent Living program to prepare teenage foster children for life after foster care, Foster care, Adoption, Parenting education, and providing nformation and referrals to community services. All calls are confidential.

Provides evidence-based programs for parents, youth, and children that are proven to strengthen protective factors within the family. Partner with community groups to offer programs ranging from a brief workshop to 18 week programs. Descriptions of programs and workshops are available on website.

Works to protect the rights of children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders in the educational system. The program monitors the Philadelphia School District to make sure it is fulfilling its legal obligation to provide both an education and appropriate services to children who have been determined to have special needs and, as a result, have an Individualized Education Program.

Assists parents or caregivers of children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders. PIN helps parents find services and will advocate on behalf those with any of the public systems (i.e., mental health system, education, state/local child-servicing agencies) that serve children.

Offers a collaborative program that creates a safe and child friendly environment where law enforcement, prosecution, victim advocacy, and child protective services can work together to create coordinated strategies to investigate reports of child abuse. Also offers counseling.

Provides protective services to families in need of ongoing social services support and are unable to maintain a minimal level of medical care supervision and /or education for their child. Links families to resources such as housing, mental health,drug and alcohol treatment, parenting education and family counseling.

Provides emergency intervention 24 hours a day , 7 days a week to ensure immediate safety of children.

Provides child protective services. Responsible under Pennsylvania Public Law to receive and investigate specific allegations of physical, sexual or emotional abuse.

Child Protective Services investigates reports of neglect and abuse. Services are provided to children and their families to improve family functioning and to assure children’s safety. Provides counseling and intervention services in crisis situations.

Provides adoption Services:

• Casework services for parents.


• Placement service for the child.


• Adoptive home studies for the Court, public and private agencies.

Also provides Child Protective Services

• Agency investigates reports of neglect and abuse. Services are provided to children and their families to improve family functioning and to assure children's safety.


• Counseling: Counseling and intervention services in crisis situations.


• Custody Home Studies as Court ordered.


• Day Treatment: Purchased in school counseling program to prevent or shorten length of placement.


• Case Aide: Provides teaching services to clients in areas of budgeting, parenting, housekeeping, and childcare to prevent placements.

The Monroe County Children and Youth investigates reports of child abuse, neglect or abandonment; document substantiated cases; provide for the temporary placement of children who, for their own protection, have been removed from the custody of the adults who are responsible for their care; work with families who are experiencing a problem with child abuse with the objective of facilitating continued family unification or reunification; and provide ongoing supportive services for children in permanent placement.

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.

Developed to work with families where a child has been identified to be at risk of abuse and neglect. IIHS is a treatment oriented unit where caseworkers use reality based therapeutic techniques designed to empower clients to make changes themselves to reduce the risk of abuse to the child. The goal of the unit is to protect children and youth while keeping families together. In addition to counseling, IIHS offers Life Skills Education, Parenting Education, Parent and Youth Advisors and 24 hour crisis intervention.

Provides services to ensure safety, permanency and well-being of the county’s children through the engagement and empowerment of families. Children and Youth Services investigate situations where there are concerns that children are being neglected or abused.

Our professional staff investigate 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.

Protects children from abuse and neglect by investigating all reports of child maltreatment in Berks County.

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.

Helps find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. Also offers training programs to law-enforcement and social-services professionals.

Provides trained volunteers who independently investigate facts of the case for the court. Attends all meetings and court proceedings.

Acts as an advocate in accordance with PA Juvenile Act (title 42 Act PA C.S. sec. 6301 et.seq.), for children who come to the attention of the court primarily as a result of abuse and/or neglect.

Provides an emergency shelter, a toll-free crisis hotline (call or text), individual and/or group counseling, and support groups for adults and children. Offers legal advocacy (including obtaining a Protection From Abuse Order), systems advocacy, children's program, information and referral, and accompaniment to court-related proceedings.

Provides an emergency shelter, a toll-free crisis hotline (call or text), individual and/or group counseling, and support groups for adults and children. Offers legal advocacy (including obtaining a Protection From Abuse Order), systems advocacy, children's program, information and referral, and accompaniment to court-related proceedings.

Screens families for eligibility for agency programs. Receives reports of child abuse and/or neglect and handles follow-up.

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 investigation of reports of child abuse, neglect or abandonment; document substantiated cases; provide for the temporary placement of children who, for their own protection, have been removed from the custody of the adults who are responsible for their care; work with families who are experiencing a problem with child abuse with the objective of facilitating continued family unification or reunification; and provide ongoing supportive services for children in permanent placement.

Operates two 100-bed safe havens dedicated to the needs of people experiencing intimate partner violence. Individuals and families receive comprehensive, trauma-informed care, including case management, individual and group therapy, and children’s services. Locations are confidential and have 24-hour security to protect the safety of residents.

Provide for the temporary placement of children who, for their own protection, have been removed from the custody of the adults who are responsible for their care and provides ongoing supportive services for children in permanent placement..

Offers investigations of child abuse, neglect or abandonment; document substantiated cases and works with families who are experiencing a problem with child abuse with the objective of facilitating continued family unification or reunification

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

Operates 24-hour hotline to accept reports of suspected child abuse and neglect. Forwards information to proper local authorities for investigation.

Each report is handled by a trained specialist who will determine the most appropriate course of action.

Provides immediate response to personal crisis related to children where safety is an issue.

Investigates of all suspected cases of child abuse.

Dependent Foster Care services are provided in Pennsylvania to youth including treatment level, mother/baby placement, kinship care, and traditional foster care.

Offers free legal and social services to Philadelphia's abused and neglected children.

Child care support services may be available to participate in other services or systems that are directly related to the abuse.

Offers the investigation of reports of child abuse, neglect or abandonment; document substantiated cases; provide for the temporary placement of children who, for their own protection, have been removed from the custody of the adults who are responsible for their care; work with families who are experiencing a problem with child abuse with the objective of facilitating continued family unification or reunification; and provide ongoing supportive services for children in permanent placement.

Investigates all reports of suspected child abuse and neglect.

Performs mandatory investigation of all reports of suspected physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and serious physical neglect.

Advocacy promotes and protects the civil rights of children and adults with IDD. The Arc's professional advocates provide assistance and information sharing to individuals and families on such matters as available supports, public education, employment and housing. Information is shared with local, state and federal legislators to ensure policies promote the best interest of individuals with IDD.

Provides 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.

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.

Investigates reports of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment; documents substantiated cases; and provides for the temporary placement of children who, for their own protection, have been removed from the custody of the adults who are responsible for their care.

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.

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.

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.

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 and documents reports of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment; provides for the temporary placement of children who have been removed from the custody of the adults who are responsible for their care; works with families who are experiencing a problem with child abuse; and provides ongoing supportive services for children in permanent placement.

Provides investigation reports of child abuse, neglect or abandonment; documents substantiated cases, works with families who are experiencing a problem with child abuse with the objective of facilitating continued family unification or reunification.

Investigates reports of child abuse, neglect or abandonment; document substantiated cases; provide for the temporary placement of children who, for their own protection, have been removed from the custody of the adults who are responsible for their care; work with families who are experiencing a problem with child abuse with the objective of facilitating continued family unification or reunification; and provide ongoing supportive services for children in permanent placement.

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.

Investigates reports of child abuse, neglect or abandonment; document substantiated cases; provide for the temporary placement of children who, for their own protection, have been removed from the custody of the adults who are responsible for their care; work with families who are experiencing a problem with child abuse with the objective of facilitating continued family unification or reunification; and provide ongoing supportive services for children in permanent placement.

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.

In addition to handling the processing of all Protection From Abuse applications and cases, the Family Courts are responsible for all Juvenile Delinquency cases, Children and Youth cases and Orphans Court cases.

The types of cases heard by the Family Court Judges involve custody, dependency, juvenile delinquency, foster care, adoptions, visitation, appointment of guardians, truancy, and estate and accounting matters.

Provides child welfare services designed to protect children from abuse, neglect, and enable children to remain safely in their homes. Provides access to community based services for parents experiencing difficulty in caring for their children, preserving and stabilizing family life, and assuring that children have a permanent home.

Offers information and referral, investigation of abuse or neglect, advocacy, filing of court petitions, crisis counseling, and training in parenting skills.

Offers intervention and counseling to help with children's problems in school, home, or community. Coordinates services provided to families through case management.

Investigates child abuse and neglect referrals. Offers reunification and permanency planning services to families whose children are removed from the home.

Investigates reports of child abuse, neglect or abandonment; document substantiated cases; provide for the temporary placement of children who, for their own protection, have been removed from the custody of the adults who are responsible for their care; work with families who are experiencing a problem with child abuse with the objective of facilitating continued family unification or reunification; and provide ongoing supportive services for children in permanent placement.

Offers opportunities for college seniors to supplement their education and experience in the field of child welfare through internship positions. Allows the student to gain relevant work experience, enhance their resume, and begin job seeking in the child welfare field.

Accepts and responds to reports of child abuse or neglect.

Provides individual and group counseling; recreational activities; advocacy services for children living in the Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing; liason service for children needing to enroll in or leave a school for safety purposes; referrals to other agencies and resources are also provided as needed. Provides child care during adult support group meetings, as well as for other activities such as court appearances when scheduled in advance.

Provides individual and group counseling; recreational activities; advocacy services for children living in the Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing; liason service for children needing to enroll in or leave a school for safety purposes; referrals to other agencies and resources are also provided as needed. Provides child care during adult support group meetings, as well as for other activities such as court appearances when scheduled in advance.

Provides individual and group counseling; recreational activities; advocacy services for children living in the Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing; liason service for children needing to enroll in or leave a school for safety purposes; referrals to other agencies and resources are also provided as needed. Provides child care during adult support group meetings, as well as for other activities such as court appearances when scheduled in advance.

Provides individual and group counseling; recreational activities; advocacy services for children living in the Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing; liason service for children needing to enroll in or leave a school for safety purposes; referrals to other agencies and resources are also provided as needed. Provides child care during adult support group meetings, as well as for other activities such as court appearances when scheduled in advance.

Our professional staff investigate 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.

Our professional staff investigate 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.

Our professional staff investigate 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.

Assessment of abuse within 24 hours of reporting and immediate intervention if necessary; counseling to child and family; referral and assistance to keep family together; community education. Standby staff for emergencies.

Assessment of abuse within 24 hours of reporting and immediate intervention if necessary; counseling to child and family; referral and assistance to keep family together; community education. Standby staff for emergencies.

Provides intake services division, family preservation services division, reunification and permanency services division, family group decision making, and other services.

The Domestic Abuse Proejct provides an emergency shelter to adults and their dependent children at imminent risk of physical abuse.

Investigates reports of suspected child abuse and neglect and provides support services.

The Wayne County Office of Children and Youth, under Pennsylvania law, is mandated to investigate all reports of suspected abuse, neglect, or dependency of children from birth to age 18 in Wayne County. Our professional staff investigate reports made to the office and work with families, when appropriate, to address conditions which adversely affect a child’s care. The staff works with families directly and also coordinates services with community resources to improve family conditions. In-home services, placement services, and adoption services are integral to the child protective service function.

Investigates reports of neglect and abuse. Services are provided to the children and their families to improve family functioning and to assure children’s safety.

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 forensic interviews and non-invasive medical examinations for children with allegations of sexual abuse. Together with professionals from law enforcement, criminal justice, child protective services, victim advocacy agencies, and the medical and mental health communities, provides comprehensive services for child victims and their families.

Provides child welfare services designed to keep children in their own homes, prevent neglect, abuse and exploration, help overcome problems that result in dependency, neglect and delinquency, and provide adequate substitute care in foster family homes.

Provides abuse investigation, case management, and service coordination to advocate for the safety of children.

Provides crisis and intake services for all county programs and departments within Human Services.

Provides crisis services and investigates all child abuse and neglect allegations within the county. Case management services conduct home visits, assess the safety of children, and refer children/family to appropriate services. Programs include: Drug and Alcohol Prevention, Triple P, Student Assistance Program, Truancy Outreach, Foster Care, Early Intervention, and Independent Living.

Investigates reports of child abuse and neglect. Also provides education to prevent child abuse and neglect, temporary substitute placement for dependent children and youth, services to reunite dependent children with their families, and court-ordered care or supervision to alleged or adjudicated children and youth.

Provides a child-friendly place where a possible victim of child abuse is brought to be interviewed by a Forensic Interviewer about what has happened to them while the Investigative Team (law enforcement, DA and Child Protective Services) observe via closed circuit video. The child and non-offending family are connected to medical, mental health, counseling, victim's advocacy and support services available in the community.

Offers a community-based program that helps families that have had children removed from the home achieve safe reunification. Family Reunification aims to help parents identify and remove barriers to reunification and strengthen parenting skills. Service is coordinated with caseworkers and case aides from the Erie County Office of Children and Youth (OCY).

Keeping children safe and respectfully engage families by using community-based services and support in order to assist families to successfully care for their children.

Services Provided Include: Emergency Temporary Shelter; 24-Hour Hotline 1-800-243-4944; Crisis intervention; short-term Counseling; First Response Team and Sexual Assault Response Team (SART); Assistance with Protection Orders including Protection From Abuse (PFA), Sexual Violence Protection Order (SVPO), Protection From Intimidation (PFI); Accompaniment; Community Education Programs; School Prevention Education Programs; Legal and Medical Advocacy. Also accept donations and volunteers.

Offers general protective services for children and families.

Provides ongoing empowerment counseling, tailored to individual needs, to victims, children and significant others. This includes crisis, economic and educative counseling. Additionally, support groups are held regularly for adults or teens who are survivors of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment.
The Barbara J. Hart Justice Center provides legal assistance to program participants, including representation, consultation and court preparation. Services include safety planning, Protection From Abuse orders, child custody, child support, divorce, nuisance ordinances from landlords, evictions, consumer debt, banking and tax issues, immigration issues, and employment cases.

Provides ongoing empowerment counseling, tailored to individual needs, to victims, children and significant others. This includes crisis, economic and educative counseling. Additionally, support groups are held regularly for adults or teens who are survivors of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment.
The Barbara J. Hart Justice Center provides legal assistance to program participants, including representation, consultation and court preparation. Services include safety planning, Protection From Abuse orders, child custody, child support, divorce, nuisance ordinances from landlords, evictions, consumer debt, banking and tax issues, immigration issues, and employment cases.

Promotes the well being of children and their families.

Reports involving abused, neglected, exploited, or truant/incorrigible children are investigated and in-home services are provided to families who meet Children and Youth legal criteria. Helps intervene in family disputes and crises; however, Children and Youth do not have the authority to determine, mediate, or change Court-ordered custody or visitation agreements. Government intervention is justified when the family cannot, or will not, provide for the child's safety and/or basic needs. Placement of a child by Children and Youth can only occur if ordered by the Juvenile Court.

Child welfare agency mandated to protect children and youth from abuse and neglect. Services include investigation of reports of neglect and abuse, foster care, adoption, parenting education, independent living program.

Provides a timely response to teenagers 12 to 18 years old and families referred by Luzerne County Children and Youth Services by General Protective Services.

The Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) of Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties is a private, non-profit, charitable organization overseen by FSA NEPA and a committee of community members. CAC provides a safe, comfortable environment for children and their families as they go through the interviewing and examination processes after disclosing some type of traumatic experience. The process is facilitated by an assigned family advocate. CAC provides a Multidisciniplary Investigative Team (MDIT), made up of individuals from the District Attorney's office, law enforcement community, Child Protective Services, Victim Service, medical providers and mental health providers, to gather evidence and information in investigation of the alleged crime.

Services include:
Bail investigations, recommendations, and supervised pre-trial release
Protection from Abuse Program, which enables victims of domestic violence to file a petition for a protection order without an attorney
Free legal counsel eligibility screening, assignment, and referral administered by District Court Administration Office, Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas
Assignments for criminal support, children and youth representation only

Provides a 24-hour confidential hotline at (717) 632-0007 and makes referrals for temporary or emergency safe shelter (please note: Safe Home is not a shelter itself). Offers legal advocacy, including assistance with filing a Protection From Abuse Order. Coordinates with other social service agencies that provide assistance with health, finances, housing, drug/alcohol treatment, support groups, children's services, employment/training, food, furniture, clothing, and more. Provides referral and support services, child therapy, and the W.E.A.V.E. (Women's Empowerment Against Violent Environments) adult support group, which includes free childcare during group sessions. Delivers community education for all groups, including educational speakers and age-appropriate outreach materials. Offers volunteer opportunities at (717) 637-2125 ext. 241, and provides accompaniment and/or transportation to appointments/hearings, including civil and criminal hearings. Also offers options for counseling and crisis response, with free childcare provided when necessary.

Services include investigation of reported child abuse and child neglect. The goal is to keep the child in a safe home and prevent abuse, neglect and exploitation.

Provides child abuse and neglect investigations based on the definitions within the Child Protective Services Law. Provides in-home/protective services and placement services including foster care and residential.

Provides 24 hour helpline, counseling, emergency shelter, court and hospital accompaniment, support groups, adult, professionals and children's educational programs, children's counseling and therapy services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. No cost services.

Provides counseling services for child victims of domestic and sexual violence. The Center a safe place for children to talk about their feelings and about how the abuse has affected their lives. Through various therapeutic activities, children learn that they are not to blame for what happened and how to express their feelings and begin to heal.

Provides protection of children, birth to 18 years, through investigation of child abuse and neglect, foster care program, adoption program, and prevention and education programs