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| Susan Adamec,
Director
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County Office Building
31 Public Avenue
Montrose, PA 18801
Phone: (570) 278-4600, ext. 300
FAX: (570) 278-3273
Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-932-0313
Hours: 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. |
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| IN-TAKE AND IN-HOME SERVICES |
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| Adoption Services Casework services for parents, placement service for the child, adoptive home studies for the Court, public and private agencies. |
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| 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 childrens safety.
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| Counseling Counseling and intervention services in crisis situations. |
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| Custody Home Studies As Court ordered. |
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| Day Care Day care provided when determined to be beneficial to a child of the Agencys client. |
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| Day Treatment Purchased in-school counseling program to prevent or shorten length of placement. |
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| Homemaker Agency homemaker provides teaching services to clients in areas of budgeting, parenting, housekeeping, and childcare to prevent placements.
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| SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS |
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| Parent/Child Resource Center Parenting program for pre-school children and their parents, located in Susquehanna Borough, PA. |
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| Family Preservation Counseling services for emergency and crisis situations to prevent placement of children and to improve family functioning.
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| Evening Mobile Parenting Program 10-12 week parenting education and support for parents of school age children. |
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| COMMUNITY BASED PLACEMENTS |
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| Emergency Shelter Care Foster care for emergency placements and runaways. |
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| Foster Family Care A substitute family when a child has to be removed from his or her own home due to issues of abuse and/or neglect. |
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Kinship Care Placement of child with relatives when parents are unable to care for the child due to issues of abuse and/or neglect.
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| Group Home, Community Based Purchased placement services for children who need more structure than foster care provides. |
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| RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENTS |
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| Juvenile Detention Short-term placement of delinquents in a secure detention facility. |
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| Residential Purchased placement for children/youth who need twenty-four hour supervision and care. |
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| Secure Residential Purchased placement service for delinquents who need secure residential setting. |
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SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
ADVISORY BOARD |
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| This committee, geographically representative of Susquehanna County, makes recommendations for Agency policies, operations and development; advises on development of the Annual Plan and Budget; and distributes funds raised from their annual appeal. |
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| FOSTER CARE |
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If you are interested in becoming a foster parent, please contact Jolene Kelly at the Agency office. Phone 570-278-4600, extension 300.
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