Supporting Pennsylvania’s families

Every experience has its own unique challenges. That’s why we offer ongoing resources, helping you find solutions to strengthen and support your family.

Supporting Pennsylvania’s families

Every experience has its own unique challenges. That’s why we offer ongoing resources, helping you find solutions to strengthen and support your family.

Services may be available at no cost

If you are an adoptive parent, an adoptee, or if you have legal custodianship or a formal kinship agreement, our staff is here to provide support through post-adoption services. Working with the Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN), we may be able to provide our services to Pennsylvania residents at no cost.

"For the first time, we feel like there is hope for our family."

- A grandparent in kinship care

We’re here for you

We provide expert support based on decades of experience. You can expect services that include …

Assessment:

Together, we’ll create a plan to strengthen your family

Advocacy:

We’ll provide continuous support and resources

Respite:

We partner with your family to identify planned activities and build relationships

Support groups:

Our support groups offer families the opportunity to connect and learn from one another

Support through SWAN

In Pennsylvania, services may be available to you at no cost. To start getting help for your family, call (800) 585-7926 and request Bethany Christian Services.

Find Your Branch

All families who live in Pennsylvania and provide permanency through adoption, whether or not they adopted a child from the child welfare system, even if the adoption was a private or international adoption, are eligible for post-permanency services through the Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN). In addition, formal kinship or permanent legal guardianship families who step forward to provide permanence to a Pennsylvania foster child are eligible for SWAN post-permanency services. To be considered as a formal kinship family, CYS must have been involved with the family previously but now is no longer involved. A family who has been declared a fit willing relative is considered a formal kinship family. These services are provided without charge through SWAN.

The services available are case advocacy, respite, and support groups, and each last for 12 months. The focus of this program is to help the family identify their strengths, establish goals, and locate community resources for ongoing support.