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SAFE DELIVERY LAW: A 2001 safe haven law is credited with rescuing 288 infants and dramatically reducing the number of babies illegally abandoned. In the late 1990s, increasing media reports of infants found in dumpsters, on church steps, in bathrooms and on the sides of roads prompted lawmakers to pass the Safe Delivery Law. It allows parents to surrender their infant for adoption legally, safely and confidentially within 72 hours of birth. We talk to a state infant health expert, Right to Life official and Bethany Christian Services. By Barbara Bellinger. Editor’s note: A chart shows surrenders by regions can be used to localize services. FOR ALL POINTS.

Adoptive parents may wonder if it’s safe for their child to have an open relationship with birth parents who have a history of substance use. These questions and tips will help you set boundaries and adjust expectations.

WOODTV.com

Bethany Christian Services talks about November as National Adoption Month and how the community can get involved.

Reading Eagle

Bethany Christian Services of Central Pennsylvania and Little Springs Farm broke ground on an indoor equine center in Brecknock Township to provide therapy programs for children in the foster care …

Pennsylvania News Today

The two organizations have worked together to set up an indoor horse center in Brecknock Township to provide treatment programs for foster and foster children. Bethany Christian Services and Little Springs Farm in central Pennsylvania have begun construction of a new facility on Reading Road, featuring two state legislators from Lancaster County, at a special …

Berks Weekly

Bethany Christian Services of Central Pennsylvania, a nonprofit that is committed to changing the world through family, and Little Spring Farm, a recreational riding center offering equine therapy programs for children in foster care and who have been adopted from the foster care system, broke ground on a new indoor facility at Little Springs Farm

WFMZ News

Members say that the center is all about giving kids a comforting family experience.

For some families resettling in the U.S., this is the first time they’ve ever felt safe. Every one of us can do something to provide refugees with a warm welcome.