Parents and Caregivers

Reunification, Family Stabilization and Adoption

WCA believes that all children belong in families and that families have a better chance of thriving in strong communities. It is also important that public serving agencies must partner with both families and communities together in order to help facilitate healthy futures for all.

Foster Family Care and Recruitment - Through case management and support services, WCA works to help families help themselves. Whether a family seeks out services or is referred through other means, the primary goal of foster family care is to provide a safe and healthy temporary home for children who are required to live separately from their birth families and to reunite them with their families whenever possible. Find out today how you can become a foster parent.

Family Case Management - The goal of case management is family stabilization. WCA provides in and out-of-home services to families with children from birth to 18 to help families cope with a variety of challenges including parent-child-sibling relationship counseling, HIV/AIDS, drug and alcohol addiction education, parenting, health care, home management, and other issues.

Adoption - WCA provides comprehensive adoption services to birth families, children up to age 18, and persons interested in enlarging their family through adoption. Support services include pre-adoption workshops for prospective adoptive parents, home study materials to assist families in learning about the realities of parenting through adoption, pre-placement orientation and other assessments to determine the prospective parent’s ability to meet the child’s needs. WCA’s adoption services program is recognized by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare as a model approach.