CONCERN- Professional Services for Children, Youth and Families
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Contact Information
One West Main Street
Fleetwood, PA 19522
United States
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Fleetwood, PA 19522
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8 AM-8 PM |
| Tuesday | 8 AM-8 PM |
| Wednesday | 8 AM-8 PM |
| Thursday | 8 AM-8 PM |
| Friday | 8 AM-8 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
CONCERN provides a variety of supportive services to families such as compensation, training, and respite. CONCERN matches children with families who can best meet their needs.
It takes a special person to become a foster/adoptive parent. Opening your home to children who need your love and care is a significant contribution to making a difference in the lives of these children. Through your support and commitment, you open many doors for children allowing them to look forward to brighter futures and productive adulthood.
The first steps to becoming a foster/adoptive family include attending an informational meeting, completing a formal application, and participating in several interviews with a recruiter. The recruiter assists families in completing all of the necessary paperwork and answering a family’s questions about foster care.
Services and information
- Traditional Foster Care
- Emergency Foster Care
- Respite Foster Care
- Adoption
- Other
Requirements to become a foster parent
You must meet minimum requirements to provide foster care in Pennsylvania. Foster parents for children in need must:
- Be a minimum of 21 years old
- Pass a criminal background check with fingerprinting
- Have time and energy to devote to fostering
- Live in a safe and healthy environment
- Prove good health through a medical examination/physical
- Maintain financial stability
- Clear all home safety requirements
- Complete required pre-service training hours
- Finish the Home Inspection
After fulfilling all requirements during the approval process, licensed foster parents can welcome a foster child into their home. To maintain a valid license, foster parents must also participate in ongoing training each year.
All adults who are living in homes with foster children in Pennsylvania must pass a required criminal background check and fingerprinting. This includes adult children who are family members living at home.
There are other, more detailed requirements for foster homes, such as having a flushing toilet and an operable phone. Prospective foster parents will learn more details during foster parent orientation.
Once you've decided to foster, you can contact a public or private foster agency or the Pennsylvania State Resource Family Association. Foster agencies screen and train prospective foster families and ensure applicants are good candidates for foster care.
Ratings and Reviews
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Sep 04, 2018
Terrible. Just terrible. I cannot believe this place is a behavioral health center. They tell me to call them by a certain date but every time I call they never answer, even though they are open. I missed an appointment (I just blanked in all honesty) never received a call on why I didn’t show up (like health centers should do)also I did not receive my reminder call like they said they do and each time I tried to call back to make an appointment no one ever answered and no one returned my voicemails even thought the claim they will get back to you in one business day. This place is a joke and the next time I go I am going to ask for a referral to a different place. I can’t deal with their incompetency anymore.