The Children's Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center
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Contact Information
5324 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
United States
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Pittsburgh, PA 15224
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | Open 24 hours |
| Tuesday | Open 24 hours |
| Wednesday | Open 24 hours |
| Thursday | Open 24 hours |
| Friday | Open 24 hours |
| Saturday | Open 24 hours |
| Sunday | Open 24 hours |
Our goal is to make sure every person who walks through our doors feels empowered whether it be to take care of their medically fragile child, or to make a life changing decision. We’re here to support the community; our family.
We believe that families come in all shapes and sizes, and that any setbacks can usually be addressed by listening and teaching in a way that is conducive to the family unit.
Togetherness and strong communication is incorporated in everything we do from the environment in which we teach families in our Pediatric Specialty Hospital, the care we provide to children in Child’s Way daycare expecting, and the supportive, nurturing accommodations we make for a birthparent considering adoption. We speak to and care for our patients and clients as if they were our own family.
Services and information
- 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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Nov 14, 2017
I have had a terrible experience at this hospital!. I'm on mmt and benzos, but lost my doctor for my kpins throughout the last year. I cut my kpin dose down to. 5 a day but still had cyf involved. My child spent two months at the center and was scored basically on bad stomach gas. I watched my cyf case take two months to close, all clean urines and a wonderful home. I feel as though my child was kept drugged as quite coincidence her treatment and my case ran hand in hand. I'm out raged by this! Then I did fall asleep lying on a loveseat holding my 11 pound daughter on my chest. The very first time I fell asleep I was not "warned" like the rules say. I was banned from seeing my daughter until I took a urine screen for cyf!! Unbelievable, I've been in treatment 5 plus years, and I'm a great mom to my kids. I feel as if I have been judged based on my past!!!
Jul 05, 2017
Love how they take great care of my son
May 03, 2017
Friendly staff, great care, lots of help and advice. Just all together a wonderful place
Sep 19, 2014
Its a great place to take your child instead of hanging out at the hospital and. Also they have a "nesting room" where parents have a queen sized bed a tv.a phone and cam have your baby in the room also or if you are tired than leave baby upstairs in his or her room and get some sleep but beware the nurses very fake and they take notes on EVERY LITTLE thing you say and do!!