The Children's Service Center of Wyoming Valley, Inc.
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Contact Information
335 South Franklin Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
United States
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Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8 AM-5 PM |
| Tuesday | 8 AM-5 PM |
| Wednesday | 8 AM-5 PM |
| Thursday | 8 AM-5 PM |
| Friday | 8 AM-5 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
As a mental health care system, we at Children's Service Center are deeply committed to the wellness of young people in our community. Our services are designed to meet the individualized needs of children, adolescents, and their families. Children's Service Center's Assessment, Crisis, and Referral Services are staffed 24-hours a day, seven days a week, by psychiatric professionals for initial assessment and referral. We accept BC/BS, most indemnity insurance plans, CHAMPUS, Medical Assistance, and are a preferred provider for several managed care organizations and HMO plans.
Children's Service Center offers a variety of services across a continuum of care from least restrictive to residential.
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
Average user rating
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Nov 18, 2022
Went here when I was younger. My therapist told my parents everything I said to him, and at the age I was at the time, this was illegal since none of the revealed information was about any harm to myself or others. Send your children here if you are a controlling helicopter parent, send them somewhere else if you love and respect them.
Oct 19, 2022
Me and my daughter both come here for therapy and medication. We love our therapists and I have never encountered a rude employee.
Oct 06, 2022
I’ve been going to this place since like 2014. It was a great place, but not anymore. For some reason, they keep calling my parents numbers for phone appointments and scheduling. I have even corrected the receptionist and doctor several times with my own number. (I am an adult now and no longer legally need my parents involved, and I don’t live at home anymore). Also, they say they will call to schedule my next appointment but never do. It seems they schedule me for whenever they feel right instead of calling me. I get no reminders over text, call or email about these random appointments so I don’t even know when they are. I don’t know until my parents get a call from the doctor. I can never call back due to being in college classes all day and my parents are at work. Anytime I do answer to correct things, the same issue occurs over and over again. I’ve been trying to figure this out for months. Working with them is impossible.
Sep 26, 2022
They have been great for my family. My son is on the spectrum and they provide all the services he needs. Everyone is very friendly. Never had any issues with anyone there. Live my sons bht she is very good with children.
Sep 15, 2022
Being the mom of 3 plus bonus mom to 4, our blended family has utilized this facility on and off for years because Luzerne County does not have many resources to choose from. Some of the experience's have not been to my liking and wouldn't recommend their services because when you call to schedule they don't call back, certain employees are just flat out rude but there are a handful that were awesome but limited due to their employer, and their services are lacking (therapist don't see the kids as often as they should). With mental health on the rise, it seems as if all they care about is the money and not the well being of the patient and family. On several occasions I have been disappointed with their services, enough to be dissatisfied. My suggestion would be to look elsewhere for your child's mental health and well being.