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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Sep 07, 2022
The workers are great. The doctors are not do great
May 02, 2022
They don't even answer the phone.
Feb 15, 2022
This one star is for the receptionists !!! Shame on you ! As most people know once a child is 14 they go in on their own as they are legally in charge of their own mental health. The receptionists tasked with signing in the patients are ignorant and berating . Lots of people who are looking for treatment are working through depression, anxiety , PTSD and many other things . So its sad that the first person they see when they walk in the door makes them feel uncomfortable . My daughter went to sign in and one was on the phone so naturally she went to the other one available . She didn't notice a little hand written note one had placed on her window and sat in the chair . The receptionist went absolutely crazy and started screaming at her and threw a temper tantrum and started tearing the hand written note down. Screaming at my daughter saying why bother no body can read or have respect so why did i waist my time putting this hear. she went on and on and on. My daughter who is 17 felt so embarrassed , belittled , and ashamed . Its hard for some people to reach out for help so the first person they see shouldn't treat them this way. The receptionists need sensitivity training and just basic human decency. Also to add : This is not the first time it has happened to her or I . Its an ongoing issue .
Feb 10, 2022
This place is a joke and could care less about helping children ! I have desperately been trying to receive help for my child’s extreme anxiety and to get my child tested for adhd … and it has been a mission I pay almost $100 every visit (with my insurance) and all they do is sit there and color for a half hour then I try to get my child tested for adhd they make me wait over a two months to get the appointment just to say I canceled it when I most certainly did not ! I had to pull my child out of school early and miss a day of work for them to cancel on me !! Another time I went and they wrote the time wrong on my card and told me I missed it and I still had to pay and I drive 45 min to bring my child there!! Please parents beware of this place as they could care less about the children they just want money!!!!! I would give them negative stars if I could !!! Absolutely disgusting and horrible!!
Apr 01, 2021
Communication in the building is nonexistent. Good luck getting any forms filled out. If you call about any problem, they say yes until you hang up, and forget about your issue.