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Currently, we are working hard to find an Adoptive “Forever Family” for a young teenager in our care named Tyler.
Tyler is an active, sweet-natured, happy child who loves the outdoors, helping around the home, going to school — and most of all, loves going to church.
He has a huge heart and very much wants to be part of a loving family.
If you and your family are open to learning more about Tyler, please call Heather Wood, our Resource Family Caseworker, at (570) 326 - 7895.
We hope you are staying safe and feeling healthy.
As our community continues to follow the guidelines set forth by Governor Wolf and recommendations from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, we want to share resources and information to help children and families during this challenging time.
These links discuss ways to talk with children about COVID-19 and how to support families during these uncertain times.
The National Association of School Psychologists and National Association of School Nurses have created guidelines for parents and caregivers to help children understand, adapt and cope with changes caused the by the coronavirus pandemic.
“Herring was known by everyone in Johnson County, Iowa for never turning away a child, no matter their age, gender, or special needs, and would regularly travel to pick up foster children who needed a home.
When it comes to Herring's inspiration to foster children, she had one explanation: love.”
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/11/us/iowa-woman-fostered-600-children-trnd/index.html
This is the first full week of the new year and new decade.
Our resolution:
To find every child who enters our care a safe and loving home.
Will you resolve to help us?
We have seen the positive impact when neighbors, friends, relatives, and community members stay involved with the family and the child(ren) who need our care. That’s why we’re looking for caring, strong, kind and stable adults or parents living in Lycoming County to be difference-makers and foster a child.
When you partner with Lycoming Foster Care, you are helping children from our own community.
Learn more about our programs, the benefits of fostering a child and the support we provide our foster and adoptive families.
Call us today at (570) 326 - 7895.
November is National Adoption month, a month set aside to raise awareness about the urgent need for adoptive families for children and youth in foster care.
According to Children’s Bureau, An Office of the Administration for Children and Families, the history of National Adoption Month dates back to 1976 when Massachusetts Governor Mike Dukakis announced the first Adoption Week. Governor Dukakis's idea grew in popularity and quickly spread nationwide. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Adoption Week, and in 1995, under President Bill Clinton, the week was expanded to the entire month of November.
This year, the Children's Bureau's National Adoption Month initiative—including its National Adoption Recruitment Campaign—focuses on the thousands of teenagers and young adults in foster care who still need a loving, permanent family and a place to call home. The number of children and youth in foster care continues to rise, reaching nearly 442,995 in September 2017. We also see an increase in the number of children waiting to be adopted. On September 30, 2017, the number of children and youth waiting for adoption was over 123,000. Of those children, 13,451 (11 percent) were between the ages of 15 and 17. Securing permanent connections for these young people—along with ensuring they have a broad safety net of supportive adults in their life—remains critically important and deserves our unwavering commitment.
For youth in foster care, adoption means that they belong and can feel connected to a family who will support them no matter what. This year's National Adoption Month campaign focuses on finding adoptive families for older youth and highlights the importance of empowering the voice of young people in conversations about permanency, planning for their future, and the value of relationships. Youth have ideas about what they want and need for their life and likely have questions and concerns they must discuss in order to move forward. As you pursue permanency for older youth, provide young people an opportunity to consider their permanency options and offer input about their case plan. I encourage you to explore the resources and tools on the National Adoption Month website and consider ways you and your agency can create new opportunities for youth to be engaged in their own case planning as a means of preparing them for permanency. This may include, for example, helping youth process and begin to resolve feelings of grief and loss, identifying what information they are comfortable sharing with prospective families, and discussing with them what family means.
I hope you will join us in celebrating National Adoption Month this November and consider ways you can support young people in considering permanency options and helping them understand what family means.
For more information, please visit www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/nam/
Lycoming Foster Care Is Proud To Support Dwell Orphan Care
Lycoming Foster Care is so happy to be able to support Dwell Orphan Care as a new community organization for foster and adoptive parents. Dwell is working to offer services to our foster children and families that are not available through any other local organization.
Dwell is currently offering support groups for foster and adoptive mothers, with plans to expand to fathers. This gives current foster parents who may be struggling with the foster care process or with a child’s behavior the opportunity to see that other families have worked through similar experiences. On a regular basis we receive phone calls for support from families, past and present. Dwell’s support groups will meet a much needed void in our current foster care system. The ability to have a support system of other foster and adoptive parents will provide many benefits to families and children. We are firm believers that people learn best from others who have walked in their shoes. Support from other foster and adoptive parents is the key to successful foster and adoptive placements.
We are impressed with the commitment that Dwell has to the children and families in our community. It is clear the organization has a passion for helping children in the foster care system as well as supporting their families. We are grateful for the opportunity Dwell is presenting to our foster families and past adoptive families as well as to the children in foster care in Lycoming County.
We look forward to partnering with Dwell Orphan Care to develop a strong community support system.
SUPPORT DWELL ORPHAN CARE’S “MILES FOR MINUS 1” — 5K RUN / WALK — SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19TH AT 9AM
Whether you're a seasoned runner, looking to take part in your first 5K or you want to grab your friends and family for a 5K Walk, join Dwell Orphan Care for a morning of inspiration.
Come on out and join them for their first annual Dwell Orphan Care family 5K Walk/Run. They have named this "Miles for Minus 1" because their efforts at Dwell Orphan Care focus on having 1 less orphan in the world, 1 less child in foster care, 1 less teen aging out, 1 less foster family feeling unsupported and alone.
Funds raised from this event will go towards helping Dwell Orphan Care support their mission of supporting local foster and adoptive families so that children have a safe, loving, forever home in which to dwell!
FEES:
Race Day Registration: $30
RACE DAY REGISTRATION: 7:30AM
RACE BEGINS: 9:00AM
REGISTER HERE:
https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/SouthWilliamsport/MilesForMinus1DwellOrphanCare5k?fbclid=IwAR2bu0LAasMktIj_iSc3P6_N52K9ODhtP1f4MbJLP8VxD9fGc6TRVpfBxpo
ABOUT DWELL ORPHAN CARE
www.dwellorphancare.org
