Provides seamless services for foster families and adoptive families of children 0-21 years old, including initial training, certification for foster parents, ongoing training, permanency planning, therapeutic support, residential care, and weekly face-to-face contact for guidance and support. Resources are offered to assist in the transition of a child entering the foster family's home, both pre- and post adoption. Additional services provided by on-staff driver/transporter, skills builder, and nurse, who provides support for all children placed in care and their foster families, specializing in care for medically fragile and high risk children. Staff have experience in the foster care system and/or as foster parents themselves, and are aware of the supports needed to succeed.

Recruits and evaluates individuals and couples who want to be foster or adoptive parents for children who are unable to return to their families. Also provides, for birth parents, siblings, individuals or couples who adopt, home studies, post-placement supervision, educational workshops, support groups and counseling.

Assists in finding children an adoptive or foster home placement. Also works with families who want to adopt or become foster parents.

Recruits, trains, and supports foster parents, including those providing therapeutic foster care. - Works with kinship homes, traditional two parent homes, single parent homes, same-sex couples, and racially diverse homes. - Offers 24-hour emergency support. - Offers monitored visitation with birth family. - Offers support from Licensed Social Worker and Mental Health professionals as well as case managers. - Offers support groups and training to Foster Parents as well as respite (babysitting) if needed and assistance in all areas of care. - Provides psychiatric services when needed. - Practices "Normative Culture" which is based on all team members (foster families included) valuing and exhibiting four norms: Respect, Responsibility, Goal Directed Behaviors, and Safety (both emotional and physical). - Provides practice and training in trauma informed and trauma sensitive environments and approaches.

Provides foster care and adoption services for children referred by Erie County DSS. Provides safe temporary family care for children who must be removed from their home because of abuse and neglect. Provides services to parents to help them acquire the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to parent their children safely and reunite their family. When this is not possible, the program provides safe and permanent homes for children through adoption. Also recruits, screens, trains, and supports foster and adoptive parents.

The Resource Parenting Program certifies individuals, couples, and families who are interested in providing a temporary foster home, adoptive home, or both to children in need. Participants in the program are afforded the opportunity to learn about the many aspects of foster and/or adoptive care and to have a certified adoption home study completed at no cost.

* Provides foster care services. Temporary placement for children at-risk. Foster parent recruitment. Foster parent training and certification. * Offers adoption services. Certification of prospective adoptive families. Places children in DSS foster care with adoptive families.

Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families, and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.

Provide support and guidance for people who have adopted a child, or would like to adopt. Places and monitors children who are in need of alternative living arrangements with private family homes that are licensed to provide foster care. Offers training for families who wish to offer foster care services in their homes.

Provides a residential placement program for hard-to-place youth who cannot stay at home but do not do well in group settings. Placements partner at-risk youth with highly trained foster parents and a team of clinical professionals. Offers 24/7 support for foster parents, assistance with organizing childcare and after-school services, and foster parent support groups.

Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families, and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.

Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families, and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.

* Facilitates foster care services in Monroe County through various specialized units, including foster care intake, child protective management, youth opportunity, residential services, and adoption and homefinding.

Responsible for comprehensive services to foster children, adoptees, biological parents, foster, and adoptive parents.

Provides training to individuals interested in applying for certification as foster and adoptive parents to prepare to either adopt or foster children that are in the custody of the Commissioner. Places and monitors children that have been placed outside the birth family in licensed foster care homes. Responsible for strengthening and preserving families and ensuring the protection and permanency for children. Placement of children into foster homes occurs in situations of neglect and/or abuse or if the child has been adjucated as a Juvenile Delinquent (JD). Placement only occurs when no other alternatives are possible. The Children and Family Services (FS) collaborates with all DSS divisions, community and state agencies to ensure that children are safe and that families are independent.

Provide support and guidance for people who have adopted a child, or would like to adopt. Places and monitors children who are in need of alternative living arrangements with private family homes that are licensed to provide foster care. Offers training for families who wish to offer foster care services in their homes.

Provides local alternative for counties needing to place children at a higher level of care that a county-level foster home can provide. Therapeutic foster homes specialize in the care of children with psychologically, social, emotional and behavioral health care needs who can respond in close relationships within a family setting and whose special needs require more intense or therapeutic services. Also recruits and trains individuals and families to act as foster parents to children in need of out of home care.

Provides support and guidance for people who have adopted a child, or would like to adopt. Places and monitors children who are in need of alternative living arrangements with private family homes that are licensed to provide foster care. Offers training for families who wish to offer foster care services in their homes.

Places children who are currently in the custody of the Commissioner of Social Services into family foster homes, group homes, or licensed child care institutions and provides for room and board, clothing, medical care and other special needs.

Maintains foster care placement and foster homes. Also recruits, trains, and certifies foster parents.

Provides home study and foster parent certification services for families wishing to be foster parents (that can lead to permanent adoption in some situations) to children who are in the Cardinal McCloskey foster care programs.

Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families, and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.

Assists children who are unable to live with their birth parents or relatives, or might otherwise be in residential placements. Provides training and support for individuals for individuals interested in caring for a foster child.