This agency is aware of how big of a life change this is for potential foster families and the young person who needs assistance.
LifeSpan Family Services is a non-profit, faith-based foster care and adoption agency committed to providing excellent care and culturally competent services to children in need. As a nonprofit corporation, LifeSpan Family Services offers child placement services to the youth in DuBois, PA, and throughout western and southern Pennsylvania. Using the proper channels, this agency is committed to the children who come through their doors and finding them welcoming homes, whether temporary or permanent.If you’re interested in fostering youth, this team will walk you through the foster care process and ensure you’re fully prepared to welcome a new level of responsibility into your home. There are extensive requirements, training, and preparation processes to become a foster parent, and LifeSpan Family Services will do what it takes to help you achieve the goal of fostering youth. For those who are looking to adopt, the process can be made easier by working with this agency. Their team will help ensure you meet requirements, have completed necessary preparation, and have access to post-permanency services. You and your caseworker share the same goal of helping displaced youth find a safe, permanent home. This social service agency provides a warm environment and excellent care. To connect with a specialist at LifeSpan Family Services, call (814) 375-1314 today. You can also visit their website to learn more about what they have to offer and how you can help.
05/23/2023
Western PA friends of LifeSpan, your assistance is greatly needed! We need help getting the word out that we need foster parents!
We have access to a large amount of fliers that can be put on community and church bulletin boards, local businesses and even in break rooms at workplaces.
Can you post below (or send us a message), if you know of a location near you, in Pennsylvania, where we could post a flier? Or do you want some sent to you to help us hang them up?
09/13/2022
Did you see our new LifeSpan employee, Telina, at the Washington Wild Things game on Sunday? She will be out and about the region this fall, be sure to say hello!
We are in desperate need of foster homes throughout Southwestern PA, please reach out by calling 724-498-4961 or sending an email to info@lifespanfamilyservices.com.
02/18/2022
If a child is in immediate need of a safe place to stay, we can provide short-term placement for them with a foster family. Emergency placement is offered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, as needed.
02/14/2022
Want to help your recently adopted child that's getting ready to start at a new school 📚 feel more comfortable? Make sure you set up a time for them to tour the school.
02/08/2022
LFS is committed to providing quality foster care, adoption, and birth mother services.
02/07/2022
Becoming a foster parent can be a stressful process. We’re here to ease that stress! Here's how we can help 👉 https://bit.ly/309TjnS
02/05/2022
In order to become a foster parent, we require that you complete 20 hours of training. Part of the training includes fire safety, first aid, CPR and viewing a wide variety of videos pertaining to foster parenting.
02/03/2022
Establish a sleep schedule for your recently adopted child, especially on school nights. Having an organized sleep routine will give them a sense of security and comfort.
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LifeSpan Family Services is a Foster Care and Adoption agency head quartered in Punxsutawney. We were founded by our executive director Patrick Shea over 9 years ago with 3 locations servicing most of the counties in Pennsylvania. As of February 2018, we have opened our latest office in New Stanton on Stan Ave (next to Norwin Messenger Service). As a foster parent himself for many years, Patrick was aware of the shortage of local homes. Lifespan’s focus is to recruit foster parents in Pennsylvania’s rural and suburban areas. Unfortunately, these areas have been underserved in the past and children often had to be placed many hours away from their home county.
When a child is placed into foster care, the primary goal is to reunite the child with their family of origin whenever possible. Keeping foster children close to their family is a vital part of the reunification process. With local foster homes, children can maintain their home school districts and peer relationships. Often, visitation is much easier when travel times between the parents and children are minimized as much as possible. Travel times and mileage incurred by workers are also greatly reduced when children are placed locally. Therefore, local placements put less strain on already stretched county and state budgets. School districts are also able to maintain their enrollment and the funding for those students.
Until recently, many foster children were placed many hours away due to this shortage. LifeSpan seeks to help remedy this situation by building a network of compassionate and reliable foster parents throughout our area. Becoming a foster parent might not be as hard as you think. Foster parents don’t have to be perfect, they just have to be safe, appropriate and willing to open their hearts and homes to a child in need. Foster parents are supposed to be a cross section of the community. They can be single, married or retired. School age children are a good fit for homes where both parents work. LifeSpan provides excellent training, support and a generous stipend.
We would love the opportunity to discuss our non-profit organization further with local businesses, social groups, community clubs, churches, etc. or if you want to become a foster family, call 724-498-4961 or email Info@LifeSpanFamilyServices.com. YOU CAN make a difference in a child’s life!
