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• Call for Award Nominations

  Do you know someone who does great things for children in the child welfare system? Do you know an exceptional adoptive, formal kinship care or permanent legal custodianship family? Say ...Read More
  

• Now Accepting 2025 Permanency Conference Family Scholarship Applications

  The 33rd Annual Pennsylvania Permanency Conference will be held June 18-20, 2025, at the Kalahari Resorts and Conventions in Pocono Manor, PA. The Permanency Conference is sponsored by the Department ...Read More
  

• The Right Match Was Out There

  Nearly a year ago, Jason Moots and Jared Dahlgren grew their family through adoption. They both agree their journey to adoption was full of emotional highs and lows and credit their ...Read More
  

• SWAN Portal Version 3.0 Launched

  In early 2020, SWAN IT Manager John Coutts and SWAN Contracts Administrator Lisa Stum met with a handful of affiliates and County Children and Youth agencies to discuss the SWAN ...Read More
  

• 2024 LSI County Partner Survey Results

  The SWAN prime contractor’s Research and Quality Assurance (RQA) Division successfully deployed the 2024 SWAN LSI County Partner Survey in April 2024 to a diverse group of county staff and ...Read More
  

• Permanency Pro Strikes a Chord of Kindness, Humor and Skill

  David has spent most of his career working in the permanency unit and is one of the most genuine, thorough, and kind people one could have the privilege to know. ...Read More
  

• SSW Presenter Calls for Youth-Led Culture of Care

  When Chauncey Strong, MSW took the stage at the opening of the 2024 SWAN/IL Summer Statewide Meeting, he issued a challenge to everyone in the room. “Whatever you believe will be right,” ...Read More
  

• Permanency Conference is an Annual Dose of Encouragement

  The 32^nd Annual Pennsylvania Permanency Conference at the Kalahari Conference Center was the place to be June 19-21, 2024 if you are in any way connected to child welfare and permanency. ...Read More