Recent News

• SWAN Mini-grant Funds Creative Virtual Events

  As a team with primarily social work or counseling backgrounds, technology can sometimes pose a learning curve; however, at The Children’s Home & Lemieux Family Center, we are lucky that ...Read More
  

• Attendance Rates Increase, Connections Maintained through Virtual Events

  It’s been nearly one year since the COVID-19 pandemic brought in-person gatherings to an abrupt halt causing the network to shift standard events and meetings to a virtual format. While ...Read More
  

• Bethany Christian Services Keeps Parents Connected During Pandemic

  2020’s pandemic challenges have made way for creative solutions to keep agencies, children and parents connected. One example of pandemic-inspired innovation is Bethany Christian Services’ move to virtual support groups, ...Read More
  

• Coming in February: Second Virtual Statewide Child Preparation Activity Swap

  Building on the success of last year’s first virtual Child Preparation Activity Swap, a second event is planned for February. The activity swap facilitates the exchange of ideas about child ...Read More
  

• PAE Adapts Virtual “Waiting Child” Tapings

  The nationwide COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us that change is constant, but change can also be a catalyst for learning and improvement. Since March 2020, the Pennsylvania Adoption Exchange ...Read More
  

• “Permanency is Not on Hold”: Creative Solutions for Matching During COVID-19

  Social distancing guidelines may have temporarily altered how Pennsylvania is conducting adoptions in 2020, but it has not slowed the progress of the Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN). Matching ...Read More
  

• Youth, Caseworkers Promote PRTs at IL Retreat

  The merits of the Casey Family Permanency Roundtable (PRT) process were on full display at the 2020 Older Youth Retreat, held August 10-14. “Everyone works together to help you, make ...Read More
  

• SWAN/IL Summer Statewide Meeting Generates Socially-Distant Engagement

  For the first time, the SWAN/IL Summer Statewide Meeting went virtual. To ensure safety due to COVID-19, over 800 people from across the network participated in the meeting via Zoom, ...Read More