Recent News

• Rates Changes and New Unit of Service Announced at 2021 SWAN Summer Statewide Meeting

  By Fawn Davies, Communications Director

  In her opening remarks to the network at the 2021 SWAN Summer Statewide Meeting, Carrie Keiser, Director, Division of Programs, Office of Children, ...Read More
  

• A Dream Come True

  By Rebecca Nallon, Program Technical Assistant

  Adoptee Dalton Bacco’s dream to provide children in foster care with opportunities to spend valuable time with caring individuals was brought to ...Read More
  

• SWAN Legal Training Team Continues Virtual Presentations Through Fall

  By Alyssa Holstay, Esq. and Shawn Sangster, Esq., SWAN Legal Training Specialists 

  SWAN’s team of legal training specialists (LTS) has spent the past year converting and fine-tuning presentations, adapting from ...Read More
  

• 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