We change the world, one child at a time.
Welcome to the SWAN Prime Contract
Recent News
-
SWAN Winter Statewide Meeting Featured Tools, Connection
More than 400 members of the network gathered at the Penn Stater Conference Center on January 25th and 26th for valuable training, in-person networking, and a centralized matching event. The SWAN Winter Statewide ...Read More
-
SWAN Program Administrator Judi Damiano Retires
SWAN Program Administrator Judi Damiano has retired after five years overseeing SWAN programs and services and more than twenty years with the SWAN prime contractor. Judi stepped down from her ...Read More
-
Pennsylvania Farm Show Offers Both Reunion and Resources
When Jennifer Casner-Hockenberry, project manager for the Pennsylvania Adoption Exchange (PAE), reflected on the 2023 Pennsylvania Farm Show, her most lasting impression was connecting with both individuals interested in adoption ...Read More
-
PRT Success Celebrated in South Central PA
Permanency Round Table meetings are characterized by an urgent and relentless pursuit of legal permanency with the focus of helping youth find a permanent home. Permanency stakeholders combine optimism, strengths–based ...Read More
-
Youth-Centered Matching Events: Letting Youth Lead
There’s a mantra often spoken by child welfare professionals when recruiting families for youth in foster care. It goes by several phrases such as “give the child a voice” or “honor ...Read More
-
Needle in a Haystack: Finding the Right Family
Older Child Matching Initiative (OCMI) recruiter Mandy Somerville likes to refer to the Barnes/Axon family as the “needle.” In her position, she is assigned youth who need permanency but are ...Read More
-
National Adoption Month: Small Steps Lead to Great Outcomes
-
The Art of Selflessness
We’ve all heard the saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” For Pennsylvania’s children and youth in foster care, these words take on greater significance when it comes to ...Read More