Events

2025 SWAN/IL Winter Statewide Matching Reception

Dates

• Wednesday, January 29th, 2025 5:30 p.m. – Wednesday, January 29th, 2025 7:30 p.m.

Location

The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center

215 Innovation Boulevard
State College, Pennsylvania 16803

Event Phone

No Phone Number Available

Description

The Department of Human Services, Office of Children, Youth and Families, Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) and Independent Living Services (IL) will sponsor a Matching Reception. The Matching Reception is a great way to introduce prospective and approved adoptive families to county caseworkers and affiliate workers conducting child-specific recruitment. It’s a prime opportunity to showcase children directly to families and the agencies representing them.

For affiliates: The agency table registration deadline is January 17, 2025. Table space is limited. Walk-in table registrations will not be accepted. You must provide a valid email address to receive confirmation of your registration. If you do not receive a confirmation, your table is not reserved. Please contact the Pennsylvania Adoption Exchange (PAE) with table registration questions at pae@diakon-swan.org.

Affiliates, click here to reserve a matching table.

For approved families: The purpose of a matching reception is to allow prospective adoptive families to meet and interact with the professionals who work directly with Pennsylvania’s children in need of permanency. Families can learn more about the children in Pennsylvania by viewing photos, posters, and multimedia presentations and talking directly to their workers.

Before attending the event, discuss with your worker any changes that may be needed to the special needs or characteristics sections in your Resource Family Application Registration/Update Form (CY131) and any changes to waiting child characteristics you may consider for your family.

We encourage pre-registration by January 22; however, walk-in registrations are welcome. On-site registration, check-in, and refreshments will be available at 5:00 pm on January 29, 2025.

To access frequently asked questions, please view our Guide for Families.

 Helpline staff members are available from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday through Friday to share information about the reception and upcoming events, answer questions about adoption, and support you as needed. You can reach the SWAN Helpline at (800) 585-7926 or by email at swanhelpline@diakon-swan.org.

 Families, click here to register to attend the matching reception.

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