Family Care for Children & Youth is a private, nonprofit social service agency providing children of all ages with specialized, community-based foster care services. Programs provided by FCCY’s six Pennsylvania locations include Family-Based Services, Family Reunification/Family-Based Services, Kinship Care/Family-Based Services, Kinship Care Home Studies, Adoption Services, Independent Living, Emergency Shelter, and Respite Care.

Family Care for Children & Youth Mission

“The mission of Family Care for Children & Youth, Inc. is to be the best social service agency committed to providing an excellent standard of care and culturally competent services while communicating compassion, empathy, and hope for the future. We create a need-fulfilling environment leading clients to effective, responsible choices and the development of positive relationships in their lives.”

For more details on FCCY programs or for information on becoming a foster parent, call (570) 522-9790 or visit them at Family Care for Children & Youth, Inc.

After two decades handling bankruptcies, Taves says this case is a uniquely emotional one. The creditors — a group that includes the estimated 400 would-be adoptive families — kept the adoptions, not money, a priority.

“They’re really committed to helping children around the world. There’s some families in Canada that would like to give (those children) the love they need.”

Some other creditors also pledged to forgive their debts to allow the agency to start again under different leadership.

There was reportedly no sign at yesterday’s meeting of Susan Hayhow, Imagine’s executive director. She had been in Ethiopia, where the agency operates, when the bankruptcy became public July 13, but has returned home.

Questions about several expenses, such as two luxury vehicle leases and some rental properties, were raised by two of the agency’s board members before the bankruptcy filing. They also brought their concerns to Waterloo Regional police, whose fraud squad has launched a criminal investigation.

For many families, the emotional process of international adoption has cost many years and as much as $20,000.

For more information, visit Adoption Guide and Tips

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SCRIPTURE:
The Lord bless you and keep you.
NUMBERS 6:24 ICB
Scripture taken from the International Children’s Bible 1986. Used by permission.

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With rules and protocol on international adoptions shifting, a talk this week in Des Plaines will help those contemplating adoption.

Eat pizza, fight cancer; learn about adoption at library; Kotowski, Quinn host meeting

The last time The Herald wrote about David and Koral Yarian, in 1985, the husband and wife were still getting used to being the adoptive parents of Korean-born sisters Emily, almost 5, and Sara, 1. Twenty-three years later, the memories of welcoming the girls home to the United States are just as strong as the day they first met.

Colony Veterinary Hospital serves as Enterprise’s city pound and a number of dogs – small and large – kittens and large cats are available for adoption.

Alicia Keys admires Angelina Jolie for her decision to adopt children from around the world.

LANSING — The “Find a New Best Friend” Pet Adoption Fest will be held on Sunday, June 29, from noon to 3 p.m. at Best Friends Pet Care, 2920 W. Airport Service Drive in Lansing.

Today is Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States in 1777 by the Second Continental Congress.