In the state of Pennsylvania, approximately 2,500 children who are in the foster care system are seeking permanency with a family. When children who are placed into foster care are not able to be reunited with their birth family, another form of permanency is sought. At times, children remain with their foster family who adopts the child, and other times the child is moved to a new home for the purpose of adoption. As an affiliate of the Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN), COBYS Family Services is part of a network of public and private organizations that share a common goal of providing permanent homes in a timely fashion for Pennsylvania’s foster children.
Children are placed into potentially adoptive homes when they have been placed into foster care and cannot be reunified with their birth family. They are children who are:
For some children who have no identified family resource COBYS works diligently to find a permanent resource through our Child Specific Recruitment program. Please see Waiting Children to learn more about these children. You can also meet additional children waiting to be adopted at www.adoptpakids.org.
Want to take the next step in learning about becoming a foster to adopt family with COBYS? Click the link for a short form to request an Inquiry Packet, a call from a Resource Home Coordinator, and/or to register for an Information Session.
My caseworkers are always responsive to my phone calls and e-mails and have always been helpful. I feel like they trust that I am doing my best for the children.
– COBYS Resource Parents