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Foster Parents
A Lehigh
Valley Families Together staff team works with you and
with each child placed in your home. We offer training
and interaction with other foster parents to provide you
with all of the information necessary to assist the
children. We provide 24-hour on-call service.
Foster parents are paid a daily reimbursement for each
child placed in your home. Health insurance covering
children’s medical, dental, vision, and therapy expenses
as well as most prescriptions is provided.
Finally, as a LVFT foster parent, you will experience
one of the most rewarding jobs you’ll ever have.
Providing care, nurturing and supervision for children
who need it can make a difference in a child’s life.
To receive
an information packet or learn more about LVFT’s Family
Resource (fostering) Care Program, call 610-432-9420. Or
click here
to contact us by email.
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Referring Agencies
Lehigh
Valley Families Together is focused on the belief that
the intact natural family is the best and first option
for children, whenever possible. Our view is that
kinship care or foster care should be simply a
pass-through and very temporary situation while we work
with the family to help them do whatever is necessary to
gain the return of their child/children. This allows us
to have a family preservation focus whether or not the
children are currently with their families.
LVFT provides a full range of case management,
counseling, foster care, education, and
community-linking activities. Our clients are families
who are experiencing problems and are at-risk of having
their children removed from their home, as well as
families whose children have already been placed but are
returning home. Our services are provided by family
worker teams. The team works together with each family
on their caseload, conducting in-home contacts, phone
contacts and case management activities. We maintain
creative, flexible responses to client needs by
developing or adjusting programs whenever possible.
LVFT maintains a close working relationship with our
referral agencies, attending meetings with referring
agency staff to review the plan and progress of each
client family. Timely reports are provided. Court
testimony is a regular part of our services. Each team
is supported by experienced supervisors who provide
guidance and problem solving on a regular basis.
We establish and maintain respectful, synergistic
partnerships with other entities in the community. Our
business practices are driven by the best interests of
the clients we serve – both families and referring
agencies. All services are provided without regard to
race, color, religious creed, disability, ancestry,
national origin, age or sex. |
