716-708-6161
Fax
716-720-9330
Toll Free
877-674-4237
Primary Services
Adoption Services, Foster Home Placement, Foster Homes for Dependent Children, Foster Parent/Family Recruitment, Therapeutic Foster Homes
Description
Provides seamless services for foster families and adoptive families of children 0-21 years old, including initial training, certification for foster parents, on-going training, permanency planning, therapeutic support, and weekly face-to-face contact for guidance and support. Resources are offered to assist in the transition of a child entering the foster family's home, both pre and post adoption.
Additional services are provided by on-staff drivers/transporters, skills builders, and nurses who provide support for all children placed in care and their foster families, specializing in care for medically fragile and high risk children. Staff have experience in the foster care system and/or as foster parents themselves, and are aware of the supports needed to succeed.
The following additional services are provided for foster and adoptive families being served by GA Family Services:
- Post-Adoption Services through OCFS-funded program
- Regional Permanency Center for all families with at least one adoptive or guardianship child in the home
- Children's Health Home services for qualifying youth ages 0-21
- Year-round after-school program for Chautauqua County
- Accountability & Responsibility Program for youth ages 13-21
- Family Time Visitation Program for Chautauqua County youth and families to have meaningful time together in the home and community
- Pathways Supervised Visitation Program, which provides a safe environment for supervised visits with a court order in Erie County
Additional services are provided by on-staff drivers/transporters, skills builders, and nurses who provide support for all children placed in care and their foster families, specializing in care for medically fragile and high risk children. Staff have experience in the foster care system and/or as foster parents themselves, and are aware of the supports needed to succeed.
The following additional services are provided for foster and adoptive families being served by GA Family Services:
- Post-Adoption Services through OCFS-funded program
- Regional Permanency Center for all families with at least one adoptive or guardianship child in the home
- Children's Health Home services for qualifying youth ages 0-21
- Year-round after-school program for Chautauqua County
- Accountability & Responsibility Program for youth ages 13-21
- Family Time Visitation Program for Chautauqua County youth and families to have meaningful time together in the home and community
- Pathways Supervised Visitation Program, which provides a safe environment for supervised visits with a court order in Erie County
Hours
Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm.
Eligibility
Foster families and adoptive families. Must be 21 years old to be a foster parent.
Service Area: WNY.
Service Area: WNY.
Intake Process
Call for details.
Program Fees
Call for details. Only the Pathways Program has a fee.
Languages
Interpreter services can be obtained upon request.
Handicap Accessible?
Yes
Date of Official Change
Sep 07, 2023
Contacts
Ericka Garcia (Primary)
Executive Director
egarcia@lutheran-jamestown.org