Children's Services Division - ECDSS

Appletree Business Park 2875 Union Road, Suite 356 Cheektowaga, NY 14227 www2.erie.gov/socialservices/index.php?q=childrens-services
Nancy Young, Secretary for the Director
716-858-6817

Fax
716-858-1501

Primary Services
Adoption Services, Child Abuse Prevention, Family Preservation Programs, Foster Home Placement, Foster Homes for Dependent Children

Description
Collaborates with community agencies and service providers to support families based on their cultural and individual strengths and needs to provide preventive and foster care services. Provides child welfare program, adoption services, preventive services, and foster care resulting from voluntary or court placement.

Preventive services are supports and assistance to help a family learn skills (such as coping skills, parenting skills, budgeting skills, anger management, etc.) that will prevent a child from being abused and therefore removed from the home.

Hours
Monday-Friday, 9am-4:30pm.

Eligibility
Children residing in Erie County and their families.

Intake Process
Call.

Program Fees
Free for most services.

Date of Official Change
Feb 26, 2021