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Adoption and Fostering
The Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) is both a broad-based cooperative effort and a centralized information and facilitation service funded and overseen by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.
Kids Waiting to be Adopted
The Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) is both a broad-based cooperative effort and a centralized information and facilitation service funded and overseen by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.
SWAN includes county children and youth agencies, juvenile court judges, foster and adoptive parents, private adoption agencies, the Pennsylvania Adoption Exchange and many others, all working together on behalf of children who need permanent homes. The SWAN program serves children in the custody of county children and youth agencies. The design of the network is to support the work of county agencies in expediting permanency services.
Meet Zymir
You can make a difference in a child’s life.
Meet real kids from Pennsylvania who are waiting for adoption — waiting for someone like you to offer the love, stability, and sense of home every kid deserves.
Meet kids waiting for a loving home
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Learn about becoming a foster parent
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Learn about becoming an adoptive parent
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Meet Tori
You can make a difference in a child’s life.
Meet real kids from Pennsylvania who are waiting for adoption — waiting for someone like you to offer the love, stability, and sense of home every kid deserves.
Meet kids waiting for a loving home
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Learn about becoming a foster parent
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Learn about becoming an adoptive parent
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Meet Jaxon
You can make a difference in a child’s life.
Meet real kids from Pennsylvania who are waiting for adoption — waiting for someone like you to offer the love, stability, and sense of home every kid deserves.
Meet kids waiting for a loving home
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Learn about becoming a foster parent
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Learn about becoming an adoptive parent
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Learn how to become a
Foster Parent
Become a foster parent and provide a safe and loving home to a child in need. Your support can change their life forever.
Start your fostering journey today!
Adoptive Parent
Make a lifelong difference by adopting a child who needs a permanent and loving family. Give them the stability and love they deserve.
Begin your adoption journey now!
Waiting Kids
Become a Foster Parent
Become an Adoptive Parent
SWAN
About the Adoption Process
​Pennsylvania Adoption Information Registry (PAIR)
PA Adoption Exchange
Post Permanency Services
Adoption & Fostering FAQ
Contact SWAN
For more information on the foster care or adoption process or to learn more about a specific waiting child, please contact us.
Call the SWAN Helpline
Call: 1-800-585-7926
Email the SWAN Helpline
Email: swanhelpline@diakon-swan.org
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS), which is in part comprised of the Office of Children, Youth, and Families (OCYF) complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.