Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley
"...working with children, individuals, families and communities to achieve their potential."
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Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley "...working with children, individuals, families and communities to achieve their potential." |
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*If a banner is popping up indicating that active content is being blocked, please click on the banner and allow the blocked content to run. This will allow you to view the link to Babel Fish at the bottom of this page to translate this page to another language. THERE ARE NO POP UPS ON THIS SITE.* About Us Highlights in history of the Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley1895 Charity Society Organization (CSO) founded to bring order into the chaotic field of charitable relief. 1896 Luzerne Humane Society merged with the CSO adding care of children and animals to its charitable relief work. Improving the standards of the care provided to children became a major focus of the agency’s mission with the agency providing temporary housing under its own roof until suitable placements could be found. The agency also housed women and children who were awaiting trial. 1897 CSO name changed to United Charities (UC). 1921 The agency’s role was shifting from “emergency relief” to “family rehabilitation.” Up until this time, donations and bequests were the sole source of UC’s funding. The agency Board in collaboration with other community leaders formulated the “Community Welfare Federation” charged with “the raising and administration of funds along the most economical, practical and far-seeing lines.” The Board also began to focus on the need to hire professionally trained staff to carry out the casework. The agency was reorganized, and a child welfare department was formed, focused on placement of children in good homes in the community, as well as a family service department. The Community Welfare Federation, the Juvenile Court, and the Poor Board along with occasional donations from individuals became the source of funding. 1923 At or about this time, UC’s work shifted to casework, and facilitation of child placements. 1929 The Board began considering separation of the Child Welfare Department from the Family Services Department. Early 1930’s The County and the State assumed the major responsibility for the maintenance of relief, and the agency moved more strongly to social casework and family casework. “… freeing the private family agency to develop its services in dealing with problems of personal and social adjustment.” Mid- 1930’s Between then and 1938, the Child Welfare League of America, funded through the Martha Bennett Estate, conducted a study of United Charities’ Child Welfare Department. 1938 As a result of that study, the United Charities’ Child Welfare Department and the Children’s Home joined their operations to form the present day Children’s Service Center. 1939? The Welfare Federation established a Study Committee “to consider the operations of the member agencies with a view of making sure that the maximum value of community service is being obtained from the funds expended and to confer with the agencies as to organization and methods which would assist in this objective.” That Study Committee reviewed a proposed merger between the Children’s Service Center and the United Charities. 1941 The agency changed its name to Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley. 1952 Wyoming Valley Community Chest, “increasingly concerned about the limited funds available for its various community services” … “considered the possibility of a merger of the two of them (the family agencies in Wilkes-Barre: FSA and JWA)” … “its (the study of JWA) findings did not point to the desirability of a merger with FSA at that time.” 1956 Visiting Nurse Association and Charities of Nanticoke, merged with FSAWV. 1961 Family Service Association of Pittston, established in 1917, merged with FSAWV. 1961 Trustees established to hold real property to support mission and activities of FSAWV. 1972 Help Line service initiated. 1994 FSAWV awarded County RFP to establish Guardianship Service for Aging clients, and MH/MR clients. 1995 FSAWV awarded State Department of Health contract for Special Kids Network. 1996 Help Line moves to Trion Industries offices. 1996-7 FSAWV discusses organizational structure changes with Domestic Violence Service Center, Wyoming Valley Drug and Alcohol, and Catholic Social Services. 1998 FSAWV awarded Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and Children’s Trust Fund Grants to initiate FAST programs, begins move toward expansion of prevention services. 2003 State budget crisis results in return of Help Line to 31 West Market Street. 2005 Agency is reaccredited through the Council on Accreditation. FSAWV building undergoes renovations, including new facade and filling in the second floor for more office space.
The following is a list of Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley's memberships and affiliations: Alliance for Children and Families The Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services has recognized Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley as a service provider and practitioner meeting COA’s national standards of practice. To learn more about the accreditation process and standards of practice, visit www.coanet.org.
The following public and private organizations provide funding for agency services: United Way of Wyoming Valley
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