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JusticeWorks Community Updates
JusticeWorks’ Adopted! Joins State-wide Adoption Network (SWAN)
In March, JusticeWorks submitted its licensing application for SWAN which has been accepted, assuring our conformance with state regulations for the administration and operations of a children and youth social services agency (3680 regs) and adoption services (3350 regs). Lisa Snyder, Director of Indiana County has been key in the development of this project. Indiana County Children and Youth Services has agreed to contract with JusticeWorks for SWAN programming. We are pleased that Project Star, a division of the Pittsburgh Children’s Institute has agreed to be our mentor in becoming a...
Gettysburg Address: Adams County Chooses JusticeWorks as their Newest Community Provider!
Adams County CYS Director Sue Cohick invited JusticeWorks’ Dan Heit, Dipesh Chauhan and Renee Kresge to present our services to her team and to Juvenile Probation. After due consideration, they have chosen to contract with JusticeWorks for the upcoming fiscal year. We will be providing our full suite of signature services: STOPP®, VIP®, and JustCare®, as well as a Truancy Remediation program and Family Group Decision Making. We are honored to be selected by Adams County to provide care to such a sensitive population. We promise to offer the high standard of care that JusticeWorks is known...
Family Reunification in York County
JusticeWorks began working with the Bates family in August of 2013. The primary concern was substance abuse and subsequently, the children were placed in kinship care. The parents independently registered themselves in a Methadone clinic in Baltimore, Maryland to assist with their sobriety. The Bates struggled to obtain employment and lacked transportation to and from the methadone clinic. JusticeWorks assisted with job searching, transportation and access to community resources for food and utility assistance. Beginning in April 2014, this couple began showing tremendous strides as they...
Making a difference: Megan Bortner of York County
Recently Megan was working with a family involved with Children and Youth. The three year old child was referred for an evaluation at Early Intervention. The evaluator stated that the child did not qualify for services as he presented as a "normal functioning child". Megan advised the evaluator that the child should be re-evaluated as she observed during visitation that he was having difficulty understanding and his speech seemed delayed. They agreed to do the hearing screening and determined that he has "Moderate Hearing Loss" in both ears. “James” then was able to qualify for services...
Evaluating JusticeWorks’ Future: BRIGHT!
Over the past few years, evidence & research-based practices and continuous qualiy improvement have been hot topics in social services. JusticeWorks has been a forerunner in having always been an outcomes driven organization. We have realized though that the playing field has gotten more sophisticated and more is expected. We felt it was imperative to enhance our data collection efforts and make sure our services were being faithful to their models and achieving positive outcomes. Fortunately, we had a Regional Director, Marc Maddy, who had the expertise to assist us in maintaining...
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