Pennsylvania Adoption Exchange

We Believe..

Every child with a goal of adoption deserves a permanent family
County agencies must be supported to prioritize and provide adoption services
Delays in achieving permanency must not be due to race, culture, age, geography, level of ability or case priority level
Permanent families must be recruited for every waiting child
Adoptive families must be supported to remain intact as children grow into adulthood

The Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) is a partnership among the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), the Pennsylvania Adoption Exchange, public and private adoption agencies, organizations, advocates, judges, the legal community, and foster and adoptive parents. The network is administered by DPW through a prime contractor. As the mission statement reflects, the purpose is to build a better collaborative adoption process in Pennsylvania.

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. The children featured in the Photo Album are some of our children waiting to be adopted.

Pennsylvania's prime contractor assigns county requests for adoption services to affiliate agencies for completion. Adoption services include:

Family Profiles
Child Profiles
Child-Specific Recruitment
Child Preparation
Placement
Adoption Finalization
Post Permanency Services

The SWAN Helpline assists families interested in adoption. Call 800-585-SWAN.

Edward G. Rendell, Governor
Estelle B. Richman, Secretary
DPW Budget Information
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