Here are just some of the ways Chester County’s Children Inc. was able to assist Children, Youth & Families to support children in care in the past few years:
- Purchased beds and bedding materials for children who were sharing a cot because the family could not afford beds
- Assistance with rent in order to keep a child from needing to be in foster placement if the family is evicted for non-payment of rent
- Assistance with the purchase of heating oil to enable a child to stay with a family member
- Little teddy bears given to each adopted child in care on National Adoption Day
- Assistance with co-pays for therapy or psychological care
- Grocery store gift cards for families undergoing short-term financial issues or for family members called upon to shelter children for a time until more permanent placement is made
- Department store gift cards for children’s clothing when there is no money for them
- Funds for a social worker to take a child out to lunch on the anniversary of the death of a loved one
- Birthday gift for a child who recently lost her mother or a child who has demonstrated major improvement in school
- Purchase of storage bins for clothing for a family unable to purchase dressers or other storage
- Purchase of clothing for a family whose home was lost in a fire
- Purchase of box fans to cool a trailer where a family is living with children who have significant medical issues
- Treatment of a home for a significant lice infestation resulting in children being excluded from school
- Purchase of train or bus tickets for family members to attend medical, psychological or family services appointments
- Purchase of cooking utensils, food, etc for a family reunited with their children after they were in placement for a year
- Funds to pay for a cosmetology program for a high school child and school supplies for a sibling