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