Children, Youth & Family Services

Children, Youth & Family Services

Paula M. McClure, Administrator
310 South Jefferson Street
Kittanning, PA 16201

Phone: 724-548-3466
Emergency-After Hours Phone: 724-543-6509

Toll-free Harrisburg-based Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-932-0313
Fax: 724-548-3279

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Armstrong County Children, Youth and Family Services is the public child welfare agency serving the residents of the County. The program is administered by County government and supervised by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services' Office of Children, Youth and Families.

Armstrong County Children, Youth and Family Services complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

• Information and referral regarding the various social service programs available to meet
families' needs
• General protective services are offered to children at risk of minor or moderate neglect,
school truant youth and youth who are ungovernable
• Child protective services are provided to children who are suspected or confirmed victim
of child abuse or serious physical neglect
• Child placement services are offered to children who for one or more reasons cannot safely
remain in their own homes. Placement options include foster family care, group homes in the
community and residential treatment
• In addition an array of other family support services is also offered including family preservation
services, family group decision making, parent education and training inndependent living skills
for youth.

Mission Statement

"Helping Parents Keep Children Safe Since 1953"

Armstrong County Children, Youth and Family Services, as your public child welfare agency, is dedicated to serving its foremost mission which is to protect children from abuse, neglect or exploitation. This duty is performed conscious of two central beliefs:

•Children need permanency in their family relationships in order to develop into healthy

productive adults
•Parents should be the primary caretakers of their own children.

Armstrong County CYF Services makes every effort to support families by acknowledging the significance of these two principles in its daily casework activities with families. Agency staff is committed to:

•Strengthening and maintaining the integrity of client families
•Preventing family dissolution and the need for out-of-home placement of children,

whether in foster, group or institutional care
•In the event out-of-home placement is required, mobilizing reunification resources so that

children may be returned home as soon as is safely possible
•Assuring permanent, stable homes for children by promoting the adoption of those children

for whom intense efforts at reunification have failed.
•Reducing the dependency of families on social services by promoting family self-sufficiency

All it takes is one person to change the life of another.

That’s what we try to do every day at Armstrong County Children, Youth and Family Services. We are a passionate team of family advocates representing different cultures, backgrounds and experiences, with one goal: To Be the One for families and children in need.
We’re looking for those who want to build their futures by changing lives. Those who want to make a difference locally. We need the ones with empathy and a belief that great outcomes are possible. Will You Be The One?

Apply Now https://www.employment.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Search Armstrong County for current open positions.

Links

• Child Welfare League of America

• Drug and Alcohol Information in Pennsylvania

• Foster Care Information

• Keep Kids Safe / Report Child Abuse

• Obtain Child Abuse History

• PA Employment

• PA State Resource Family Association

• PA Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network

• Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance