family service association of northeastern pennsylvania

FSA NEPA is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization that has served the needs of children, individuals and families since our founding in 1895. FSA NEPA’s major program areas are Professional Counseling for individuals, couples and families; Help Line/211, a 24 hour a day, seven day a week information, referral crisis intervention service; the High-Risk Youth Offender Reentry & Family Strengthening Initiative, that works to support youth, adjudicated delinquent, and their families become successful in their school and community; the Guardianship Program which provides ethical substitute decision making for incapacitated adults; the Intensive Family Reunification project which works intensively with parents to help them master the skills they need to have their children returned from foster care; Community Education & Outreach which provides in-home and in-community prevention through skills building for children and families; Parent Child Home Program provides modeling for 'parent as first teacher' for families of 2 and 3 years old to promote school readiness. Our Children's Center (a child advocacy center) provides coordinated services for child victims of physical or sexual abuse in Susquehanna or Wyoming Counties, PA (forensic interviews, medical exams, coordination of victims services, and trauma services).