Child, Adult, & Family Services
The Division of Children, Adult & Family Services is dedicated to ensuring the safety and well-being of children in a permanent family home. This department within Human Services offers:
- Assessment of child abuse and neglect allegations
- Family preservation services
- Family reunification services
- Prevention
- Temporary foster care and treatment services
- Resolution of extreme conflict between youth and parents
- Adoption, guardianship, emancipation, and other permanency options when children cannot be reunified with parents
Adams County Children & Family Services Division prohibits discrimination or harassment because of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Additional Services
Child Protection Intake Program
The Intake Section responds to a variety of concerns about children and their families.
Ongoing Protective & Reunification Services
Ongoing Child Protection and Reunification Services serves children from birth to 18 years of age who have been identified as being at-risk or are victims of child abuse and neglect.
Adoption
We are seeking adoptive parents for children unable to return to their birth families due to safety concerns.
Foster Care
Foster care provides children with a temporary time to heal until they can return home, be adopted, or live independently.
Permanency Services
Permanency Services works with children, youth, and families to strengthen and develop lifelong connections and homes.
Important Documents
View the CFS Falsification Policy
Notice of Rights and Remedies for Families
View the CFS Equity Statement