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Adolescents & Families Together (AFT) Family
Preservation
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 Child Welfare Treatment
Services
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Adolescents and
Families Together (Lehigh Valley AFT) Opened in 1978, Adolescents and Families Together is an outclient community counseling program for at-risk children and youth and their families. It is an aftercare service for youth staying at the Shelter, a truancy prevention program for selected school districts in the Lehigh Valley, and a family treatment program for Northampton County Juvenile Probation. Case management and therapeutic intervention services are provided to victims of child sexual abuse and sexually reactive youth through the Victim Intervention Program. AFT provides services on a sliding fee scale that is lower than that of private practitioners and other United Way counseling services. Lehigh Valley AFT’s office is located at 1615 Northampton Street in Easton, PA 18042. Contact Christine Hanna at 610-252-2681 or Click here to email Christine. Child Mentoring Program (To Top) The Child Mentoring Program matches a mentor with a child between the ages of 5 and 16 who has been identified as "at-risk" by Northampton County Children and Youth. Mentoring services are provided on a one to one basis and include role modeling, tutoring and teaching, life skills development, and recreational activities. Services are provided on an outreach basis in the client's home, day care, school, or community sites. This program is a division of the Adolescents and Families Together (AFT) program. The Child Mentoring Program office is located at 524 Walnut Street, Allentown, PA 18101. Contact Natalie Bojko at 610-432-6481 or Click here to email. Family Preservation
Program (FPP)
Lehigh County FPP offices are located in Allentown at 524 Walnut Street, Allentown, PA 18101. Contact Sandra Molnar at 610-782-9243 or Click here to email Sandra. Northampton County FPP has its office at 1615 Northampton Street, Easton, PA 18042. Contact Christine Hanna at 610-252-2681 or Click here to email Christine.
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In partnership
with Lehigh and Northampton County child welfare and mental health agencies, staff provide up to 10 hours a week of service
to families who have a child at imminent risk of foster placement due to
the presence of physical abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, neglect, serious
emotional illness, and parent/child conflict. Counseling, case management,
and concrete services are provided to families in their homes for a period
of three to twelve months. Staff is available to families 24 hours
a day, seven days a week through an emergency paging system.