Children's Home of Easton Services

What Children's Home of Easton Services does

Children's Home of Easton Services is a private nonprofit organization established in 1885, headquartered at 2000 S. 25th Street in Easton, Pennsylvania. Operating for 140 years, it delivers a continuum of child welfare and family services across the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Its core service portfolio includes traditional and intensive family-based foster care, on-campus group homes (Cordina Cottage for Girls and Smith Cottage for Boys), supervised visitation and custody exchange services at $65 per visit hour, Baumann Cottage home-like visitation services, an Older Youth Independent Living program (Zigmund Hall) licensed under Pennsylvania 3800 regulations serving up to eight youth ages 16-21, and the Firmstone Family Services outpatient behavioral health clinic operated in partnership with CONCERN Professional Services.

The organization serves adjudicated dependents and children unable to remain with their biological families, with the mission of achieving permanency and independence. Its customer base comprises Pennsylvania county Children and Youth Agencies (government referral channel), prospective and current foster/adoptive families, the community at large accessing behavioral health services, and parents requiring court-ordered or court-recommended supervised visitation. Distribution relies on county agency referrals, a self-serve Binti portal for foster family applications, in-person campus service delivery, and digital donation channels. Marketing spans organic social (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube), email newsletters, community events such as the Lehigh Valley Wine Gala, and earned media through WAEB radio.

Revenue mechanics are diversified across four streams: tax-deductible charitable donations from individuals and businesses, Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) contributions from eligible businesses (75-90% tax credits), fee-for-service revenue from supervised visitation and custody exchange at $65 per hour, and contracted county government revenue for foster care and child welfare services. The organization employs 11-50 staff, operates without a parent company, and is governed by an independent Board of Directors with Arden Miller as Chair.

Name

Children's Home of Easton Services

Legal name

The Children's Home of Easton

Website

https://thechildrenshome.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1885

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Children's Home of Easton is a Pennsylvania nonprofit founded in 1885 providing foster care, on-campus group homes, older youth independent living, supervised visitation, and behavioral health services to children, families, and county agencies across the Lehigh Valley.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Welfare Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services (BPAGAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

Keywords

• Foster care services
• Residential group homes
• Supervised visitation programs
• Outpatient behavioral health
• Independent living youth

Headquarters

HQ city

Easton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Tax-deductible donations from individuals, businesses, and community members to support programs and services for children in need.
2. EITC Program Revenue: Pennsylvania's Educational Improvement Tax Credit program where eligible businesses receive tax credits equal to 75% of their contribution (up to $750,000 per taxable year), increasing to 90% for two consecutive year commitments.
3. Supervised Visit and Custody Exchange Fees: $65 per visit hour for supervised visitation and custody exchange services.
4. County Contract Revenue: Contracted services with several counties across Pennsylvania to provide care and support to youth in need through their county's children and youth agency referrals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Children's Home of Easton is a nonprofit child welfare organization that provides foster care placement, campus-based group homes, supervised visitation and custody exchange services, outpatient behavioral health therapy, and an independent living program for older youth. Services are delivered through campus cottages, satellite behavioral health clinics, and community partnerships across Pennsylvania.

Product overview

The Children's Home of Easton is a nonprofit organization established in 1885 providing comprehensive child welfare services through a continuum of care. The organization operates campus-based group homes (Campus Cottages including Cordina Cottage for Girls and Smith Cottage for Boys) and an independent living program (Zigmund Hall for older youth ages 16-21). It offers foster care placement services including both traditional and Intensive Family-Based Foster Care for children with additional support needs. For families navigating custody and visitation matters, the organization provides Supervised Visitation Services, Baumann Cottage Visitation Services, and Custody Exchange Services. Mental health support is delivered through the Firmstone Family Services Behavioral Health Clinic, a partnership with Concern Professional Services offering individual, family, and couples therapy. Additional services include donation processing, an EITC tax credit program, and supervised visit payment processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Firmstone Family Services: Outpatient behavioral health clinic providing mental health therapy services including individual therapy for children, adolescents, and adults, family therapy, and couples therapy. Services include treatment for anxiety, depression, adjustment issues, family conflict, grief and loss, LGBTQ support, life transitions, parenting support, self-harming behaviors, school-related issues, and stress management.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serving adjudicated dependents who are unable to remain at home and/or with their family of origin
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Third Street Alliance for Women & ChildrenminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 August 2024New partnership announced August 24 (year unspecified but appears in recent news). Aims to support single women, pregnant women, and young mothers ages 18-24 to advance independence and find stable housing.
• CONCERN Professional ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to launch The Firmstone Family Services Outpatient Clinic. The behavioral health clinic is located in the rear of The Acopian Center on the main campus. Provides individual, couple, and family mental health therapy to children, youth, and adults in the community.
• Baumann CottagecoreOthersBaumann Cottage provides a home-like setting for supervised visits, offering parents and children a sense of normalcy during the child welfare system process. Features four visit areas, a deck, and field for outside interaction.
• Pennsylvania State Wide Adoption Network (SWAN)minorOthersMembership affiliation displayed on website footer.
• PCCYFS (Pennsylvania Coalition of Child and Youth Services)minorOthersMembership affiliation displayed on website footer.
• COA (Council on Accreditation)minorOthersMembership affiliation displayed on website footer.
• GLVFCC (Greater Lehigh Valley Family and Children's Consortium)minorOthersMembership affiliation displayed on website footer.
• Alliance (of organizations)minorOthersMembership affiliation displayed on website footer.
• Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of CommerceminorOthersMembership affiliation displayed on website footer.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• KidsPeace: Pennsylvania-based nonprofit providing residential treatment, foster care, and community-based behavioral health services to children and families. Operates a comparable multi-service continuum including group homes and outpatient programs, making it the closest regional peer to Children's Home of Easton.
• Bethany Christian Services: Large nonprofit offering foster care, adoption, family preservation, and refugee services across multiple U.S. states. Directly comparable to Children's Home of Easton's foster care and adoption offerings, though at significantly broader scale.
• Pressley Ridge: Pennsylvania-headquartered nonprofit providing foster care, residential treatment, and educational services for children and families. Directly competes for county contracts and foster families in the same Pennsylvania market with a comparable service portfolio.
• Carson Valley Children's Aid: Long-standing Pennsylvania-based child welfare nonprofit offering residential, foster care, adoption, and community-based services. Closely comparable on mission, geography, service mix, and long-tenured nonprofit status.
• Maryville Academy: Nonprofit providing residential treatment, foster care, behavioral health, and family services for children and youth. Comparable on the residential group home and foster care dimensions, though primarily serving the Illinois market.

Broad incumbents

• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: National nonprofit operating residential and community-based programs for children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral, and cognitive challenges. Comparable on the residential/group home and behavioral health dimensions, though serving a more specialized clinical population at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Children & Families First: Mid-Atlantic nonprofit delivering foster care, adoption, behavioral health, and family services across Delaware and surrounding states. Comparable on program mix (foster care, adoption, behavioral health) but operating in a different geographic footprint.

Others

• CONCERN Professional Services: Pennsylvania-based human services organization that is actually a partner of Children's Home of Easton for the Firmstone Family Services clinic. Comparable on behavioral health delivery to children and families and therefore the most directly relevant ecosystem peer / potential collaborator.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCaOeopiztNdwRxWgHE9JXkg
• Facebookfacebook.com/ChildrensHomeofEaston
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-children's-home-of-easton
• Instagraminstagram.com/thechildrenshomeofeaston

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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