Lehigh Valley Families Together Inc.

“Steve brong, president of the organization, is married to louise brong, member of the board of directors.”

“The board of directors will approve the form 990 prior to filing.”

“The organization regularly and consistenly monitors and enforces the conflict of interest policy, and requires key individuals to disclose any interests that could give rise to a conflict.”

“The organization has a personnel committee, uses a salary study for comparability data, and the board of directors must approve of the offficer's salaries.”

“UPON REQUEST”

“Visit coach was a new service offered to the lehigh valley. This includes: helping parents articulate their children's needs to be met in visits; preparing parents for children's reactions; helping parents plan to give children their full attention during visits; appreciating parents' strengths in responding to their child and coaching them to improve their skills.”

“Our over-arching mission is to preserve the family whenever possible. We do this in two areas. 1. If the children are living with their biological/legal parents, we work within the family providing intensive case management, counseling and education. We connect them with traditional and non-traditional community support services within their neighborhoods so that families are empowered to thrive even after our services end. Our goal is to nurture and strengthen a strong family unit that is able to cope with changes and challenges. 2. If children are not able to live with their biological/legal parents, we work to reunify the family. We provide foster care that ensures the children are cared for in a safe and nurturing environment. We work with the parent(s) to enact changes in their lives to improve family relations, communication skills and healthy lifestyles. Our goal is to shorten the length of time children stay in foster care and help parents build a family that will be stable, emotionally and physically safe, and promote the well-being of all family members.”