News
The most recent news articles have been listed below. Click on the hyperlink in the "Headline" column to view the article.
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Diakon Youth Services receives state grant to support vocational training
Vocational training provided to at-risk youths served by the Diakon Wilderness Center just received a boost from a state grant designated for the purchase of equipment and supplies for the center’s culinary skills training program. Based at th...
August 18, 2016
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Diakon gains state grant to support construction-vocation training for at-risk youths
Inside the walls of the Spanish-American Civic Association’s Tec Centro in Lancaster, students measured, cut and hammered their way to a potential future. The area youths, all enrolled in Diakon Youth Services’ Turning Point Program, wer...
August 18, 2016
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Keystone Savings Foundation grant supports adoptive, foster families
Families involved in adoption and foster care will receive additional support as they bring permanence to the lives of children and youths, thanks to a grant from the Keystone Savings Foundation. The Bethlehem-based foundation recently awarded a $3,...
August 18, 2016
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Diakon Adoption & Foster Care to be honored by Congressional coalition
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) has selected Diakon Adoption & Foster Care as his 2016 Angels in Adoption® award recipient for the program’s “outstanding service” to children and youths served through foster...
August 10, 2016