Adoption Services — Oaklawn
contracts with the Elkhart County Department of Child Services
to provide adoption home studies, recruitment, orientation, training,
placement, and post adoptive services for special needs children.
Traditional Foster Care —
Oaklawn offers recruitment and licensing of traditional foster care homes for Elkhart County as well as training and support for foster parents. Following are resources for current foster parents: Approved Alternative In-Service Training (PDF) and Alternative Training Verification Form (PDF).
Bashor/Oaklawn Program —
Oaklawn partners with Bashor Home in Goshen to provide case management,
individual, group and family therapy for children and adolescents
placed in Bashor’s residential program.
Assertive Community Treatment —
Oaklawn collaborates with the Elkhart County Department of Child Services to provide community-based and home-based services
to children, adolescents and families, including homemaker services,
and case management.
Supervised Visitation Program —
Another collaboration with the Elkhart County Department of Child Services, this program works with children in out-of-home
placements to provide safe visitation between parents and children.
Staff provide parent education and serve as a liaison between
providers, parents and foster parents.
