Whitington Homes and Services for Children and Families is a social services, not-for-profit agency, committed to providing the highest quality of care for children who have experienced homelessness, abuse, neglect, delinquency, and abandonment.  The children and families are referred to us by the Department of Child Services and the Juvenile Justice System.  We are licensed to serve the State of Indiana.  Our primary service sector is Allen and surrounding counties with an additional focus on Northeast Indiana.  In 1995, we located to our present site on Fairfield Avenue, where we license and train therapeutic foster parents and support them in providing a nurturing home environment for children and families, ages 0-21.  We also operate a Scattered Site Apartment program, which assists young adults in their final transition towards self-sufficiency.  Whitington's Home Based Department is comprised of two programs: Home Based Family Centered Casework and Therapy Services.  A more intensive family preservation and reunification service is our Homebuilders Program, where a therapist spends up to 20 hours a week in family homes promoting change through intensive, brief services.