Specialized Foster Care
and Adoption
Location
Covina, CA
About Serenity…
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Serenity Infant Care Homes is a
non-profit, faith-based foster care
and adoption agency that specializes
in programming for abused,
abandoned, and neglected children.
Their mission is to break the cycle
of child abuse through early
intervention programs for child
victims and their biological families.
Serenity was founded by three social
workers in 1990 and was initially focused on
foster care. The founders are: Jennifer
Jones- Choctaw, Linda Kontis, and
Sharon Hobson.
Their inspirational verse is Proverbs 14:30
which states, “a heart at peace gives life to
the body.”
In 2006 Serenity became licensed as an
adoption agency to assist in placing kids in
permanent homes when reunification with
birth families is not possible.
-Serenity has served over 1500 children
and families since 1990.
-Serenity specializes in babies and
toddlers but children from birth to age 18
can be served.
-Multiple cultures and ethnicities are
represented by the children and foster
families served at Serenity.
-Pregnant and parenting teens also can
receive various services and resources
through Serenity.
*Children are placed with Serenity through
Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los
Angeles counties’ DCFS
*Serenity gets a call from DCFS when a child is
detained and they are seeking placement. The
calls can come at any time of day or night.
*AfterSerenityreceives the call, the placement
committee evaluates the current foster families to
determine the best place for the child. Once that
is determined, a Serenity worker calls the foster
family to see if they are available and willing to take
in the child.
There are many Social Workers at
Serenity and their roles vary. Mostly the
social workers manage cases by visiting the
children in their foster homes,
communicating with the foster families about
the kids, monitoring visits between the kids
and their birth families, and keeping the
county social workers informed on anything
significant. Not all of the workers have their
MSW, some have their B.A. degrees and
some workers are MFTI’s.
-Therapeutic Learning Center
(TLC)
-Children As Mothers Program
(CAMP)
-Mental Health Services for the
community
Serenity Infant Care Homes Inc. 600
South Grand Avenue Covina, CA
91724
www.serenityinfantcarehomes.com
Telephone: (626) 859-6200
FAX: (626) 859-6206