About Best NestBest Nest’s mission is to provide a continuum of family-centered

services structured to empower families while meeting the unique

challenges of children with medical and emotional needs. We

recognize the importance of honoring roots and diversity and are

committed to supporting and strengthening families as the foundation

of communities.

In July 2009, Best Nest became an af� liate of Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC),

a nonpro� t public health institute that creates and sustains healthier communities. PHMC uses

best practices to improve community health through direct service, partnership, innovation,

policy, research, technical assistance and a prepared workforce. PHMC has served the region

since 1972. To learn more, please visit PHMC.ORG.

TransportationPublic transportation provides easy access

to Best Nest. The SEPTA Route 2 bus stops

at our building on 17th Street. You can also

reach us via the Ellsworth-Federal stop on

the Broad Street Line or Bus Route C.

BEST NEST, INC.

BEST NEST

Cultivating roots so children may � ourish

Best Nest promotes the safety, health and well-being of

children with special needs. We do this by educating

and empowering caregivers to access necessary resources

for themselves and provide permanent homes for children.

Providing foster care, adoption and in-home protective services for medically fragile children,

we serve close to 200 children every year and have reached more than 2000 children since we

opened our doors in 1987.

Best Nest was one of the � rst child welfare agencies in Pennsylvania to provide foster care

services to HIV-infected children and their families. We began our work in 1987 to respond to the

challenge that the HIV/AIDS epidemic presented to the child welfare system. Best Nest helped

to place HIV infected children with families willing to care for their unique needs. Since then,

we have evolved and grown to meet the needs of the full range of today’s children with special

needs. Our goal has always been to foster permanency for the children we serve, whether it's

� nding children adoptive parents or helping ensure that birth parents get the support and help

to serve their children’s special needs.

In 2009, Best Nest became an af� liate of Public Health Management Corporation, a nonpro� t

public health institute, assuring Best Nest a strong infrastructure to help us continue to grow

and provide children with loving, permanent homes.

1709 Washington Avenue | Philadelphia, PA 19146 | 215.546.8060 PHONE | 215.546.8906 FAX

WWW.BESTNEST.ORG BN-00870-10

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Our philosophy is simple: Bring parents the services and support they need to care for their children.

Best Nest Makes a Difference

Our philosophy is simple: Bring parents the services and support they need to care for their children.

Best Nest gives parents the tools they need to cultivate the safety, health and well-being of a

child with special needs. Staff recruit potential foster and adoptive parents and invite them to an

orientation. After an initial screening, participants undergo a home safety evaluation and home

study during which a social worker assesses parenting capabilities. Several thorough meetings

between the social worker and potential parent occur, resulting in a � nal report. Those eligible

applicants are certi� ed as foster parents.

After certifying potential parents to foster or adopt, Best Nest staff members carefully match

the family to a child referred from the Philadelphia Department of Human Services and other

organizations. Each family’s unique capabilities are matched with each child’s particular needs.

And our work together continues long after we bring children and families together.

Best Nest's professional and caring team helps families access resources for their children. We

partner with other service providers to ensure that caregivers understand their child's unique

service needs. Through our long-standing relationships with school districts, medical providers,

equipment companies, behavioral health care providers, insurance companies and managed

care providers, we have established a strong network and comprehensive knowledge base to

help parents lovingly raise children with special needs with the support they require. We take a

hands-on approach: Best Nest staff accompany parents to appointments and help them navigate

the complex health system. Our work enables families to remain together.

Best Nest Makes a Difference

Our philosophy is simple: Bring parents the services and support they need to care for their children.

Best Nest gives parents the tools they need to cultivate the safety, health and well-being of a

child with special needs. Staff recruit potential foster and adoptive parents and invite them to an

orientation. After an initial screening, participants undergo a home safety evaluation and home

study during which a social worker assesses parenting capabilities. Several thorough meetings

between the social worker and potential parent occur, resulting in a � nal report. Those eligible

applicants are certi� ed as foster parents.

After certifying potential parents to foster or adopt, Best Nest staff members carefully match

the family to a child referred from the Philadelphia Department of Human Services and other

organizations. Each family’s unique capabilities are matched with each child’s particular needs.

And our work together continues long after we bring children and families together.

Best Nest's professional and caring team helps families access resources for their children. We

partner with other service providers to ensure that caregivers understand their child's unique

service needs. Through our long-standing relationships with school districts, medical providers,

equipment companies, behavioral health care providers, insurance companies and managed

care providers, we have established a strong network and comprehensive knowledge base to

help parents lovingly raise children with special needs with the support they require. We take a

hands-on approach: Best Nest staff accompany parents to appointments and help them navigate

the complex health system. Our work enables families to remain together.

About Best NestBest Nest’s mission is to provide a continuum of family-centered

services structured to empower families while meeting the unique

challenges of children with medical and emotional needs. We

recognize the importance of honoring roots and diversity and are

committed to supporting and strengthening families as the foundation

of communities.

In July 2009, Best Nest became an af� liate of Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC),

a nonpro� t public health institute that creates and sustains healthier communities. PHMC uses

best practices to improve community health through direct service, partnership, innovation,

policy, research, technical assistance and a prepared workforce. PHMC has served the region

since 1972. To learn more, please visit PHMC.ORG.

TransportationPublic transportation provides easy access

to Best Nest. The SEPTA Route 2 bus stops

at our building on 17th Street. You can also

reach us via the Ellsworth-Federal stop on

the Broad Street Line or Bus Route C.

BEST NEST, INC.

BEST NEST

Cultivating roots so children may � ourish

Best Nest promotes the safety, health and well-being of

children with special needs. We do this by educating

and empowering caregivers to access necessary resources

for themselves and provide permanent homes for children.

Providing foster care, adoption and in-home protective services for medically fragile children,

we serve close to 200 children every year and have reached more than 2000 children since we

opened our doors in 1987.

Best Nest was one of the � rst child welfare agencies in Pennsylvania to provide foster care

services to HIV-infected children and their families. We began our work in 1987 to respond to the

challenge that the HIV/AIDS epidemic presented to the child welfare system. Best Nest helped

to place HIV infected children with families willing to care for their unique needs. Since then,

we have evolved and grown to meet the needs of the full range of today’s children with special

needs. Our goal has always been to foster permanency for the children we serve, whether it's

� nding children adoptive parents or helping ensure that birth parents get the support and help

to serve their children’s special needs.

In 2009, Best Nest became an af� liate of Public Health Management Corporation, a nonpro� t

public health institute, assuring Best Nest a strong infrastructure to help us continue to grow

and provide children with loving, permanent homes.

1709 Washington Avenue | Philadelphia, PA 19146 | 215.546.8060 PHONE | 215.546.8906 FAX

WWW.BESTNEST.ORG BN-00870-10

Washington Ave.

18th

Stre

et

17th

Stre

et

19th

Stre

et

Christian St.

Carpenter St.

Montrose St.

S. C

olor

ado

St.

S. B

ouve

ir St

.

Alter St.

S. C

leve

land

St.

S. D

orra

nce

St.

S. C

hadw

ick

St.

Our philosophy is simple: Bring parents the services and support they need to care for their children.

Best Nest Makes a Difference

Our philosophy is simple: Bring parents the services and support they need to care for their children.

Best Nest gives parents the tools they need to cultivate the safety, health and well-being of a

child with special needs. Staff recruit potential foster and adoptive parents and invite them to an

orientation. After an initial screening, participants undergo a home safety evaluation and home

study during which a social worker assesses parenting capabilities. Several thorough meetings

between the social worker and potential parent occur, resulting in a � nal report. Those eligible

applicants are certi� ed as foster parents.

After certifying potential parents to foster or adopt, Best Nest staff members carefully match

the family to a child referred from the Philadelphia Department of Human Services and other

organizations. Each family’s unique capabilities are matched with each child’s particular needs.

And our work together continues long after we bring children and families together.

Best Nest's professional and caring team helps families access resources for their children. We

partner with other service providers to ensure that caregivers understand their child's unique

service needs. Through our long-standing relationships with school districts, medical providers,

equipment companies, behavioral health care providers, insurance companies and managed

care providers, we have established a strong network and comprehensive knowledge base to

help parents lovingly raise children with special needs with the support they require. We take a

hands-on approach: Best Nest staff accompany parents to appointments and help them navigate

the complex health system. Our work enables families to remain together.

Best Nest Makes a Difference

Our philosophy is simple: Bring parents the services and support they need to care for their children.

Best Nest gives parents the tools they need to cultivate the safety, health and well-being of a

child with special needs. Staff recruit potential foster and adoptive parents and invite them to an

orientation. After an initial screening, participants undergo a home safety evaluation and home

study during which a social worker assesses parenting capabilities. Several thorough meetings

between the social worker and potential parent occur, resulting in a � nal report. Those eligible

applicants are certi� ed as foster parents.

After certifying potential parents to foster or adopt, Best Nest staff members carefully match

the family to a child referred from the Philadelphia Department of Human Services and other

organizations. Each family’s unique capabilities are matched with each child’s particular needs.

And our work together continues long after we bring children and families together.

Best Nest's professional and caring team helps families access resources for their children. We

partner with other service providers to ensure that caregivers understand their child's unique

service needs. Through our long-standing relationships with school districts, medical providers,

equipment companies, behavioral health care providers, insurance companies and managed

care providers, we have established a strong network and comprehensive knowledge base to

help parents lovingly raise children with special needs with the support they require. We take a

hands-on approach: Best Nest staff accompany parents to appointments and help them navigate

the complex health system. Our work enables families to remain together.

About Best NestBest Nest’s mission is to provide a continuum of family-centered

services structured to empower families while meeting the unique

challenges of children with medical and emotional needs. We

recognize the importance of honoring roots and diversity and are

committed to supporting and strengthening families as the foundation

of communities.

In July 2009, Best Nest became an af� liate of Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC),

a nonpro� t public health institute that creates and sustains healthier communities. PHMC uses

best practices to improve community health through direct service, partnership, innovation,

policy, research, technical assistance and a prepared workforce. PHMC has served the region

since 1972. To learn more, please visit PHMC.ORG.

TransportationPublic transportation provides easy access

to Best Nest. The SEPTA Route 2 bus stops

at our building on 17th Street. You can also

reach us via the Ellsworth-Federal stop on

the Broad Street Line or Bus Route C.

BEST NEST, INC.

BEST NEST

Cultivating roots so children may � ourish

Best Nest promotes the safety, health and well-being of

children with special needs. We do this by educating

and empowering caregivers to access necessary resources

for themselves and provide permanent homes for children.

Providing foster care, adoption and in-home protective services for medically fragile children,

we serve close to 200 children every year and have reached more than 2000 children since we

opened our doors in 1987.

Best Nest was one of the � rst child welfare agencies in Pennsylvania to provide foster care

services to HIV-infected children and their families. We began our work in 1987 to respond to the

challenge that the HIV/AIDS epidemic presented to the child welfare system. Best Nest helped

to place HIV infected children with families willing to care for their unique needs. Since then,

we have evolved and grown to meet the needs of the full range of today’s children with special

needs. Our goal has always been to foster permanency for the children we serve, whether it's

� nding children adoptive parents or helping ensure that birth parents get the support and help

to serve their children’s special needs.

In 2009, Best Nest became an af� liate of Public Health Management Corporation, a nonpro� t

public health institute, assuring Best Nest a strong infrastructure to help us continue to grow

and provide children with loving, permanent homes.

1709 Washington Avenue | Philadelphia, PA 19146 | 215.546.8060 PHONE | 215.546.8906 FAX

WWW.BESTNEST.ORG BN-00870-10

Washington Ave.

18th

Stre

et

17th

Stre

et

19th

Stre

et

Christian St.

Carpenter St.

Montrose St.

S. C

olor

ado

St.

S. B

ouve

ir St

.

Alter St.

S. C

leve

land

St.

S. D

orra

nce

St.

S. C

hadw

ick

St.

Our philosophy is simple: Bring parents the services and support they need to care for their children.