 
Panhandle Assessment Center strives to teach children to
be responsible for their behavior and become productive members of society.
Panhandle Assessment Center is a nonprofit corporation that provides
emergency shelter and foster placement for abused or abandoned children in
Child Protective Services (CPS) custody.
Panhandle Assessment Center became the first Emergency Shelter of its kind
to be licensed in Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle in March 1990. In 1991,
Panhandle Assessment Center was licensed as a Child Placing Agency. In 1995,
Panhandle Assessment Center began in-home services for children and their families.
These services will ensure the child a safe environment at home while working
on family issues with CPS.
Panhandle Assessment Center works cooperatively with CPS in order to assess
the child, and when possible, the family stressors that led up to the need
for removal of the child from the home. When possible, PAC works with the family
members toward the goals of reuniting the family. When reunification appears
distant or unrealistic, data is compiled regarding the type of foster care
placement that will best meet the needs of the child.
We are dedicated to providing
the best future by providing a safe and healthy today for children who have
suffered the trauma of abuse and neglect.
"The future of the
world does not rest in the stability of government and economics, but the stability
of our children. An investment in a child is the greatest investment one can
make in the future."
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