Child and Family Development

I need help with child care

Description:

Provide holistic family development services for children and parents.

Locations: Pennsylvania, New Jersey

Programs:

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Head Start

Provides holistic family development approach to services for children and parents.

Services: Assist children to mature socially, emotionally, educationally and nutritionally; educate parents on healthy choices; full-day child care at centers; literacy services; nutritious meals.

Program Locations:

Pennsylvania: Carbon County

Eligibility: You are eligible for Head Start and Early Head Start services if you meet the income guidelines and:

  • You have children from 6 weeks through 5 years, or
  • You are pregnant, or
  • You have children with special needs with an Individual Education Plan (IEP), or Individual Family Services Plan (IFSP), or
  • You have foster children with high risk factors, or
  • You are a parent with a disability and/or possessing disabling conditions.

Head Start Federal Income Guidelines 2008

Maximum Income

Family Size

$10,400

1

$14,000

2

$17,600

3

$21,200

4

$24,800

5

$28,400

6

$32,000

7

$35,600

8


For each additional person, add $3,600

Contact:

Pennsylvania:

150 W. Phillips Street
Coaldale, PA 18218
AskPA-ChildFamilyDev@PathStone.org
(570) 645-7578

110 N. Third Street
Lehighton, PA 18235
AskPA-ChildFamilyDev@PathStone.org
(610) 377-5671
(610) 377-3214

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Head Start for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers

Provide quality child care, including education, training, disability, family literacy, nutritious meals and advocacy services to establish sound development for children from birth to 5 years.

Services: Assist children to mature socially, emotionally, educationally and nutritionally; educate parents on healthy choices; full-day child care at centers; literacy services; and nutritious meals.

Program Locations:

New Jersey: Atlantic County, Cumberland County
Pennsylvania: Adams County, Berks County, Chester County, Cumberland County, Franklin County, Lackawanna County

Eligibility: MIGRANT CHILDREN - under the age of compulsory school attendance whose family changed their residence by moving within the last 24 months from one geographic location to another, either intrastate or interstate, for the purpose of engaging in agricultural work that involves the production and harvesting of field and tree crops, and whose family income comes primarily from this activity, and whose family meet the income eligibility guidelines for Head Start.

SEASONAL CHILDREN - under the age of compulsory school attendance whose family engages in agricultural work that involves the production and harvesting of field and tree crops, and whose family income comes primarily from this activity, and whose family meets the income eligibility guidelines for Head Start.


Head Start Federal Income Guidelines 2008

Maximum Income

Family Size

$10,400

1

$14,000

2

$17,600

3

$21,200

4

$24,800

5

$28,400

6

$32,000

7

$35,600

8


For each additional person, add $3,600

Contact:

New Jersey:

240 Walnut Street
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
AskNJ-ChildFamilyDev@PathStone.org
(856) 455-8377

326 Bellevue Avenue
Hammonton, NJ 08837
AskNJ-ChildFamilyDev@PathStone.org
(609) 704-7519

78 West Landis Avenue
Vineland, NJ 08360
AskNJ-ChildFamilyDev@PathStone.org
(856) 696-1000
(800) 624-1432 Emergency Hotline Number

Pennsylvania:

2150 Carlisle Road
PO Box 66
Aspers, PA 17304
AskPA-ChildFamilyDev@PathStone.org
(717) 677-9181
(717) 677-9813

301 Lortz Avenue
Chambersburg, PA 17201
AskPA-ChildFamilyDev@PathStone.org
(717) 267-3275

RR#3
Box 98
Dalton, PA 18414
AskPA-ChildFamilyDev@PathStone.org
(570) 378-3273

421 McFarlan Road Suite E
Kennett Square, PA 19348
AskPA-ChildFamilyDev@PathStone.org
(610) 925-5600

121 South Second Street
Reading, PA 19602
AskPA-ChildFamilyDev@PathStone.org
(610) 988-1675
(610) 376-2850

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Healthy Marriage Initiative

Improve child well-being by strengthening family formation and healthy marriage.

Services:
Include couples relationship workshops, couples enrichment weekends, parent-adolescent communication workshops, marriage counseling services, individual couples relationship assessment and analysis, domestic violence prevention education, financial literacy education and drug and alcohol prevention activities.

Program Locations:

Pennsylvania: Carbon County

Eligibility: Based on Head Start eligibility.

Contact:

Pennsylvania:

150 W. Phillips Street
Coaldale, PA 18218
AskPA-ChildFamilyDev@PathStone.org
(570) 645-7578

110 N. Third Street
Lehighton, PA 18235
AskPA-ChildFamilyDev@PathStone.org
(610) 377-5671
(610) 377-3214

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