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Patricia W. Levin, former Executive Director of Head Start of the Lehigh Valley and founder of Community Services for Children (CSC), recently received the Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania award. The award is presented annually by the Governor and First Lady to a limited number of outstanding women in honor of their outstanding service in their […]

On April 21, 2016, Community Services for Children will present the Inez and Edward Donley Award for Children’s Advocacy to Lin Erickson, Executive Director of the DaVinci Science Center and Marci Ronald, Executive Vice President, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley. The event takes place at DeSales University Center at noon. Tickets are $50. […]

The PPL Foundation recently awarded $40,000 to Community Services for Children (CSC) to supports its highly successful Literacy Technology Labs. The award supports 240 low-income children attending Head Start and Pre-K Counts at two of CSC’s preschool locations in Allentown. “Literacy skills are essential to success,” said Michael A. Walker, Esq, CEO and President of […]

The Board of Directors of Community Services for Children welcomes Judith Rex, PhD, RN, BC, to the board for a three year term.  Dr. Rex is the Interim Dean, Allied Health and Sciences and Director of Healthcare Education at Northampton Community College.  Dr. Rex earned her doctorate in Human Development from Marywood University. She holds […]

The Board of Directors of Community Services for Children recently welcomed Christopher P. Donigan to the Board for a three-year term. Mr. Donigan is the Executive Vice President of Human Resources at B. Braun Medical, Inc. in Bethlehem, PA. Prior to coming to B. Braun, Donigan worked for Nationwide Insurance, Liberty Ridge Capital and Bristol-Myers […]

Under the umbrella of Community Services for Children, the program Safe Start is thriving. Designed by Paula Margraf, executive vice president for Community Services, it strategically provides therapeutic child care all year round to children whose caregivers are living below the poverty line. These children were exposed to drugs and/or alcohol prenatally. They were referred […]

FOCUS Season 3 Episode 9: PA State Budget A FOCUS Special Report on the PA budget stalemate. With a funding plan overdue 1140 days and counting, senior centers, emergency shelters and pre-school programs across the state cut services. With Team coverage we show you how schools and social service agencies in our region cope without […]

Tennessee recently released a study showing that its state-subsidized pre-k made no difference in child achievement by the end of kindergarten between those who had the program and those who didn’t. Yet a recent report from Boston showed the opposite. In fact, achievement gains were evident through third grade. What’s the difference between Tennessee and […]

The measure by which we judge which investments are worthwhile as a citizenry is how much time we spend, energy we expel, and the amount of resources we dedicate in the hope of future benefits. It should be axiomatic that investment in early childhood education is sound policy and will yield far reaching economic returns. […]

With major funding by the US Department of Health & Human Services currently available for expanding Early Head Start services across the country, Community Services for Children (CSC), Children’s Hospital at Lehigh Valley Hospital, and Lehigh County Children and Youth Services are working together to expand CSC’s Early Head Start center-based program. The program supports […]