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Community Services for Children (CSC), provider of Head Start, Keystone STARS program, and subsidies for child care, has launched a preschool using STEM topics as its focus for learning. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Research indicates that the skills necessary to work successfully in the 21st century must start in early childhood. […]

East Penn School District and Head Start of the Lehigh Valley are offering a high quality free preschool to eligible children this fall at Jefferson Elementary in Emmaus. Residents of Emmaus will have transportation available. The school year will begin September 2 and run through the end of May. The school day will run 5 […]

The Children’s Ball, “A Night in New Orleans,” will be hosted by Community Services for Children on September 13, 2014, at the Lehigh Country Club, from 6 to 9 pm. $100 ($195 for a couple) includes reception, dinner, New Orleans-style street fair, jazz, photo booth, dancing and auction. The special Live Auction features autographed items […]

We need your help! We are conducting the 2013-2014 Head Start/Pre-K Counts survey. This survey helps us identify areas of improvement so that we can continue to provide excellent service to you and future families in the program. Please click on the link to take the survey.  

More than 140 community and business leaders joined Community Services for Children (CSC) recognizing State Senator Pat Browne and Dr. John Van Brakle with The Inez and Edward Donley Award for Children’s Advocacy for their achievements on April 23, 2014, at DeSales University Center. Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey also recognized their work promoting […]

Legislation designed to secure a reliable funding stream for the state’s Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) has been approved by both the state House and Senate and now heads to the governor’s desk to be signed into law, announced Rep. Julie Harhart (R-Lehigh/Northampton), author of the measure. “I have been working on legislation to fund the […]

The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation recently granted $7500 to Community Services for Children to assist with the construction costs of The Donley Family Infant Center. The Center is a unique treatment facility that provides the SafeStart program, consisting of daily treatment for babies who have been abused and neglected, and works with parents to stabilize […]

PPL Corporation recently gave a $44,000 grant to Community Services for Children (CSC) to expand its role in providing high quality science, technology, engineering and math (“STEM”) education to children in prekindergarten. CSC will use the grant to develop a training model for prekindergarten teachers so they are better able to help young children learn […]

CSC recently received $221,112 from Air Products in Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) funding in support of its early education scholarships. “We are so appreciative of Air Products leadership in supporting early education. This is the building block for successful high school graduation and an educated workforce,” said Jane Ervin, CEO/President of CSC. CSC will […]

For the month of October, Community Services for Children (CSC) was the recipient of receiving a portion of car sales from Brown Daub Charities. CSC received a total of $3,230.00 The Brown-Daub dealerships believe in helping the community by developing partnerships with Lehigh Valley organizations that have the goal of bettering the lives of Lehigh […]