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Pennsylvania’s Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) is expanding Community Services for Children’s administration of child care services from 13 to 18 counties in northeast Pennsylvania effective July 1. Currently CSC administers one of six Regional Keys which deliver quality improvement services to child care providers. The state is reducing the six Regional […]

On April 18, 2013, 120 business, education, and community advocates gathered to honor Allentown Police Chief Roger MacLean and members of the Northampton County Medical Society Alliance as the 2013 recipients of the Inez and Edward Donley Award for Children’s Advocacy. Community Services for Children founded the award in 1996 honoring a lifetime of support […]

PNC, providers of the $100 million Grow Up Great early education initiative, challenged their staff to volunteer in Head Start preschool classrooms in the Lehigh Valley. If they were able to volunteer 100 hours in a 12-month period, PNC would make a generous cash donation to the site. PNC staff were more than equal to […]

Community Services for Children, recognized as an early education leader in the greater Lehigh Valley, is offering six summer camp sessions between June 17 and July 26. The camp is called “Kids & Animals: Awesome Bodies!” and is designed for children entering kindergarten, first and second grade in the fall. Through games, songs, experiments, crafts, […]

Within a week of late January to early February 2013, the Lehigh Valley mourned the passing of three women known for their charity: Inez Donley, Linny Fowler and Priscilla Payne Hurd. Their good works in education, health, the arts, and more are well known.  We, too, at Community Services for Children have shared in their […]

In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday, area businesses, legislators, police, and others are picking up the iconic red and white striped hat to read to children in Head Start classrooms across the valley. We tip our hat to the following: Bethlehem Police, Capital BlueCross, Discover Lehigh Valley, Lehigh University student athletes, PNC Bank, Team Capital […]

Community Services for Children’s Head Start classrooms have earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) – the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals. “NAEYC accreditation lets families in our community know that children in our program are getting the best early learning experiences possible,” said Jane Ervin, CEO […]

 On April 18, 2013, Community Services for Children will recognize Allentown Police Chief Roger MacLean and the Northampton County Medical Society Alliance with The Inez and Edward Donley Award for Children’s Advocacy. The event takes place at The Sands Conference Center, Monroe Room, at noon. Tickets are $50. Sponsorships are available. Given for the first […]

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PPL Tax Credits Support Early Education Scholarships & Literacy Lab Community Services for Children (CSC) is approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development as a Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship Organization. Qualifying businesses may give tax credits to CSC to disburse for students in high quality pre-k programs. These credits are known through the program […]