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Language and Literacy Help in Preschool Pays Off        High achievement and accolades marked the conclusion of a three-year Early Reading First grant from the US Department of Education. Community Services for Children’s program, called LEARN, incorporated research-based methods to assist preschool children in Head Start for whom English is a second language to improve their […]

The public is invited to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday with us in the CSC Family Library on March 1st. Between 2-3 pm, enjoy a celebrity reader, snacks, and crafts. Free admission. Come and browse and take home an armload of books, games, puppets and more. Call 610-437-6000, x 3140 for information and reservation.

Community Services for Children is holding its Second Annual Purse Bingo on Sunday, April 15, 2012, Doors open at noon and Bingo starts at 1pm, at Northeast Middle School Cafeteria. An afternoon of great fun, purses, tricky tray items and 20 Bingo games all for only $20. There will be 5 ‘specials’ and they are an […]

Community Services for Children (CSC) hosts speaker Dr. Randell Turner addressing how a father’s parenting style benefits his child’s development. The event is scheduled for Friday, April 27, 12:30 – 3:30 pm at CSC’s Training Institute located on our campus, 1520 Hanover Ave, Allentown. The cost is $25 and is open to the community. Continuing education […]

Community Services for Children (CSC) was recently 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 Educational Investment Tax Credits (EITC). PPL recently donated $100,000 […]

The Board of Directors of Community Services for Children elected Mrs. Kathryn Leber to a three-year term on the Board at its Annual Meeting, November 16, 2011. Mrs. Leber graduated from SUNY Potsdam with a B.S. in Education and taught elementary grades for 33 years in Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois and Pennsylvania.  The last 18 […]

Shop for a Cause is Saturday and Sunday, November 12 & 13, 2011, in Downtown Historic Bethlehem, with dozens of stores participating. Let them know you are shopping for Community Services and 10% will be donated to help our children. You need a form to participate! Email abuss@cscinc.org.

Study results show importance of early childhood education, Capital Area Head Start executive director says By DIANA FISHLOCK, The Patriot-News //www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/10/study_touts_math_literacy_resu.html Children who were in the Harrisburg Preschool Program for at-risk children scored higher on Pennsylvania System of School Assessment literacy and math tests, even into the fifth grade, according to astudy released Wednesday. “This […]

Thursday, October 13, 2011, 5 – 7 pm, Open House for Early Head Start/SafeStart’s new Infant, Toddler Center, 530 N Oswego St, Allentown (on the edge of the Allentown State Hospital). Free and open to the public. Tours provided.  The Infant Toddler Center for Early Head Start/SafeStart is a unique therapeutic program for children born […]

The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning recently rated the CCIS of Lehigh County as commendable in categories of customer service, compliance with regulations, caseload management and administrative management for program year 2010-2011. “Commendable” is the highest rating. CCIS of Lehigh County administers childcare subsidies for qualifying low income working families living in […]