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Our Vision Engaged communities where every child thrives and every family succeeds.

Our Mission Prepare young children and their families to succeed in learning and life through innovative, comprehensive, leading-edge services.

CSC Receives Community Awards Community Services for Children is honored to announce we were named as recipient of the 2021 Collaboration Award during the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Council’s 8th Annual Collaboration Conference, which took place virtually on April 13, 2021. The award was given in recognition of the work being conducted […]

Family Emergency Fund  Community Services for Children established the Family Emergency Fund to provide support to families who are confronted with unforeseen financial burdens and have exhausted all other outlets. This program is made entirely possible by charitable donations. During the past four months, financial help was provided to eight families to many areas of […]

Community Services for Children is honored to welcome Mary Bristol to our Board of Directors. Mary is currently working for Unity Bank as a Portfolio Manager. She attended Strayer College for Accounting and Finance. She has been in the financial and banking industry for over 24 years and began her career at Keystone Savings bank. She […]

Community Services for Children is honored to welcome Carole Reese to our Board of Directors. Carole Reese is currently retired and former Vice President of Planning and Research for Moravian College. She attended Kutztown Univerity for her B.S. and then attended Lehigh University for her M.A. Previously Carole was Vice President for Development and Alumni […]

Dear Friends of Community Services for Children, In the last four months, Community Services for Children has been startled and then shaken by the events unfolding in the world around us! Beginning March 14, 2020, we said an abrupt goodbye to the thousands of parents and children we were engaged with across Northeastern PA, as […]

When Community Services for Children made the difficult decision to shut down our buildings as a precaution to keep staff, children, and families healthy, it was certain to everyone that there was a need to develop a new way to communicate with those who depend on us. As CSC’s CEO and President Paula Margraf shared, […]

Community Services for Children is proud to announce this years’ recipients of the 2nd Head Start Alumni Scholarship. This scholarship was designed to award graduating seniors who are pursuing higher education and previously participated in a Head Start program. According to the National Head Start Association (NHSA), children who participated in Head Start have continued […]

City Center Investment Corporation and Community Services for Children continue to grow and expand their successful partnership! Beginning in 2018, City Center, with the leadership of JB Reilly, President and CEO, made possible the first of its kind “Learning Hub” to allow Head Start of the Lehigh Valley to expand its programming, and serve 110 […]