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It is hard to believe that it has been three years since the inception of the Early Learning Resource Centers (ELRC) at Community Services for Children (CSC)! Each year, the ELRC’s serve approximately 20,000 children in the Child Care Works subsidized childcare program, across 17 counties in Pennsylvania. This program supports low-income working parents in […]

Community Services for Children (CSC) is proud to introduce Mimi’s Book Club. Mimi’s Book Club was created by Carol Koening in memory of her mother, Mary Guthrie who her grandchildren lovingly called “Mimi”. Mimi’s Book Club allows us to purchase books for the children and families we serve. The books given to the children from […]

We are happy to announce that Community Services for Children (CSC)  has received the honor of being named one of Lehigh Valley’s Top Workplaces. CSC placed #3 among midsize companies with 125-499 employees. Additionally, our esteemed CEO and President, Paula Margraf, was honored with a prestigious award for her exceptional leadership within the midsize company […]

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 […]