Provides a specialized mental wellness and education center for children, teens, and parents. Services offered include outpatient counseling, tutoring and mentoring, support groups, and educational programs. Counseling services include play therapy, sand tray therapy, trauma-informed counseling, parent counseling, parent child interaction therapy, and family therapy. Telehealth available.

Provides training, recruiting, quality assistance, and support for adults interested in becoming a mentor. Offers an online directory where the public can search for mentoring programs.

Offers peer recovery support services called mentoring. Mentors provide wellness and recovery coaching, helping to connect men and women to community-based health and human services and to the recovering community. These services are also available to high risk women, including those who are pregnant, homeless, or victims of violence. Most referrals to this program come from CYF, but anyone with a substance use or co-occurring disorder in need of mentoring is eligible.

Offers short-term mentoring program that connects job-seekers with a volunteer in an industry or job field of interest to the individual seeking employment.

Over three meetings, the mentor helps the mentee to strengthen their interview and job search skills and create a customized career plan while networking and building connections.

Assists churches in starting volunteer health ministry programs that will thrive and serve the congregation; serves as a Resource Center to provide consultation, support and mentoring, ideas and materials for health ministry; provides the Parish Nurse and Health Minister Basic Preparation Course, curriculum endorsed by the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing; Conducts health ministry workshops to educate and train volunteers; promotes faith community nursing as a vital ministry of the church.

Provides a place where youth and families can find needed resources, become involved in support groups, cultural and educational programming, and enjoy a variety of fun activities. Offers an after school program, summer camp, tutoring, field trips, and parenting and coaching for teens and parents.

Offers one-to-one friendship and leadership development programs for individuals with and without intellectual disabilities.

Provides assistance with housing, food, transportation, clothing, social services system navigation, mentoring.

Provides after school tutoring, meals, enrichment activities and field trips. TRAILS also has an eight week summer day camp.

Provides program designed to re-integrate veterans to college through a three-phased program.

Phase I: participants will complete a ten-week paid research experience, complete a team project, learn 21st century skills in workshops, and prepare to begin classes at a local college. During this time, program participants are offered housing and other family assistance. Participants are also paired with rehabilitation counselors for individual and group counseling sessions to ensure the adequate supports are in place for academic success.

Phase II: participants will continue to refine their academic interests and apply for a formal program at the University of Pittsburgh or an institution of their choice.

Phase III: participants will enroll in a university and prepare to graduate from the ELeVATE program. Participants stay linked to their cohort through study and other support groups. The program encourages past participants to stay linked to the program by serving as a mentor for new ELeVATE participants.

Provides one-to-one youth mentoring programs. Professionally screened and trained volunteers provide guidance, mentoring, and friendship to children. Programs help children become more confident, make healthy decisions, and achieve their fullest potential in life.

Provides one-to-one youth mentoring programs in which professionally screened and trained volunteers provide guidance, mentoring, and friendship to children. Programs help children become more confident, make healthy decisions, and achieve their fullest potential in life.

Provides one-to-one youth mentoring programs. Professionally screened and trained volunteers provide guidance, mentoring, and friendship to children. Programs help children become more confident, make healthy decisions, and achieve their fullest potential in life.

Provides one-to-one youth mentoring programs in which professionally screened and trained volunteers provide guidance, mentoring, and friendship to children. Programs help children become more confident, make healthy decisions, and achieve their fullest potential in life.

Establishes one-to-one mentoring relationships between adult volunteers and children in order to provide guidance, mentoring, and friendship.

Provides immediate shelter to women Veterans for 30 to 90 days and offers intensive case management services.

Offers after school activities, including a computer center, homework help, Step-It-Up reading program, community service projects, bully prevention meetings, PNC financial literacy sessions, youth council, and gym recreation. Other services including a summer program, computer and internet access for low-income families, high school Action Team club, and Operation Backpack to provide students with school supplies and books.

Provides in-school and out of school programs and services for Latino youth in Western Pennsylvania. Offers tutoring, mentoring, and educational activities and discussions. Young Latinos can connect, celebrate their heritage, and develop the skills and confidence necessary to excel in all aspects of their lives.

Provides after-school programming offering tutoring, mentoring, cultural activities, STEM skill-building, safety education, nutritional support, and more. Visit the website for more information on the available programs.

KEYS AmeriCorps members tutor and mentor youth and engage them in service to their communities. Members are placed with local schools, after-school programs, and community-based and faith-based organizations.

In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members receive a modest living allowance and may be eligible for forbearance on qualified student loans, child care, and health insurance. Upon successful completion they may be eligible for financial assistance for their education.

Educates and empowers youth about their role in the planning process for their future and to bring the voice of youth to the forefront during every phase of service development and provision to effect positive change for individuals and systems.



Youth Support Partners (YSPs) are young adult professionals who have personal experience in some area of the human services or juvenile justice system. Insight is shared with youth currently in the system, advocating and mentoring for them.

Provides information resources, referrals, and guidance regarding employment, housing, education, food assistance, mental health services, and clothing to reentrants to ensure successful return to the community.

Offers mentoring program for children and youth with an incarcerated parent or other close relative. In this community-based program, mentors and mentees meet at least four hours per month for a minimum commitment of one year.

Amachi's Ambassador's Program is a specialized youth organizing, advocacy, and leadership development program for high school students (age 14 to 18) impacted by the incarceration of a parent or a close loved one.

Provides Latino students with academic, social, and emotional support through mentoring and tutoring programs. Offers personalized support to based on students individual needs.

Offers volunteer services to youth service agencies in order to fill roles where there are gaps in service. The volunteer works through the matched agency to receive training and meets with children, youth, young adult assigned at least once a week.

Offers mentoring programs, based both in the community and in schools, for children and youth.

Encourages any group such as a church, club, or community organization to host a site for mentors and children to meet on a weekly basis.

Pairs expectant or new parents with experienced parent mentors who use text messaging to provide support, information, referrals, and suggestions for activities that promote infant mental health.

Provides job search and placement assistance, skills training, career assessment, and on-the-job training opportunities. Also provides services for eligible youth including internships/work experiences, work readiness training, occupational skills training, case management, guidance and counseling, tutoring, and career awareness/exploration.

Offers parenting education, counseling, and baby material items such as clothing, diapers, wipes, formula, and other baby items.

Matches, monitors, and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships between caring adult volunteers and at-risk youth in school and community settings, providing opportunities for friendship, guidance, positive role modeling, and worthwhile, life-impacting experiences.

This is a mentoring program for youth and teens that offers services to foster caring, competence, and confidence through emotional, social, cultural, and educational support for children between six and sixteen years of age.

Provides health and social services to families. Offers independent living classes for older adults, child care, and a variety of heath and fitness resources.

Provides a group youth mentoring program. Mentors utilize evidence-based curriculum and oversee group activities.

Creating Foundations is a mentoring program modeled after "Safe Families for Children" in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The purpose of this program is to connect youth and young adults who are between the ages of 14-26 and who are aging out of the Pennsylvania foster care system with a mentor or mentor family who will assist them with the transition into adulthood. The goal of making these connections is that they develop into a lifelong support for the young adults in the program.

Offers home-based services that include skilled nursing care, physical, occupational and speech therapy, and nurse aide and medical social worker services,

Offers a volunteer program that matches adult mentors with at-risk youth between the ages of 6 and 18, many of whom reside in single parent households.

Provides mentoring services and support to people considering adoption.

Individual and group education program focusing on building life skills and preparing youth for successful independent adult living.

Operates an adult training facility with programs designed to maximize an individual's opportunity to lead "everyday lives." Provides staff that serves as adult role models and challenges each participant to reach their highest level of ability in daily living skills, social and physical development, interactions with others, and community integration.

Operates an adult training facility with programs designed to maximize an individual's opportunity to lead "everyday lives." Provides staff that serves as adult role models and challenges each participant to reach their highest level of ability in daily living skills, social and physical development, interactions with others, and community integration.

A collaboration with girls and their parents, schools, volunteers, Diakon staff members and the community that combines running-related events with health education, life skills development, mentoring relationships, and physical training.

Provides community and wilderness based services for at-risk and court-adjudicated youth and young adults

Programs:
Wilderness Challenge, Boiling Springs PA
Adjudicated males 13-18 years
Short-term outdoor mobile program

Center Point Day Treatment, Boiling Springs PA
Referred males and females 11-19 years
Day treatment program

Flight Program
Any male 17-24 years
(Adams, Bucks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Perry, York)
Mentoring and training program for youth aging out of system

WAP (Weekend Alternative Program), Boiling Springs PA
Pre/Post-adjudicated males 12-18 years
10 weekends

GWAP (Weekend Alternative Program), Boiling Springs PA
Pre/Post-adjudicated females 12-18 years
10 weekends

Bridge, Boiling Springs PA
Pre/Post-adjudicated males 11-18 years
150 days

Bridge Prep, Boiling Springs PA
Pre/Post adjudicated males and females 17-18 years
30-45 days

Turning Point, Lancaster PA
Evening Reporting Center for males
Alternative to secure detention

Diakon Youth Services have a range of community based treatment, vocational training, counseling, and mentoring services for at-risk youth.
- Center Point Day Program @ Diakon Wilderness Center
- The Bridge Program
- The Flight Program
- Greenhouse & Native Plant Nursery
- Turning Point Program
- Weekend Alternative Program @ Diakon Wilderness Center
- Youthful Offenders Program
- Outdoor Group Challenges @ Diakon Wilderness Center

Services include mentoring and coaching on a variety of parenting issues such as the navigation of child custody, child support, visitation and parenting plans. Facilitates fatherhood workshops in both community and correctional settings.

Compeer in Philadelphia arranges one-on-one matches between adults learning to cope with a mental illness who live in Philadelphia with volunteers of the same sex and of similar age who share common interests and live nearby. The two spend at least four hours a month together participating in social and recreational activities. The program is designed to promote recovery by providing adults with severe mental illnesses with friends who can help in areas dealing with fear, isolation and loneliness.

Chester County Compeer arranges one-on-one matches between adults learning to cope with a mental illness who live in Chester County with volunteers of the same sex and of similar age who share common interests and live nearby. The two spend at least four hours a month together participating in social and recreational activities. The program is designed to promote recovery by providing adults with severe mental illnesses with friends who can help in areas dealing with fear, isolation and loneliness.

Provides placement of children into foster care when there is danger of imminent abuse or neglect. Children may be placed with a relative, foster home, group home, or residential facility depending on the needs of the child.

The Bureau assists Pennsylvanians who are blind or visually impaired gain the skills necessary to live and work independently in their communities. BBVS services are provided throughout the Commonwealth by professional staff in District Offices. However, you do not need to visit an office in order to receive services since our staff will be happy to make an appointment to come to your home and take an application for services.

Provides services that include:

• Juvenile Detention: short-term placement of delinquents in a secure detention facility.


• Residential: purchased placement for children/youth who need twenty four hour supervision and care.


• Secure Residential: purchased placement service for delinquents who need secure residential setting.

Program helps at-risk youth by providing one-on-one mentoring to evaluate their needs, establishing a network of local support resources, and supporting the youth as they develop the life and employment skills and knowledge to achieve self-sufficiency. A 12 to 18 month youth employment program for 16 to 21 year olds who are motivated to earn a GED or train for a career.

The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services of Roads to Freedom Center for Independent Living of North Central PA, offers:Resources/training related to language translation, housing, income benefits, mobility/transportation, education, communication, assistive technology, advocacy, budgeting, household management, mentoring, and socialization/recreation geared toward persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Sign Language Instruction. Assistance with obtaining an Interpreter/Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART). Instruction of the Pennsylvania Driver's Manual. Public awareness/sensitivity training regarding persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Information about Videophones/Video Relay Interpreting Services and resources on how to go about getting a videophone. Assistance with getting equipment via the TDDP such as a TTY, CapTel, amplified telephone, etc. A New Start program through Roads to Freedom, an Assistive Technology reuse/recycle program, may be able to provide donated equipment.

A Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) is a staff person who has used mental health and community services and who is using recovery principles in their own life. A CPS has had to pass an educational program and become certified to provide these services.
CPS services can help in the following areas:
- Mentoring
- Advocacy/ Mediation
- Engagement
- Provide hope
- Teach wellness strategies
- Provide education (e.g. agency services, community supports, recovery principles etc.)
- Skills building
- Link to community supports
- Develop natural supports
- Goal Planning
- Crisis Support
- Emotional support

Provides foster care, community residential rehabilitation services, and respite services designed to provide an opportunity for parent/ guardians and children to have some time apart.

Provides a 20-bed program comprised of 10 two-bedroom apartment units that residents share. The apartments have private bedrooms for sleep and storing personal belongings. Residents share a kitchen, bathroom, and living room. Each resident also has an additional storage closet in the main living space. The staff offices are on-site to provide case management and supervision.

Operates a shelter with 10 beds. Provides the basic needs (shetler, food, clothing, and showers), educational and vocational services, outreach, and case management. Staff can refer youth to local mental health services, drug and alcohol counseling, and legal services.

Provides assistance in building and working on healthy relationships

Provides assistance in building and working on healthy relationships

A volunteer companionship program between persons in mental health recovery and trained community volunteers. After training that is provided by compeer staff, adult volunteers are matched with adult friends who live with a mental illness. Volunteers are asked to spend one hour per week with their friend. Members of the match meet at mutually agreeable times and for activities they choose.

Provides peer specialists who have been trained and have the desire to partner with mental health consumers to help them gain strength, support and hope in their road to recovery.

Provides support services for teens, women and men experiencing an unplanned pregnancy with professional staff and trained volunteers. Includes free pregnancy tests, a limited OB ultrasound, medical consultation and options counseling, education on pregnancy, STD's, abortion, and alternatives to abortion, adoption referrals upon request,
pre-natal and parenting education, baby clothes, baby supplies and baby furniture under an Incentive Program,
assistance with finding housing, maternity only, post abortion support groups or individual counseling, referrals for medical care, financial and legal aid, as well as other community resources, fatherhood mentoring program, teaches abstinence and STD education to schools and local youth groups upon request, offers training in the marketplace to employers and employees dealing with "single parenting /crisis pregnancy".

Affiliated with CARENET, NIFLA and ECFA

Comprehensive Youth Development Afterschool Program. Academic Success: homework centers, college access, goals for graduation. Healthy Lifestyles: Fitness & nutrition, sports & recreation, alcohol, tobacco, and drug prevention, team sports. Good character & citizenship: volunteerism, character building, mentoring, leadership. Provides a wide array of music, drama, dance, theater, vocal, and instrumental classes.

Comprehensive Youth Development Afterschool Program. Academic Success: homework centers, college access, goals for graduation. Healthy Lifestyles: Fitness and nutrition, sports and recreation, alcohol, tobacco, and drug prevention, team sports. Good character and citizenship: volunteerism, character building, mentoring, leadership.

Comprehensive Youth Development Afterschool Program. Academic Success: homework centers, college access, goals for graduation. Healthy Lifestyles: Fitness & nutrition, sports & recreation, alcohol, tobacco, and drug prevention, team sports. Good character & citizenship: volunteerism, character building, mentoring, leadership.

Comprehensive Youth Development Afterschool Program. Academic Success: homework centers, college access, goals for graduation. Healthy Lifestyles: Fitness & nutrition, sports & recreation, alcohol, tobacco, and drug prevention, team sports. Good character & citizenship: volunteerism, character building, mentoring, leadership.

Comprehensive Youth Development Afterschool Program. Academic Success: homework centers, college access, goals for graduation. Healthy Lifestyles: Fitness & nutrition, sports & recreation, alcohol, tobacco, and drug prevention, team sports. Good character & citizenship: volunteerism, character building, mentoring, leadership.

Comprehensive Youth Development Afterschool Program. Academic Success: homework centers, college access, goals for graduation. Healthy Lifestyles: Fitness & nutrition, sports & recreation, alcohol, tobacco, and drug prevention, team sports. Good character & citizenship: volunteerism, character building, mentoring, leadership.

Techgyrls is an after school program that gives girls in elementary and middle school the opportunity to experiment with graphic arts, web design, animation, and robotics in a mentoring environment. Offered through schools.

Techgyrls is an after school program that gives girls in elementary and middle school the opportunity to experiment with graphic arts, web design, animation, and robotics in a mentoring environment. Offered through schools.

Girls Golf, is a junior golf program that teaches girls, age 7-17, how to play golf. Sessions are held on Saturdays at Southmoore Golf Course. Fees apply.

Prom Dress Day provides free formal dresses and accessories to girls who would not be able to attend their prom because of inability to afford suitable attire. All female high school juniors and seniors are invited.

Provides a program to support physical, emotional, and spiritual development in the children and youth throughout the community. Offers both after school and summer programs.

Offers education, advocacy and peer-support services. Services include life skills training and mentor project through three regional coordinating offices: Pro-Act, Rase Project, and Message Carriers.
Provides training on addiction treatment and recovery, youth support groups, a peer support mentoring program, and advocates for recovery.

Monitors juveniles awaiting adjudicatory hearings or final court dispositions. Designed to divert juvenile offenders who are in need of a highly structured, closely supervised program in lieu out-of-home placement or overcrowded detention facilities. Provides case management, daily home visits, nightly curfew calls, weekly school visits, psycho-educational workshops, advocacy, mentoring, community service, restitution payment, and monthly parent support meetings.

Offers a 29-week college awareness program that includes college preparation, life skills instruction, and mentoring. Applies a long view approach to youth development by beginning at age 10 to help youth build academic skills and college readiness.

Offers parenting workshops for fathers in Philadelphia, in-person and virtually using Zoom. Also offers individual and group counseling and referrals to other community resources including job training, mentoring, and educational and social services programs. Pays a $30 stipend. Transportation assistance and childcare services are available upon request.

Offers an addiction prevention and mentoring program

Offers group mentoring sessions for boys and girls to provide a opportunity to speak with positive role models. Mentoring sessions include educational, cultural, and sports programs.

Provides a safe space and youth enrichment programming for area youth. Staffed by youth mentors. Services include case management, counseling, career development, educational opportunities, and workshops using the Positive Action curriculum that addresses a range of topics such as digital literacy, conflict resolution, and entrepreneurship. Facilities include computer lab, video and arcade games, classrooms, and a snacks pantry.

Provides a 90-day program for youth exhibiting at risk behaviors at home, in school, or in the community. Includes mandatory twice weekly visits with case managers, twice monthly counseling sessions, and once monthly home visits. Services include case management, referrals for wraparound services, and workshops covering anger management, conflict resolution, college preparation, and more. Uses Positive Action curriculum to deliver workshops.

Provides a 90-day program for youth exhibiting at risk behaviors at home, in school, or in the community. Includes mandatory twice weekly visits with case managers, twice monthly counseling sessions, and once monthly home visits. Services include case management, referrals for wraparound services, and workshops covering anger management, conflict resolution, college preparation, and more. Uses Positive Action curriculum to deliver workshops.

Located in Philadelphia, The Support Center provides a supervised, informal meeting place for men and women in recovery from substance abuse. The Support Center is open during the afternoon and early evenings, and operates with staff supervision at all times. The Support Center facilitates ongoing connection with recovery support. Under the supervision of NET staff, the Support Center offers an array of services to the participants including:
- Peer mentoring and case management support
- 12 step group support
- Faith-based programs
- Emergency housing, flood, and clothing supports
- Social and recreational programs
- G.E.D. attainment assistance
- English as a second language
- Reading, parenting, and life skills education
- Vocational training and career counseling
- Job search support and programming
- Financial literacy and planning
- Credit Restoration

Provides English language instruction, academic support and enrichment, literacy instruction, project-based learning, and exposure to arts and culture. Also offers academic support, physical activity, and cross-cultural experiences.

Provides English language instruction, academic support and enrichment, literacy instruction, project-based learning, and exposure to arts and culture. Also offers academic support, physical activity, and cross-cultural experiences.

Offers a high school-based enrichment and mentoring program focused on career exposure to the food services and facility management industries,and building 21st Century skills. Also offers Drexel University and St. Joseph’s University students opportunities to gain an understanding of employment opportunities at Aramark and direct access to Aramark’s post-graduate employment programs.

Provides leadership and professional development workshops to all 12 GEAR UP high schools in the district. Each school is partnered with a corporation whose employees participate in the monthly workshops.

Prepares incarcerated individuals for success through offering a series of workshops on topics including social media, applying for medical benefits, securing housing, and obtaining education and employment. Provides one-on-one mentorship for at least six months to develop a personalized goal plan. Also works with soon to be released juvenile lifers to help them transition into the community.

Partners with Philadelphia schools to identify young people who have experienced violence-related trauma. Program therapists and counselors provide a variety of trauma-informed services including individual clinical therapy, psycho-educational groups, and mentoring.

Provides a voluntary program for expectant mothers experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, who need time to establish stability in their lives while knowing they are in a safe and loving environment until they are able to live independently. The program places expectant mothers with an unpaid, compassionate host family before and/or after she delivers her baby, giving her time to adjust, continue her education, find stable employment, and/or locate safe housing. The mom will receive parent education and developmental screenings for her baby; she will be matched with a mentor and will meet regularly with a family coach. Safe Families hostings can last up to one year.

Connects young men to positive male figures from their community for 26-week program of mentoring sessions. Program covers diction, entrepreneurship, technical skills, life skills and lessons, conflict resolution and decision making, and physical education.

Connects young women to positive female figures from their community for 26-week program of mentoring sessions. Program covers diction, etiquette, technical skills, life skills and lessons, conflict resolution and decision making, proper dress and attire, and physical education.

Offers a mentoring program where teen leaders provide individualized assistance to the After-School Program children to complete their homework, develop social and emotional skills, and act as role models for the children. This is a paid position.

Offers clients at advanced levels of the self-sufficiency scale regular meetings throughout the year with successful professionals and business people, providing additional mentoring and networking opportunities to position clients for further success.

Provides a variety of one-on-one mentoring programs for volunteer mentors (Bigs) and their mentees (Littles). Both community-based and site-based mentorship programs offered.

Partners with local schools to support LGBTQ youth by recruiting LGBTQ volunteers to be group mentors to high school Gender and Sexuality Alliances. Volunteers attend regular after-school meetings for 12 months and work to help their mentees achieve their goals and realize their full potential.

Provides a variety of one-on-one mentoring programs for volunteer mentors (Bigs) and their mentees (Littles). Both community-based and site-based mentorship programs offered.

Partners with local schools to support LGBTQ youth by recruiting LGBTQ volunteers to be group mentors to high school Gender and Sexuality Alliances. Volunteers attend regular after-school meetings for 12 months and work to help their mentees achieve their goals and realize their full potential.

Provides early intervention programming for at-risk youth. Services include academic support and referrals as needed, social and emotional competency building, mentoring, recreation, work ready programming, and community service opportunities.

Provides services and programming for individuals involved in the justice system.
- Provides referrals and information for community resources
- Assists with securing basic needs, transportation, and IDs.
- Reentry programs for any individual with a criminal record

Provides guidance and mentoring to families and early childhood facilities that support, nurture and care for at-risk children.

Various types educational workshops for students that are in middle school to college level, to help and assist in their developement.

Various types educational workshops for students that are in middle school to college level, to help and assist in their developement.

Various types educational workshops for students that are in middle school to college level, to help and assist in their developement.

Leadership Program is a health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement program. The goal of the program is to help boys and girls develop and adopt a healthy attitude and lifestyle, as well as acquire and maintain a positive self-concept, sound decision-making skills and mentor relationship.

Volunteer reading program that brings in MENtors and MENtor Assistants from Susquehanna County to read to kindergarten students for one hour each month to help foster early literacy. At the end of each reading visit students receive a copy of the book read to add to their own personal library.

Provides educational services to schools and the community to increase awareness of issues involving Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs.

School-Based Programs.
Classroom education sessions beginning in Preschool through High School .
Primary and Secondary Intervention Groups (Anger Management, Children of Substance Abuse).
S.A.D.D. (Students Against Destructive Decisions).
.A.P. (Student Assistance Program).

Community Programs.
Various presentations and resources provided to groups and organizations throughout the community.

Provides emergency foster care placement services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If a child is in immediate need of a safe place to stay, FCCY can provide short-term placement with a foster family for up to 30 days. During this time period, appropriate plans for future living arrangements will be made by all involved parties, including the child, the county caseworker, the children's biological/legal family, the FCCY case manager, and the foster family. In many situations, it is suggested that the child be moved from emergency placement to our Family-Based Services program.

Provides emergency foster care placement services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If a child is in immediate need of a safe place to stay, FCCY can provide short-term placement with a foster family for up to 30 days. During this time period, appropriate plans for future living arrangements will be made by all involved parties, including the child, the county caseworker, the children's biological/legal family, the FCCY case manager, and the foster family. In many situations, it is suggested that the child be moved from emergency placement to our Family-Based Services program.

Provides emergency foster care placement services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If a child is in immediate need of a safe place to stay, FCCY can provide short-term placement with a foster family for up to 30 days. During this time period, appropriate plans for future living arrangements will be made by all involved parties, including the child, the county caseworker, the children's biological/legal family, the FCCY case manager, and the foster family. In many situations, it is suggested that the child be moved from emergency placement to our Family-Based Services program.

Provides emergency foster care placement services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If a child is in immediate need of a safe place to stay, FCCY can provide short-term placement with a foster family for up to 30 days. During this time period, appropriate plans for future living arrangements will be made by all involved parties, including the child, the county caseworker, the children's biological/legal family, the FCCY case manager, and the foster family. In many situations, it is suggested that the child be moved from emergency placement to our Family-Based Services program.

Services designed to help young adults, ages 16 to 24 years, prepare for and succeed in education, training and employment. Young adults eligible for programming must no longer be in school, either because they withdrew or because they completed high school or post-secondary program. The program Career Counselors will assist participants in preparing and succeeding in education, training and employment. Services provided will include career exploration, peer connections, money management, job searching, interviewing skills, mentoring, college visits, exposure to training programs, local business tours, volunteer/service projects, building leadership skills and information on starting a business. Programming is held in PA CareerLink Offices.

Offers Individual support in the form of mentoring, life skills coaching, and guidance. Services are offered to anyone who is in need of help. Participants must agree to participate in Foundation programs and to accept the Foundation's philosophy of a "HandUP not a hand out."

Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is served through the following programs or partnerships:


School Readiness.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Libary providing a free book monthly program; Book Drive providing new and gently used children's books that will then be distributed to children. Reading Buddies, a volunteer reading program that brings in mentors. The Nurses Pantry provides at-risk students and families with access to commonly needed material items to address needs of an urgent nature. Summer Learning program.

An employment preparation experience for high school students with disabilities, ages 16-21, who attend school and are eager to work and earn a paycheck. It combines workplace and independent living skills instruction with paid work experience to provide participants with the skills they need to transition more successfully into adulthood. Groups meet for five Saturdays for interactive curriculum and coaching in the morning followed by an afternoon of paid workplace experience in the community.

The MENTOR Community Residential Rehabilitation Host Home Program provides an array of therapeutic supports and services to vulnerable children and their families, enabling both to be successful in their own lives and within the larger community.Basic services provided for every child include room & board, advice and counseling, medication monitoring and adherence, self-care training, supervision of schoolwork/activities, recreation, involvement in the treatment planning process, treatment plan implementation, and family support.

In our Lifesharing program, also known as Host Homes, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities live in the community of their choice in the private family home of their dedicated Lifesharing providers who we call Mentors.Mentors provide the individuals we serve with:
24-hour home-based monitoring; Medication management oversight; Community integration/structured activities; Life skills development; Activities of daily living management;Transportation; 24/7 on-call support from our team of experts.

Wraparound Services offers a range of services for children. The program specializes in working with autistic children.

Services available include:
- Behavior Specialist Consultants
- Therapeutic Staff Support
- Mobile Therapy
- Case Management

Provides a range of services to children with Autism and to children who are having behavioral difficulties in Delaware County and parts of Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, including:
- Behavior Specialist Consultants
- Case Management
- Mobile Therapists
- Psychological Evaluations

In this program, young mothers living in the homes of our foster parents, who we call Mentors, receive intensive case management services to help them be the best moms they can be.The program inlcudes:Parenting classes
- Independent living classes
- Day care
- Support groups
- Access to health care, WIC, and transportation

We offer programs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and medically complex conditions.
Our services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and medically complex conditions include:
-Residential services including Lifesharing (also known as Host Homes) and Community Living (also known as Group Homes)
-Supported Living
-Day programs
-Relief Support
-Hourly Support Services

Provides Foster Care and Treatment services to youth who require 24-hour substitute care as a result of abuse, neglect and/or dependency issues in Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester Counties. Services are typically provided for children 4-18 years of age.The children we serve in our Therapeutic Foster Care program may have intellectual and developmental disabilities or emotional and behavioral challenges, and we provide them with nurturing homes where they can thrive.

Wraparound Services offers a range of services for children. The program specializes in working with autistic children.

Services available include:
- Behavior Specialist Consultants
- Therapeutic Staff Support
- Mobile Therapy
- Case Management

Provides a range of services to children with Autism and to children who are having behavioral difficulties in Delaware County and parts of Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, including:
- Behavior Specialist Consultants
- Case Management
- Mobile Therapists
- Psychological Evaluations

Wraparound Services offers a range of services for children. The program specializes in working with autistic children.

Services available include:
- Behavior Specialist Consultants
- Therapeutic Staff Support
- Mobile Therapy
- Case Management

Provides a range of services to children with Autism and to children who are having behavioral difficulties in Delaware County and parts of Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, including:
- Behavior Specialist Consultants
- Case Management
- Mobile Therapists
- Psychological Evaluations

A group mentoring program for teens ages 13 and older who are already a part of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Designed to teach adult-life skills and help teens prepare for the decisions they will need to make after high school graduation. Meets once a month. It is run by teens.

One-To-One program matches Littles in our agency with Big Brothers or Big Sisters for a minimum of one year. The "matches" get together for an average of 8-10 hours per month (4-hour minimum). Each match has its own unique Case Plan designed to help the Little improve and to provide an actionable plan for the volunteer Big.

A group mentoring program which provides immediate mentoring services to youth upon acceptance to the agency, while the Little awaits a One-To-One match.

A school-based mentoring program. It is highly supervised by the professional staff of Big Brothers Big Sisters on-site at participating schools. The target population is elementary and middle school children, adaptable to meet the requirements of a particular school district.
The program works in conjunction with school district officials to improve a child’s academic performance, self-confidence, respect for others & their cultures, and relationships with peers & adults. Mentors can be high school students, college students, or community members (depending on the site).


- Conrad Weiser School District – East Elementary, West Elementary, and Middle School
- Hamburg Area School District – Tilden Elementary and Middle School
- Governor Mifflin School District – Governor Mifflin Middle School
- Oley Valley School District – Oley Elementary
- Fleetwood School District – Andrew Maier Elementary
- Reading School District – Glenside Elementary

Creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships between youth and adults.

Offers mentoring programs with weekly sessions led by adult volunteers. Goals are to help teens communicate openly, discover life options and opportunities, develop social skills, and become aware of the world around them. Activities may include guided discussions, rap sessions, guest speakers, social events, and cultural enrichment.

Offers an after school program with homework help, recreational activities, and a snack. Also offers a summer day camp with regular program, as well as acitivites and field trips.

Combines individual mentoring programs with comprehensive after-school instructional services and financial support, all tailored to fit the needs of the individual student. Students in the program may also receive laptops, calculators, and USBs.

Variety After School Program offers a wide range of Educational, Recreational, Therapeutic, Cultural and Social activities during the after school hours in locations throughout the Greater Philadelphia Region for children with disabilities. Students benefit from high staff to student ratios. Activities offered at Variety help meet or exceed appropriate state and local academic achievement standards in reading and math (based on criterion found in each student's IEP) and improvement in school attendance, classroom performance as well as reduced disciplinary referrals. After school programs can play a key role in engaging youth in the learning process by providing opportunities to explore interests, gain competency in real work skills, solve problems, assume leadership roles, develop a group identity with similar aged peers, connect to adult role models and mentors, and become involved in improving their communities. The program also offers parents and families educational workshops, a Community Advisory Bo

Truancy intervention is provided to identified schools and supported through the United Way and other donation dollars at no fee to the family. Staff works with the school-identified youth that missed ten or more days of school. Services can be from one to two hours per week and may include tutoring, mentoring, and counseling for both the youth and their family. Concrete needs of the family are also addressed. The youth and his or her family may be seen in school, home, or other community sites.

Provides role modeling, tutoring, recreational and life skills development to at-risk children and youth in the community or in daycare settings. In home respite is provided for families involved with Lehigh County Mental Health and Northampton County Mental Health with a mental health diagnosis.

Provides group and Individual mentoring services designed to help youth define a strong career path and build permanent connections to caring adults.

Provides group and Individual mentoring services designed to help youth define a strong career path and build permanent connections to caring adults. The program requires adults to connect with their mentee one time per month. Youth participants have the ability to earn stipends for the completion of Mentoring Surveys.

Offers a recovery community for individual who are experiencing distress and feel that they would benefit from participation in a short term, 24 hour peer-to-peer supportive environment with others who have experienced recovery and can provide support.

Across Ages is a one-on-one mentoring program that matches Pen Argyl students in the 5th through 8th grade with senior adults over age 50. Learning Together is a high school mentoring program that matches business and community volunteers with Pen Argyl High School students to provide role modeling and encourage higher education.

Facilitates relationships between individuals and the communities in which they live. Via connects people to their community through volunteer, recreational, social and educational activities. Via helps individuals discover preferences and choose recreational and volunteer activities in their community to participate in as independently as possible.

Provides after school programming covering four core areas: education and career development, health and life skills, the arts, and fitness and recreation. Activities and services include homework help, digital literacy training, mentoring, sports and games, nutrition education, gardening, and more.

Provides age-appropriate programming and activities for teens in a safe and welcoming space. Activities include mentoring, Teen Fridays, scuba diving, robotics, and more.

Offers a mentoring program that promotes educational achievement; positive citizenship and leadership development; preparing for and maintaining employment; and support through guidance, counseling, and adult mentoring.
Clients are exposed to high demand careers and go on several tours of successful businesses to learn about different careers.
Clients are assisted in their college search, financial aid, and completing the FAFSA. SAT prep is offered and clients go on several college visits throughout their time in the program.

GSS Permanent Housing Services assists individuals and families (that are doubled-up, at risk of homelessness, in the eviction process, or homeless), move into their own housing.

Their available services assist over 200 men, women, and children per year, and include the following:
--Case management and goal planning
--Resource development
--Life skills & parenting support
--Mentoring/volunteer support
--Appropriate levels of financial assistance for rent, utilities, transportation

Swimming instruction, school age child care, fitness, teen programs, youth sports, parent/child programs,youth basketball league,youth handball, mentoring, and Youth in Government program.

Matches local children with an adult friend to serve as a mentor through one-to-one time together. Provides individualized goal plans for each child, as well as professional staff support for volunteers, parents, and children.

Matches children with caring friends (adults, college students, or high school students) for one-to-one mentoring at local elementary schools and various after-school programs throughout the tri-county region. Offers the Bigs in Blue Program which provides law enforcement mentoring in schools during lunch or recess.

Provides human and social services relating to an individual’s basic needs and addresses the barriers to succeeding upon reentering the community following their release from jail.

The Peer-to-Peer (P2P) is a unique, experiential learning program for people with any serious mental illness who are interested in establishing and maintaining their wellness and recovery.

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) consists of 10 - two-hour units and is taught by a team of trained "Mentors'' who are personally experienced at living well with mental illness. We've been there. You are not alone. The class meets once a week for a total of nine weeks.

Participants come away many tangible resources: an advance psychiatric directive; a ``relapse prevention plan'' to help identify tell-tale feelings, thoughts, behavior, or events that may warn of impending relapse and to organize for intervention early; mindfulness exercises to help focus and calm thinking; and survival skills for working with providers and the general public. You come away with a lot of resources, skills, knowledge to help in this recovery journey.

Open Door Nights: Students come together and connect with one another in a safe place. Facilities include basketball, video game systems, ping pong, pool and fooseball tables, board games, video and a room for dodgeball, hockey and other recreational activities. There is also a lesson time.

Mentoring: The factory has many dedicated volunteers who meet individually with the teens. This allows the staff a chance to cultivate friendships and a opportunity to counsel and offer help and support.

Offers physical activities, fellowship, mentoring and Christian education.

Transportation provided: During the summer months these children are transported to the YMCA's Sam's Summer Day Camp site for eight full weeks of camping activities. Also offers membership privileges to 13 to19 year old underprivileged youth. Income verification is required for program participation.