Pennsylvania

A BRIEF HISTORY

The first Pennsylvania-based Parent-Child Home Program site opened in Hollidaysburg in 1987. In 2002, the Program grew from 1 site to 28 sites throughout the state.

The Pennsylvania Parent-Child Home Program is funded with state and federal TANF dollars through the Child Care Development Block Grant Fund which will allocate a total of $12 million dollars to the state's sites over 3 years, from February 2002 to June 2005.

THE PARENT-CHILD HOME PROGRAM HELPS PENNSYLVANIA'S NEEDIEST FAMILIES

FACTS ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA'S PARENT-CHILD HOME PROGRAM FAMILIES

• 33% of parent-participants have not graduated from high school.

• Parent-Child Home Program Home Visitors completed over 64,000 home visits with Pennsylvania families from July 2003 to June 2004.

• 13% of the families served by the Program are teen parent families.

• 4,390 children benefited from the Program last year. This figure includes approximately 1,795 two- and three-year-olds who participated in the program and their 2,595 siblings who reaped the benefits of the increased verbal interaction, reading and parent involvement in their homes.

The Parent-Child Home Program served approximately 1,800 families in Pennsylvania during the past year.


SITES IN PENNSYLVANIA
28 Parent-Child Home Program replications are currently operating in Pennsylvania:

ALLENTOWN
(Founded in 2002)
Community Services for Children
1520 Hanover Avenue
Allentown, PA 18109
Coordinator: Rebecca Fenerty
E-Mail: rfenerty@cscinc.org

ALTOONA
(Founded in 2002)
Child Advocates of Blair County
200 E. Crawford Avenue
Altoona, PA 16602
Coordinator: Mary Lee O’Harrow
Co-Coordinator: Linda Filkosky
E-Mail: pchpblairco@yahoo.com

ARMSTRONG COUNTY
(Founded in 2002)
ARIN Intermediate Unit #28
2895 West Pike
Indiana, PA 15701
Coordinator: Patty Hellings
E-Mail: phellings@iu28.org

BEAVER COUNTY
(Founded in 2002)
Early Head Start of Beaver County
1011 Sixth Street
New Brighton, PA 15066
Coordinator: Linda Blaskowitz
E-Mail: lindab@beavercountyheadstart.org

BEDFORD/HYNDMAN
(Founded in 2002)
ALSM
231 South Juliana Street
Bedford, PA 15522
Coordinator: Christy Lighty
E-Mail: ckl@lion.crsd.k12.pa.us

CAMBRIA COUNTY
(Founded in 2002)
Keystone Economic Development Corp.
Beginning Inc.
406 Main Street, 2nd Floor
Johnstown, PA 15901
Coordinator: Bethany Holsopple
E-Mail: behollsopple@beginninginc.org

CHESNUT RIDGE/NBC
(Founded in 2002)
ALSM
231 South Juliana Street
Bedford, PA 15522
Coordinator: Laurie Hollis
E-Mail: bayers@tmsd.net

COLUMBIA COUNTY
(Founded in 2002)
CSIU
P.O. Box 213
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Coordinator: Brenda Miller
E-Mail: bmiller@csiu.org

EASTON, PA
(Founded in 2002)
United Way Family Connection
723 Coal Street
Easton, PA 18042
Coordinator: Cathy Ziegenfuss
E-Mail: ziegenfuc@eastonsd.org

ELK COUNTY
(Founded in 2006)
The Guidance Center
P.O. Box 217
25 Morgan Ave
Ridgeway, PA 15853
Coordinator: Brenda Gaffey
E-Mail: tgcelk@penn.com

ERIE
(Founded in 2002)
Erie Family Center
913 Payne Avenue
Erie, PA 16503
Coordinator: Randolph Pruchnicki
E-Mail: rpruchnicki@eriesd.org

EVERETT/TUSSY MOUNTAIN
(Founded in 2002)
ALSM
231 South Juliana Street
Bedford, PA 15522
Coordinator: Barbara Ayers
E-Mail: bayers@tmsd.net

FULTON, JUNIATA & MIFFLIN COUNTIES
(Founded in 2002)
MCIDC Plaza Bldg.
6395 SR 103 North
Lewistown, PA 17044
Coordinator: Angie Colyer
E-Mail: acolyer@tiu11.org

GREENE COUNTY
(Founded in 2002)
Community Action Southwest
58 East Greene Street
Waynesburg, PA 15370
Coordinator: Janet L. Smith
E-Mail: jsmith@caswg.org

HANOVER
(Founded in 2002)
Hanover Wellness Connection
400 York Street
Hanover, PA 17331
Coordinator: Shelli J. Panebaker
E-Mail: PanebakerS@HanoverHospital.org

HUNTINGDON
(Founded in 2002)
Huntingdon Cty. Child & Adult Corp.
402 N. Jefferson Street
Mt. Union, PA 17066
Coordinator: Tammy Carowick/Carol Allenbaugh
E-Mail: tcarowick@hccadc.com

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INDIANA COUNTY
(Founded in 2002)
ARIN Intermediate Unit #28
2895 West Pike
Indiana, PA 15701
Coordinator: Deneen Peters
E-Mail: dpeters@arin.k12.pa.us

LANCASTER
(Founded in 2002)
Lancaster Family Center
601 South Queen Street
P.O. Box 599
Lancaster, PA 17608
Coordinator: Vanessa Philbert/Marcy Marchant
E-Mail: vphilbert@caplanc.org

LUZERNE COUNTY-EAST
(Founded in 2002)
Luzerne Intermediate Unit #18
Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley
31 West Market Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
Coordinator: Jean Kizis
E-Mail:jean.kizis@verizon.net

LUZERNE CTY-WEST/TUNKHANNOCK
(Founded in 2002)
Luzerne Intermediate Unit #18
Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley
31 West Market Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
Coordinator: Kathy Bolinski
E-Mail: Kathy.Bolinski@verizon.net

LUZERNE CTY-SOUTH
(Founded in 2002)
Luzerne Intermediate Unit #18
Catholic Social Services
214 West Walnut Street
Hazleton, PA 18201
Coordinator: Alice Vislocky
E-Mail: alice@csshazleton.org

LYCOMING-CLINTON
(Founded in 2002)
Lycoming-Clinton Commission for Community Action
2138 Boyd Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
Coordinator: Sue Evans
E-Mail: saevans@stepcorp.org

MCKEES ROCKS
(Founded in 2002)
Focus on Renewal
701 Charities Avenue
McKees Rocks, PA 15136
Coordinator: Kerri Fitzgerald
E-Mail: joker_fitz@verizon.net

MONESSEN
(Founded in 2002)
Monessen Family Center
414 Reed Avenue
Monessen, PA 15062
Coordinator: Diane Burrowes/Tina Rullo
E-Mail: dburrows1714@netzero.com

NANTICOKE
(Founded in 2002)
GNA Family Center
K.M. Smith Elementary School
25 Robert Street
Nanticoke, PA 18634
Coordinator: Diane Klish
E-Mail: fcenter@gnasd.com

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
(Founded in 2002)
CSIU
P.O. Box 213
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Coordinator: Shana Budman
E-Mail: sbudman@mail.csiu.org

PHILADELPHIA
(Founded in 2006)
The School District of Philadelphia
440 N. Broad Street, Suite 1086.3
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Coordinator: Pamela Williams
Co:Coordinator:Sharai Cunningham/Gina Whyte
E-Mail: pwilliams@phila.k12.pa.us

“Thirty years of research demonstrates that The Parent-Child Home Program plays an important role in improving school success and high school graduation rates among at-risk children.”

THE HONORABLE ESTELLE B. RICHMAN, SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WELFARE, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA