Programs for Families at Risk

The Family Project is a program for pregnant and parenting families with children under the age of 6 who are looking to provide a better life for themselves and their pre-schoolers. As we give these families the emotional supports they need, we offer them the following services:

• Developmental screening of children and access to early intervention services if needed
• Case management services
• Assistance in educational and vocational planning
• Assistance in locating resources that will further clients’ goals

For further information, please e-mail program director Louise Leibowitz at lleibowitz@caspa.org.

Family Night is a support program built around a communal family dinner. Once a week for two 16 week sessions – one in the spring, one in the fall -- families come together with other families to enjoy a sit down meal at which parents and children talk together and build family bonds. After dinner, parents meet in an education/support group led by CAS of PA staff in which they discuss the issues they confront as parents. Children break off into age appropriate activity groups.

Sessions take place at CAS of PA’s Madeira Family Center and the Church of the Advocate at 18th and Diamond Streets from 6:00 – 8:00pm. For further information, please contact Rosita Martinez at rmartinez@caspa.org.

Services to Children in Their Own Homes (SCOH) is a program offered in conjunction with the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services. CAS of PA staff work with parents to

• Assure the ongoing safety of children in their own homes
• Assure children at risk can remain with their families
• Identify and successfully use services that are available to them in their own communities.

For further information, please contact program director Rosita Martinez at rmartinez@caspa.org.

Time Out for Teens and Tots is a parenting and support program for teen mothers and their children. TTT offers:

• Twenty weeks of group sessions that build parenting and peer relationships and foster positive and healthy mother/child relationships
• Individual and family case management and supportive counseling
• A Career Directions program that introduces teen mothers to the working world and helps them develop educational and career plans
• Mother-only and mother-baby educational and cultural special events.
• Developmental screening for children to identify those who may need early intervention services.

TTT group sessions are held in five locations throughout Philadelphia, including one session at the MFC. For further information, please e-mail program director Louise Leibowitz at lleibowitz@caspa.org.