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Pennsylvania Parent and Family Alliance - One on One Parent Peer Support

Connects parents and caregivers with Parent Peer Support Partners (called FSP's) who are trained peer professionals raising children with similar challenges.

What's Here

Mental Health Issues
Peer Counseling
Caregiver Consultation and Support
Parenting Helplines

Office for Dispute Resolution - Special Education Consult Line

Provides information for families and advocates of children with disabilities about school related concerns, special education regulations, procedural safeguards, and general disability questions.

What's Here

School System Advocacy
Parenting Helplines
Medical Information Services
Special Education Classes/Centers
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Carlisle Area Family Life Center - Learning and Earning for Expecting Moms

Offers eight, one-on-one sessions with a trained volunteer covering how to have a healthy pregnancy, feeding, care, and safety of a newborn and infant. Discusses maternal health and childbirth.

What's Here

Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Maternity Navigation Services
Parenting Helplines
Childbirth Education
Parenting Skills Classes

Childhelp - National Child Abuse Hotline

Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD, serves the United States, its territories, and Canada 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Provides assistance in approximately 140 languages. Offers crisis intervention, information, literature, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources.

What's Here

Children's Rights Groups
Parenting Helplines
Child Abuse Hotlines

Allegheny Family Network - Parent Support Line

Offers parents the opportunity to talk confidentially with a trained staff member to share their concerns and receive support. Families are offered emotional support, ways to obtain tangible resources, and information about community and behavioral health services. In addition, families are offered on-going, parent to parent individual supports.

What's Here

Parenting Helplines

Women's Care Center - Support Services for Pregnant Women

Offers pregnancy tests, ultrasound, incentive-based parenting classes, confidential counseling, and support.

What's Here

Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Parenting Helplines
Pregnancy Testing
Maternity Clothing
Pregnancy Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes

PAChildren's Aid Society, Southern PA District Church of the Brethren (CASSD) - Crisis Nursery

Offers 1 to 72-hour short-term respite care for children ages birth through six years old. Serves as a 24-hour hotline for families in crisis. Prevents child abuse and neglect through respite, support, education, and counseling services. Seeks volunteers.

What's Here

Volunteer Opportunities
Child Abuse Prevention
Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
Parenting Helplines
Child Abuse Hotlines

PAChildren's Aid Society, Southern PA District Church of the Brethren (CASSD) - Parent Support Groups

Offers support for families. Groups follow the PA Family Support Alliance model and are facilitated by trained volunteers to improve parenting and strengthen families. Provides volunteer opportunities available for ages 14 and older.

What's Here

Parenting Helplines
Parent Support Groups
Child Abuse Hotlines
Volunteer Opportunities