https://www.papartnerships.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-State-of-Child-Welfare-Berks-County.pdf
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Counting all Kids
Counting all Kids in the 2020 Census
Why is it Important to count all kids in the 2020 Census? Because every year, more than $26 billion in federal funds is allocated to Pennsylvania and
its localities based on census data, either directly or through Census
population estimates and Census surveys that in turn rely on the
Decennial Census.
Here are some of the programs that affect children’s lives for which funding is based in whole or in part on census data:
- Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)
- Head Start
- Title 1 grants to local education agencies
- Special Education Grants (IDEA)
- Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
- The Federal Foster Care Program
- Medicaid
- Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program
Friday, May 17, 2019
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Lycoming County
https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/ywca-opens-lycoming-county-custody-exchange-center/article_dd0d4df4-6e8d-11e9-b6f9-d73ebcbc762d.html
WILLIAMSPORT -- Families now have a safe location to have custody exchanges at the Lycoming County Custody Exchange Center. The YWCA Northcentral PA has partnered with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to provide this needed service to the community at the Sharwell Building, 200 East St., near Starbucks.
“The Lycoming County Custody Exchange Center adds a level of protection that hasn’t been there before,” said Amber Morningstar, YWCA Program Director.
The center is committed to providing a secure, comfortable and child-friendly place where children can continue a positive relationship with both of their parents through monitored custody exchanges. There are always multiple advocates present who are trained to ensure that each exchange happens smoothly.
Any individuals who have a court-ordered or notarized custody agreement may utilize this new service where they will receive the security and privacy that they need during an exchange, free of charge.
An essential and unique element about the center is that the parents never have contact. The parent dropping their children off will be on one side of the building, where an advocate will take the children through the building to the other parent.
Keeping the parents separate eliminates the possibility of there being arguments or physical altercations in front of the children
“Custody exchanges can be very stressful on the parents as well as the children,” Morningstar said. “Assuring that there is no contact between the parties diminishes tension, anxiety, and safety risk for all involved.”
In 2013, a woman’s life was taken when she went to her ex-boyfriend’s house to pick up their two children. He set fire to her car where they both perished.
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