CSC Initiatives
Through knowledgeable staff, collaborative partnerships and a commitment to improving educational systems, Center for Schools and Communities is a leader in bullying prevention, social and emotional learning, school safety and violence prevention, youth development, afterschool learning, child abuse and neglect prevention, parent and family support services, and child injury prevention.
Center for Safe Schools (CSS) is committed to supporting schools, educators, parents, law enforcement, and community and local agencies create positive school climates and establish safety measures.
Center for the Promotion of Social and Emotional Learning (CPSEL) focuses on social and emotional learning (SEL) trends in education policy, practice and research and integrating SEL into educational settings.
I Can Problem Solve (ICPS) is a universal, evidence-based, social and emotional learning (SEL) program designed to build interpersonal thinking and problem-solving skills for children, ages 4-11.
Pennsylvania Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) provides funding for evidence-based and research-informed child abuse prevention programs, which focus on preventing abuse before it occurs for the first time.
Pennsylvania Parents as Teachers (PAT) State Office supports PAT Affiliate programs, PAT Curriculum Partners and Subscribers to provide the PAT model with fidelity to achieve positive outcomes with families.
Pennsylvania Strengthening Families state Leadership Team offers guidance to state child- and family-serving programs in incorporating the Strengthening Families approach within their work.
Pennsylvania Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) manages the SWAN Helpline with referral specialists who serve as a “warmline” for prospective foster and adoptive families.
Education Leading to Employment and Career Training (ELECT) program provides expectant and parenting students with guidance and services designed to break the cycle of welfare dependence.
Educational Stability for Children and Youth in Foster Care works with Pennsylvania Department of Education and Pennsylvania Department of Human Services to promote school stability for students in foster care.
Pennsylvania Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness (ECYEH) program provides guidance and training about McKinney-Vento and educational rights of students experiencing homelessness.
Pennsylvania Migrant Education Program (MEP) assists local school districts in improving and coordinating the educational community for the children of the nation’s farm workers who have had their schooling interrupted.
Pennsylvania Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program provides federal funding for enrichment opportunities for students in high-poverty and low-performing schools.
Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool/Youth Development Network (PSAYDN) promotes sustainable, high quality out-of-school time (OST) youth development programs through advocacy and capacity building.