Community Services for Children

About Community Services for Children

Community Services for Children, Inc., a private nonprofit organization in Allentown, Pa., prepares young children and their families to succeed in learning and in life through innovative, comprehensive, leading-edge services. CSC is the only provider of Head Start services in the Lehigh Valley, operating more than 50 classrooms of Head Start, Early Head Start and Pre-K Counts in Lehigh and Northampton counties. Our Head Start program, which dates back to 1965, serves more than 1,200 low-income children and their families, ensuring children enter school eager and motivated to learn. Early Head Start serves pregnant women, children birth to age 3 and their families. This program includes a home-based element, as well as SafeStart, a therapeutic classroom program for abused infants and toddlers. CSC operates Early Learning Resource Centers in 17 counties across the state, providing families and child care providers with information and resources to support access to high-quality early education.