Sayre Child Center

Established in 1965, Community Services for Children is a provider of various child and family development services to low-income families. It offers preschool programs, such as Head Start and parent-child home programs. Its Head Start program focuses on the language learning and problems of children upto 3 years of age. It provides training programs to more than 1,200 child care professionals to increase their knowledge and skills through seminars and workshops. It has a child care division that offers publicly and privately funded grants for child care programs. It additionally has a family library that provides books, toys, resource materials and computers for children education. Community Services for Children is located in Allentown, Pa.

Youth Service is a community-based, nonprofit social service agency that provides shelter and immediate help to children and families. Operational for more than 50 years, the agency offers emergency shelter for homeless and runaway children. It also provides 24-hour emergency care, as well as foster care and placement services. Youth Service serves more than 5,000 children and adults annually. The agency additionally provides truancy prevention services. Its crisis nursery program offers emergency care for families with young children. The agency is a member of the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Child Welfare League of America. It is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children. Youth Service operates in Philadelphia.