Save Family Support Centers in Allegheny County including the Highlands Family Center

Save Family Support Centers in Allegheny County including the Highlands Family Center

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May 13, 2019
Signatures: 140Next Goal: 200
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Why this petition matters

The Highlands Family Center is a community-based program designed to provide families with resources, opportunities and experiences that enable them to give their child the best start in life and to build strong families. These goals are accomplished through home-based services, parent support groups, parent/child activities, relationship building and mentoring. Family support centers believe strong parents make strong communities, where the hope of our children's future begins.

Allegheny County will be receiving a 1.5 million dollar budget cut, forcing family centers to close. Family centers, including the Highlands Family Center, have helped THOUSANDS of families give their children the best possible start in life and are now at risk of closing their doors. There are a total of 10 state funded family centers through Allegheny County, and 8 of them are at risk for closing.

The Highlands Family center services families with children ages 0-5 and pregnant mothers in East Tarentum, West Tarentum, Brackenridge, Natrona, Natrona Heights, Springdale, Creighton, Cheswick, and other surrounding communities. We are the only family support center within a 25 minute drive.

The family center is a program that provides home visitations focused on child development and parent child interaction. In addition to this, the Highlands Family Center provide families with a variety of resources including:

•Parent/child interactiongroup

• Family Fun/Engagement Night

• Toy Lending Library

• Parent groups

• Goal setting

• Developmental assessments

• Referral services

• 412 Food

• Transportation

• Diapers

• Family Literacy Program

• Wellness Group

• Field Trips

• Birthday parties

• Pregnancy & Infant Classes

• Parent Café’s

• ACT Parenting classes

• WIC clinicat the center

• Parent Council

• Responsible Fatherhood program 

•Drug and alcohol case management

•And much more!

This incredible FREE service has changed the lives of many families in Allegheny County. Please sign our petition and ask your family and friends to sign it too.

We are hopeful that Pennsylvania legislators will reconsider removing the funding.

We need your help! Thank you!

**Please do not donate money!

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