The Luzerne Intermediate Unit # 18 is working collaboratively with Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley, Catholic Social Services of Greater Hazleton, and The Greater Nanticoke Area Family Center to coordinate 4 separate sites of the Parent-Child Home Program (designated by school district areas):

SOUTH SITE:
Hazleton, Crestwood

WEST SITE:
Wyoming, Tunkhannock, Dallas, Lake-Lehman, Wyoming Valley West, Northwest

EAST SITE:
Pittston, Wilkes-Barre, Hanover

GNA SITE:
Greater Nanticoke Area

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Program Facts:

• Participating families are visited twice each week for two years by trained Home Visitors.
• The twice-weekly home visits are scheduled at the parents’ convenience, so parents who are working, in school or in job training programs can participate.
• There is no direct teaching, instead behavior and interactions are modeled and will be adopted and adapted by the parents.
• There are no specific tasks for the parent or the child other than participating in the home sessions designed to spark verbal interaction and learning through play.
• The books and toys used as curriculum materials are FREE gifts to the families.
• Over twenty years of rigorous research demonstrate the program’s success.
• Reading and math standardized test scores of PCHP graduates were above national norms in elementary school.
• This program (formerly known as the Mother-Child Home Program) has been in existence for the last 20 years. Prior to this year, only one program site existed in Pennsylvania. Currently, the LIU #18 operates 4 of the total 30 sites in Pennsylvania.

FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE

For more information about this program, contact: