Hours: 8:30m - 4:30 pm for information, referral and assistance.
Afterschool Programs: until 6:00 pm.
Evening hours for regularly scheduled programs, parenting classes, GED instruction youth and support groups

The Philadelphia Family Service Centers offer an extensive family support services and enrichment programs, covering the entire life span.

Services Offered
Intake and Assessment Services
A professional consultation designed to help individuals and families determine an appropriate course of action toward problem solving and/or personal enrichment and growth.

Community Based and In-Home Services
The Philadelphia Family Service Centers cover a large geographic region. In an effort to be more accessible to those families that live a greater distance, social work staff do provide in-home assessments, and on going services in the clients home.

Counseling and Mental Health Services
The Northeast Family Service Center is a state licensed outpatient mental health center, and a contracted provider for Community Behavioral Health Care (CBH). Our clinical staff consists of licensed clinical social workers, a clinical supervisor, and a board certified psychiatrist.

Pregnancy and Parenting
For pregnant women and their families who may feel the need for extra support and assistance, Family Service Centers offers practical solutions. Committed to enhancing parenting skills with children of all ages, local Family Service Centers provide classes, support groups, lectures, and activities through parent educators and social workers.
Services include:
• In-home parenting instruction
• Teen parenting programs
• Support groups
• Pregnancy and Parenting services in the Prison System
• Family Nights
• Before and After School Programs
• Family Counseling

Other services we provide:
Pregnancy Hotline
1.800.CARE.002 or 1.800.227.3002 - 24 hour pregnancy services hotline

Project Rachel
215.587.5640 - Provide access to post-abortion counseling and support services.

Programs for School Age Children
Catholic Social Services through its family service center operates nine (9) parish based afterschool programs. The Kids Stop program serves school age children between the ages of 6 - 12 years. Hours of operation are 3:00 - 6:00 pm Monday through Friday with extended hours on early dismissal, teacher in-service days, and holidays. Kids Stop is a comprehensive afterschool program which provides a nutritious snack, help with homework and a vast array of recreational, cultural, arts, prevention programming, and service learning opportunities.

Group Programs
FLY Girls (Forming Leadership in Youth)
Is an abstinence based program for girls in 5th through 8th grade

Positive Youth Development
High school students attending Philadelphia public, Catholic, and private schools are employed as youth leaders and work with our children in our afterschool programs.

"Not Me ~ Not Now"
Is a two part teen pregnancy prevention program. A presentation to parents is designed to give them straight-forward, practical advice on how to talk with their kids ages 9 - 14 about personal issues, including sexuality.

Welfare to Work Programs
The Northeast Family Service Center offers the “Building Adult Independence” program for low income adults transitioning from welfare to work, or adults with little or no employment history. The program trains and employs adults, age 18 and over, as Certified Nursing Assistants.

Community Connections Initiative(CCI)
Is a new initiative funded by the Department of Public Welfare (DPW). The initiative provides services to clients that receive TANF cash assistance, who currently have little or no participation in employment, training or educational activities, or access to those services.

GED Classes
Are provided in the Northeast and Southwest Philadelphia through a partnership with the Center For Literacy and Community College of Philadelphia.