Philadelphia Society for Services to Children

It costs four times as much to support a child in the foster care system than it does to provide preventative programs for the family and child. Preventative programs help families help themselves before the government has to become involved.

Your tax-deductible contribution to PSSC will support our mission to strengthen families and prevent child abuse-before a child is harmed.

$40,000 - hire a full time masters-level social worker
$23,000 - allow an elementary school to offer the FAST program - the intensive 8 weeks and then 22 monthly meetings that serves approximately ten families and benefits the entire school and community
$7,000 - provide a year's worth of supplies for grandparent support groups, which meet twice a month and serve over 25 families
$3,000 - provide a year of comprehensive and specifically designed in-home social work services for one family
$1,000 - send an entire trip with 52 people to visit mothers incarcerated at Muncy SCI, where children can participate in intergenerational family therapy and get the support they need to make different choices than their mothers

$800 - provide for a series of 8 family therapy sessions
$500 - create an emergency fund so that mothers suddenly released from prison without financial resources have a chance to rebuild their life

$300 - pay for a service so that 10 young children can safely get to group therapy
$250 - provide refreshments for a year-long school-based support group for children with incarcerated parents
$100 - provide a family therapy session

All services provided by Philadelphia Society for Services to Children are voluntary, and all are free to our clients. The support of individuals like you helps make this possible. Please help strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect by making a tax-deductible contribution through [ JustGive.org ].

Philadelphia Society for Services to Children
415 South 15th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146

**The official registration and financial information of Philadelphia Society for Services to Children may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1 (800) 732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

Philadelphia Society for Services to Children is proud to be a founding member of the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania . You can support PSSC's child abuse prevention efforts by using PSSC's Donor Choice #00099.

For more information about how you can help PSSC and the families and children we serve, contact Pam McGonigle, Director of Development, at 215-875-3400, or pam@pssckids.org.