Programs
What We Do
MCHC meets people where they are. Our programs focus on ensuring that caregivers of children have the support, knowledge, and resources to overcome challenges to maintaining their health and supporting their children’s growth. Through these programs we are:
- Creating healthier, more equitable communities
- Reducing healthcare costs for individuals and families
- Ensuring safe home environments
- Preparing young children for school success
Healthy Start
The first five years of a person’s life are the most formative. When a child is born too small or too early, they are at a much higher risk for health challenges…
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Family Benefits
In Chester County, 1 in 4 peolpe are struggling to make ends meet, the hardest hit being families with children. Children living without nutritious food or health care face a tough childhood..
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Family Center
Educational disadvantages are difficult to overcome and falling behind early can have serious lifelong effects on a person’s development and success…
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Fatherhood
MCHC expanded the Family Center Program to include an initiative designed to fully engage fathers in their child’s development and early education…
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Community Connections
MCHC partners with county agencies in Coatesville to help low-income Coatesville-area residents receive the health and social service support that they need…
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Empowering Healthy Families
MCHC partners with CYF to prevent high risk families from involvement in the child welfare system in southern Chester County…
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Diversion
The Diversion Program is a community-based program that provides face-to-face services with the youth and family in the home, school, and community…
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Family Group Decision Making
The Family Group Decision Making Program empowers families to work together for the purpose of providing a safe, secure environment, free from abuse and neglect for children…
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Life Skills
The Life Skills Program is a community-based program that provides solution-focused, strengths-based parenting education and life skills services for parents/caretakers of at-risk dependent children and youth…
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