Child, Home & Community

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• Parenting a child as a teenager comes with unique risks. Teens who are parents often live in poverty, yet they need strong support networks and resources to help them parent effectively while working towards self-sufficiency. For more than 35 years, Child, Home & Community (CHC) has been educating and empowering teen and young adult parents in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, guiding them on how to nurture their children and to become productive members of the community. Our agency is one of the few regional organizations outside of Philadelphia that works specifically with pregnant and parenting teens. CHCs programs have been developed to meet the unique developmental needs of at-risk pregnant and parenting teens and their babies. Without our intervention, these teen parents are likely to drop out of school, their children may suffer ill health and they may end up on public assistance with no real plan or preparation for the future. The relationship between parent and child in the baby's first years set the foundation for the child's emotional and mental health throughout his/her life. CHCs involvement takes place from the beginning of pregnancy and can last until the child reaches age 6. We offer a continuum of free programs that include prenatal and childbirth education, monthly parent support groups, school-based programs, and one-on-one sessions and home visits as needed. Our full-time Career Specialist works with students on job readiness/Employment and seeing the possibilities for a financially independence future. The results are significant: 100% of CHCs mothers received prenatal care (only 85% nationally) 2% of CHCs mothers gave birth to low birth weight babies (national average is 10%) Only 2% of births are pre-term (national rate 13%) The repeat pregnancy rate is 2% (national rate 25%) 94% of CHC clients stay in high school and graduate (national rate just 25%).
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  Headquarters:204 North West Street #101, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States

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  Phone Number: +1 215-348-9770

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  Website: https://www.chcinfo.org

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  Employees:3

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  Revenue:$1 - 10M

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  Legal Name:Child, Home & Community

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• |  NAICS Code: 624190  |

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