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In the upcoming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, the Council will focus on reducing disparities in child outcomes, supporting child care providers during the ongoing pandemic so parents can get back to work, and implementing a new mentoring initiative for children in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. 

A creative year-long internship program has preserved the voices of Palm Beach County elders who grew up here in the era of segregated and then integrated schools, including their advice for children today.

The Palm Beach County School District’s diagnostic assessments found that almost 13 percent of students in K-2nd grade declined in reading proficiency in summer 2020.

CSC mourns the passing of state Sen. Harry A. Johnston II. We are forever thankful for his leadership, persistence and heart.

This unique funding opportunity aims to support programs and services that local communities determine they want and need – and to do it in a more effective, equitable and sustainable way. 

Palm Beach County is implementing the Plan of Safe Care initiative to combat substance misuse, and ensure infants who are prenatally exposed, and their families, receive the services needed to advance recovery and resilience.

As a 2021 finalist, Palm Beach County is one step closer to the national Prize, which honors communities working at the forefront of advancing health, opportunity, and equity for all.

Thomas Bean, director of public and community engagement at Florida Power & Light Company, will remain the chair. 

In Palm Beach County, about 5,000 children are assigned to mentors through the United Way of Palm Beach County’s Mentor Center.

  The Green Building Initiative awarded three “Green Globes” to CSC’s office building in Boynton Beach.

The CenteringPregnancy® model improves birth outcomes, supports healthy parent-child interactions, and increases prenatal behaviors that lead to positive life outcomes for children. 

Learn how the Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County was there for local child care centers during the pandemic. Hear from Sara Giannetti, director of Central Baptist Preschool in West Palm Beach.

The Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County, and its child care scholarships for essential workers, has changed people's lives. Hear how ELC helped Miriam and her granddaughter.

CSC's board proclaimed November as Prematurity Awareness Month.

In our Point of View, published in The Palm Beach Post Oct. 16, 2020, we note that these businesses are the little engines that could – keeping our local economy humming under extreme duress.      

The national Campaign for Grade-Level Reading recognized Children’s Services Council with a sixth Pacesetter Honor for its work in summer camps and afterschool programs in 2019.

A new series of stories highlight the vital work of local programs and services for children, families and pregnant women funded by Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County.

Healthy Families Florida found a new way to hold a graduation ceremony for families who have completed the program.

The sustained rate will allow the Council to meet the needs of the community, especially as a global pandemic continues to take a toll on Palm Beach County’s families.

More than 100 local, charitable organizations benefited from the distribution.

Children's Services Council and United Way team up to help children in the foster care system with emergency relief funds.

The governing board of Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County on Thursday tentatively agreed to hold the 2020-2021 millage rate steady – keeping last year’s rate of .6497.

Nearly 400 pregnant women or families with babies opened their front doors this summer to a surprise courtesy of the nurses from the Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County.

The new director of Safe Kids Palm Beach County did so much more than just set up her laptop on a dining room table when COVID-19 forced her to work from home.  

Families newly enrolled in Comcast Internet Essentials will receive two months free and CSC’s sponsorship will pick up the costs after that. 

With summer camps closed, Prime Time Palm Beach County put together a schedule of online activities that kept children learning and having fun all summer. Prime Time also offered training and stipends for summer camp staffers who were out of work.

A family in need received a surprise gift card from BRIDGES at Pahokee.

For the last decade, Martha Espinosa has been a calming presence for local pregnant women in her role as a prenatal care coordinator at Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies of Palm Beach County. 

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Palm Beach County Food Bank was distributing about 488,000 pounds of food per month. In June 2020 alone, the Food Bank distributed about 2 million pounds.

Family support workers at the Healthy Beginnings Nurses program are doing their best to ensure pregnant women don't feel alone during the COVID-19 crisis.