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Center-Based Child Care: Parent-Child Development Center (PCDC) provides state-subsidized full-day, full year childcare services to eligible families in center-based preschool classrooms and in licensed family child care homes in both Franklin and Hampshire Counties. Fees are based on a state-regulated sliding scale.
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Center for Self-Reliance Food Pantry is a drop-in food pantry where people with low incomes can receive food and farmers market coupons to bring home. Each household can visit the center, located in Greenfield, once per month. There is also a satellite pantry, the West County Emergency Food Pantry, located in Shelburne Falls.
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Child Care Outlook is a Child Care Resource and Referral program that helps parents choose child care that works best for their needs, finds appropriate childcare providers, provides workshops for parents on a variety of early childhood topics, and assists parents in finding subsidies that help pay for childcare. This program also provides professional development for childcare providers.
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Early Head Start is a program of Parent-Child Development Center (PCDC) that offers weekly home visiting in Franklin County for pregnant women and families with children birth through age three. PCDC also offers Early Head Start classrooms in Greenfield and Amherst.
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Family Child Care: Home-based child care programming throughout Franklin and Hampshire Counties. Parent-Child Development Center provides training, support, and oversight to licensed providers. These childcare professionals provide year-round services for children from 6 weeks through school age.
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Family Learning Center provides literacy services for families with children.
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Family Network offers free play groups, fun activities and resources for parents and their children 0-3 years old in Franklin County.
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First Call for Help helps people find and access resources such as food, public benefits, social services, counseling, transportation, emergency assistance, and housing.
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Head Start is a program of Parent-Child Development Center (PCDC) that provides comprehensive services for children ages three - five in Franklin and Hampshire Counties. Services include full and school-year classroom settings, home visiting, and education and care in licensed family child care homes. Additional services include support to families in areas of nutrition, advocacy, parent involvement, health, disabilities, and mental health.
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Healthy Connections provides free help to people who need to find health insurance in the North Quabbin area.
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Healthy Families is a home visiting program for first time pregnant or parenting youth under the age of 21. They offer support, educational groups and case management to parents.
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Housing Services helps people to keep or find safe, affordable housing. Services also include information on tenant and landlord rights, budget counseling, case management, outreach, and mediation.
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The Mediation & Training Collaborative provides mediation and facilitation services and training in communication and conflict resolution. Mediation services include divorce, family, consumer, neighbor, elder, workplace and public dispute mediation, and are available regardless of your income or where you live.
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Parent-Child Development Center (PCDC) offers a menu of comprehensive Head Start and childcare services for children birth through five years of age and their families in Franklin and Hampshire Counties. Programs include full-year and school-year classrooms, home visiting, and early education and care in monitored family child care homes. PCDC staff provide support to families in areas of education, nutrition, advocacy, parent involvement, health, disabilities, and mental health.
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Parent-Child Home Program encourages reading and educational play through home visiting for families with children 2-4 years old in Greenfield, Turners Falls, and Orange.
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WIC: Women, Infants, & Children gives checks to buy food, as well as information about good nutrition and other ways to keep families healthy and strong. Services also include referrals for help from other agencies, breastfeeding support and education, and immunization information.
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