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At Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County, our staff is our heart. In this brief video, Dr. Lisa Williams-Taylor, Children’s Services Council CEO, shares the reason behind the ‘At the Heart of CSC’ campaign, which reveals the  deep connection CSC staff have to the organization’s mission: that all Palm Beach County children grow up healthy, safe and strong.

Hear from Mirva, director of program at Children’s Services Council. Mirva supports a team of program officers who oversee CSC-funded maternal health and child development services. She is the mother of two school-age girls, who love spending time together as a family.

Hear from Isandra, program exploration and implementation lead at Children’s Services Council. Isandra works closely with other CSC staff to launch new programs and services that benefit Palm Beach County children and families. Isandra, a mother of two school-age girls, shares the emotional story of her second daughter’s premature birth.

Hear from Alex, records management support who ensures Children’s Services Council stores and handles public records as required by state law. Alex is a father of a toddler, with another child on the way.

Hear from Debbie, a program specialist in Children’s Services Council’s professional development department. Debbie helps build providers’ capacity in areas of early childhood education and mental health. She is a mother of two school-age children and a mental-health advocate.

Hear from Elizabeth, a program officer with Children’s Services Council, who ensures that the maternal and child-focused programs she oversees provide quality services to Palm Beach County families. Elizabeth is the mother of an energetic preschooler.

Hear from Jon, a senior communications specialist, who helps spread the word about CSC’s role in the community and the more than 50 prevention-focused programs CSC funds in Palm Beach County. Jon is the father of two boys and often spends his weekends with them on the soccer field.

Hear from Marsha, a community planning and partnership lead with Children’s Services Council. Marsha connects CSC’s work with that of community partners to ensure all Palm Beach County youth have a bright future. She is the mother of a 16-year-old, who just started driving.

The Council also approved capacity building funding for six local nonprofits. 

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.