VISION: High-quality early care and education will join public safety, education and public health as an inalienable right of all Pennsylvania children and families. MISSION: The Pennsylvania Child Care Association (PACCA), a statewide 501c3 non-profit organization, exists to be a strong and effective voice for high-quality early care and education (ECE) programs, and to give leadership and support to those organizations that assist the ECE community, families, and children in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. -PACCA believes that all children have a right to a safe, healthy and developmentally stimulating early care and education experience. -PACCA supports public policies that enable all families to have access to stable, affordable, high-quality early care and education for their children. -PACCA exists to represent and be a resource for all legal child care programs regardless of structure (not for profit, for profit and public programs), type (family, group and center) or service offering (infant through school age). -PACCA respects and is sensitive to the needs of providers as they serve children from all income levels, abilities and cultures. -PACCA holds to a high standard of integrity as the benchmark of our work in striving to improve practices and policies for early care and education.

Progress (un)ltd. or “Progress” provides top economic development and international trade services to clients around the world, often winning awards and making history, and always producing lasting positive results for clients and stakeholders. Our team is comprised of strategists, economic development and trade specialists, research analysts, digital marketers, communications experts, and graphic designers. We offer a suite of services required for effective economic development and international trade.

Real Alternatives exists to provide life-affirming pregnancy and parenting support services throughout the nation. These compassionate support services empower women to avoid crisis pregnancies, choose childbirth, receive adoption education, and improve parenting skills. Real Alternatives is the non-profit, charitable organization that administers the Pregnancy and Parenting Support Services for the states of Pennsylvania and Indiana. The General Assembly of Pennsylvania was the first government to fund a program of this type in the nation. The program was funded with $135 million for 28 years and served 353,000 women. In 2023, newly elected Governor Shapiro decided to unilaterally terminate this successful women’s program. The program is now funded through private donations. The State of Indiana in FY 2023/2024 funds its program at $5.5 million through the Indiana State Department of Health. During to 2022 Special Session, the Indiana Legislature and Governor provided an additional $2 million. The Programs in Pennsylvania and Indiana are made up of a statewide or regional network of social service agencies, pregnancy support centers, maternity residences and adoption agencies that offer comprehensive, life-affirming pregnancy and parenting support to women dealing with unplanned pregnancies. Service Providers with their 83 centers located throughout Pennsylvania and 32 centers in Indiana are staffed with fully trained, caring, and compassionate counselors. These Service Providers are non-discriminatory, non-profit organizations that are monitored annually to ensure compliance with the highest professional and ethical standards. More than 463,000 women in Pennsylvania and Indiana have been served since the program began in March 1996. Through their counselors, the centers offer free and confidential support, encouragement, guidance and practical assistance to women so who feel overwhelmed and alone while experiencing an unexpected pregnancy.

Mort Fertel is a world authority on the psychology of relationships and has an international reputation for saving marriages. In addition to working with couples, he teaches individuals how to single-handedly transform their marital situation. People from all over the world schedule private tele-sessions with Mort Fertel and seek his counsel by joining the Marriage Fitness Tele-Boot Camp. He is the author of Marriage Fitness Audio Learning System and the creator of Marriage Fitness Home-Flex, the most comprehensive relationship home learning kit in the world. Over 100,000 people a year subscribe to his free e-zine. Mort Fertel was a featured expert on ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and the Fox News Network. He is also a frequent guest on talk radio programs. His breakthrough program, Marriage Fitness, appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Family Circle, Psychology Today, Ladies Home Journal, Glamour Magazine, Parent & Child Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer, Library Journal, Women's Health, Denver Post, Orlando Sentinel, Baltimore Sun, and Toronto Sun. Mort's Marriage Fitness program is endorsed by marriage counselors, therapists, relationship experts, and mental health professionals. And he has helped save thousands of marriages. Mort Fertel graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, was the CEO of an international non-profit organization, and a former marathon runner. He lives with his wife and 5 children in Baltimore, Maryland.

Ephrata Area Rehab Services has been serving the intellectually disabled community for decades and providing...

Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light is a community of congregations, faith-based organizations, and individuals of faith responding to climate change as a moral issue, through advocacy, energy conservation, energy efficiency, and the use of clean, renewable energy.

As a License Social Worker, I use a unique blend of trauma informed practices and ABA to meet the unique needs of adults with intellectual disabilities. I collaborate with the individual and their team to develop innovative techniques to help my clients become integrated into their communities.

Responsible for Custodial and Grounds Maintenance contracts in multiple locations. Chair of Board. Prepare and manage annual budget, oversee contracts to include quality assurance program and fiscal management.

Community Action is the authority on addressing poverty in Pennsylvania. The Community Action network is comprised of public and non-profit community-based organizations (CBOs) of Community Action Agencies across all 67 counties in Pennsylvania. Each agency is uniquely addressing the Social Determinants of Health through various programming, informed by regular Community Needs Assessments, to understand the needs of those most vulnerable in every community.

• Supervision of all program operations (including coordination of weekly meetings and special monthly events, coordinate the drop-in center, oversee health disparity/prevention outreach, train and hire/fire program staff, and referral of program participants to other sources for more specialized community services.)• Monitor evaluation measures to ensure that program objectives are being achieved and surpassed.• Representing the agency at pertinent community events and meetings. • Achieving new forms of funding streams to insure the longevity of the program.• Counsel high risk marginalized and underserved men in the state who are likely to have difficulty initiating or maintaining safer behaviors.• Provide one-on-one client assessments of behavior risks, and other psychosocial or health services needs.

Internationally recognized, the Crimes Against Children Conference is the premier conference of its kind providing practical and interactive instruction to those fighting crimes against children and helping children heal. The conference is presented annually by the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center. The conference is conducted to provide training to those employed by government or nonprofit agencies in the fields of law enforcement, child protective services, social work, children's advocacy, therapy, and medicine who work directly with child victims of crime.

Our mission is: Save lives. Provide hope. Help those impacted by blood cancer. There Goes My Hero was founded by leukemia survivor and bone marrow transplant recipient Erik Sauer. On May 20, 2008, Erik was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML). One week later, Erik’s wife Lisa gave birth to their son Joey. Several days later, Erik entered Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he spent four rocky months, receiving chemotherapy and, ultimately, a bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor. Erik's own fight led him to want to help others. Today, Hero partners with DKMS to add potential lifesavers to the National Bone Marrow Registry; provides meals to patients undergoing treatment and their family members with Moveable Feast, and supports blood cancer research and patient support programs at Maryland hospitals.