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The Bridge

Family Advocacy -
Provides preventive/intervention counseling for adolescents and their families.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters - Recruits, screens and supervises matches of volunteers with children and youth from single parent households.  Promotes positive growth and enrichment.


Child Development Council

Day Care - Provides day care for children of working parents or parents enrolled in school or training programs which meet United Way guidelines.


Luzerne County Head Start

Jump Start - Serves as an early intervention program for children ages 3 and 4 who have been referred by community agencies as being at risk due to diagnosed disability or family situations.


Community Counseling Services

Healthy Families - Child abuse and neglect prevention program provides support and education to first time parents through home visitation, center-based activities and linkage to community services to prevent child abuse and neglect.


Salvation Army

Social Development - Provides individuals with life skills opportunities within the context of socialization and recreation.


Victim's Resource Center

Sexual Assault Prevention/Education - Provides direct services to victims of rape/sexual assault such as crisis intervention support; individual and group counseling; police, court and hospital accompaniment; and advocacy.


Wyoming Valley Alcohol and Drug Services

Prevention Program - Provides comprehensive, multi-educational services to schools, industry, civic and other community groups.  It addresses topics relating to drug/alcohol abuse utilizing innovative methods of presentation.

United Way of Wyoming Valley
8 West Market Street, Suite 450
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18711
Phone: (570) 829-6711
Fax: (570) 822-0522