Life Sharing families meet the physical, medical, emotional, and social needs of the people being served. They provide an environment that supports full access to and integration within the community, including activities, events, employment, volunteering and more.

Early Intervention (EI) provides services through coaching supports to infants/toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities, and their caregivers, so that they may help their children grow and develop. EI coaching supports are evidence-based and individualized for the child and his or her family, recognizing young children learn best through everyday experiences and interactions with nurturing people in familiar contexts. During coaching, meaningful and functional outcomes are embedded within familiar learning opportunities that exist in the child’s typical routines, within the home and community activities or ECE programs.
Location: Bucks County, PA.

The Family Interventionist Peer is an individual with lived experience in the child welfare system who provides support to families whose children have been removed from the home to work towards reunification.
Location: State of Delaware
701 N. Clayton St, Wilmington, DE 19805

In partnership with the Delaware Division of Family Services, Merakey provides case management to families who have a substantiated child abuse and neglect case. The program partners with families to prevent unnecessary entry into foster care through prevention planning. Case managers help families build a strong supportive network, mitigate risk, improve caregiver skills, and enhance parenting practices.
Location: State of Delaware
701 N. Clayton St, Wilmington, DE 19805

Pathways 1 Prevention is a 90-day case management program designed to assist families with stress factors that may result in a child being placed out-of-home or a higher level of care. Case managers provide support linking to concrete needs, parenting support, and behavioral health treatment.
Location: State of Delaware
701 N. Clayton St, Wilmington, DE 19805

MST-CAN is an evidence-based adaptation of Multi-Systemic Therapy which serves families with a credible report of child abuse and/or neglect. A team provides intensive, community-based interventions tailored to the family to reduce risk factors that contribute to abuse and neglect.
Location: Chester County
503 N. Walnut Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348

Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) invites members of the family group to engage in critical decisions on the safety and care of a child. The service moves from a mindset where professionals determine solutions to a process that actively values the family’s strengths and their ability to keep the child safe. Services are short-term lasting less than 120 days.
Location: Luzerne County
150 Mundy Street, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702

Family Finding establishes a lifetime network of support for children who are disconnected from their home and community through out-of-home placement. Using the Kevin Campbell model of Family Finding, case managers find at least 40 family members and supportive connections and work to gain their commitment to support the youth through concrete actions.
Location: Luzerne County
150 Mundy Street, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702

Functional Family Therapy (FFT) is an evidence-based program for youth, ages 11 to 18, and their families who are involved with multiple systems and at-risk for out-of-home placement. A therapist works with the family in the community for 4-6 months to improve family functioning and decrease family conflict.
Location: Chester County
503 N. Walnut Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348

Healthy Families America® (HFA) is a national, evidence-based home visiting program that focuses on enhancing child welfare, health, and development. HFA uses a relationship focused approach and promotes positive parenting skills, parent-child attachment, and enhanced family self-sufficiency to ultimately create safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments.
Location: Luzerne County
150 Mundy Street, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702

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The Merakey Mental Health Walk-In Clinic is Philadelphia’s first and only behavioral health urgent care for adults (18+) needing same-day mental health care that is not an emergency.

Our supported employment services can help you achieve your career goals. We provide personalized support, training, and assistance to ensure successful employment outcomes.

Enhanced Care Management (ECM), established by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) in California, is a community-based program that provides a whole-person approach to care that addresses the clinical and non-clinical needs of individuals enrolled in a Medi-Cal managed care. Individuals enrolled in ECM receive outreach and engagement, a comprehensive assessment and care management plan, enhanced care coordination, health promotion, comprehensive transitional care, individual and family supports, and coordination of and referral to community and social support services.

The Dual Diagnosis Treatment Team (DDTT) offers support to adults who have both a serious mental illness and a developmental disability. Individuals receive counseling, physical healthcare, support finding housing, assistance during crises, and help dealing with other issues in their everyday lives.

Merakey provides a range of services for children and adults who need additional help in order to continue safely living in their own home. Some of the services that the program provides include bathing, grooming, medication reminders, meal preparation, housekeeping, companionship, and more.

The Philadelphia Community Treatment Team Family Rehousing Program at Merakey Parkside Recovery helps adults who have experienced homelessness, due to their addiction to drugs and/or alcohol, return to their family or family of choice.

Merakey’s Mobile Competency Restoration Team (MCRT) is a psychoeducational program that works with individuals who are considered Incompetent to Stand Trial. MRCT uses a variety of assessments and learning tools to develop plans that address and restore competency deficiencies, such as understanding court proceedings, behavior expectations, and communicating with attorneys. MCRT is an outpatient service available in the following Pennsylvania counties: Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Crawford, Washington, Westmoreland, Armstrong, and Indiana.

The Sponsored Residential program provides adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities the chance to live with a family. Individuals in the program choose a family or individual they want to live with in an apartment or house.

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Merakey Gateway Transition Services feature a Group Skills program, Independence Coaching programs, and Summer Group Skills programs that help young adults with autism develop fundamental social, pre-vocational, and life skills needed to live, work, and thrive in the community. Learn more at www.gatewayink.org.

Merakey Autism and Education Centers partner with families, school districts, and community organizations to provide a safe and fun learning environment. We help students gain the skills they need to be successful in their home school district, on the job, and at home.