Merakey offers a range of services for children, adolescents and their families in areas of mental health and autism. We provide services in both the community and at Merakey locations, offering treatment and support that focuses on resiliency. Children and Family Services supports children, adolescents, and their families to be successful in their futures.
When her classes in Merakey’s Autism School were moved online, Kenya adapted to the new normal and stayed focused, exceeding expectations and winning praise for her attitude.
Read about KenyaMerakey 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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
