Program areas at MCC
The MOMobile program empowers pregnant women and families to overcome daily challenges to achieve better maternal health and healthy child development. Staff review client needs and work together to create an individualized set of goals. Regularly scheduled home visits, with additional face-to-face and telephone contacts, ensure that women have the resources, knowledge and support needed to build a healthy foundation. Clients also receive referrals to community-based resources and parenting education. Several MOMobile sites offer the evidence-based Healthy Families America program and the federally funded Healthy Start program.
The Cribs for Kids program educates parents about safe sleep practices and provides portable cribs for those who cannot afford one.
MCC Early Head Start (EHS), is a comprehensive child development program that offers linguistically and culturally appropriate health, education and social services to income eligible families that include a pregnant woman and/or children, ages 0 to 3. Families receive child-centered services in their home or the childcare center. EHS' family-driven philosophy empowers parents to support and nurture their children, while meeting other critical social and economic goals. MCC currently operates EHS programs in South Philadelphia, Norristown and Pottstown PA.
The ELECT program provides prenatal, parenting, life-skills and prevention education to teens and young adults ages 13-26 through ELECT Teen Parenting and Community Education programs.MCC has developed considerable expertise in providing direct services that address the needs of at-risk pregnant and newly parenting women and their young children. Our most recent agency-wide outcomes demonstrate a substantial impact on the health and wellbeing of our clients: 50% of clients reduced their risk for perinatal depression; 86% of clients initiated breastfeeding (compared to 66.51% of Pennsylvania WIC participants); and 89% of clients practiced safe sleep by placing their babies to sleep on their backs (compared to 65% of Pennsylvania parents).The policy and research departments provide education for the public, professionals, researchers and policy-makers regarding emerging and critical maternal child health and early care and education issues.