Children's Aid Society Southern PA District
Individual and Family ServicesPennsylvania, United States11-50 Employees
Children's Aid Society Southern PA District, affiliated with the Church of the Brethren, operates in the individual and family services sector in south-central Pennsylvania. The organization traces its roots to 1913 when an orphanage opened in Carlisle, and it now runs three centers to support children and families. The Frances Leiter Center in Chambersburg offers play therapy and referral services for children; the Nicarry Center in New Oxford provides art therapy, clothing assistance, and child-focused support groups; and the Lehman Center delivers crisis nursery respite care, art therapy for children, family advocacy, and parent support groups. Based in New Oxford, Pennsylvania, the organization operates across the Southern PA District with three centers. In the last fiscal year, it provided 4,015 hours of art therapy and 32,574 hours of respite care for children in crisis, along with 1,696 hours of parent support group services and 1,033 hours of family advocacy services. The service mix reflects a focus on crisis stabilization, therapeutic support, and family advocacy.