Agency History

What began in 1978 as the Women's Association for Women's Alternatives, one of Pennsylvania's first residential programs to keep low-income, vulnerable women together with their children, has grown to become one of the Greater Philadelphia region's foremost providers of residential and community-based services for women and their children. Each year PathWaysPA serves more than 4,400 women, children and families who reside in Philadelphia, Delaware,and Chester counties through a full complement of social services, job training and employment assistance, outreach and residential programs.