Residential Programs

PathWaysPA's residential programs provide shelter and supportive services to mothers of all ages and their children who are at risk of losing family unity due to abuse and neglect. All families are referred from a county children and youth system. Click here to download a flyer.

• PathWays Center for Families (formerly the Women's Alternative Center) is a supervised group residence located in Delaware County that serves up to 16 adult women and their children. The Center provides housing for women with as many as six children, for an average stay of 18-24 months. The program addresses issues around homelessness, family violence, parenting and substance abuse, in order to enhance the bond between mother and child, improve children's emotional development, prevent the recurrence of high-risk behaviors, and to promote family economic self-sufficency. To learn more about the Center, please contact Director Ruth Hill at 610/459-9177. Click here to download a flyer.


• The Supervised Independent Living (SIL) program provides apartment residency and comprehensive supportive services to teen moms and their children who would otherwise be homeless and not remain with their children. The program serves dependent and deliquent teens, ages 16-21, and includes education and employment assistence, life and parenting skills education, interpersonal skills enhancement and housing. To learn more about the SIL program, please contact the Senior Program manager, Patty Jones, at 215/387-1470.


• Social Work Counseling Services helps clients discuss feelings, formulate goals, and implement action plans. Clients who are currently victims of domestic violence and those who are in danger of abusing their own children are given priority. Intervention and life skills educational activities include one-on-one counseling with the mothers concerning the following topics: budgeting and banking, organization and housekeeping skills, clothes shopping, job search skills, job retention skills, hygiene for mothers and their children, handling stress, parent and child activities, general cleaning skills, health issues, laundry care, meal planning, meal preparation, basic sewing and basis home repairs, anger management, and healthy relationships. For information contact Patty Jones at 215/387-1470.


• Adult Education is offered to help the mothers gain basic educational skills, prepare for the GED tests, to increase skills for high school graduates, to learn basic computer skills and to assist in driver's education. The classes are offered five days a week with a total of 23 hours of classroom instruction, which includes 15 hours of ABE/GED instruction; 5 hours of life skills and job readiness; and 3 hours of nutrition. Referral and assistance are also provided to help the teens in improving their employability skills, apply for and attend college and obtain part-time jobs. Parenting Classes are offered three times per year. PathWaysPA subcontracts to Family Support Services to provide parenting classes to SIL and community teens. During the Parent-Child Interaction Program hours, parents and their children interact together in a learning environment and parents meet with the parent educator to share parenting experiences with the facilitators and other participants. PathWaysPA offers parenting classes at the Achieving Independence Center. For information contact Patty Jones at 215/387-1470.