Pennsylvania's Children Youth and Families Are Resilient Project The purpose of the PaCYFAR project is to enhance capacity at the state and local levels to support extension programming for at-risk children, youth, and families in Pennsylvania. Their are three CYFAR community sites that conduct programming reaching children, youth, parents, families, and the larger community. However, each site focuses on a slightly different population. The Clearfield County site, Phillipsburg, offers after-school programming primarily to rural elementary school-age Caucasian children through a program located at the local YMCA. Similarly, the Jefferson County site, Brookville, offers an after-school program to rural elementary school-age Caucasian children in collaboration with an elementary school. Both offer programs to the children’s parents. The Mercer County site, Sharon, is an innovative program located in a public housing development to meet the needs of African-American families with children K- 3rd grade who reside there. The goal of PaCYFAR is to develop and deliver educational programs within in extension that equip limited resource families and at risk youth to lead positive, productive, contributing lives. Each of the three sites has specific goals that they are addressing.

Goals Phillipsburg -- Clearfield County -Children will have their basic physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs met. Babies will be born healthy. Brookville -- Jefferson County -Children will have their basic physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs met. Babies will be born healthy. Sharon -- Mercer County -Families will promote positive, productive, and contributing lives for all family members. -Parents will take primary responsibility for meeting their children's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs and provide moral guidance and direction. -Children will have their basic physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs met. Babies will be born healthy.