We nourish the roots so families can  grow the futures they Choose.

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Childcare is  safety.
Community is  healing.
And every survivor deserves  both.

Our  Story

Project CARE was created with a simple, powerful belief:
No survivor should have to choose between their safety and their ability to work, study, or care for their children.

Too many families stay in unsafe situations simply because they cannot afford childcare. Others leave, only to face impossible barriers to housing, employment, stability, and healing.

Project CARE began as a partnership with Play & Learn, fueled by the courage of survivors and the dedication of advocates who saw the same painful truth:
Childcare is the invisible barrier holding families back — and the key that unlocks safety and possibility.
What started as a small seed of support has grown into a county-wide program rooted in safety, dignity, connection, and community care.

We remove childcare barriers so survivors and their children can  root, rise, and rebuild  their lives.

Project CARE provides trauma-informed childcare access, warm navigation, and family-centered support to survivors of domestic violence and families in transition across Montgomery County, PA.

Our mission is simple and deeply felt:

  • to support caregivers during moments of intense transition
  • to create stability through consistent, loving childcare
  • to make safety possible
  • to honor survivor wisdom, strength, and agency
  • to build a community where families can heal and thrive
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We do not save families — 
We support them so they can root & rise on their own terms.

The Project CARE Model:  Rooted,  Trauma-Informed,  Survivor-Centered

We remove immediate childcare barriers so families can work, attend school, secure housing, attend court, access medical care, or simply breathe enough to think clearly. Childcare is not a luxury. It is safety infrastructure.

Our navigators provide warm, human, survivor-centered support -- helping caregivers access resources, make informed choices, and move at a pace that feels safe. We listen deeply, without pressure, judgement, or overwhelm.

With childcare in place, families have space to rebuild:

  • routines
  • emotional safety
  • financial stability
  • developmental support for children
  • long-term healing

This is where transformation takes root.

Roots We Stand On

Dignity

Every survivor deserves to be met with respect, compassion, and autonomy. We honor each family's story, pace, and inner wisdom.

Safety

Emotional safety, physical safety, and family stability form the soil of our work. We build environments where caregivers and children can breathe, settle, and feel held.

Community

Healing happens in relationships. We cultivate circles of care where families feel supported, connected, and never alone on the path forward.

Access

Everyone deserves pathways to support that are clear, gentle, and free of barriers. We work to remove obstacles so families can reach what they need to heal and grow.

Equity

We root our work in fairness and compassion—meeting each family where they are, honoring their lived experience, and ensuring access without shame, judgment, or conditions that create harm.

Resilience

We believe in the strength of families. With the right support, caregivers and children can stabilize, grow, and rise stronger than before.
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Meet the People Behind  Project CARE

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“We are childcare providers, leaders, survivors, educators, and advocates who believe that every family deserves care. We root our work in compassion, clarity, and community.”

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“We are childcare providers, leaders, survivors, educators, and advocates who believe that every family deserves care. We root our work in compassion, clarity, and community.”

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“We are childcare providers, leaders, survivors, educators, and advocates who believe that every family deserves care. We root our work in compassion, clarity, and community.”
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Rooted in  Collaboration

Project CARE is powered by community partnerships across Montgomery County — including Play & Learn, Laurel House, Women’s Center of Montgomery County, county leadership, childcare providers, donors, educators, and trauma-informed professionals.

It takes a network to support a family.
We are proud to grow this work together.

We are growing something  bigger

Project CARE began as a Montgomery County initiative -- but the vision has always been larger. We are planting the roots of a model that can grow across counties, across regions, and eventually across the country. Our long-term vision is a community, region, and nation where: 

  • every survivor has access to trauma-informed childcare
  • childcare is embedded into all domestic violence response systems
  • early childhood providers are supported, valued, and sustainably funded
  • no caregiver is forced to choose between safety, employment, and their child's wellbeing
  • children experience stability, connection, and emotional attunement during times of family transition
  • systems that once created gaps now create pathways of care, dignity, and opportunity

We are beginning this work locally so we can learn deeply, grow responsibly, and build a model rooted in real community needs.

And we are working toward a world where safety is not a privilege -- it is a right, supported by community, upheld by systems, and accessible to every family.

Project CARE is not just a program.

It is a seed of what could become a regional and national movement -- a new way of supporting survivors, caregivers, and young children so they can root, rise, and thrive.

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Ready to Connect?  We're Here

If it feels safer, you can ask a partner agency (Laurel House, Women's Center at Montgomery County, Play & Learn, a therapist, or a caseworker) to refer you.
Contact Us Directly At:
@Projectcare.org
(215) 643-4142 x2110
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Plant a Seed. Grow Safety. Transform a Life.

Your support helps provide the childcare that allows survivors to rise into the lives they choose — rooted, stable, and full of possibility.
Project CARE provides childcare access and survivor-centered navigation to families across Montgomery County and laying the roots to branch out. Rooted in safety. Grown in community.

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