Mission & Values
Ensuring every child and family in Allegheny County has access to high-quality, accessible, and affordable early learning opportunities.
Pennsylvania’s Early Learning Resource Centers (ELRCs) provide a single point-of-contact for families, early learning service providers, and communities to gain information and access services that support high-quality child care and early learning programs.
ELRCs consolidated the work of Child Care Works (CCW) Agencies and Regional Keys to create an enhanced resource and referral system for communities seeking early learning services and supports.
The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (ACDHS) is pleased to partner with the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) to support Early Learning Resource Center (ELRC) Region 5 in partnership with The Alliance for Infants and Toddlers, and Trying Together.
Core Values
At ELRC Region 5, we recognize the dignity and potential of all people through our interactions with those we serve and the services we seek to deliver, coordinate, and align.
We commit to:
Meeting and honoring the child, family, and early care and education professional where they are on their developmental journey.
Recognizing that children are best supported in the context of their family, culture, neighborhood, and community.
Recognizing (or realizing) we have much to learn from children, families, and early care and education professionals and seek to bring this learning to our work.
Collaborating in partnership across sectors and expertise to deliver services that build on the inherent strengths of children, families, and early care and education professionals.
Building familial, professional, and partner relationships with open and honest communication.