CORA Services, Inc.

Rooted in a tradition of care and compassion, the mission of CORA Services is to assist children, youth and families experiencing academic, emotional and social challenges, which impede their development and productivity. The vision of CORA Services is to provide new perspectives, direction, empowerment, and hope for children, youth and families.We provides services in schools, neighborhoods and homes, meeting families where they are to best support them.

CORA Services offers a pragmatic service system approach which is focused on prevention, active and early intervention, remediation, and the development of coping skills inherent in the human spirit. We believe in networking as well as offering clients referral assistance to appropriate providers in order to maximize our clients' opportunities for success. We offer a wide array of services and focus on seemlessly supporting families experiencing a number of potential stressors or high risk factors.CORA fills in the gaps where services do not exist and walks alongside families to help them overcome challenges.

Our highly skilled and well trained educators, counselors, case managers and therapists focus on the specific needs of our children and families and tailor their services to meet those needs on an individual level. In the tradition of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, CORA staff focus on the core values of individual worth, mercy, reconciliation and zeal to best serve those coming to us for support. We have established strategic partnerships with other providers, schools and the City of Philadelphia to ensure our capability to best serve the populations who need our services most.

When CORA was established as a small counseling center in 1971, the agency served about 600 families on their first year of operation. Today CORA touches the lives of approximately 20,000 children and families annually. Our reach now consists of more than 400 employees and 60 programs/services as well as a presence in more than 200 Philadelphia schools. We own and operate 3 excellent early childhood education facilities, run 7 afterschool programs and summer camps serving over 500 children and continue to look for opportunities to bring our services to areas of the city where we could make a positive impact. As we approach our 50th anniversary as an agency, we plan on continung to evolve to meet the needs of the communities we serve and continuing to grow our team and when appropriate without sacrificing the high quality service with care and compassion that's our hallmark.