When a child in need surfaces in the courts, in school disciplinary actions, or in various city agencies, the traditional response has been intervention - saving the child from himself, or the potential danger he poses to others. Northern Home for Children chooses to see the child as a messenger of the extraordinary challenges facing today's children and families in the community. Northern Home is dedicated - now, and as it perceives and plans its future initiatives - to providing, developing, or accessing services that can support healthy, productive, and responsible lives for our neighbors throughout the Delaware Valley.

Our vision relies on clinical, educational and supportive services that enable the child to grow toward self-sufficient adulthood in a family that is strengthened and engaged, and in a school and community that offers resources for positive experiences.

That vision always begins with the child.