About Us
OUR HISTORY
The first Mom’s House® was started in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1983. Mom’s House® was founded to offer single, abused women with unplanned pregnancies a viable, practical alternative to the despair of abortion and the tragedy of welfare.
The results of our vision to help single parents and their children have been very successful. The first Mom’s House® has proven to be an international model to seven Mom’s Houses® that are now operating in four states with more in development. Mom’s House® received a Registered Service Mark from the U.S. Patent Office. President George W. Bush named Mom’s House® the 786th "Points of Light" award winner for our service to helping others.
Mom’s House® combines a network of services for parents including a comprehensive support system with a quality childcare program. Parents entering the Mom’s House® program continue their education by becoming full-time students, either in high school or post-secondary school or job training. Each parent agrees, through a written contract, to maintain passing grades and gives three hours of service per week in return for totally free childcare, counseling, tutoring, and advocacy support offered by the program.
Mom’s House® lovingly guides the parent to set realistic goals and achieve them. The staff helps each parent to develop self-control as a person and as a parent. This development enables our parents to build self-esteem and self-confidence through self-discipline.
OUR ACCREDITATION
Seeing a need for an energetic, nonprofit to assist single parents who are on their way to success, we formed our organization to provide sensible solutions. We've consistently grown since then with he helping hands of this amazing community!
Since 2009, Mom’s House®, Inc. of Johnstown has been rated a STARS 4 program from the PA Keystone STARS. This rating is a true testament of the hard work and dedication of our Board of Directors, Staff, Parents, and Community.
And in 2021, Mom’s House®, Inc. of Johnstown earned the prestigious National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation. NAEYC is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research.
An early childhood center that attains NAEYC accreditation is among the best. Accreditation is a symbol of quality, an indication that the center offers exceptional programming for children, with qualified teachers in a safe and nurturing environment.
OUR MISSION
- To provide a non-judgmental environment for single parents who suffer from abuse.
- To provide the highest quality of child care and education for children.
- To provide a safe, developmentally appropriate environment for infants to school age children. Our focus is to provide a stimulating early care and education experience which promotes each child's social/emotional, physical and cognitive development. Our goal is to support children's desire to be life-long learners.
- To provide a secure and loving educational facility that nurtures the children from infancy to 12 years of age.
- To give the gifts of hope, time commitment, and opportunity to the families we nurture.
- To share the spirit of caring and selflessness to those who help us serve.