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CHS Current Projects
For over 40 years, the Center for Human Services (CHS) and its for-profit affiliate, University Research Co., LLC (URC) have focused on improving the quality of and access to health, social, and education and vocational services in the U.S. and abroad. Founded in 1968, the Center for Human Services (CHS) is the non-profit 501(c)3 affiliate of the Maryland based University Research Co., LLC. CHS seeks to improve the quality of life, access to social and health services, and the educational and vocational achievements of under-served populations throughout the United States and abroad. CHS provides technical expertise and innovative training, always honoring and respecting the culture of affected populations.
Domestic Projects
Adult Basic Education, Case Management, Counseling, Outreach, and Referral
South Jersey Families Re-Connected
Funded by: The Pascale Sykes Family Foundation
CHS is the lead agency of South Jersey Families Re-Connected, a coalition of five organizations that are providing literacy services to families living in Cumberland County, NJ. CHS conducts the intake assessment, manages the cases, monitors and assesses each family's progress, and provides instruction in adult basic skills and ESL. The Center for Family Services and Seeds for Success provide families instruction in parenting and financial literacy, respectively. Casa PRAC provides tutoring for school-aged children and the Vineland Police Chaplain Program counsels families in crisis.
Training, Information, and Referral
Vocational Rehabilitation Service Projects for Migratory Agricultural Workers and Seasonal Farmworkers with Disabilities
Funded by: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitation Services
These projects provide educational services to both migrant and seasonal agricultural workers and
seasonal farm workers with disabilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The program identifies and
recruits migrants and seasonal farmworkers with disabilities and assists them and their families in
receiving services such as rehabilitation after work related injuries, career counseling, job training
and placement and occupational skills training. In addition, CHS provides assessment, case
management, counseling, referral, and educational services (English as a Second Language, native
language literacy, basic and workplace math skills, General Education Development test preparation,
and college preparatory training).
Education, Training, and Curriculum Development
High School Equivalency Program (HEP)
Funded by: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Migrant Education
For close to 30 years, CHS has provided migrant farmworkers with General Educational
Development (GED) instruction, job readiness and life skills training, and services to successfully
transition to the next level of education and vocational training. The instructional curriculum fosters
student academic improvements in the areas of writing, math, English as a Second Language, and
basic computer skills; GED content and test preparation; and individual and collaborative problem
solving, textual decoding/encoding skills, and creative thinking. Our current programs are located
in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Education, Curriculum, Development, Training, and Technical Assistance
Migrant Education and Training Support (METS)
Funded by: Various State Departments of Migrant Education
Through its Migrant Education and Training Support (METS) program, CHS assists state migrant education programs to meet federal guidelines for migrant education programs. CHS has provided training to evaluate existing migrant education programs, identify and recruit eligible students, and comply with migrant education regulations in states throughout the country. In addition, the U.S. Department of Education posted on its website a CHS-designed curriculum intended to assist with the social complexity of reaching and engaging the families of migrant children in the U.S. METS has provided services for migrant education programs in San Jose, CA; Delaware; Idaho; Indiana; Montana; and is currently working on a project in the state of Washington.
Education and Training
Consolidated Adult Basic Skills and Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education
Funded by: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
This innovative program is directed to Southern New Jersey’s large Latino Community. In partnership with the Salem County Vocational Technical School, the prime grant recipient, CHS provides English literacy services and civics education to foreign-born adult learners in Salem County, New Jersey. While learning English, program participants can receive vocational and other life-skills training.
Outreach, Identification and Referral Services
Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
Funded by: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health
This program provides diabetes management services to African-American and Latino populations (with a particular focus on the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker community) living in Cumberland County, New Jersey. In partnership with Community Health Care Incorporated, a non-profit, community-based medical and dental care provider, CHS works to increase awareness about disparities in diabetes, increase screening and identification of individuals living with diabetes, and improve access to care and resources.
Latinas Involved in Full Treatment (LIFT)
Funded by: Health Resources and Services Administration / HIV/AIDS Bureau, Special Projects of National Significance Program
LIFT is a referral network, hosted by CHS, designed to ensure that Latina women living with HIV
and AIDS, in Cumberland County, NJ, have access to and continue to be actively engaged in quality
HIV/AIDS treatment and care. CHS is establishing a linguistically and culturally appropriate
case management system and providing interpreter services for those who have limited English
proficiency. Outreach workers identify and re-connect women living with HIV/AIDS to services and
CHS’ partner, the Migrant Clinicians Network, ensures continuity of care once migrant women leave
the Cumberland County area. To bridge gaps in languages and culture LIFT employs former migrant and seasonal farmworkers, interpreters, and community health workers.
Education, Training, and Curriculum Development
Summer STARTALK Institute on Fostering Multidisciplinary Connections in Arabic and Chinese Language Programs
Funded by: National Security Agency through the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland, College Park
STARTALK is part of a federal initiative to enhance the national capacity for critical need languages
(Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Persian, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu). The goal of these
programs is to increase the number and expertise of students and teachers in these critical languages.
The STARTALK program offers Arabic and Chinese language instructors an opportunity to better
their K-12 teaching skills in a summer institute. STARTALK is a four week, 90 hour program, available for three graduate course credits. The summer institute and follow up workshops are located at McDaniel College in Westminster,
MD. Following the National Standards for Foreign Language Education (communication, culture,
connections, comparisons, and communities) CHS’ STARTALK program aims to enhance the quality and quantity of students and teachers learning, speaking, and teaching Arabic and Mandarin.
Institute of Mexicans Abroad Scholarship Program
(Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior-BECAS)
Funded by: Government of Mexico, Institute of Mexicans Abroad
This program provided fellowships and stipends for Mexican students in the U.S. at community
colleges in New Jersey. The funds were intended to subsidize the studies of adult immigrants 15 years or older who are Mexican citizens or the children of Mexican citizens living in the United States who are interested in continuing their education. The grants also covered the stipends of educational advisors and coordinators of adult education programs that serve immigrant students of Mexican citizenship.
International Projects
Partnership for the Community Management of Child Health (Prise-C)
Funded by: U.S. Agency for International Development
The Partnership for the Community Management of Child Health (Prise-C) is improving the delivery of proven, low-cost child health interventions in three health zones in two Beninese
departments (Zou/Collines and Atlantique). The project is strengthening the health system workforce and community health systems by developing, testing, and implementing innovative strategies.
A key project component is to conduct an operations research study testing the effectiveness of cell phone technologies to facilitate communication between community health workers and their
supervisors to improve performance, engagement, and patient outcomes.
Ecuador EONC Project
Funded by: U.S. Agency for International Development
The Center for Human Services is working with the Ministry of Health to meet the goals of the National Plan for Reduction of Maternal Newborn Mortality. The project is (1) developing an integrated health care network to improve the continuum of care from community to provincial hospitals by creating referral mechanisms, (2) improving the quality of care at facilities, (3) forging or improving connections between facility-based health teams and community health leaders, and (4) ensuring the use of evidence-based practices.
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