Archive for Sarah’s Commentary

Response to Proposed Public Charge Rule

December 8, 2018   Submitted via www.regulations.gov   Samantha Deshommes, Chief Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Department of Homeland Security 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20529-2140   Re: DHS Docket No. USCIS-2010-0012, RIN 1615-AA22, Comments in Response to Proposed…

Statement on Parent-Child Separations

The Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP) strives to support, enhance, and highlight the value of the parent-child relationship every single day in all the work we do. Decades of scientific research has determined that it is in the best interest of children to keep parents and children together and…

Remembering our founder, Dr. Phyllis Levenstein

Pictured above: PCHP CEO Sarah Walzer with Founder Phyllis Levenstein in 2005   Those of us who work with the Parent-Child Home Program are grateful every day for the vision and dedication of Dr. Phyllis Levenstein, but today, on what would have been her 100th birthday, we should…

RE(A)D Backpack Campaign

When I look at PCHP’s July Facebook posts, I cannot help but smile at all the adorable, happy faces in homemade graduation hats, beaming with both pride in this accomplishment and dreams of their next accomplishments.  If you follow PCHP on Facebook, you may have noticed that this year…

PCHP and Working Families

As a single parent, with unpredictable hours, struggling to buy groceries, collecting dimes for public transportation, moving frequently, and desperately trying to create a better life and stable home environment for her child — Ms. Navarro, a mother and Starbucks‘ employee’s with an irregular work schedule, was featured…

Lutheran Family Health Centers' PCHP Graduation

PCHP graduation or ‘moving up’ ceremonies are exciting events and wonderful opportunities to enjoy and reflect on the great work done by the Parent-Child Home Program staff and families.  At these ceremonies, we celebrate not only the success of the Program children, but also the accomplishments of their…