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Determined to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities, CareLink’s founder, Marcella I. Schmoeger, opened CareLink’s first program in 1959. More than 60 years later, her vision and philosophy are still at the heart of the agency. Each year, CareLink...

    On December 23, Santa Claus and his most trusted elves delivered holiday gifts to staff and participants at 25 CareLink program sites across the Delaware Valley. Approximately 350 CareLink employees provide service to nearly 300 individuals with severe, persistent...

Due to ongoing risk factors associated with gathering in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, CareLink was once again forced to cancel a number of popular, annual events throughout 2021, including the Mental Health Awareness Celebration, the Career Services Recognition...

CareLink Community Support Services is thrilled to announce that Melissa Lambert, the former Program Supervisor at the agency's Perkiomenville IDS residence in Perkiomenville, PA, recently joined CareLink's Quality Assurance team as the new Quality Assurance...

On October 27, residents of CareLink's STAR program took part in a festive session of Halloween pumpkin painting. "We had a great turnout for pumpkin painting," said STAR 1 Program Supervisor Becki Levan, coordinator of the painting party. "The pumpkins looked...

One of the ways CareLink Community Support Services continues to bring on new staff is to obtain referrals from our wonderful employees. Referring friends and family assists us in staffing programs to support the individuals we serve. We value our employees and hope...

CareLink’s Building Community Through the Arts (BCTA), a program that provides hands-on art experiences for residents of the agency’s many sites, has concluded its 2020-21 activities. Throughout the year, 57 individuals from across CareLink took part in take-in home...

CareLink team members went above and beyond to save the lives of program participants during two harrowing incidents that occurred at the agency's residential sites over the summer. Staff Responds Quickly to Fire On June 5, an alarm pierced the evening silence at...

September is National Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month, a time to increase awareness of suicide and change the conversation around it. Suicidal thoughts don’t discriminate and often mean there are serious underlying issues. These statistics help put the crisis...