Achieving Reunification Center

What Achieving Reunification Center does

Achieving Reunification Center (ARC) is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit social services organization that supports parents and caregivers whose children have been placed in foster, kinship, or congregate care. Its mission is to provide holistic, parent-led support that helps families reunify and achieve economic self-sufficiency, addressing co-occurring barriers such as poverty, homelessness, behavioral health issues, substance use, and lack of social support.

ARC's core offering is the ARC Framework, an evidence-based methodology that uses parent-authored Single Case Plans, motivational interviewing, and trauma-informed coaching rather than traditional staff-driven case management. Around this framework, the organization bundles five service modules: Behavioral Health Supports (assessments, anger management, counseling), Financial Education and Employment Supports (job readiness, credit counseling, TANF/benefits navigation), Housing Education and Supports, Parenting Education and Skills (including the Parent Action Network group), and one-on-one Coaching. Unspecified community partners deliver wraparound employment, financial, and benefits assistance.

The business model is nonprofit: services are delivered free to participants, with revenue drawn from donations (a PayPal donate button is featured prominently on the website) and likely government funding via partnerships with Philadelphia's Department of Human Services (DHS), Community Umbrella Agency (CUA) workers, and the Philadelphia Family Court. All services are delivered in person from a single headquarters at 1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, during Monday–Friday business hours. Enrollment occurs via an online signup form accessed by parents, CUA workers, and advocates. ARC has 18 employees, no disclosed funding rounds, no technology products, no AI capabilities, and no patents or formal certifications in the source data; the organization is led by Director Lorraine McGirt.

Name

Achieving Reunification Center

Legal name

Achieving Reunification Center

Website

https://arcenter.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Achieving Reunification Center (ARC) is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that provides parent-led, trauma-informed coaching and wraparound behavioral health, financial, housing, and parenting supports to caregivers seeking to reunify with children in foster, kinship, or congregate care, funded by donations and likely government contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Family Social Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family Resource Centers & Wraparound Support Services (EDACALAH), Family Advocacy, Parent Training & Support Services (EDAJAKAK)

Keywords

• Family reunification services
• Child welfare support
• Parent coaching programs
• Behavioral health services
• Housing assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: ARC operates as a nonprofit and appears to be funded through donations (with a PayPal donation button prominently featured on the website). The organization may also receive government funding through partnerships with DHS/CUA for child welfare services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Achieving Reunification Center provides holistic support services to parents and caregivers with children in out-of-home placement (foster, kinship, or congregate care) in the Philadelphia area. Its core service is the ARC Framework, an evidence-based, parent-led coaching program that uses the Single Case Plan (SCP) and motivational interviewing to help parents set goals for creating a safe and healthy home. Services are delivered through one-on-one coaching and integrated modules covering behavioral health, financial education and employment, housing, and parenting education.

Product overview

The Achieving Reunification Center (ARC) of Philadelphia is a social services organization offering a unified service program for parents with children in out-of-home placement (foster, kinship, or congregate care). Their primary offering is the ARC Framework, an evidence-based approach combining parent-led goal setting, motivational interviewing, and trauma-informed coaching. Services are delivered through integrated modules including Behavioral Health Supports, Financial Education and Employment Supports, Housing Education and Supports, Parenting Education and Skills, and individual Coaching. The Single Case Plan (SCP) and other documents from DHS/CUA and Philadelphia Family Court are used as planning tools. ARC connects parents with community partners to address mental health care, substance use treatment, parenting skills groups, employment, and financial or housing assistance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ARC Framework ARC's evidence-based service program for family reunification that uses parent-led goal setting, motivational interviewing, and trauma-informed coaching to help parents address barriers to child safety and well-being. It is delivered through one-on-one coaching relationships at the Philadelphia office.
• Behavioral Health Supports Coaching-linked services including mental health assessments, anger management workshops, coping skills development, and individual, family, and couples counseling for parents in the reunification process.
• Financial Education and Employment Supports Employment readiness supports, job fairs, credit counseling, and assistance with TANF and other subsidized benefits to help parents achieve economic self-sufficiency.
• Housing Education and Supports Housing workshops, counseling, and access to housing programs for parents experiencing homelessness or seeking suitable housing to enable reunification.
• Parenting Education and Skills Parent Action Network (PAN) placement parenting group and gender-specific education groups designed to help parents navigate child custody processes and build parenting skills.
• Coaching One-to-one coaching relationships using trauma-informed approaches, in which coaches help parents lead their own goal-setting and resource identification toward reunification.

Quantifiable outcome

• ARC's evidence-based approach aims to help families stay out of the child welfare system and regain economic self-sufficiency, though specific outcome metrics are not provided on the website.

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Community Partners (unspecified)coreOthersARC relies on a network of community partners to help parents with employment readiness supports, job fairs, credit counseling, access to credit reports, and help with TANF, local and state subsidized benefits. Specific partner names are not disclosed on the website.

Recent moves5 records

Direct peers

• Children's Crisis Treatment Center: Philadelphia-based nonprofit delivering behavioral health and trauma-informed services to children and families, with overlapping parent-skills and counseling offerings for at-risk families.
• Northeast Treatment Centers: Philadelphia-based nonprofit providing behavioral health and family services to children and parents, with overlapping parent-coaching and case-management functions.
• Pressley Ridge: Pennsylvania-based nonprofit providing community-based family preservation, foster care, and reunification services. Directly comparable to ARC in target population, trauma-informed methodology, and state-contracted service delivery model.
• Bethany Christian Services: National nonprofit operating foster care, adoption, and family preservation services—including reunification support—under similar federal/state funding mechanisms that ARC relies on.

Regional players

• Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia: Greater Philadelphia nonprofit offering counseling, case management, and family support services with public funding and foundation relationships analogous to ARC's.
• Congreso de Latinos Unidos: Philadelphia-based nonprofit providing wraparound family and social services to low-income families, with overlapping social-services delivery and Philadelphia public-funding exposure.
• Episcopal Community Services: Philadelphia-based nonprofit providing wraparound social services and family stabilization programs, sharing ARC's Philadelphia geographic concentration and government funding reliance.

Broad incumbents

• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: Large national nonprofit operating residential and community-based behavioral health and family services, including family preservation adjacent to ARC's scope, with comparable funding mechanisms.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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