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Acts as a cooling center during times of extreme temperatures and air quality advisories.

Promotes safety, justice, and equality through community awareness events, outreach programs, workshops, trainings, coalition work, and also counseling and hotlines.

Provides group programs to share scouting values and ethical choices with all youth.

Serves as the only female residential treatment program for dually diagnosed, chronically homeless women. Special components address drug/alcohol addiction, mental illness recovery, life skills, and parenting skills. Individual and group therapy is provided in an intimate home-like setting, with the ultimate objective being reintegration.

Offers qualified low-income customers assistance in managing their utility bill. Offers personalized monthly payment based on income and average bill and past due debt forgiveness with on time monthly payments. In addition, the difference between the CAP payment and the actual usage bill may also be forgiven.

This program is a partnership between Public/Private Ventures and local congregations to provide secular literacy instruction (primarily after school) to children who are reading one to three years below grade level. There are various YET Centers throughout the city. All Centers are led by a certified teacher and have a structured curriculum geared towards improving the child's reading skills. Free Program.

Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Offers representation/legal advice in areas such as the following: Protection from abuse; Child custody/visitation; Landlord/tenant disputes, public housing; Criminal Record Expungement Assistance; Government benefits (TANF, LIHEAP, Food Stamps/SNAP, and Unemployment Compensation); Utility Shut Offs; Sheriff's sales/levy's; Consumer; Mortgage foreclosures; Low Income Taxpayers Clinic; Guardianships; Legal Services for Veterans - Homeless/Near Homeless; Elder Law.

Helps cancer patients with the cost of heating fuel.

Provides emergency rental assistance with either the first month's rent or a security deposit OR the funds to remain in current living situation or utility assistance. Serves as an assessment center for intake into the Western PA continuum of care for housing services.

Provides service navigators and coaches to clarify financial goals, give support, and connect clients to services. Creates access to a coordinated network of employment and financial stability services. Provides various educational sessions, workshops, and events each month. Services, provided by various partners, include job seeking clinics, legal clinics, computer tutoring, family benefits program, disability resources, credit counseling, adult english language tutoring, and tax preparation.

Provides rural transportation for people with disabilities at a reduced cost.

Provides modern and fun classes to encourage parents and grandparents as they navigate the challenges of parenthood. Teaches Prenatal care, Parenting, Relationships, Life Skills and more.

Hears appeals and resolves complaints that have been filed by people who have applied for or who are receiving services through Medicaid.

Offers a food bank for those in need

Provides bilingual services in English and Spanish. Assists with basic needs, including emergency referral assistance related to housing, safety, health, food insecurity, and translation. Offers workforce development services such as Latina entrepreneurship coaching, computer training, English classes (ESL), job fairs, and more.

Provides pet care and adoption services including microchipping, dog licensing, spay/neutering, and responding to reports of animal cruelty.

Provides eligible individuals with vouchers to purchase Pennsylvania-grown produce at participating farmers’ markets and farm stands. Vouchers are distributed in the summer and may be used through November. Visit the website for additional details about the produce that may be purchased using the vouchers.

Assists veterans and their families with service-connected disability claims, VA pension claims, veteran burial benefits, education benefits, home loan guarantees, healthcare eligibility, and appeals.

Recruits and trains volunteers to provide free tax assistance and preparation services for older Americans.

Municipal office

Offers a food pantry that is a joint effort of four local churches: First Presbyterian, Faith Lutheran, South Harborcreek United Methodist and Our Lady of Mercy to offer food and other necessities to those in need.

*Due to COVID-19, location temporarily closed to the public. *Also available to help seniors find information and to register for vaccines. Serve as a liaison with the Chester County Department of Aging Services and other Chester County resources. Can help with transportation needs, energy assistance, financial and legal matters, aging matters, community based programs, caregiver information, and much more.

Provides health insurance counseling, assistance with Medicare, HMOs, supplemental insurance, medical assistance, long-term care insurance, and PACE (prescription assistance).

Providing family therapists to work with the entire family, both parents and children, to address issues in their relationships, coping skills, and communication. Families may seek counseling to address issues such as separation or divorce, parenting, marital relationships, illness or death, problems in school, addictions, eating disorders, infidelity, and conflict between family members. During family therapy, the therapist may meet with each member alone and then eventually together. They will assess different issues within the family such as healthy boundaries, creating stronger relationships, problem-solving abilities, and improving communication.

Provides a pre-school school readiness program at no cost to qualifying families.