Determines eligibility for state subsidy for child care.

Connects individuals with local community resources. Assists individuals with applications for benefits through COMPASS, including SNAP (Food Stamps) and other programs.

Processes Dollar Energy applications for electric, gas, and water service. Also assists individuals and families to apply for Customer Assistance Programs (CAP) administered directly by utility companies (e.g., Columbia Gas).

Provides assistance with benefits applications and information about eligibility and application status for individuals who need help.

Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. May handle the following types of cases: bankruptcy, debt relief, and consumer law; child custod and dependency issues; disaster legal aid (including Hurricane Ida); elder law; expungements, pardons, and record sealing; government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Offers civil legal services to low-income individuals and families without the means to hire a private attorney. Services include a legal advice helpline, direct representation, assistance in self-representation, brief service, limited legal assistance, and referrals to private attorneys. Also provides representation to survivors of domestic violence in Protection from Abuse (PFA) proceedings, legal assistance for veterans, several grants, a debt clinic, and community education.

Provides legal assistance for individuals and families in need of help with labor law, employment discimination, public assistance, worker's compensation, unemployment benefits, pension and social security benefits, and tax disputes. Services include help with application and appeals, filings, and legal representation.

Assists Philadelphians in achieving financial stability through enrollment in public benefits, including addressing utility affordability. Conducts screening for local, state, and federal benefits based on household size and income. Assists eligible clients with applying for Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), and Utility Emergency Service Funds (UESF).

Helps community members attain public assistance benefits such as food stamps (SNAP), rent and utilities payment assistant, and income support. Services include short-term case management, connection to energy conservation and utility assistance programs, utility reconnection programs, public benefits navigation, connection to legal and immigration assistance programs, and linkage to community resources.

Provides 14 agencies under one roof providing an array of services and supports, including mental health and drug and alcohol counseling, a food pantry, and other agencies that serve families, seniors, and veterans.

Helps persons seeking rent and utility payment assistance and homelessness services connect to community resources. Also provides assistance with applying for public benefits.

Determines eligibility for state subsidy for child care.

Determines eligibility for state subsidy for child care.

Assists individuals to submit Dollar Energy applications for utility payment assistance

Provides advocacy and information to help individuals and families navigate the health care system. Assists with government benefits and services, including Medicare, Medicaid, Home and Community Based Services, and Social Security Benefits; files appeals when benefits are denied; and shares information on community resources and other funding sources for home modifications, assistive technology devices, and personal assistance services.

Provides legal representation, advice, and education to low-income individuals with civil legal problems.

Provide information and services on a range of assistance for older adults and those who care for them.

Provides technical assistance to businesses and helps residents connect with public benefits and basic needs assistance for which they are eligible.

Provides assistance with application to state for mortgage assistance.

Provides eligible veteran households with outreach, assessment, case management, advocacy and assistance in obtaining VA and other benefits, which may include housing counseling, legal support, credit repair, financial planning services, and time-limited, temporary financial assistance.

Provides eligible veteran households with outreach, assessment, case management, advocacy and assistance in obtaining VA and other benefits, which may include housing counseling, legal support, credit repair, financial planning services, and time-limited, temporary financial assistance.

Assists individuals with Dollar Energy applications for electric, gas, and water.

Assists with benefits applications via COMPASS, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), PA Property Tax/Rent Rebate Application, Medicaid, Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), Free income tax filing, and Dollar Energy Fund applications. Coordinated referrals to other nonprofit agencies/social service programs.

Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. May handle the following types of cases: bankruptcy, debt relief, and consumer law; child custod and dependency issues; disaster legal aid (including Hurricane Ida); elder law; expungements, pardons, and record sealing; government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Provides benefits assistance for refugees. The scope of this service is dependent on excess funding; some, or all benefits assistance may not be available at any given time. Contacting CSS for specific benefits assistance may or may not be available.