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Assists low-income households access utility assistance through the application process for LIHEAP, Crisis, CAP programs, Dollar Energy, and weatherization services. Partners include Dollar Energy and Columbia Gas. Please Note: the agency does NOT provide direct payment for utility services, but assists with applications for utility programs.

Offers a day shelter that provides breakfast; mail, fax, and phone services; lockers (30 days max); public restrooms; hot showers with towels and soap provided; crisis intervention and mental health counseling; social service applications and referrals; a monthly legal aid clinic; and an ID clinic to obtain state IDs, birth certificates, and social security cards. Serves as a cooling center or code blue shelter during extreme weather emergencies.

Offers an On-site visit with social worker for information, benefit information, referrals. Help with application

Support Services and Consumer Resources offers assistance on a variety of legal, financial and health services. Age eligibility may apply. Services available include: A) Financial and Legal Advice B) Benefit Screenings and Application Assistance C) Medicare and Healthcare Options; APPRISE Counselor D) Assistance with LIHEAP E) Access to Other Agencies and Government Services

Determines eligibility for state subsidy for child care.

Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents. Services may include bankruptcy, debt relief, consumer law, child custody and dependency issues, disaster legal aid, elder law, expungements, pardons, and record sealing. May also cover 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 Information and referral about services and benefits.

Provides eligibility screening and filing of SNAP and WIC applications.

Provides assistance with questions about benefits eligibility, financial guardianship, and representative payee services. Benefits Coordinators offer help with determining eligibility and applying for benefits such as Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Social Security Income (SSI), and Social Security Disability Income (SSDI).

Provides free legal information, benefits assistance, life care planning, and tenant rights counseling to older adults.

Provides case management and information & referral services. Services include linkage to public and private benefits, financial literacy education, and referrals to employment and training programs.

Provides free, need-based civil legal aid services for LGBTQ+ and HIV community members in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Offers in-house assistance for cases involving identity document support, public benefits counseling, housing support, and civil expungement of criminal records.

Provides eligibility screening and filing of SNAP and WIC applications.

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

Provides advocacy and benefits information to help individuals and families navigate the health care system.

Provides initial intake and needs assessment to determine eligibility for hardship grants. Processes applications for grants that are paid directly to clients’ gas, electric, water, and sewage utility providers to help restore service or prevent shut‑offs and terminations. Services are offered in partnership with the Dollar Energy Fund.

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.

Provides assistance with application to state for mortgage assistance.

Provides a list of agencies in Philadelphia County that provide free food and meals as well as information about applying for public benefits available to anyone in Philadelphia. Includes location, contact, and eligibility information about each listed agencies' free food/meals programs.

Provides free information and referral services, and benefits counseling to older adults in Chester County.

Offers free, one-on-one help to enroll Philadelphia residents in public benefit programs that assist with prescription drugs, health insurance, food, property taxes, heat and other utilities, paying for college, and disability benefits. Assists with applications and follow up on application status.

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

Identifies community needs and resources in order to provide tangible assistance to individuals and families experiencing difficulties. Visit the website for details.

Determines eligibility for state subsidy for child care.

Determines eligibility for state subsidy for child care.