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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.

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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Benefits Assistance
Court Filing Offices
General Legal Aid
Legal Representation
Predatory Lending Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Elder Law
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Legal Information Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Bankruptcy Assistance
Offers culturally relevant workshops focused on areas such as managing stress, entrepreneurship, healing from trauma, conflict resolution, career readiness, healthy relationships, and current events. Organizes teens and young adults to address complex, systemic issues that impact our communities. Through advocacy and direct action, teens focus on solutions related to police brutality, restorative justice, voter suppression, internet access, healthcare, and Black mental health.

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General Benefits Assistance
Advocacy
Prejob Guidance
Stress Management
Youth/Student Support Groups
Conflict Resolution Training
Relationship Workshops
Life Skills Education
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 legal representation, advice, and education to low-income individuals with civil legal problems.

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Self Representation Assistance
Legal Counseling
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
General Legal Aid
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Divorce Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Benefits Assistance
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).

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General Benefits Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Benefits Screening
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Determines eligibility for state subsidy for child care.

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Benefits Screening
General Benefits Assistance
Child Care Expense Assistance
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.
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.

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General Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
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.

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Employment Discrimination Assistance
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
General Benefits Assistance
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Pension Benefits Assistance
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
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.

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General Benefits Assistance
Identification Cards
Therapy Referrals
Individual Counseling
Temporary Mailing Address
Public Showers/Baths
Homeless Drop In Centers
Extreme Heat Cooling Programs
Birth Certificates
Social Security Numbers
General Legal Aid
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.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Homelessness Prevention Programs
General Benefits Assistance
Credit Counseling
Legal Counseling
General Clothing Provision
General Legal Aid
Job Finding Assistance
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 (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program). E) Access to Other Agencies and Government Services

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Legal Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling
Advocacy
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Elder Law
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
General Benefits Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Provides legal assistance to older adults.

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Certificates/Forms Assistance
Legal Counseling
Elder Law
General Benefits Assistance
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.

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Employment Discrimination Assistance
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
General Benefits Assistance
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Pension Benefits Assistance
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Provides food pantry site for low-income residents, offering pre-packaged and canned food, frozen sandwiches and snacks, and fresh dairy and produce. Also assists with applying for benefits, services, and emergency financial assistance.

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COVID-19 Control
General Benefits Assistance
Food Pantries
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.

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Employment Discrimination Assistance
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
General Benefits Assistance
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Pension Benefits Assistance
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Compass Helpline answers questions about eligibility, benefits, ACCESS/EBT cards, or billing. Also call if need to report a change (for example - employment, income, address, household expenses or health status, such as pregnancy, etc. Report changes regarding Medical Assistance, Cash Assistance, SNAP, LIHEAP, Long Term Living Services.

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TANF Recipients
Public Assistance Issues
State Medicaid Waiver Programs
Medicaid Applications
General Benefits Assistance
Medicaid Recipients
Food Stamps/SNAP Recipients
Food Stamps/SNAP
TANF
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.

Related Services

Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Benefits Assistance
Court Filing Offices
General Legal Aid
Legal Representation
Predatory Lending Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Elder Law
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Legal Information Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Bankruptcy Assistance
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 (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program). E) Access to Other Agencies and Government Services

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Legal Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling
Advocacy
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Elder Law
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
General Benefits Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Offers programs, activities and services including: Support with individual, group, and caregiver counseling, information and assistance with benefits counseling, veterans support group, caregiver information and support, grandparents raising grandchildren information and support.

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Aging and Disability Resource Centers
General Benefits Assistance
Senior Housing Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Senior Centers
Online to to apply for many health and human service programs and manage benefit information.

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Food Stamps/SNAP
General Benefits Assistance
Provides help for individuals to find resources that are not always easily accessible to the general population and streamline the process of receiving assistance from these organizations. Services provided include social service referrals: such as housing assistance, rent/utility assistance, emergency assistance, welfare assistance, etc. Mental health referrals: such as rehabilitation/detox, support groups, peer support services, etc.

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

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Welfare Rights Assistance
General Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Provides public benefit navigation and application assistance for enrollment in the following public benefits: Medical Assistance, PENNIE, Medicare related supports, prescripton plans, supplements and subsidies, PACE/NET, One Sight, SNAP, Free/Reduced Cost School Lunches, CCIS, Senior Farmer's Market Vouchers, TANF, PECO subsidies, LIHEAP, Free cell phone program, the PA Rent and Property Tax Rebates and other federal, state or local public benefit programs.

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Navigator Programs
General Benefits Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
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.

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Advocacy
General Benefits Assistance