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Early Learning Resource Center Region 5 - Child Care Benefits Screening

Determines eligibility for state subsidy for child care.

What's Here

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Child Care Expense Assistance
Benefits Screening
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City of Philadelphia - Office of Children and Families - Find Free Food and Meals

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.

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Food Pantries
Packed Lunches/Dinners
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Soup Kitchens
Food Banks/Food Distribution Warehouses
Food Lines
Child and Adult Care Food Programs
General Benefits and Services Assistance
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Pennsylvania Department of Human Services - Benefits Assistance

Apply for many health and human service programs and manage benefit information.

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General Benefits and Services Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP

Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation - Legal Services

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.

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Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Name/Personal Information Modification Assistance
General Legal Aid
Lawyer Referral Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance

SeniorLAW Center - Legal Information

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

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General Benefits and Services Assistance
Older Adults
Benefits Screening
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Pension Benefits Assistance
Legal Information Services
Life Care Planning
Elder Law

Union City Family Support Center - LIHEAP Application Assistance

Provides guidance to individuals interested in state heating assistance. Community Support Specialist will help clients through the application process.

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General Benefits and Services Assistance
Utility Bill Payment Plan Negotiation Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Divine Grace Parish - Financial Assistance and Food Pantry

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

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Water Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Food Pantries

Neighborhood Legal Services Association - Legal Services

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.

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Consumer Law
Legal Representation
Comprehensive Family Law Services
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Real Estate Law
Divorce Assistance
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Counseling
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Crime Victim/Witness Related No Contact Orders

Norristown Hospitality Center - Drop in Center for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

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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Temporary Mailing Address
Homeless Drop In Centers
Public Showers/Baths
Homelessness Issues
Specialized Information and Referral
General Benefits and Services Assistance

Center for Positive Aging in Lower Merion - Intake and Referral

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

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Case/Care Management
Specialized Information and Referral
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Older Adults

MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

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.

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Legal Representation
Elder Law
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Benefits Screening
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Legal Counseling
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance

Westmoreland Food Bank - SNAP Application Assistance Program

Provides assistance to eligible individuals and families in completing SNAP benefit applications.

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Food Stamps/SNAP
Benefits Screening
General Benefits and Services Assistance

Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania - Legal Aid Services

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.

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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Labor and Employment Law
Predatory Lending Assistance
Legal Information Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Elder Law
Court Filing Offices
Bankruptcy Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
General Legal Aid
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
TANF Recipients
Legal Representation
Advocacy

MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

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.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Elder Law
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Benefits Screening
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Legal Counseling
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance

ACHIEVEability - ACHIEVEability Connects

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

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General Benefits and Services Assistance
Organizational Consultation/Technical Assistance

Catholic Social Services - Southeast Pennsylvania - Benephilly

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.

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General Benefits and Services Assistance

Summit Legal Aid - Legal Services

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

The Brashear Association - Utility Payment Program Application Assistance

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.

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Electric Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Utility Bill Payment Plan Negotiation Assistance

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services - NEPA Counties - Benefits Helpline

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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State Medicaid Waiver Programs
Welfare Rights Assistance
TANF
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Medicaid Applications
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP

MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

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.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Elder Law
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Benefits Screening
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Legal Counseling
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance

Tapestry of Health - Food Stamp (SNAP) and WIC Application Assistance

Provides eligibility screening and filing of SNAP and WIC applications.

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WIC
Food Stamps/SNAP
General Benefits and Services Assistance

B.R.I.D.G.E. People - Community Resources and Referrals

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

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General Benefits and Services Assistance

Broad Street Ministry - Concierge

Assists guests in navigating complex systems and services to achieve their goals, including obtaining benefits, identification, medical care, behavioral health care, and housing.

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Homeless People
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Case/Care Management

The Brashear Association - Utility Payment Program Application Assistance

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.

What's Here

Electric Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Utility Bill Payment Plan Negotiation Assistance

Tapestry of Health - Food Stamp (SNAP) and WIC Application Assistance

Provides eligibility screening and filing of SNAP and WIC applications.

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WIC
Food Stamps/SNAP
General Benefits and Services Assistance