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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.

What's Here

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

Child Care Expense Assistance
Benefits Screening
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.

What's Here

Food Stamps/SNAP
General Benefits and Services Assistance

The Open Link - Financial Assistance

Provides financial assistance for basic utilities, fuel, and housing costs. Also available to assist individuals in accessing the following programs: A) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) B) PPL Operation Help C) Public assistance (food stamps, medical assistance, cash assistance); D)FEMA Funding (housing and utility costs).

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Rent Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Benefits Screening

Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation - Neighborhood Action Center

Provides application assistance and referrals for food pantries, housing counseling services, senior citizens programs, rental and utility assistance programs, and more. Also offers budget counseling and information about job opportunities.

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General Benefits and Services Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Job Finding Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance

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

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

Prince of Peace Center - Dollar Energy Applications

Helps families and individuals apply for utility assistance through the Dollar Energy Fund.

What's Here

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Early Learning Resource Center Region 6 - Child Care Benefits Screening

Determines eligibility for state subsidy for child care.

What's Here

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Benefits Screening
Child Care Expense Assistance

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services - Southeastern County Assistance Offices - Benefits HelpLine

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

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

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

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

Franklin County Legal Services - Legal Advice, Representation, and Education

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

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Comprehensive Family Law Services
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
General Legal Aid
Legal Counseling
Divorce Assistance
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Self Representation Assistance
General Benefits and Services 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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General Benefits and Services Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP
WIC

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

Provides eligibility screening and filing of SNAP and WIC applications.

What's Here

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP
WIC

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

Provides eligibility screening and filing of SNAP and WIC applications.

What's Here

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP
WIC

Philadelphia FIGHT - 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.

What's Here

General Benefits and Services Assistance

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

Provides eligibility screening and filing of SNAP and WIC applications.

What's Here

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP
WIC

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

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

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

Hope and Help Network - Resource Connection

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

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General Benefits and Services Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Bucks County Area Agency on Aging - Central Intake

Provides information and referral services, advocacy, and benefits assistance.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Older Adults
Senior Advocacy Groups
General Benefits and Services Assistance

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

The Brashear Association - Self Sufficiency Program

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.

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Financial Literacy Training
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Case/Care Management

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

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

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