Provides screening to help individuals determine if they qualify for SNAP benefits (formerly known as food stamps) and helps them apply over the phone. Also advocates on behalf of people having problems receiving SNAP benefits through the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services County Assistance Offices.

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

Provides benefits used to buy food. This service is formerly known as Food Stamps.

Provides replacement benefits for individuals and families who had food lost or destroyed in a household disaster (storm, fire, power outage, etc.).

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are used to buy food and help eligible low-income households in Pennsylvania obtain more nutritious diets by increasing their food purchasing power at grocery stores and supermarkets.

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 Allegheny County residents with information about the new SNAP work requirements and assistance with reporting their status. As of September 1, 2025, certain individuals are required to be working for at least 20 hours a week (or 80 hours each month) or qualify for an exemption. Individuals must report that they are meeting these work requirements or verify their exemption. This service provides the forms necessary to report an individual’s work or exemption status. Also offers assistance with completing the forms and submitting them to the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.

Provides Allegheny County residents with information about the new SNAP work requirements and assistance with reporting their status. As of September 1, 2025, certain individuals are required to be working for at least 20 hours a week (or 80 hours each month) or qualify for an exemption. Individuals must report that they are meeting these work requirements or verify their exemption. This service provides the forms necessary to report an individual’s work or exemption status. Also offers assistance with completing the forms and submitting them to the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps Pennsylvanians buy food. People in eligible low-income households can obtain more nutritious diets with SNAP increasing their food purchasing power at grocery stores and supermarkets. Those who are eligible receive an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) ACCESS Card to make food purchases

Helps Pennsylvanians in eligible low-income households to buy food. Eligible individuals and families receive an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) ACCESS Card to use for food purchases.

Solicits surplus food from local industry and effectively distributes these foods through a network of community organizations including food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters. Provides SNAP outreach services, facilitating client eligibility screenings, and COMPASS applications.

Offers additional grocery benefits program that provides households with a one-time payment of $120 for each eligible child to buy food while school is out. Benefits can be used at local participating retailers to purchase groceries.

Helps Pennsylvanians in eligible low-income households to buy food. Eligible individuals and families receive an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) ACCESS Card to use for food purchases.

Provides replacement benefits for individuals and families who had food lost or destroyed in a household disaster (storm, fire, power outage, etc.).

Offers additional grocery benefits program that provides households with a one-time payment of $120 for each eligible child to buy food while school is out. Benefits can be used at local participating retailers to purchase groceries.

Provides Allegheny County residents with information about the new SNAP work requirements and assistance with reporting their status. As of September 1, 2025, certain individuals are required to be working for at least 20 hours a week (or 80 hours each month) or qualify for an exemption. Individuals must report that they are meeting these work requirements or verify their exemption. This service provides the forms necessary to report an individual’s work or exemption status. Also offers assistance with completing the forms and submitting them to the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.

Provides Allegheny County residents with information about the new SNAP work requirements and assistance with reporting their status. As of September 1, 2025, certain individuals are required to be working for at least 20 hours a week (or 80 hours each month) or qualify for an exemption. Individuals must report that they are meeting these work requirements or verify their exemption. This service provides the forms necessary to report an individual’s work or exemption status. Also offers assistance with completing the forms and submitting them to the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.

Provides replacement benefits for individuals and families who had food lost or destroyed in a household disaster (storm, fire, power outage, etc.).

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

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.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is the new name for the Food Stamp program. These benefits are used to buy food and help eligible low-income households in Pennsylvania obtain more nutritious diets by increasing their food purchasing power at grocery stores and supermarkets.

Helps Pennsylvanians in eligible low-income households to buy food. Eligible individuals and families receive an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) ACCESS Card to use for food purchases.

Offers additional grocery benefits program that provides households with a one-time payment of $120 for each eligible child to buy food while school is out. Benefits can be used at local participating retailers to purchase groceries.

Offers additional grocery benefits program that provides households with a one-time payment of $120 for each eligible child to buy food while school is out. Benefits can be used at local participating retailers to purchase groceries.

Offers additional grocery benefits program that provides households with a one-time payment of $120 for each eligible child to buy food while school is out. Benefits can be used at local participating retailers to purchase groceries.