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Offering a clothing swap. Fill up a bag with your outgrown clothes, old toys, small shoes and kid's books and then trade them for clothes, shoes, toys and books they can use. All kids sizes are available, from infants to adult. Also offering free maternity clothes and breastfeeding supplies. Bring some bags and fill them for free! This is a free community event that is open to everyone!

Offering free school clothing, hair braiding, haircuts, school supplies, and free shoes.

Provides a food pantry of supplemental food items. Individuals may receive food twice a month.

Accepts new and gently used clothing, coats, books, toys, shoes, linens, towels, and essential household items. Accepts new diapers, socks, underwear, school supplies, period supplies, hygiene items, hats, gloves, and scarves.

Offers emergency financial assistance for prescriptions, gas, electric bills, and heating fuel. Provides water service payment assistance, with termination notice as funds are available. Screens for the CAP program, offered through Columbia Gas.

Homeless Children and Youth Initiative identifies students experiencing homelessness and implements strategies to address barriers to enrollment, attendance and participation in school activities. Students experiencing homelessness are entitled under law to

• Education on an equal basis with other children
• Continue to attend their home school of origin
• Immediate enrollment, even if they lack records
• Special assistance for the Allentown School District Homeless Liaison

Note: If a student is in a temporary living situation, he/she may be able to remain in his/her current school. Talk with ASD resources before dis-enrolling.

Provides clients a 3-month supply of full size hygiene products - shampoo, soap/body wash, toothbrush, toothpaste, razors, shaving cream, deodorant, body lotion and a 6 oz container of laundry detergent. Also provides feminine or incontinence products.

Offers homeless children and youth a free public education on an equal basis with all other children in the state.

Family Centers, located at Jefferson and Central Elementary Schools, coordinate and facilitate a variety of support services for Allentown School District families. Family Centers seek to ensure the healthy growth and development of children by coordinating a wide variety of support services for families in the communities in which they live. These services include:

• Parent Support and Child Development Education
• Pediatric Health Services
• Healthy After-School and Summer Activities
• Family Preservation Services
• Education and Employment-Related Services

Family Development Specialist certified in parent education home visits meet groups of parent sand provide assessments and support to parents for their children from pregnancy through kindergarten. They facilitate access to needed services and coordinate case management services. Health centers are also located in the elementary schools served by the Family Centers. Collaborative partners representing health, communitie

Provides winter outerwear items for financially qualifying children and seniors.

Helps homeless students, including preschoolers, to enroll in, attend, and succeed in school. Provides school enrollment assistance, transportation assistance, school supplies, uniforms, and other required items. Also offers after-school programs and preschool.

Emergency Assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, rent, and utility expenses. Referrals made for assistance not offered at facility. May also offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School, Christmas toy assistance and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available.

FISH participates in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, a federal program that provides supplemental food boxes to low income senior citizens.

Provides a food Backpack Program to help children who need extra nutritional meals and snacks for the weekend and extended breaks. Program is designed to include siblings at home. Also provides supplemental clothing, hygiene items, and other non-perishable needs to the students. The kid's bed program provides a brand new twin size bed and bedding to eligible students.

Provides electricity assistance to Northwestern Rural Electric Co-Operative, Inc. (NREC) members.

Distributes new and gently used clothing and household goods. Provides diapers, formula, cleaning products, shelf-stable food, and toiletries/personal care items as available.

Emergency Direct Assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs. May also offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available.

Provides hygiene items, lice kits, undergarments, district approved clothing items, outerwear, and footwear to school nurses. The Nurse's Pantry is located in elementary, middle, and high schools in every school district in Schuylkill County.

Provides emergency assistance for individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs. Referrals made for assistance not offered at facility. May also offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available. Call for holiday programs (toys and food).

Provides emergency direct assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs. May also offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available.

Provides gently used, donated clothing, small household items, children's books and toys.

Provides safe, decent, single room occupancy at reduced rent for 13 single low-income, self-sufficient women. Supportive services include linkages to community resources and case management.

Provides clothing.

Provides a public store of used clothing, housewares, small piece furniture, knick-knacks, decorations, jewelry, crafts and miscellaneous items.

Operates cold weather shelter for women, inclusive of transgender and non-binary individuals.