Provides safe sleeping quarters and emergency overnight care for men experiencing homelessness that includes breakfast and dinner, a shower, clean clothing, and personal care articles.

Provides housing and supportive services for homeless men, and drug and alcohol recovery program services for men and women.

Provides older adults with shelter, food, medical support, and physical therapy.

Rescues, rehabilitates, and rehomes animals in crisis. Offers education, advocacy, affordable services, and inspires a community where the animal-human bond is celebrated and nurtured.

Provides emergency assistance for individuals and families in crisis seeking help with food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses, and similar miscellaneous living needs.

Provides emergency shelter for adult men who are experiencing homelessness.

Guests are offered a hot dinner, shower and laundry facilities, and breakfast before their morning departure.

Provides information about Community Shelters and Drop-In Centers for individuals experiencing homelessness in Allegheny County.

Lists the specific services available at each Shelter/Center.

Provides temporary emergency housing for adult women experiencing homelessness.

Offers information and referral to community resources that provide for critical needs like food, shelter, and counseling and mental health care.

May be able to provide limited, emergency financial assistance in the form of a small grant to help with rent or a bill, or gift cards/vouchers to meet a modest, but critical basic need.

Provides temporary emergency shelter for adults (age 18 and older) experiencing homelessness. Pets (dogs and cats) are welcome. Visit the website for additional details of the pet policy.

Offers a transitional living facility suitable for men recovering from gambling addiction.

Offers a transitional living facility suitable for men recovering from gambling addiction.

Provides 24-hour shelter for men experiencing homelessness in Beaver County. Also offers wraparound services to ensure that participants are able to transition successfully to permanent housing and independence.

Self-serve breakfast items and prepared lunch/dinner are provided daily.

Provides emergency shelter for adults of any gender, typically for 30 to 90 days.

Guests also receive assistance obtaining benefits, accessing health care, and locating permanent housing.

Offers 90-day program designed for adult men and women in active recovery and who are referred from a treatment facility, probation, or justice-related services.

The program focuses on helping individuals move into long-term recovery in the community through peer support and mentoring, case management, and work with the Education Employment team.

Provides bridge housing for up to 12 months for men in recovery from substance use disorder and experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Provides case management, basic life skills, job referrals, and education training. Medical, dental, and mental health services are provided.

Assists keeping families and their animals together and safe from violence. Enables survivors of domestic violence to leave abusive households without leaving their pets behind and at risk.

Accepts donation of items needed for both dogs and cats:
Collars, Leashes, Beds, Toys, Bowls, Blankets, Pillows, Food (dry and moist), Treats, litter boxes/scoops, Waste bags, and Waste Removers.

Provides emergency shelter for up to 30 days for individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

Pets are welcome and accommodation is available for them in a secure, climate-controlled kennel next door to the shelter building.

Offers temporary, emergency shelter on a first come first serve basis for 14 men experiencing homelessness. After clearances and screening, each man receives a warm meal, shower, and a place to sleep with supportive services.

Provides a safe community living environment, related education, support services to women who are in need of transitional housing. Women will be empowered by experiences of community life to learn and practice skills moving them from dependence to interdependence.

Mary House is not a shelter or 3/4 house!

Assists eligible individuals and families to address risk factors of for their ability to lead a healthy lifestyle and to retain a stable, health home environment within the community.

Help is available for childcare, clothing, food, shelter, hygiene products/household goods and supplies, utilities, and transportation that is not covered by the Medical Assistance Transportation Program (MATP) such as bus passes to go to the grocery store, work, recovery meetings), and more.

Visit the website for more details.

Provides emergency shelter for men, women, and families. Homeless Case-management services offered; refers to other emergency housing services as appropriate.

Provides financial assistance to households in an immediate housing crisis. Financial assistance up to $1500 for a family, and $1000 for an individual may be available.

Provides emergency assistance for individuals and families in crisis. May include help with food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses, and similar miscellaneous needs. Referrals will be made for assistance not offered by the agency.

Provides short-term (30-60 day) emergency shelter for single women and families with children. Guests of the program receive case management services, weekly life skills classes, advocacy, and on-site mental health counseling.

Provides outpatient mental health treatment, substance abuse services, SAP services, Criminal Justice Reentry Program, as well as Crisis Intervention and DUI evaluations and education and sexual violence counseling and advocacy.

Offers emergency shelter for men experiencing homelessness. Meals are provided; shower and laundry facilities are available for guests.

Operates animal shelter for unwanted pets and pet adoption center for those who wish to adopt animals; pet therapy program; community and school education and literature available. Also provides veterinary care.

Provides housing for up to 89 men. Participation in the work and growth program is required.

Provides shelter and program for up to 31 women.

Provides an 11 suite residence for women with children.

Provides temporary shelter for single adult women and for families with children.

Provides permanent supportive housing assistance.

Housing is provided at various apartment locations.

Services include:

Emergency Shelter,
Permanent Supported Housing,
Case Management,
Life Skills Training
, Outreach and Advocacy,
Peer Support
, Vocational/Educational Support
, Participant Savings Plan.

Operates a shelter for men experiencing homelessness.

Provides a shelter for single women and women with children.

Provides temporary emergency shelter. Provides men with food, shelter, spiritual counsel, casework, and networking.

Provides temporary emergency shelter for women and women with children. Those in need of shelter or referring agencies should contact the staff prior to guest arrival.

Provides homeless emergency shelter, transitional housing, help with locating and establishing a new residence, and case management.

Coordinated Entry General Assessment Agency.

Serves as the General Assessment Agency for Coordinated Entry (Homelessness and Housing Crises in Fayette County)

A nurse-managed health center that provides health care to homeless people at all points along the continuum, from street to shelter to transitional housing to self-sufficiency. Services include primary care, family planning services, assistance with benefits, and physical examinations.

Provides emergency housing to single women after hours (evenings/weekends/holidays).

Offers a wide range of free and confidential services including a 24-hour hotline for information and referral, crisis intervention, and supportive options counseling, individual and group counseling, court advocacy and accompaniment related to Protection From Abuse Orders, emergency shelter, community outreach and education, life skills, and trainings for professionals. All services are free and confidential.

Provides free group counseling for both residents of shelter and nonresidents in the community.

Provides comprehensive and confidential services to victims of domestic violence and their families, including emergency shelter, transitional housing, counseling, children's programming, safety planning, accompaniment to courts and hospitals, limited transportation and food assistance, advocacy on behalf of victims with other community systems, and legal assistance.

Provides community residential care, shelter care, diagnostic services and Life Readiness Programming for females.

Investigates all allegations of child abuse and neglect, as mandated by state law.

Provides a wide range of services to abused and neglected children and their families. Also provides services to adolescents who are at severe risk due to their behavior or that of their parent.

Services include: Adoption Services, Child Sexual Abuse Center, Child Welfare Day Care, Community Education, Emergency Services, Emergency Shelter Care, Family Support Services, Foster Care and Kinship Care Services, Independent Living Services for Transition-Age Youth, Information and Referral, -Home Protective Services (SCOH), Intake Evaluations, Residential Placement, Supervised Independent Living.

Investigates all allegations of child abuse and neglect, as mandated by state law.

Services include: Adoption Services, Child Sexual Abuse Center, Child Welfare Day Care, Community Education, Emergency Services, Emergency Shelter Care, Family Support Services, Foster Care and Kinship Care Services, Independent Living Services for Transition-Age Youth, Information and Referral, Home Protective Services (SCOH), Intake Evaluations, Residential Placement, Supervised Independent Living.

Provides support to women who are pregnant, to families seeking to adopt, and to children in need of a temporary or permanent home when reunification is not an option. Offers assessment of a family's situation, case advocacy, support groups, education, respite, family cam,p and referrals.

Provides support to women who are pregnant, to families seeking to adopt, and to children in need of a temporary or permanent home when reunification is not an option. Offers assessment of a family's situation, case advocacy, support groups, education, respite, family cam,p and referrals.

Provides 24-hour hotline support, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, accompaniment, trauma-informed empowerment/options counseling, support groups, Information and Referral, community prevention, and awareness education.

Provides 24-hour hotline support, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, accompaniment, trauma-informed empowerment/options counseling, support groups, Information and Referral, community prevention, and awareness education.

Provides 24-hour hotline support, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, accompaniment, trauma-informed empowerment/options counseling, support groups, Information and Referral, community prevention, and awareness education.

Provides hands-on, learning environment for children within the community. They also partner with the homeless shelter to provide a safe and developmentally appropriate place for the children to learn and grow.

Not accepting males for November 2024 due to the men's facility being under construction.
Serves as a homeless shelter for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Provides shelter and programs to help guide individuals and families to self-sufficiency.

Operates a Code Blue program and extends its housing capacity when temperatures are below freezing, sub-zero, or in anticipation of a substantial snow storm.

Serves people who have been turned away from shelters and traditional mental health residential programs due to inability to adapt to a more structured environment.

Offers a safe place where people experiencing homelessness. Provides coffee and meal service, showers, laundry, and transportation to shelter. Offers case management and health care services, including primary care, behavioral health care, and reproductive health care.

Located in the concourses under Two Penn Center in Suburban Station

Provides education about human trafficking to the community and provides supportive services for victims / survivors.

Helps develop functional skills and discover talents through volunteer opportunities and engaging social activities. Activities include visiting parks, swimming, bowling, horseback riding, baseball games, fitness, and more. Instructs clients in a variety of social, community, technology, personal and vocational skills. Offers volunteer opportunities including assisting in delivering meals, at food pantries, local churches, hospitals, community gardening, animal shelters, libraries and more.

Provides age-appropriate programs to children addressing important topics, such as body safety, bullying, dating violence, and healthy relationships. Programs are also available to colleges, community groups, educators, police, hospitals, health-care providers, churches and private citizens.

Provides emergency shelter care, foster care for emergency placements and runaways. Also provides foster family care - A substitute family when a child has to be removed from his or her own home due to issues of abuse and/or neglect.
Kinship care - placement of child with relatives when parents are unable to care for the child due to issues of abuse and/or neglect.
Group home, community Based - purchased placement services for children who need more structure than foster care provides.

Life Skills training is an individualized service designed to increase independence. The consumer (a person with a disability) sets the pace, decides the goals, and does the work. Life Skills staff serve as role models, advocates, and supporters. Training areas are housing, money management, social/recreation, self-care, mobility/transportation, education, vocation, communication, assistive technology, sexuality, service coordination, advocacy, and attendant care. RTFCIL also offers the following curriculum: Budgeting/Checkbook Balancing, Cooking/Meal Preparation, Housing Assistance, and Job Readiness.

Provides safe, temporary and short-term community shelter. Coordinates and collaborates with other service providers and volunteers to assure the provision of services that address their basic physical, financial, health and spiritual needs; and assists sheltered guests to form and follow a permanent housing plan to quickly achieve stable, long-term housing.

Offers two transitional housing programs: Nehemiah’s Way in the North Wales area, and Bridge Housing in the Norristown area. Provides a “bridge” between our shelter and independent, community living. Designed to enable families to become self-sufficient and help reduce the risk of them returning to a domestic violence situation. Provides case management, group counseling, life skills training, emergency financial assistance, children's services, and connections to community resources.

Offers a number of support groups for shelter and bridge housing residents as well as for members of the community.

Services include Options/Crisis Counseling involving safety planning, domestic violence education, and connection to community resources; Short-term Counseling (6 to 12 sessions) addressing psychoeducation, safety planning, crisis support, emotion regulation, making meaning of trauma, and processing associated emotions; support groups; financial literary training and personal financial counseling to address any financial aspects of abuse; and parent support workshops.

Services include Options/Crisis Counseling involving safety planning, domestic violence education, and connection to community resources; Short-term Counseling (6 to 12 sessions) addressing psychoeducation, safety planning, crisis support, emotion regulation, making meaning of trauma, and processing associated emotions; support groups; financial literary training and personal financial counseling to address any financial aspects of abuse; and parent support workshops.

Provides immediate crisis intervention, safety planning, information about access DAP services, and referrals to other community resources on a 24/7 basis.

Services include Options/Crisis Counseling involving safety planning, domestic violence education, and connection to community resources; Short-term Counseling (6 to 12 sessions) addressing psychoeducation, safety planning, crisis support, emotion regulation, making meaning of trauma, and processing associated emotions; support groups; financial literary training and personal financial counseling to address any financial aspects of abuse; and parent support workshops.

Provides emergency shelter for up to 30 days. Assists with food and clothing bank, employment and career services, and housing search assistance.

Provides warming centers to keep residents warm at Branch Creek Place Senior Center, Big Spring Senior Center, Carlisle Senior Action Center, Mechanicsburg Place Senior Center, Mary C. Schaner Senior Center, and West Shore Senior Center.

Enables at-risk youth to experience the safety and security of living in a highly structured program within the community at a time of crisis.

Operates a temporary, emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence. The shelter provides available options, counseling, and referrals to agencies that may provide additional help, and with the help of a trained counselor advocate, create a safety plan upon discharge from the shelter.

Our compassionate team works with you to create the best, safest plan. Assessments for care and eligibility will be done.
-Nursing Home Assessment: Any person age 18 and older who desires placement in a nursing facility, personal care home, or domiciliary care home can be assessed by the Care Management staff of the Adams County Office for Aging, Inc.
-Domiciliary Care (Dom Care): Provides adults 18 years or older, who cannot live independently, with sheltered living in private homes with a family-like atmosphere.
-Personal Care Homes: Sometimes called assisted living facilities, offer room and board and assistance with daily living activities.
-Adult Day Services: Provides functionally disabled older persons with an array of activities in a protected environment which will enable them to maintain independence within the community.

Educates the community about child abuse prevention and drug and alcohol awareness/prevention. Provides court ordered supervised visitation services.

Delivers information and educational services through various workshops, trainings, and programs. Services include
A) Monthly newsletter
B) Workplace Violence and Financial Literacy workshops
C) Professional training in domestic violence counseling and identification
D) Healthy relationships program teaching non-violent behavior to teens and young children
E) Community education programs in community groups, schools, businesses, churches, and synagogues to teach about abuse dynamics and identify methods to help victims of domestic violence

Provides victims of domestic violence with counseling and options for accessing the legal system as well as other social services. Services include:
Advocacy options within the legal system, safety planning, individualized in-person and telephone counseling, peer counseling, support groups, elder abuse advocacy and counseling, and referrals to community and other Domestic Violence resources including (therapists, lawyers and other social service providers).

Provides victims of domestic violence with counseling and options for accessing the legal system as well as other social services. Services include:
Advocacy options within the legal system, safety planning, individualized in-person and telephone counseling, peer counseling, support groups, elder abuse advocacy and counseling, and referrals to community and other Domestic Violence resources including (therapists, lawyers and other social service providers).

Provides victims of domestic violence with counseling and options for accessing the legal system as well as other social services. Services include:
Advocacy options within the legal system, safety planning, individualized in-person and telephone counseling, peer counseling, support groups, elder abuse advocacy and counseling, and referrals to community and other Domestic Violence resources including (therapists, lawyers and other social service providers).

Provides victims of domestic violence with counseling and options for accessing the legal system as well as other social services. Services include:
Advocacy options within the legal system, safety planning, individualized in-person and telephone counseling, peer counseling, support groups, elder abuse advocacy and counseling, and referrals to community and other Domestic Violence resources including (therapists, lawyers and other social service providers).

Provides victims of domestic violence with counseling and options for accessing the legal system as well as other social services. Services include:
Advocacy options within the legal system, safety planning, individualized in-person and telephone counseling, peer counseling, support groups, elder abuse advocacy and counseling, and referrals to community and other Domestic Violence resources including (therapists, lawyers and other social service providers).

Provides victims of domestic violence with counseling and options for accessing the legal system as well as other social services. Services include:
Advocacy options within the legal system, safety planning, individualized in-person and telephone counseling, peer counseling, support groups, elder abuse advocacy and counseling, and referrals to community and other Domestic Violence resources including (therapists, lawyers and other social service providers).

A day center that provides services case management, linkage to mental health services, linkage to drug and alcohol services, medical clinic, dental clinic, and vocational support. . Other basic services like bathroom and showering facilities, as well as laundry facilities, are also available. Street 2 Feet is a program under RHD Crossroads Community Services. There are no overnight services available with this program.

Operates two 100-bed safe havens dedicated to the needs of people experiencing intimate partner violence. Individuals and families receive comprehensive, trauma-informed care, including case management, individual and group therapy, and children’s services. Locations are confidential and have 24-hour security to protect the safety of residents.

Provides decent, safe and sanitary housing for eligible low-income individuals, families and senior citizens. Provides information about eligibility for and vacancies in subsidized and non-subsidized housing properties in Lehigh County. Eligibility criteria include income guidelines, age and/or disability status. Waiting list for all programs is 1 - 2 years.

Administers the Section 8 program. Eligibility is determined by income and family size. Approximately 1-2 year waiting list.

Provides a long-term housing program. Seeks volunteers and donations.

Provides information about and referral to various types of recovery housing including sober houses, recovery houses, halfway houses.

Provides transitional housing to help families achieve sustainable independence through safe shelter and services by a collaborative network of community organizations. Case Manager works with each family to plan their rapid return to independent housing. Helps with the services a family might need, such as: securing housing, employment, job training, and connecting to services. Pets with a Promise allows families to keep their pets while working towards independence in the program.

Provides an emergency shelter for adult males that are homeless.
Men can come in to get a meal, a shower, watch TV and get a good night's sleep. 7 day limit. Must have identification.
Christian Organization that strives to reflect God in all that they do and say.

Provides shelter to animals when the temperature, wind chill, and precipitation combined result in real feel temperatures near or below 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Also provides free straw bedding for caretakers or owners of pets and community cats who spend most or all of their time outdoors.

Offers supportive counseling, referrals, and assistance with the legal system to victims of crime. Assists with the processes for obtaining crime victim's compensation and protection orders. Services offered include emotional & crisis support, Information on police and court proceedings, court accompaniment at the preliminary hearing, assistance in obtaining protection orders, and referrals to other agencies for additional services such as emergency food, shelter, home repairs, and more.

Offers 75 private rooms for each families in need of emergency shelter.

Offers an evidenced based home visiting curriculum to parents in Philadelphia shelters who have children younger than age five. Pairs families with a parent educator who facilitates activities focused on parent-child interaction, development-centered parenting, and family well-being.

Offers a community lunch. Food is also available to be taken for later. Because of COVID-19, lunch is being distributed at the door until further notice; individuals are not allowed inside the shelter.

The Life Sharing program is an arrangement in which an individual with a disability joins a person or family in their private home as a fully participating member. These living arrangements allow the sharing of food, shelter, experiences, responsibility, and love. The individual shares and receives needed care and support from family and through community services.

Provides shelter and advocacy for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Shelter residents are expected to participate in the activities provided and complete daily chores.

A permanent supportive housing program for homeless women. The maximum length of stay at Liberty House is 24 months. Client residents attend counseling and life skills education workshops. The staff work with participants on money management, parenting, job hunting, and nutrition, with the goal of self-sufficiency.

Provides comprehensive victim services ranging from emergency shelter for survivors and their children fleeing violence, to community based services, advocacy, and support.

Provides a thirty-day residences for homeless women and children who are in a crisis which leaves them homeless. Services include: shelter, case management, transportation, linkages to community resources, medical Assessment, and health service referrals.

Operates a ten-unit scattered site transitional housing program for homeless women with or without children. Clients coming from the Center's Emergency Shelter or the Women's Resource Center Shelter receive rental assistance and supportive services while residing in scattered site apartments. Services include: case management, assistance in acquiring safe housing, rental and utilities assistance for up to 12 months, life Skills training and goal setting, furniture and household items, emergency food and clothing, art therapy, counseling and legal services, assistance with job training and education, linkages to community agencies, and recreational opportunities.

In partnership with other agencies, operates a transitional housing program for women leaving prison. The program identifies women from the Lackawanna County Prison who might effectively use this opportunity to change the direction of their lives, and offers alternative housing options and support services for up to one year. The ultimate goal of this program is to empower women to sustain independent living following their release from prison. Services include: group sessions in pre-release phase, intensive case management, assistance in finding safe housing, setting measurable goals with each client, assistance in finding employment and job training, rental assistance up to one year, assistance in moving, procuring furniture and personal supplies, art therapy, linkages to community services, assistance in being reunited with children, and recreational activities. All services are provided free of charge.

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 safe, decent, single room occupancy at reduced rent for four(4) single, low-income, self-sufficient women. Supportive services include linkages to community resources and case management.

An empowerment program designed to help women and children overcome the trauma of homelessness as they move toward self-sufficiency. Provides assistance with food, information regarding emergency shelters, housing counseling, and linkages to community services.

Provides thirty-day residences for homeless women and children who are in crisis which leaves them homeless. Services include: shelter, case management, transportation, linkages to community resources, medical assessment, and health service referrals.

Community rehousing program for single men and single women, 18 years and older, as well as 3 family units Program is generally for up to 90 days. Guests will receive case management for ensuring their transition from homelessness into permanent housing. Guests are required to complete a Housing Stabilization Plan and participate in the following services, 1) Life skill Classes, 2) Guests Meetings and 3) Case management meetings.

Fund raising to support community agencies working to strengthen the community focusing on education, financial stability and health.

Provides overnight services to men and women in single rooms, with limited family rooms available. Also provided are housing, material goods, and supportive services. Services are temporarily limited due to COVID and by appointment only.

Provides emergency shelter for victims of domestic abuse and violence. Counselors are available to shelter residents and to coordinate community resources to help achieve independence.

Provides an overnight shelter. When possible, clients are quickly moved into permanent housing then offered individualized case management services that assist them in overcoming barriers to stability and self-sufficiency.

Provides short-term temporary housing for families and individuals who are homeless or at risk for becoming homeless.

Provides case management to eligible clients for up to twelve months. Life Skills Training includes both in-house counseling and links to community service agencies for assistance.

Emergency shelter and transitional housing program provides shelter for homeless single women and families. Program focuses on identifying the barriers that keep their residents from reaching their housing goals. This is a community living facility. Each resident has their own bedroom that is shared with their children. The kitchen, bathrooms, and lounges are utilized by all residents.

Provides intense home visitation by nurses to first-time, low-income, at-risk mothers in Berks and Schuylkill counties.

A drop-in center (a day shelter) open to all adults. There are 3 meals a day, showers, lockers, assisting with IDs, an employment navigator, Street Medicine, parish nurses, case managers, intensive case managers for homeless individuals with mental illness, street outreach, coordinated entry, landlord engagement navigator, life skills, coping skills, and various housing programs offering short and long term rental assistance.


Housing support

Case management available

Bilingual staff

Provides a low barrier emergency shelter for single women and families.14 spots are available, with an average length of stay of 90 days. Offers case management, meals, laundry facilities, and programing to meet the needs of the guests.

13-bed runaway and emergency shelter for youth open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year offering the following services:
- Shelter (for youths)
- Crisis counseling
- Individual counseling, parent counseling, family counseling, group counseling
- Information and referral
- Transportation to home school provided or enrollment in Centennial School District
- Community integration and recreational programming

Distributes food to emergency food providers (food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters), residential programs (group homes and residential rehabilitation centers), low-income child care and senior citizen centers, day and transitional programs for adults with fixed or low incomes and other agencies serving the poor. Provides nutrition education to children, teens and families.
Click here to find a food pantry

**NOTES**
No walk-ins. All referrals must come from Coordinated Entry. Do not call the shelter to ask for shelter availability. Instead, call 211 or visit a local Access Site for a Coordinated Entry Referral.
No referrals are accepted over the weekend

Emergency shelter for homeless families with children under 18. Maximum stay is 60 days.

52 emergency shelter beds for adult men. Provides opportunities to enter long-term programs. Also provides free meals, personal care items, clothing, shower facilities, laundry, phone and computer services for case management. All men wishing to enter the shelter are screened for any outstanding warrants with the police.

All shelter guests are required to leave the premises from 8:00am to 4:30pm and are instructed to utilized that time to end their homelessness. They have a 30 day up or out policy that requires that the guest obtain a job within 30 days to get extensions. Client can also go up into the transformation programs where they can receive a greater level of counseling, teaching, case management and a transitional job on their clean team workforce.

Provides bus tokens and/or passes on a limited basis to transport shelter and transitional/rapid re-housing program participants as well as individuals experiencing homelessness and families to necessary appointments such as medical visits, job interviews, etc.

Bridges the gap from emergency shelter to permanent housing. Participants receive case management and support services as they transition towards self-sufficiency.

Serves as a primary provider of emergency housing to persons and families experiencing homelessness in Delaware County. Operates three homeless shelters and makes referrals to other programs as well.

Serves home cooked meals to residents of the homeless shelter 365 days a year.

Operates an emergency shelter facility for single adults that adds seven (7) cots to during Code Blue extreme cold emergency declarations from November 1 to April 1.

Emergency Housing - Helps individuals and families get off the streets, out of unsafe environments, and begin their journey towards housing stability. Provides them with a fully secured place to rest, plenty of food, and all the daily necessities of living. Also provides intensive case management to help them fulfill their goals. A typical stay in one of their emergency housing is 30 - 60 days.

Residential Housing - Provides transitional services that serve as stepping stones for participants who work through the 60 day program. They own several properties across Lancaster Counties which are used to provide individuals and families housing at a much lower than typical rental rate while providing participants continued case management. This empowers individuals and families to develop a budget, increase savings, and fulfill their personal goals prior to moving into permanent housing.

Provides a single point of contact for all coordinated entry housing and shelter needs in Montgomery County. Completes intake for services and provides referrals for appropriate housing resources.

Establishes a goal to quickly identify homeless people, prevent homelessness, assess needs, and connect them to housing and services. Serves as the Access site for Cumberland County through Community CARES. This site also attempts to divert homelessness with prevention services where possible.

Engages, assesses, and combats homelessness for individuals living on the streets, in encampments, and other locations not intended for human habitation. Outreach staff work to build trust with those experiencing homelessness first by helping to meet some of their basic needs (including providing a mailing address to receive mail, food, clothing, showers, laundry, transportation, identification, etc.). The street reach coordinator collaborates with everyone to access housing, employment, medical care, mental health care, substance abuse treatment, and other services while advocating for housing solutions for clients.

Offers showers and laundry any day of the week from 9:00am to 12:00pm and 3:00pm to 5:00pm. There is a sign-up sheet out front and then admitted into the building into the lobby to wait for the shower time. Coffee and snacks, free clothing bins, winter coats, tents, sleeping bags, and mail pick-up are also being served while waiting.

Provides funding for those living in Cumberland County who are at risk of becoming homeless. Homeless Prevention assists those who have housing right now, but who may become homeless soon because they lost income or had another eligible emergency that prevents them from paying rent.

ASSISTANCE MAY INCLUDE:
A) Payment of rent arrears to prevent eviction.
B) Utility shut offs
C) Security deposits for housing
D) First month's rent for housing
E) Assistance covering the cost of housing applications
F) Pay for transportation to confirmed location with support to avoid street homelessness
G) Assistance with bedding and toiletry supplies if experiencing homelessness

***All support is based on household qualifications.

Through these programs, our vision at Community CARES is to equip individuals and families to build independent, healthy, and stable lives, through emergency shelters and supportive programming.

Provides a winter shelter December 1 through March 31 for any experiencing homelessness in Cumberland County.

Provides shelter.

A confidential and secure shelter provides a temporary safe place for victims of domestic violence and their children who are forced to flee their home for safety reasons.
Advocates are on-site 24/7 to provide support, education and counseling, as well as information and referral to community resources.
Services provided during the stay help to stabilize the victim’s immediate crisis as well as support long term goal planning.

Provides comprehensive services to victims of domestic violence and their children including:
- Emergency shelter
- 24-hour telephone hotline
- Crisis-oriented counseling, both on-site and off-site (by request to victims in rural Lancaster County)
- Individual and group counseling for victims
- A free, limited, on-site health clinic operated by a licensed Nurse Practitioner (available to residents and their dependent children)
- Domestic Violence Legal Clinic (DVLC), located at 35 East Orange Street Lancaster, which provides legal assistance to victims of domestic violence
- Bridge Housing Program, a 10 apartment transitional facility for former shelter residents, providing additional housing for up to 12 months.
- Community Education: Presentations and training in the area of domestic violence are provided to agencies, schools, business, church and civic

Community Emergency Shelter for men, women and families. Lancaster County residents. Includes a daytime shelter and free breakfast, lunch and dinner for participants only.

Provides shelter, lodging for transients.

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.

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 referrals to local food resources.

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.

Provides shelter. Families are able to stay together in their time of crisis. Each family is provided 3 meals a day, plus snacks, clean bedding, towels, personal hygiene items, and toiletries.

Offers rental assistance, shelter assistance, information and referral, bridge housing, transitional housing, medical assistance transportation, volunteer income tax assistance, and financial assistance with transportation and child care for eligible participants.

Provides case management for families (parent[s] with children) dealing with homelessness. Families live at host congregations for one week at a time and rotate around to different churches in the area that provide shelter, three free meals a day, and often provide evening activities and fellowship for the guests. Each day, families are transported to the Day Center by the FPHCR bus where families can do laundry, shower, and get ready for school or work. Parents who are not working stay at the Day Center and work on job and housing searches. Each family meets weekly with a staff member at FPHCR for case management.

Provides short-term emergency shelter. Offers longer-term shelter and support for those working on life change.

Provides Code Blue Shelter Services from November 1, until March 31. Offers overnight emergency shelter and a warming station during the day at 367 W Market Street.

Provides short-term emergency shelter. Offers longer-term shelter and support for those working on life change.

Offers 120 fully-furnished single-room occupancy units for rent. Each floor also has a fully renovated bathroom, laundry room, kitchenette, lounge area, and vending facilities. A case manager and drug & alcohol counselor are available on-site to assist any resident requesting support. Emergency community shelter-type rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis with a referral from LifePath Ministries.

Provides a 30-day emergency shelter. Offers case management, information and referral for community resources, and family support services.

Provides a transitional housing program with a longer-term option for eligible candidates. Offers individualized support services, including budget counseling, educational workshops, and information and referral to other community resources.

Licensed programs provide one or two people the opportunity to live with a host family in a private home.

The host family provides food, shelter, and personal care while supporting the individual to become a family member. The individual and his or her host family receive continuous assistance from Family Services in areas such as life sharing, being a family member, personal growth, and community integration.

Provides an emergency shelter for men, women and children. Also provides a separate shelter for teens.

Shelter for the homeless or near homeless.

Provides a single point of contact for all coordinated entry housing and shelter needs in Chester County. Completes intake for services and provides referrals for appropriate housing resources.