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Housing (9)

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HUD

Services: Federal program that provides housing supports for individuals in need such as rental programs (including Section 8) and home ownership assistance programs

Volunteers of America: Supported Living Program

Services: Provides residential supportive services for adults with disabilities.

Elwyn

Services: Provides community residential services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Northwestern Human Services

Services: Services for mental health consumers including intensive case management 24/7, mobile psychiatrist, nursing services, therapist, and peer support. Also offer residential support services (long-term structured residences for individuals with mental illness), and family-based mental health services.

Skills of Central PA

Services: Services for individuals with disabilities: residential options, vocational and rehabilitative services, adult day services, life skills training

Housing Discrimination Hotline at HUD Regional Office - Philadelphia

Services: Hotline service for individuals to report incidences of housing discrimination.

USDA Rural Home Ownership Program

Services: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Guaranteed Rural Home Loans are creating homeownership opportunities throughout Pennsylvania with no-money-down financing in rural communities and areas just outside of major metro areas.

PHFA Homeowner Emergency Mortage Assistance Program

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Works to provide affordable homeownership and rental apartment options for older adults, low- and moderate-income families, and people with special housing needs. 

MidPenn Legal Services

Services:

Family law, custody, domestic violence, housing, foreclosures, access to medical care, public benefits, unemployment, barriers to employment, consumer law, elder law.

Shelters (5)

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Shelter Aid Hotline

Services: Offers referrals to shelter services in your area.

Lourdes House

Services: Shelter and services for expectant mothers

YWCA Domestic Violence Shelter

Services: Shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children.

Bethesda Mission

Services: Emergency shelter for 75 men and 25 women and children.

National Runaway Switchboard

Services: Toll-free, nationwide hot-line for runaways and troubled youth. Provides information and referral for shelter, counseling, medical and legal services and transportation back home. The hot-line also provides a personal and confidential message relay service between runaways and their families.

Transitional Housing and Housing-Related Services (1)

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Firm Foundation Of Pennsylvania

Services: Transitional living services for men trasitioning from incarceration or drug treatment.

Housing Assistance Programs (2)

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Community Action Commission

Services: Provides information and services in relation to social services, housing, and community development.

Harrisburg Housing Authority

Services: Public housing program that connects income-eligible individuals and families with public housing or section 8 vouchers.

Public Housing Programs (2)

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Harrisburg Housing Authority

Services: Public housing program that connects income-eligible individuals and families with public housing or section 8 vouchers.

Community Action Commission

Services: Provides information and services in relation to social services, housing, and community development.

Homeownership Assistance (2)

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Pennsylvania Affordable Apartment Locator

Services: Website that allows you to search for affordable housing options in your area

Community Action Commission

Services: Provides information and services in relation to social services, housing, and community development.