Social Services

• Clothing Assistance
  Organizations that provide clothing to those in need.
• Food Assistance & Distribution
  Organizations and programs that provide food to those in need.
• Health & Medical Assistance
  Find help for medical care in southwestern Pennsylvania
• Help in Hard Times
  Check here for library resources and local social service agencies that can help you through the hard financial times.
• Homelessness
  Resources to learn more about homelessness and poverty
• Housing Assistance
  Local, state, and national organizations that provide housing assistance
• Pittsburgh Social Service Organizations
  Pittsburgh organizations providing social services.
• Senior Resources
  Print and online resources
• Senior Activity Kits
  A collection of multi piece, multimedia resources to be used in programming for the elderly.

Quick External Links

• Allegheny County Department of Human Services
  DHS provides a wide range of services for older adults, children, the homeless and needy.
• Benefits.gov
  Easy online access to U.S. government benefit and assistance programs.
• Internet Essentials
  Comcast offers Internet access for $9.95 per month for families with children who qualify for free lunch under the National School Lunch Program.
• Pennsylvania 2-1-1 Southwest
  PA 2-1-1 Southwest, the free human service hotline operated by United Way, is now fully operational and professionally staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week in Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Fayette and Westmoreland counties. Call 211 (or 888-553-5778) for help with human services and community resources. Not available yet by every telephone service provider.
• Pennsylvania's Here to Help Portal
  Pennsylvania government programs to help people during the recession.
• United Way of Allegheny County
  Offers the most extensive directory of health and human service programs in the region.