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A Manual for Empowering Families of
Cameron County
Abuse/Crisis Support Agencies
Bi-County Treatment Center ,Inc.
319 Daly Street.
DuBois, PA 15801
1 (814) 371-1522
Provides Group Home Shelter care for adolescents.
Cameron County Children and Youth Services
Court House
20 East Fifth Street, Suite 102
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-9351
1 (814) 486-9397 (fax)
Investigates child abuse and neglect. Provides education to
prevent child abuse/neglect, provides temporary substitute placement
for dependent children/youth, provides servides to reunite dependent
children with their families, and provides court-ordered care or
supervision to alleged or adjudicated children/youth.
Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-932-0313
24 hour, confidential service to be utilized if one suspects or
detects child abuse or neglect.
The Guidance Center Crisis Intervention
110 Campus Dr.
Bradford, PA 16701
1-800-652-0562
24- Hour crisis hotline for persons experiencing emotional
distress.
Beacon Light Behavioral Health Systems
800 East Main Street
Bradford Pa 16701
1 (814) 362 – 5250
1 (800) 345 - 1780
Emergency shelter for adolescents who require specialized care
and offers intensive group and individual therapy.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1 (800) 799-7233
Provides 24 hour assistance to victims of domestic violence
through crisis intervention, safety planning, information about
domestic violence and referrals to local service providers.
CAPSEA, Inc. (Citizens Against Sexual Physical and Emotional
Abuse, Inc.)
1 (814) 772-1227
Provides a free, confidential 24-hour hotline for victims of
sexual, physical, and emotional abuse.
Family Emergency Assistance (Rent, Utilities, Food,
Medical Bills etc.
Cameron County Assistance Office
411 North Chestnut Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-3757
Provides services for low income individuals including: cash
assistance, food stamps, medical assistance, emergency shelter
assistance, employment and training services, and Low Income Home
Energy Assistance Program.
Cameron County Food Bank
Northern Tier Community Action
135 West 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1161 ext. 235
Provides boxes of food to low-income families.
Cameron County Board of Public Welfare
411 Chestnut Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486- 3757
Assists persons in need of food, financial services, and
clothing.
Salvation Army
1 (814) 486- 2580 (Tess Baily)
1 (814) 486-3467 (Jim Eastman)
Assists with rent and utility payment as well as, medical and
optical issues.
Homeless Assistance
Northern Tier Community Action
135 West 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1161 ext. 235
Provides rent assistance to families who are in imminent danger
of losing their residence, or are currently without one.
Weatherization
Northern Tier Community Action
135 West 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1161 ext. 215
Assists in securing an energy efficient home and educating
clients on was to control heating costs; can help determine certain
health and safety risks for occupants.
Alleghany Power CARES
1 (800) 207-1250
Available to individuals that are struggling to pay the full
amount of their electric bill because of personal or family
problems; Also provides budget counseling, energy audits/education
and tailored payment plans.
Energy Assistance Programs
Northern Tier Community Action
135 West 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1161 ext. 215
A last stop option for providing assistance to those who have
exhausted all other options of assistance that cannot purchase
deliverable fuels or make utility payments.
Homeowner’s Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program
Northern Tier Community Action
135 West 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1161 ext. 235
Provides homeowners assistance with mortgage payments that have
received an Act 91 foreclosure notice from their lending institution
by acting as a counseling agency in preparing applications to
forward to the PA Housing Finance Agency for processing.
Low Income Usage Reduction Program
Northern Tier Community Action
135 West 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1161 ext. 215
Offers energy education and information on utility related energy
conservation measures through the joint efforts of Alleghany Power,
First Energy, and National Fuel Gas. Priority is given to
low-income, high usage, payment troubled customers.
DCED/DPW Crisis Interface Program
Northern Tier Community Action
135 West 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1161 ext. 215
Provides assistance for heating emergencies by receiving referral
applications from the Department of Public Welfare County Assistance
Office and determining eligibility based on the level of need
determined.
Counseling/Rehabilitative Services
Dickinson Mental Health
107 South Cherry Street
P.O. Box 125
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-0554
1 (814) 486-1282 (fax)
Provides individual and family counseling, premarital and
marriage counseling, and bereavement support.
CE MH/MR (Cameron and Elk Mental Health/Mental Retardation
Hospital Drive
Ridgway, PA 15853
1 (814) 772-8016
Mental Health Services: Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization,
Psychiatric Inpatient, Social Rehabilitation, Vocational
Rehabilitation, Residential, Intensive Case Management, Family Based
Services, CAASP, Family Support.
Mental Retardation Services: Early Intervention, Case
Management, Vocational Rehabilitation, Adult Development Training,
Residential, Behavioral Consultation, Family Support Services.
Project RAPPORT
15 West 5th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1251
Offers health education and counseling services for pregnant
teenagers wishing to provide their children with a good start.
Catholic Charities Counseling and Adoptive Services
303 Church Street
St. Marys, PA 15857
1 (814) 781-3034
Provides family, individual and adoption counseling, also assists
mothers with diapers and formula.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services
107 South Cherry Street
PO Box 206
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-0653
Offers a variety of services for drug prevention, intervention,
and inpatient and outpatient treatment.
Alcoholics Anonymous
215 Hemlock Rd.
St. Marys, PA 15857
1 (814) 781-3311
Holds weekly meetings for alcoholics and their families/friends
in Cameron County.
NAMI PA CEM (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of PA-
Cameron, Elk, and McKean Counties
1 (814) 781-1649
Provides support, advocacy, training, and education, for
families, friends and persons suffering from mental illness.
Cornell Abraxas Youth Center
10058 South Mountain Road, Building #3
South Mountain, PA 17261
1 (717) 749-3066
1 (800) 560-7731
1 (717) 749-3229 (fax)
Treatment and development center for alleged or
adjudicated delinquents and at-risk youth.
Beacon Light Behavioral Health
800 East Main Street
Bradford, PA 16710
1 (800) 345-1780
Offers children and adolescents wrap-around services, special
education and treatment for more intense mental health needs, out-
of home foster and residential care, and emergency shelter for
immediate, acute mental care.
Port Psychological Services
10 Church Street
Port Allegany, PA 16743
1 (814) 642-7772
Offers a wide variety of therapeutic and behavioral counseling
for families
Insurance, Legal, and Healthcare Services
Cameron County Assistance Office
411 North Chestnut Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-3757
Assists with TANF- (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)
General Assistance and, Medical assistance.
Cameron County Health Care Center
90 East 2nd Street
P.O. Box 270
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1115
Cameron County Optical Clinic
240 East 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-2500
A service of the Cameron County Christian Center and the
Northwest Optical in Erie. Offers affordable, high quality glasses
to needy persons in the community.
Community Nurses, Inc.
757 Johnsonburg Road, Suite 200
St. Marys, PA 15857
Main Office: 1 (814) 781-1415
Emporium Office: 1 (814) 486-1216
Offers skilled health care services and custodial care services
in the home, occupational health services in the workplace and
health education services in the community.
Donated Dental Services — Western Pennsylvania
ACHD
907 West Street, 2nd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
412-243-4866
412-683-9158 fax
888-683-9158
Free services for disabled or chronically ill children and adults
who have demonstrated a financial need (uses 150% of the poverty
level); no dental insurance; no significant savings; must require
major dental treatment.
Social Security Administration
480 Jeffers Street
DuBois, PA 15801
1 (800) 772-1213
1 (814) 371-8099
Programs and services that assist in receiving Survivor’s
Disability, Medicare Health Insurance, and Supplemental Security
Income (SSI).
Healthcare Access Guide
http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=179&Q=237394&healthRNavradE4078=|
An online, one stop guide for under or uninsured individuals in
Pennsylvania that can be used to identify possible reduced cost
medical care options.
PA Children’s Health Insurance Program (C.H.I.P.)
1 (800) 986-2447
Provider of free or low cost health insurance to uninsured
children whose families earn too much to qualify for medical
assistance, but not enough to afford health insurance.
Healthy Baby Line
1 (800) 986-2229
For use by pregnant mothers to find out how to get prenatal check
ups for themselves and the baby and answers health and developmental
questions about children ages 0-12 months.
Healthy Kids Line
1 (800) 986-5437
For use by parents of children over 1 year of age to find how to
get a checkup for your child and answers health and developmental
questions for children a year and older.
Healthy Beginnings
1 (800) 962-7462
Provides information to pregnant woman and children under 21 on
how to obtain a medical card to cover hospital, dental and
prescription costs.
Northwestern Legal Services
213 Third Ave., West
Warr-Penn Bldg., Suite 407
Warren, PA 16365
1(814) 726-2530 x0
1 (814) 726-7169 (fax)
Offers legal assistance with many problems, including Public
Benefits, Housing and Landlord Issues, Family Law Issues, Protection
From Abuse, Education Issues, Bankruptcy, Utility Termination,
Social Security Income and other areas.
Child Developmental and Family Learning Tools
The Cameron County Family Center
15 West 5th Street
Emporium,PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1251
Provides and promotes family interaction through
Playgroup and Family Craft Nights at the center, as well as the
Parents as Teachers Home Visit Program (PAT), where a Family
Development Specialist visits clientele homes and provides and
facilitates educational activities and other information for
children and families.
Communities That Care
15 West 5th Street
Emporium,PA 15834
1 (814) 486-2155
Sponsors community programming that focuses on the healthy
development of Cameron County Youth. These programs include, Totally
Tuesdays Photography, Summer Rocketry Program, Forestry Club, Jr.
Master Gardening, Outdoor Adventure Club, and Penn York Challenge.
SCAN-PEP Early Intervention Program
15 West 5th Street
Emporium,PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1251
Provides confidential assessment and development
programs to special needs of infants and toddlers under age 3.
Determines and works to assist children with developing areas such
as: fine motor, gross motor, communication development, cognition,
personal and social development, adaptive, vision and hearing
development.
Cameron County CareerLink
301 Chestnut Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-3729
Provides employment and training services to job seekers and
employers in Cameron County. Job seeker services include orientation
and registration with CareerLink, job search and career exploration,
help with job applications, resumes, and interviewing skills. GED
services and basic skill upgrades.
Family Literacy Program
301 Chestnut Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-3729
Features adult education such as preparation for the GED and post
secondary education entrance exams, parenting classes and
parent/child activities. Encourages learning through shared reading
activities between the parent/ child/school relationship. Books are
provided to share at home with children. Free childcare is also
available. This program is limited to parents/caregivers if a child
from birth to 3rd grade.
Penn State Cooperative Extension 4-H Program
20 East 5th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-3350
Provides children with clubs, after school programs school
enrichment projects, prevention programming, summer day camps and
residential camp.
Supported Work Program
Northern Tier Community Action
135 West 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1161 ext. 218
Helps citizens currently receiving public assistance by providing
training in job seeking skills (completing applications, resume
preparation and cover letters, interviewing techniques, etc. to help
them become self-sufficient.
Keystone Tall Tree Girl Scout Council
Jane Diehl 1(814) 486-0954
Provides social interaction, structure, and asset building
between caring adults and female preadolescents/adolescents. Girls
from ages 4 to 17 can become scouts and summer day camp is also part
of the girl scouting experience.
Boy Scouts
Arwen Eckenroad 1 (814) 486-0836
Harry Mansfield 1 (814) 486-1432
Provides social interaction, structure, and asset building
between caring adults and male preadolescents/adolescents. boys from
ages 6 to 18 can become scouts and become involved in numerous
activities in the community and among one another.
Childcare Assistance
Cameron County Domestic Relations
20 East 5th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-5875
Assists parents in cases where they are seeking Alimony/Spousal
Support, and Child Support.
Child Care Information Services
Northern Tier Community Action
135 West 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1161 ext. 216
Receives funding from the PA Department of Public Welfare to
provide subsidized child care services for licensed care facilities,
as well as services in a relative/ neighbor’s home. Open to all
eligible families with weekly co-payments that are determined by the
household income and family size. Also provides consumer education
and resource and referral services.
Head Start Program
Northern Tier Community Action
135 West 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1161 ext. 220
1 (888) 809-3704 (toll free)
Offers preschool program to children ages 3 to 5, generally,
families are within federal income guideline restrictions; however,
10% of total enrollment can be over the guidelines. Head Start also
works with other agencies to provide appropriate services for
children with special needs.
Basic Household Needs
Angel Food Ministries
240 East 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-1841
A non-profit, non-denominational organization that delivers low
cost, high quality, brand name food products monthly. Each box is $
25 and one can also purchase bonus offers. This service is available
to anyone in the community.
Elk Cameron Right to Life
1 (814) 834-6876
Assists with pregnancy education and necessary material items
(diapers, clothes, etc.) for newborns up to age 2 without cost.
WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)
136 East 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-3953
Provides women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or have given
birth within the last 6 months and their children up until age 5
with nutritional information and supplemental foods. Clientele must
meet income guideline and be at nutritional or medical risk.
Guardian Angel Center
1 (814) 885-8903
1 (814) 834- 7045
Provides free clothing and household items to those in need. Only
open the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month, and
closed in January, February, June and July except for emergencies.
Area Transportation Authority
44 Transportation Center
Johnsonburg, PA 15845
1 (866) 282-4968
Provides comprehensive, safe, convenient, accessible, and
affordable transportation to people ages 5 and up.
Country Blessings
240 East 4th Street
Emporium, PA 15834
1 (814) 486-3688
Receives donations of clothes, toys and small household albums
and sells them by donation basis. Proceeds benefit those who are in
financial trouble.
Goodwill Industries
31 Erie Avenue
St. Marys, PA 15857
1 (814) 834-3697
Receives donations and retails clothes, toys, and household items
at low prices.
Re-Sale Shop
429 North St. Marys Street
St. Marys, PA 15857
1 (814) 834- 7505
Low cost retailer of clothes, electrical appliances, furniture,
household goods, etc. Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 AM-4PM.
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