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Offers specialized information and referral to services available for veterans of the United States Armed Forces and their families. Provides free VA claim assistance by accredited Veterans Service Officers (VSO).

Offers information and resource navigation for individuals experiencing homelessness in Allegheny County. Services include the following: Provides information and answers questions about emergency shelters and engagement centers for individuals experiencing homelessness in Allegheny County. Makes connections to street outreach for individuals experiencing literal homelessness in Allegheny County. Assesses eligibility for housing programs for people experiencing literal homelessness in Allegheny County.

Supports the educational needs of Latino students.

Provides a free resource for individuals with questions about cancer. Provides information about screenings, local resources available for cancer patients, or to speak with a licensed oncology social worker.

Agency staff provide information about aging services and other community resources.

Promotes community wellness, HIV prevention, and sexual education to debunk myths around HIV/AIDS. Offers HIV 101, 201, and 301 courses for community members and youth. Provides free access to OraQuick at-home HIV tests. Collaborates with other community-based organizations to connect clients with HIV and PrEP/PEP care.

Offers medical assessments and referrals to specialists for Down Syndrome. Also provides information; maintains a resource book with referrals for each county in Pennsylvania; sponsors family social events and activities; and offers trainings for pediatric and family medicine residents, therapists, nurses, and service providers.

Provides case management and information and referral services for those who have recently found out they are HIV positive as well as for those who have been living with HIV for years. Provides individuals with the tools needed to live as healthily and independently as possible with HIV. Connects people to a range of services, support, referrals, and mental health care.

Provides a database of agencies and programs that might offer assistance for a variety of cancer-related needs.

Provides information, education, and support to assist those currently living with brain injury and their families. Advocates for polices of concern to people with brain injury. Maintains a listing of brain-injury related supports and services. Offers educational materials to both families and professionals.

Specialized information and referral to other systems and community resources.

Information is provided to older adults and their families about internal and community resources with referrals made as appropriate. Follow-up activities ensure appropriateness of service.

Provides information on self-help groups that deal with different concerns. Offers a one-page handout on how to start a mutual help group and maintains the "Self-Help Group Sourcebook" online.

Provides counseling, consultation, education and referral to those experiencing acute problems or to the family, friends, colleagues, school staff and/or agencies calling on behalf of an individual. The goal of the telephone crisis line is to ensure individual safety and promote recovery and wellness.

Provides crisis intervention, information and referral to victims of domestic violence, perpetrators, friends and families. Advocates have access to information about more than 5,000 shelters and domestic violence programs. The hotline is toll-free, confidential ad anonymous.

Provides public health education, preventive nursing services, emergency preparedness, immunizations, communicable disease surveillance and investigation, HIV testing and counseling, community empowerment, and other nursing services as mandated by PA legislation. Provides adult and child immunizations, HIV/AIDS referrals, and health resources.

Offers an extensive life-long learning curriculum, a vibrant arts and humanities program, and a rewarding intergenerational program. Offers a wide array of trip opportunities and evidence-based health promotion and wellness programs, including an on-site fitness center. Center programs also offer diverse groups of people opportunities to connect and to better understand each other.

Assists individuals with intellectual disabilities and/or developmental disabilities and their families with supports referrals. Advocates for services and provide public information.

Provides local support to service and family members. Provides information, resources, and referral services to service members and their families that arise as a result of military service. Joint Family Support Assistance Programs provide or coordinate the delivery of high-quality family readiness services to active duty, Guard, and Reserve members and their families, targeting those who are geographically dispersed from a military installation. Programs include:

• Personal Financial Counselor - Provides direct financial readiness education and counseling services to eligible Service members and their Families. (202) 604-3592 or [email protected],
• Military One Source - Provides information and referral services, as well as promote a sense of military community among the geographically dispersed service and family members.717.461.0429,
• American Red Cross - Access to financial assistance, emergency communication services, support to military Families. 1.800.733.2767,
• Penn

Offers support services such as limited housing and a weekly Military Food Share Program, which provides a box of groceries that includes fresh produce, milk, eggs, cheese, and meat.

Provides independent living services to older county residents such as home delivered meals, transportation, emergency/legal assistance, SHARE Housing, senior volunteer program, and case coordination.

Providing support and referral sources for military veterans.

Serves as an Assistive Technology Resource Center (ATRC). Assists consumers looking for Assistive Technology devices and information to increase their independence. Distributes devices through the Telecommunication Device Distribution Program (TDDP) and Assistive Technology Lending Library. Also maintains a Reuse Program where consumers can borrow equipment when in need.

Helps to lessen the burden on caregivers by providing information, assistance, caregiver training, respite care assistance, and supplemental services.

Services include communicable disease reporting and investigation; epidemiology, informational and referral; chronic disease prevention and intervention; clinical services (including sexually-transmitted disease and tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment, immunization, and HIV testing, counseling and education); family health programs and environmental health services (including animal bites and rabies information).