Library: Social Services Resources: Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Social Services

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
COMPASS
COMPASS is an online tool for Pennsylvanians to apply for many health and human service programs and manage benefit information

Health Services

Medicaid
Medical Assistance (MA), also known as Medicaid, pays for health care services for eligible individuals.
Pennsylvania's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
The Children's Health Insurance Program is Pennsylvania's program to provide health insurance to uninsured children and teens who are not eligible for or enrolled in Medical Assistance.

Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program
The Tax Credit Program does not provide loans or grants but rather a tax incentive to owners of affordable rental housing.
Heating Assistance / LIHEAP
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps families living on low incomes pay their heating bills in the form of a cash grant.
Rental Help
HUD helps apartment owners offer reduced rents to low-income tenants.
Utility Help
Links to organizations that can assist with utility costs.
Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
Low-income individuals (at or below 200% of the federal poverty level), with priority given to higher risk residents such as the elderly, disabled individuals, families with children and high energy users.

Nutrition and Economic Assistance

Childcare Assistance Options for Low-Income Families
The PA Child Care Works Program works with low-income families to help them pay for daycare. Funding for this county-run program, available in all Pennsylvania counties, comes from government subsidies.
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a federal income tax credit for low to moderate income working individuals and families.
Pennsylvania WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)
WIC serves the following Pennsylvania residents:
• Pregnant women
• Breastfeeding women, for up to one year postpartum
• Women up to six months postpartum, who are not breastfeeding
• Infants and children under 5 years old, including foster children
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps Pennsylvanians buy food.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
The TANF program provides money to help:
• Pregnant women
• Dependent children and their parents who live with them
• Dependent children and other relatives who live with them and care for them

Veterans Services

Veterans Affairs
The Office for Veterans Affairs mission is to provide advice and assistance to Pennsylvania's nearly 800,000 veterans and their families and to provide quality care to aging veterans.

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