Potter County Assistance Office
Phone: 814-274-4900 or 1-800-446-9896
Income cash (TANF) and food assistance (SNAP), medical assistance health coverage, long term living services
LIHEAP home heating and energy assistance
Phone: 814-362-4671
Northern Tier Community Action
Phone: 814-486-1161
Provides food pantry programs, housing assistance, energy and heating assistance, home repairs, weatherization and other programs
WIC Women, Infants and Children
Phone: 814-274-7172 Coudersport 814-334-5773 Harrison Valley 814-697-7252 Shinglehouse
Supplemental for low to moderate income women, from pregnancy through infants and children up to age five, as well as parenting fathers, offering nutrition education, breastfeeding support and healthy foods.
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Phone: 1-800-799-SAFE
Provides a search by county, zip code or gps to find domestic violence programs in your area
Phone: 1-877-334-3136
Phone: 1-814-486-0952
Phone: 1-800-550-0447
YWCA Bradford/McKean Victims Resource Center
Phone: 1-888-822-6325
Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
Phone:1-800-662-HELP
Department overseeing treatment and provider search for drug and alcohol treatment and funding by county or zip code
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, Inc.
Phone: 814-274-9745
Child Care Works & Keystone STARS / ELRC2/ Subsidized Childcare
Phone:814-765-1546 or 1-800-442-5807
The Early Learning Resource Center for Region 2 is based through the Clearfield County League on Social Services
Child Care Provider & Early Childhood Education Programs Search
Keystone STARS program information
Assistance with childcare, child care providers search, Keystone STARS information, resource and referral information
Online application for childcare subsidy
Pennsylvania’s Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL)
Pennsylvania’s oversight division creating opportunities and overseeing services to the Commonwealth’s youngest children and their families which falls under the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education. Divisions under OCDEL include: Certification, Early Intervention, Policy & Professional Development, Bureau of Operations and Monitoring, Child Care Works and Keystone STARS. Contains contact information for services in each county.
Children’s Developmental Milestones
Developmental milestones are behaviors or physical skills and traits seen in infants, toddlers and young children as they grow and develop that are typical among children of a certain age group. Developmental milestones provide a guide to development by months and years.
CDC’s Developmental Milestones website and quiz
PA Promise’s Developmental Milestone Checklist
Early Learning GPS has an app for tracking milestones
Find licensed child care facilities as well as other learning programs in your area through COMPASS Provider Search by county, address or school district.
Phone: CONNECT Helpline 1-800-692-7288 for referrals
Screening for children ages birth to five, assessing communication, cognition, motor skills, social-personal and adaptive behavior and providing services for children with a delay of 25% or greater compared to other children.
Ages Birth-3: Potter County Human Services
Phone: 814-544-7315
Ages 3 – 5: (School Age) Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9
Phone: 814-887-5512 Ext. 302
PA Home Visiting Programs
For more information about Pennsylvania’s Home Visiting Programs, visit PA Promise’s site
Visit the PA Department of Education’s page on Family Support Programs
Parents as Teachers/The Guidance Center
Phone: 814-362-6535 or 371-0613
Head Start is a federal and state-funded early childhood education program that offers education, health and social services at no cost at a classroom site and in the home to low income children ages 3, 4 & 5 and their families. Early Head Start is a home visiting program at no cost to families for pregnant women and their children up to the age of 3.
Northern Tier Community Action
Phone: 814-486-1161
Pre-K Counts
Pre-K Counts provides high quality half and full day pre-kindergarten programs for 3 and 4-year olds in schools, child care centers and preschools to families between 130% and 300% of the federal poverty guidelines.
Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9
Phone: 814-887-5512
Phone: 814-647-8603
Phone: 814-435-6571
Phone; 814-260-1702
Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9
Phone: 814-887-5512
Provides educational services and support services to the local school districts
Potter County Education Council
Phone: 814-274-4877 Coudersport 814-545-1333 Port Allegany
Job Search and Employment Training
A range of job search and training options include job search assistance, unemployment benefits, employment training and workforce preparation for families currently receiving assistance benefits.
Phone: 814-274-9330
PA CareerLink (Cameron County)
Phone:814-601-0538
PA Career Link (McKean County)
Phone:814-363-9100
Phone: 570-724-1939
GED Information
Free adult education classes for adults ages 17 or older who are no longer enrolled in high school to assist them in obtaining their GED or brushing up on academic skills to enter post-secondary education or the workforce.
Potter County Education Council
Phone: 814-274-4877 Coudersport 814-545-1333 Port Allegany
Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9
Phone: 814-887-5512
Phone: 814-274-8290
Provides information and links about county government including the court system, county commissioners, emergency management/911, County Children, Youth & Family Services, Voter information and much more.
Potter County Domestic Relations
Phone:814-260-5659
Works with families to establish and enforce support obligations for children and spouses
Potter County Children, Youth & Family Services
Phone: 1-800-800-2560 or 814-544-7315
Phone: 1-800-932-0313
Office of Children, Youth & Families Western Division
Phone:412-565-2339
Regional office overseeing the county children and youth agencies within the Western Region
Obtaining Child Abuse Clearances, Criminal Background Checks, NSOR Clearance and FBI Fingerprinting
The website Keep Kids Safe provides links to apply for PA ChildLine Child Abuse Clearances, PA State Police Criminal Record Checks, the new National Sex Offender Registry clearance (NSOR) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Fingerprinting
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Phone:1-800-986-KIDS (5437)
Children’s Health Insurance Program for uninsured children teens not eligible for medical assistance
Medical Assistance Potter County Assistance Office
Phone: 814-274-4900 or 1-800-446-9896
Medical Assistance Transportation Program
Phone: 1-814-544-7315 or 1-800-800-2560
Transportation services to medical appointments
Phone: 1-800-440-3989
Resource to assist Pennsylvanians in selecting health plans and doctors in their area
Phone 1-877-PA-HEALTH
Phone: 1-800-318-2596
US Government website that has a marketplace of health insurance plan options. Application is subject to an Open Enrollment period in which purchasers can enroll. Special enrollment options exist for changes such as loss of insurance, change in residence, certain life changes like the birth or adoption of a child or death of a family member.
Dental Care
Pennsylvania Dental Association
Vision Care
Pennsylvania Optometric Association
Find a vision specialist by address
Phone: 1-800-222-2818
Family Wize offers a free prescription discount card and drug price comparison tool to help lower the cost of common medications.
An array of mental health and behavioral health providers, including counseling, service coordination, wraparound services and more.
Community Care Behavioral Health
Phone: 1-844-488-5336
Single point of contact and managed care company overseeing behavioral health services
Potter County Human Services- Mental Health Unit
Phone: 814-544-7315 or 1-800-800-2560
CASSP Coordinator Age 3+: Potter County Human Services
Phone: 814-544-7315
Behavioral Health Providers
Beacon Light Behavioral Health (in McKean County)
Phone: 1-800-345-1780
Phone: 814-274-8651 or 1-877-364-2178
Sagewood, Inc.
Phone: 1-814-642-7045
Phone: 814-274-7011 or 814-362-6535
PA Association of County Administrators of Mental Health and Developmental Services– Local Contacts
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) /Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Phone: 800-906-9887
Provides a tax credit for working individuals and families with low to moderate incomes
Programs that provide a home visitor to help pregnant and parenting families of young children with topics such as prenatal care, breastfeeding, infant and toddler care, child development, health and nutrition, and family support.
The Guidance Center of Potter County
Phone: (814) 274-7011
Northern Tier Community Action
Phone: 814-486-1161