Cameron

ASSISTANCE- INCOME, ENERGY, FOOD & MEDICAL
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES
DRUG & ALCOHOL SERVICES
EARLY CHILDHOOD & EARLY LEARNING SERVICES
EDUCATIONAL AND WORK SERVICES
GOVERNMENT- LOCAL COUNTY
HOUSING
MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES
MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
MISCELLANEOUS
PARENT & FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS
VOTER SERVICES

Cameron County Assistance Office
Phone: 814-486-3757 or 1-877-855-1824
Online application

Income cash (TANF) and food assistance (SNAP), medical assistance health coverage, long term living services

LIHEAP
home heating and energy assistance
Phone: 814-486-1206

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: 814-486-3953 
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

A Way Out
Phone: 1-877-334-3136
Domestic violence and sexual assault services based in Coudersport

CAPSEA, Inc.
Phone: 1-814-486-0952 
Empowerment counseling and other services to abuse victims, both male and female

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: 814-642-9541 

Child Care Works & Keystone STARS / ELRC2/ Subsidized Childcare 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 

Child Care Facilities 

Find licensed child care facilities as well as other learning programs in your area through COMPASS Provider Search by county, address or school district.

Early Intervention Services CONNECT Helpline
Phone: 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: Cameron/Elk Counties Behavioral & Developmental Programs 814-772-8016 

Ages 3 – 5: (School Age) Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9
Phone: 814-887-5512 Ext. 302 

Family Centers

Family Centers are an initiative of Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services and offers a range of services for children and their families to promote economic self-sufficiency and healthy development and health care for children within their community.

Cameron County Family Center 814-486-4000

Head Start/ Early Head Start  

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 814-486-1161

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 814-371-0613

Parents as Teachers/ Cameron County Family Center 814-486-4000 

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.

Northern Tier Community Action 814-486-1161

Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9 814-887-5512 Ext. 302

Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9 
Phone: 814-887-5512 

Provides educational services and support services to the local school districts

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.

PA CareerLink of Cameron and Elk Counties
Phone: 814-486-1161

Community Education Center of Elk and Cameron Counties
Phone: 1-877-672-3077 

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.

Community Education Center of Elk and Cameron Counties
Phone: 1-877-672-3077 

PA CareerLink Cameron County 
Phone: 814-601-0538 

Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9
Phone: 814-887-5512 Ext. 302

Cameron County Government
Phone: 814-486-2315 

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.

Cameron County Domestic Relations

Phone: 814-486-5875 

Works with families to establish and enforce support obligations for children and spouses

Cameron County Children, Youth & Family Services
Phone: 814-486-9351 

Report Child Abuse & Neglect
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 

Housing and Rental Assistance

Pennsylvania Association of Housing & Redevelopment Agencies 

Cameron County Community and Economic Development/ Industrial Development Authority 814-486-3439 

Northern Tier Community Action 814-486-1161

Provides food pantry programs, housing assistance, energy and heating assistance, home repairs, weatherization and other programs

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

Online application

Medical Assistance Cameron County Assistance Office

Phone: 814-486-3757 or 1-877-855-1824

Online application

Medical Assistance Transportation Program

Phone: 1-866-282-4968 

Transportation services to medical appointments

PA Enrollment Services

Phone: 1-800-440-3989 

Resource to assist Pennsylvanians in selecting health plans and doctors in their area

PA Department of Health

Phone: 1-877-PA-HEALTH 

Health Insurance for Adults

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

Find a dentist by address 

Cameron County Health Care and Dental Center

Phone:814-486-1115

Vision Care

Pennsylvania Optometric Association

Find a vision specialist by address 

Schott Associates Eye Care 814-486-2700

Prescription Discounts

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

Cameron Elk/Counties Behavioral & Developmental Programs

Phone: 814-772-8016 

CASSP Coordinator Age 3+: Kim Zelenski 814-772-8016

Behavioral Health Providers

Dickinson Center, Inc.

Phone: 1-814-364-2178 or 1-814-776-2145 

PA Association of County Administrators of Mental Health and Developmental Services– Local Contacts 

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) /Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 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.

Cameron County Family Center

Phone: 814-486-4000 

Northern Tier Community Action 

Phone: 814-486-1161 

Parents as Teachers/The Guidance Center

Phone: 814-371-0613 

Parents as Teachers/ Cameron County Family Center

Phone: 814-486-4000