Phone: 814-776-1101 or 1-800-847-0257
Income cash (TANF) and food assistance (SNAP), medical assistance health coverage, long term living services
LIHEAP home heating and energy assistance
Phone: 814-772-5215 or 1-814-776-1101
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: 814-773-3162
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
Domestic violence and sexual assault services based in Coudersport
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: 814-788-2080 and 814-781-1700
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.
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
Phone: 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.
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 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: 814-781-6666
CenClear (Covers parts of Elk County)
Phone: 814-834-9283 or 1-800-525-5437
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: 814-371-0613
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.
Phone: 814-342-5678 or 1-800-525-5437
Phone: 814-965-2577
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: 814-834-2857
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
Phone: 814-834-2857
Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9
Phone: 814-887-5512 Ext. 302
Phone: 814-776-1161
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.
Phone: 814-772-5155
Works with families to establish and enforce support obligations for children and spouses
Elk County Children, Youth & Family Services
Phone: 814-776-1553
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, including Clearfield County
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
Phone: 814-965-2532
Elk County Planning Department
Phone: 814-776-5335
Northern Tier Community Action
Phone: 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
Medical Assistance Elk County Assistance Office
Phone: 814-776-1101 or 1-800-847-0257
Medical Assistance Transportation Program
Phone: 1-866-282-4968
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
Johnsonburg Smiles Dental Center
Phone: 814-965-5444
Vision Care
Pennsylvania Optometric Association
Find a vision specialist by address
Phone: 814-781-3435
Prescription Discounts
Phone: 1-800-222-2818
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
Phone: 814-772-8016
Behavioral Health Providers
Phone: 1-814-834-9283 or 1-800-525-5437
Phone: 1-814-364-2178 or 1-814-776-2145
Phone: 814-834-1645
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.
Northern Tier Community Action
Phone: 814-486-1161
Parents as Teachers/ Dickinson Center, Inc.
Phone: 814-834-2602
Parents as Teachers/The Guidance Center
Phone: 814-371-0613