Jefferson County Assistance Office
Phone: 814-938-2990 or 1-800-242-8214
Income cash (TANF) and food assistance (SNAP), medical assistance health coverage, long term living services
LIHEAP home heating and energy assistance
Phone: 814-938-1329
Community Action, Inc. Serving Clarion and Jefferson Counties
Phone: 814-938-3302 or 1-800-648-3381
Provides food pantry programs, housing assistance, heating assistance, home repairs, weatherization and other programs
WIC Women, Infants and Children
Brookville 814-849-2374 Punxsutawney 814-938-7602
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
Community Action Inc./Crossroads
Phone: 1-800-598-3998 or 1-814-938-3580
Domestic violence program which provides services and support for counseling, safety planning, legal advocacy, emergency housing, prevention programs
PASSAGES (Prevention & Service for Sexual Assault through Guidance, Empowerment, & Support)
Phone: 1-877-776-5303
Provides individual & group counseling, legal advocacy, sexual violence prevention education programs
Alice Paul House (located in Indiana, PA)
Phone: 1-724-349-4444
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
1-800-525-5437 Punxsutawney 1-814-938-6340 Brookville 814-715-7441
Clearfield-Jefferson Drug and Alcohol Commission
Phone: 1-800-892-9002
Two Roads Counseling Service, Inc.
Phone: 814-952-8446
Phone: 1-888-686-1991 or 814-765-5337 or 814-371-1100
Phone: 1-833-572-5008 or 814-768-7575
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.
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: Service Access and Management
Phone: 814-372-7020
Ages 3 – 5 (School Age) Riverview Intermediate Unit 6
Phone: 814-297-5128
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.
Jefferson-Clarion Head Start, Inc.
Phone: 814-849-3660
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
Jefferson-Clarion Head Start, Inc.
Phone: 814-849-3660
The Guidance Center and Parents as Teachers
Phone: 814-371-0613
Home visiting program for children and their parents which provides home visits, developmental screenings, resource connections and group activities.
Phone: 1-800-445-6262
Provides nursing home visits for expectant first-time mothers which follows the family through the child’s second birthday
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.
Creative Garden LLC Childcare Center
Phone: 814-938-3433
Phone: 814-938-0244
Jefferson-Clarion Head Start, Inc.
Phone: 814-849-3660
Phone: 814-297-5128
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. Work Ready provides outreach services to recipients on the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF).
PA CareerLink at Jefferson County
Phone: 814-938-0504
PA CareerLink Clearfield County at DuBois
Phone: 814-371-0250
Work Ready/ Jefferson-Clarion Community Action
Phone: 814-938-2990
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 Action, Inc. serving Clarion and Jefferson Counties
Phone: 814-938-3302 or 1-800-648-3381
Phone: 814-765-2641
Provides information and links about county government including the court system, county commissioners, emergency management/911, Clearfield County Children, Youth & Family Services, Clearly Ahead Development, Voter information and much more.
Jefferson County Domestic Relations
Phone: 814-849-1632
Works with families to establish and enforce support obligations for children and spouses
Jefferson County Children, Youth & Family Services
Phone: 814-849-3696
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
Jefferson County Department of Development
Phone: 814-849-3047
Community Action, Inc., serving Clarion & Jefferson Counties
Phone: 814-938-3302 or after hours 814-938-3580
Provides food pantry programs, housing assistance, 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 Jefferson County Assistance Office
Phone: 814-938-2990 or 1-800-242-8214
Medical Assistance Transportation Program
Phone: 1-877-411-0585 or 814-938-3302
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
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
Service Access and Management (SAM)
Phone: 814-715-7141 or 1-877-815-3175
Community Connections of Clearfield/Jefferson Counties
Phone: 814-371-5100
CASSP Coordinator Age 3+: Christine Werner 814-590-8992
Behavioral Health Providers
Home: 814-618-5829 Punxsutawney or 814-849-2844 Brookville
Phone: 814-342-5678
Children’s Behavioral Health
Phone: 814-372-2308
Phone: 814-371-0613
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.
Early Head Start /Head Start Jefferson-Clarion Head Start, Inc.
Phone: 814-849-3660
Nurse Family Partnership Home Nursing Agency
Phone: 814-937-5309
Parents as Teachers The Guidance Center
Phone: 814-371-0613