EMERGENCY FOOD

 

Schuylkill Community Action

Phone: 570-622-1995

www.schuylkillcommunityaction.com

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Servants to All at My Father’s House

Phone: 570-728-2917 or  570-900-1161

www.servantstoall.org

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The Salvation Army Pottsville Corps

Phone: 570-622-5252

 

Minersville Area Food Program

Phone: 570-544-2739

Saints Peter & Paul Byzantine

Catholic Church Campus, 4th and Spencer

 

Community Mission

Phone: 570-617-4620

336 North Front Street, Minersville  

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Pine Grove Council of Churches

Phone: 570-345-8216

(Pine Grove area residents only)

 

Mahanoy City- St. Vincent De Paul Society

Phone: 570-617-0751

(Mahanoy City area only)

 

Schuylkill County Assistance Office

Phone: 570-621-3000

SNAP (formerly known as Food Stamps)

 

Open Arms Ministry

Phone: 570-429-1782

emergency food (St. Clair)

 

FOOD PANTRIES

 

Schuylkill Community Action

Phone: 570-622-1995

www.schuylkillcommunityaction.com

 

Holy Family Community Outreach

(Minersville area residents only)

Phone: 570-544-4741

538 Sunbury Street, Minersville

 

The Salvation Army Pottsville Corps

Phone: 570-622-5252

 

Schuylkill Haven Council of Churches Food Pantry

Phone: 570-205-1763

(Schuylkill Haven area residents only)

 

Orwigsburg Area Food Pantry

Phone: 570-366-3867 (option #3)

see Facebook (for Blue Mt. School District & Southern Schuylkill County residents only)

 

Trinity United Church of Christ

Phone: 570-391-6719

Tamaqua Area School District residents only

 

FREE MEALS

 

St. Pat’s Pottsville Area Kitchen

Phone: 570-617-2957

504 Mahantongo Street, Pottsville

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The Salvation Army Pottsville Corps

Phone: 570-622-5252

see Facebook

 

God’s Chuckwagon Mobile Soup Kitchen

Phone: 570-259-3468

email: chuckwagon930@gmail.com 

 

 

EMERGENCY TEMPORARY SHELTER

Coordinated Entry Access Site (Servants to All) or Dial 211 for access to services

Servants to All at My Father’s House

Phone: 570-728-2917 or  570-900-1161

www.servantstoall.org

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The Salvation Army Pottsville Corps

Phone: 570-622-5252

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Schuylkill Community Action

Phone: 570-622-1995

www.schuylkillcommunityaction.com see Facebook

Service Access and Management, Inc.

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Phone: 570-621-2700

(serving individuals with mental health needs)

Children & Youth Services

 

Phone: 1-800-722-8341or 570-628-1050

(for households with children needing emergency shelter)

Veterans Homeless Hotline

Phone: 877-424-3838

 

Schuylkill County Assistance Office

Phone: 570-621-3000

Emergency Shelter Allowance

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HOMELESSNESS YOUTH – INFORMATION and GUIDANCE

Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness

Phone: 610-987-8509

Guidance for all school age children homeless in Schuylkill County

Children & Youth Services

Phone: 1-800-722-8341 or570-628-1050

(for households with children needing emergency shelter)

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EMERGENCY CLOTHING

Servants to All at My Father’s House

Phone: 570-728-2917 or 570-900-1161

www.servantstoall.org

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Schuylkill Community Action

Phone: 570-622-1995

www.schuylkillcommunityaction.com

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Community Mission

Phone: 570-617-4620

336 North Front Street, Minersville 

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God’s Helping Hands

Phone: (570) 386-5893

12 Molino Rd, Orwigsburg

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Open Arms Ministry

Phone: 570-429-1782

emergency clothing (St. Clair)

 

CASH ASSISTANCE

Schuylkill County Assistance Office

Phone: 570-621-3000

(Temporary Assistance for Needy Families – TANF)

 

RENTAL ASSISTANCE

Schuylkill Community Action

Phone: 570-622-1995

www.schuylkillcommunityaction.com

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Servants to All at My Father’s House

Phone: 570-728-2917

          570-900-1161

www.servantstoall.org

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MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

Schuylkill County Assistance Office

Phone: 570-621-3000

 

HEATING ASSISTANCE

 

Schuylkill Community Action

Phone: 570-622-1995

Low Income Heating & Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

 

Schuylkill County Assistance Office

Phone: 570-621-3072 

Low Income Heating & Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

 

The Salvation Army Pottsville Corps

Phone: 570-622-5252

(unable to assist with coal)

 

DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND ASSAULT ASSISTANCE

 

Schuylkill Women in Crisis

Phone: 570-622-6220 or 800-282-0634

www.s-wic.org

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Sexual Assault & Resource Counseling Center

Phone: 570-628-2965

https://sarcclebanon.org/about-us/

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CRISIS HOTLINE

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Schuylkill County Crisis Hotline

Phone: 1-877-993-4357

Text:    #63288

https://ccrinfo.org/services/24-hour-crisis-services/

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Veterans Suicide/Crisis Hotline

Phone: 800-273-8255

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DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION AND ABUSE ASSISTANCE

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Office of Drug & Alcohol

Phone: 570-621-2890

410 North Centre Street, Pottsville

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Narcotics Anonymous

Phone: 800-407-7195

www.na.org         

 

Open Arms Ministry

Phone: 570-429-1782

recovery assistance

 

SUICIDE PREVENTION ASSISTANCE

 

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

Phone1-800-273-TALK (8255)

www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

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Veterans Suicide/Crisis Hotline

Phone: 800-273-8255

 

VETERANS’ ASSISTANCE

 

Supportive Services for Veterans and their Families (SSVF)

Phone: 570-604-6948

Homelessness/Eviction assistance

 

Veterans Homeless Hotline

Phone: 877-424-3838

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Veteran’s Outreach Social Worker

Phone: 717-272-6621 X 4732 

            570-933-1140

 

Veterans’ Affairs in Schuylkill County

Phone: 570-628-1400

 

 

PUBLIC HOUSING AND HOUSING CHOICE SECTION 8 VOUCHERS

 

City of Pottsville Housing Authority

Phone: 570-628-2702

www.pottsvillehousing.net

 

Schuylkill County Housing Authority

Phone: 570-385-3400

http://www.schcoha.org/

 

LEGAL SERVICES

 

Mid Penn Legal Services

Phone: 1-800-326-9177

https://www.midpenn.org/who-we-are/locations.html

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EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE

 

CareerLink

Phone: 570-622-5253

203 East Arch Street, Pottsville

www.careerlinkpottsville.org

see Facebook

 

LIBRARY/COMPUTER USE

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Pottsville Free Public Library

Phone: 570-622-8880

215 West Market Street, Pottsville

www.pottsvillelibrary.org/

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YOUTH SUPPORTS

 

Foster Care Supports -- Bridge 127

Phone: 570-573-3613

 

Keystone Job Corps Center

Phone: 570-708-0692

https://keystone.jobcorps.gov/

 

Valley Youth House

Phone: 570-866-5556

shelter of at-risk youth (sites are located outside Schuylkill County)

 

SOCIAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

 

Social Security Administration

Phone: 866- 269-0880

2221 West Market Street, Pottsville

https://www.ssa.gov/

 

ASSISTANCE WITH EMERGENCY DISASTERS

 

American Red Cross

Phone: 570-622-9550 or  800-redcross

www.redcross.org

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Substance Use/ Opioid Use Disorder

Resource Guide for Schuylkill County

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If you are experiencing an emergency, PLEASE CALL 911.

Emergency Response/Crisis Intervention Services

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▪Emergency Crisis Services are available

Hours of Operation: 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week, and 365 Days a Year.

Phone: For any crisis call, 1-877-9WE-HELP or 1-877-993-4357

▪Schuylkill County Mental Health and Developmental Services

410 N. Centre Street, Suite 2, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-621-2890

Website: http://www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/Offices/HumanServices/MHMR/index.asp

▪Safe Haven - CRISIS RESIDENTIAL

603 West Market Street, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-628-4731

▪Lehigh Valley Hospital Network (LVHN) Schuylkill - INPATIENT HOSPITALIZATION

Adolescent Behavioral Health

420 South Jackson Street, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-621-5000

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Alcohol and other Drug Prevention/Treatment Services

 

▪Schuylkill County Drug & Alcohol Program

Address: 410 N. Centre Street, Suite 2, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-621-2890

Hours of Operation: M – F 8:30 AM–4:30 PM

Website: http://www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/Offices/HumanServices/DrugAlcohol/index.asp

• Schuylkill County REACH (Recovery, Education, Advocacy, and Community Health) Working collaboratively across all agencies to reduce opioid overdoses and overdose deaths in Schuylkill County

For more details phone: 570-621-2890

Website: http://www.schuylkillreach.org/

▪Clinical Outcomes Group (COGI) Inc.

One South Second Street, Pottsville, PA 17901 (1st Floor and Basement Level)

Phone: 570-628-6990 or 1-800-264-1290

Website: www.coginc.org

▪Gaudenzia

1 S 2nd Street – 4th Floor, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-622-6485

Website: www.gaudenzia.org

▪Lehigh Valley Health Network Center for Counseling Services

502 South 2nd Street, St. Clair, PA 17970

Phone: 570-622-5898

Website: www.lvhn.org

▪Pennsylvania Counseling Services

437 N. Centre Street, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-728-2600         Fax: 570-728-6001

Website: https://pacounseling.com/pottsville/

▪Safer Streets for Tamaqua’s Little Feet

Phone: Tammy at 570-527-9277 or John at 570-527-9278

Email: Saferstreetstamaqua@gmail.com

Website: https://saferstreetstamaqua.com/

▪Silver Pines Treatment Center

5 White Owl Drive, Mahanoy City, PA 17948

Phone: 888-755-7227         Email: Contactcenter@civiq.health

Website: https://www.silverpinestreatmentcenter.com/

▪Visualize Change

913 Centre Street, Ashland, PA 17921

Phone: 570-875-3333

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RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUPS

▪Abiding Presence Community Recovery Service

This is a Christian-based service that utilizes the 12-step Spirituality series.

Location: Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church – 101 N. Greenwood Street, Tamaqua, PA (Please use Mauch Chunk Street entrance at the bottom corner door)

Day/Time: 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM

Phone: 570-668-2180

• Alcoholics Anonymous Phone: 1-877-934-2522 Website: https://aa.org

• Al-Anon Family Groups Phone: 1-800-344-2666 Website: https://al-anon.org/

▪Hope & Coffee

137 Pine Street, Tamaqua, PA 18252

Phone: 570-225-7600

Website: https://hopeandcoffee.org/

▪Nar-Anon Family Groups (for families of people with addiction)

Phone: 1-855-NAR-ANON (627-2666) Nar-Anon Helpline

Website: www.nar-anon.org

▪Nar-Anon Family Group “Hope in the Mountains”

Location: American Primitive Methodist Church – 57 Hunter Street, Tamaqua, PA

Phone: 570-952-5098                     Day/Time: Thursdays at 7:00 PM

 

• Narcotics Anonymous Phone: 570-421-6618 Website: https://www.na.org

▪Narcotics Anonymous

Location: Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church – 101 N. Greenwood Street, Tamaqua, PA (Please use Mauch Chunk Street entrance at the bottom corner door)

Day/Time: Wednesdays at 7:00 PM

• New Roots Recovery Support Center 232 Pine Street, Tamaqua, PA 18252 Phone: 570-810-2221

Website: www.newrootspa.org

NATIONAL

▪SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

Helpline – 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline This service is open 24/7, 365 days a year.

Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT):

The SAMSHA MAT practitioner list of visible providers:

https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment/practitioner-program-data/treatment- practitioner-locator

STATE

▪Pennsylvania Department of Drug & Alcohol Programs

PA GET HELP NOW - 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

Information and resources include county drug & alcohol offices, Drug & Alcohol Referral Tool, Find a Treatment Provider, Overdose, Prevention and Support Services.

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Find Department of Drug & Alcohol Program Treatment Services

https://apps.ddap.pa.gov/gethelpnow/CareProvider.aspx

• Pennsylvania Opioid Dashboard for prevention, treatment and recovery resources and location finders: https://data.pa.gov/stories/s/Pennsylvania-Opioids/9q45-nckt/

• Pennsylvania Department of Drug & Alcohol Facebook page with support links for Get Help Now Hotline, Family, online/virtual recovery supports, and more: https://www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaDDAP/

• Pro A (Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations Alliance) 900 South Arlington Avenue, Suite 254A, Harrisburg, PA Phone: (717) 545-8929 or (800) 858-6040

Website: http://pro-a.org/

 

▪OverdoseFREEPA

Overdose is a public health and safety crisis.

Be informed, visit https://www.overdosefreepa.pitt.edu

▪WHAT IS NALOXONE?

Naloxone (Narcan) is a medication used to reverse opioid overdose.

An overdose is a medical emergency - Call 911 immediately.

If you or someone you know is in need of:

• Naloxone (Narcan)

• Dispose RX (used to safely dispose of unused medications) with instruction/ education cards

Contact kerri.quick@sluhn.org or leave a message at 570-645-0183.

(This phone number is not for emergencies and is not monitored 24 hours/day).

• COMMUNITY STIGMA EDUCATION PRESENTATION Free Community Stigma Education Presentation Available Ending the Stigma of Addiction:

*Learn about the myths and facts of stigma and its impact on the lives of those who are struggling with substance use.

For more information contact: kerri.quick@sluhn.org

▪LAW ENFORCEMENT TREATMENT INITIATIVE (LETI)

LETI provides the following services: Naloxone (Narcan) to those who need it, treatment referrals and training for law enforcement to understand substance use and treatment opportunities.

Contact: Agent Janene Holter, PhD Phone: 570-826-2483

https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/resources/law-enforcement-treatment-initiative/

 

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FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

▪Pitt Peru’s Faith-Based Toolkit from Faith Community Collaborative

https://www.overdosefreepa.pitt.edu/make-an-impact/faith-community-collaborative/

MOBILE APPS

• Pink Cloud is an app that will help you find a 12-step program or online meeting near you. https://gopinkcloud.com

COMMUNITY HELPLINE

▪United Way 2-1-1 Community Help Line

Provides free information and referral services to community resources

Phone: 2-1-1 or (855) 567-5341

Text: Text your zip code to 898211          Website: https://pa211east.org/

GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN SUPPORT GROUPS

▪Grander Voices

Offering support to those who find themselves raising their grandchildren

Contact: Carmen McGlothlin, Founder Phone: 570-952-4281

Email: Grandervoices@gmail.com

Website: www.grandervoices.org

 

Mental Health Services

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• ACCESS Services (Mental Health Wellness) 340 S. Liberty Street, Orwigsburg, PA 17961 Phone: 570-366-1154                               Fax: 570-366-7711

▪Alternative Consulting Enterprises, Inc.

108 N. Claude A. Lord Blvd., Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 610-796-8110            Fax: 610-796-9130

• Catholic Charities Diocese of Allentown Address: 13 Westwood Rd, Pottsville, PA 17901 Phone: 570-628-9860                       Fax: 570-628-3343

▪ChanceLight Autism Services (ABA)

2880 Pottsville Minersville Highway, Minersville PA 17954

Phone: 570-301-6938

▪Child & Family Support Services

2276 West Market St., Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-622-9860            Fax: 570-622-9862

▪Clay Holland III, LCSW

150 Pine St, Tamaqua, PA 18252

Phone: 610-504-2199            Fax: 610-330-9981

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• Clinical Social Workers Associates, Inc** 396 S. Centre St., Pottsville, PA 17901 Phone: 570-640-3744

 

• Community School Based Behavioral Health Services

Currently available in Minersville, Pottsville, North Schuylkill and Schuylkill Haven school districts. Referral must be made by school.                                                       

▪COMPASS/Resources for Human Development/Courtney Uhl

Courtney.Uhl@RHD.org https://www.rhd.org/program/compass/

▪Cornerstone Coordinated Health Care

40 West Frack St., Frackville, PA 17931

Phone: 570-794-6123            Fax: 570-794-6124

▪Culture 2 Culture Peer Support

110 East Arch Street, 1st Floor, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-581-8377

*Connect-ED is an App that provides a comprehensive assortment of person-centered recovery and wellness tools to serve as a multi-purpose instrument for wellness. (available for Android smartphones)

▪Empower the Mind, LLC

212 West Market Streets, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 717-304-2631

Email: drmartha@empowerthemind.org

▪Family-Based Mental Health Services - Salisbury Behavioral Health, LLC

2880 Pottsville-Minersville Highway, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-544-9723

▪Geisinger Clinic

529 Terry Reiley Way, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-624-4444

▪Gym Jam (ABA Services)

150 Chamberlaine Avenue, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-593-5484

 

Hidden River Clubhouse/Martina Buffington 1935 W. Market Street, Pottsville, PA 17901 Phone: 570-581-8652Phone: 570-622-6417            Fax: 570-622-3230

 

▪James Klebe (Psychologist)

41 S. Tulpehocken Street, Pine Grove, PA 17963

Phone: 570-624-6442

▪Merakey

1 Norwegian Plaza (Suite 200), Pottsville, PA 17901      Phone: 570-628-3323

 

▪NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)

P.O. Box 1305, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-527-0002

▪New Beginnings

1851 West End Ave, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-622-9101           Fax: 570-622-9102

▪New Beginnings

1 W. Centre Street, Mahanoy City, PA 17948

Phone: 570-773-3470            Fax: 570-773-3520

▪New Perspectives Counseling Service

23 St. Peter’s Street, Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972

Phone: 570-385-2929

▪PA Counseling

437 N. Centre Street, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-728-2600

▪Pathways

210 S. Centre Street, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-622-6417

▪Pamela Tomko LCSW

264 S. Lehigh Ave, Frackville, PA 17931

Phone: 570-874-2643            Fax: 570-874-2643

▪Primary Health Network

210 Sunbury Street, Minersville, PA 17954

Phone: 570-544-9123

▪Professional Counseling, Consulting, & Human Service

1 W. Centre St, Mahanoy City, PA 17948

Phone: 570-773-3470            Fax: 570-300-2778

< >Psychological Assoc. of Schuylkill County LLC 454 N. Claude A Lord Blvd, Pottsville, PA 17901 Phone: 570-622-1025                                       Fax: 570-628-4344 

▪ReDCo Turning Point

16-18 South Centre St, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-628-5234 ext. 126         Fax: 570-628-9051

▪RESOURCES FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (RHD) (mobile medication management)

Nancy Phillips, RN BSN        Phone: 610-506-7922

▪Services Access & Management

590 Terry Reiley Way, Pottsville, PA 17901

Phone: 570-621-2700

▪Synergy Counseling Services

123 W. Main Street, Girardville, PA 17935

Phone: 570-875-2271

▪Youth Advocate Program

608 West Oak Street, Suite 1, P.O. Box 531

Frackville, PA 17931

Phone: 570-874-4686

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