Distributor and installer of accessibility modifications such as access lifts, elevators, barrier-free products and mobility equipment.

Provides accessible ramps for those who need them to safely come and go from their homes. Ramps are constructed using a modular design that allows them to be reclaimed when no longer needed and reused to help meet new needs.

The health bureau's three main functions are to assess and monitor the population's health status, develop public policies to maintain and promote health and assure that the population has access to public health services. Clinics provide immunizations, STD/HIV testing, pregnancy testing, screening for prostate and breast cancer and monitoring of chronic diseases. Lead screenings provided in certain situations, not by the clinic. To contact Cancer Prevention and Screening Services, call 610-437-7513.

Communicable Disease Control
610-437-7569: Communicable Disease
610-437-7632: TB Services
610-437-7742: STD/HIV Services

Clinics (held at Alliance Hall, 245 North Sixth Street, Allentown, PA):
610-437-7754: Immunization and Early Pregnancy Testing
610-437-8777: Lead Poisoning Screening
610-437-7569: Sexual Transmitted Disease
610-437-7742: HIV Testing
610-437-7632: Tuberculosis

Environmental Health Services:
Allentown City Hall
435 Hamilton Street, Fourth Floor
Allentown, PA 18101-1699
610-437-7759: Institutional sanitation, food protection, animal control, housing sanitation, bed bugs, lead paint
610-439-5946: Fax
610-437-7535: Animal Control
610-437-7598: Injury Prevention Services (adults and children) Division

Child/Adolescent Health Services:
610-437-7754: Immunizations
610-437-8777: Lead Testing
610-437-7615: Home Visits and Health Education
610-437-7633: Nurse-Family Partnership
610-437-7615: Referrals: Dental/Special Needs
610-437-8777: Pregnancy Testing

Chronic Disease Division:
Cancer Prevention and Screening Services: 610-437-7513
Heart Disease and Diabetes Prevention Services: 610-437-7581
Osteoporosis Prevention Services: 610-437-7581

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program: 610-437-7581 or 610-437-7513

Public Health Emergency Preparedness: 610-437-7577


Clinic Hours: Monday, 2 to 4pm; Tuesday, 1 to 5pm; Wed, varies; Thursday, 2 to 4pm; Friday, 1:30 to 4pm
Mondays: TB Testing 2 to 4pm; must live within the Allentown city limits; $5.00 cash fee.
Tuesdays: STD/HIV Testing, 1 to 5pm); no residency restrictions; FREE.
Wednesdays: Children’s immunizations (hours vary – appointment required); must live within the Allentown city limits and be on Medicaid or have NO insurance. FREE.
Thursdays: STD/HIV testing and Early Pregnancy Testing, 2 to 4pm); no residency restrictions. FREE.
Fridays: Adult Immunizations, 1:30pm to 4:00pm); must live within the Allentown city limits. FREE

This program gives persons with ALS access to ramping, stair glides, wheelchair lifts and emergency call devices at no cost, or reduced cost, to them.

Sales source for commercial and residential access issues.
Builds and installs wheelchair ramps, stair lifts, vertical platform lifts, patient lift systems and other accessibility solutions.

Assess and help to resolve barrier issues of inaccessibility or discrimination. Conduct disability awareness training for schools, businesses, hospitals and civic organizations.

Services include:

Environmental Health services include sanitation, animal control, lead abatement and food services.



Clinic services:

- Family Planning Clinic, immunization clinic and TB clinic are available by appointment only.

- Wellness Center at the Health Bureau offers some immunizations and health screenings. Open Monday and Friday, 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Appointments preferred.

- Walk in STD clinic offered Wednesdays 10:00am to 1:00pm



Emergency Preparedness Division educates individuals and businesses on preparing for natural disasters, epidemics and/or other emergencies. Recruits and trains the medical reserve corps, a medical related volunteer corps that can be mobilized in response to disasters.



Maternal and Child Health services include free dental care for uninsured children attending Bethlehem school district and in-home asthma trigger assessments.



Chronic Disease and Health Education Programs focus on smoking prevention/cessation, injury prevention, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis.

Assists with furnace repair or replacement during the winter months; November through April.

Energy conservation measures are installed to homes for utility customers experiencing high kilowatt usage.
Energy education services are also provided.

Assists with furnace repair or replacement during the winter months; November through April.

Energy conservation measures are installed to homes for utility customers experiencing high kilowatt usage.
Energy education services are also provided.
For West Penn Power and Penelec customers only.

Energy conservation measures are installed to homes for utility customers experiencing high kilowatt usage.
Energy education services are also provided.

Funded in part by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Labor and Industry, and Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Center for Independent Living is dedicated to affording clients four prime areas of assistance: advocacy, skills training, information and referral, peer consultation.

Ceritified Aging in Place Specialists (CAPS) provide technical asssistance, coordination and consultation for accessible home modifications.

Program activities include, but are not limited to the following:
Adaptive modifications such as ramps, lifts, door widening, visual door bells, audio phones, visual phone signalers, etc. that will improve the ability of a person with disabilities to enter and exit the home.

Adaptive modifications, such as widening hallways, lowering the kitchen counters, enlarging bathrooms, or adding grab bars that will increase the ability of a person with disabilities to perform activities of daily living.

Other adaptive modifications that will enable a person with a disability to remain in the home and prevent institutionalization.
These funds may not be used to modify units owned or operated by public housing authorities or a facility licensed by DPW or Department of Health (DOH) for support services; for relocation expenses; for escrowing purposes to return the unit to its original condition.

Manages the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). Community Development also administers the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) and the Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) which are designed to assist homeless and near-homeless individuals and to provide affordable housing for low-income persons respectively.

Services include emergency furnace repair or replacement, emergency hot water heaters, chair glides and more.

Community LIFE provides comprehensive medical and social services to area seniors in their home and community. Services include in-home services such as personal care, house keeping and meal preparation as well as transportation, adult day services and home modifications.

Community LIFE provides comprehensive medical and social services to area seniors in their home and community. Services include in-home services such as personal care, house keeping and meal preparation as well as transportation, adult day services and home modifications.

Community LIFE provides comprehensive medical and social services to area seniors in their home and community. Services include in-home services such as personal care, house keeping and meal preparation as well as transportation, adult day services and home modifications.

Provides independent living programs and direct care services to all individuals with disabilities. Also provides autism services, veteran services and Hospice Wraparound services.

Conducts on-site energy audits to assess conditions in the home and to identify the most cost effective energy savings measures needed.

Weatherization services include but are not limited to:

- Blower door guided air sealing to effectively locate and reduce air-leakage throughout the home

- Installation of attic, wall, basement and crawlspace insulation and ventilation to reduce energy loss

- Heating system modification or replacement to increase the efficiency and/or safety of the heating system

- Minor repairs, and/or health and safety measures are provided (when necessary) to allow the safe and effective installation of the weatherization measures

- Client education on the proper use and maintenance of the installed Weatherization measures and ways to reduce energy waste everyday

Provides home modifications and home repair for individuals and families in Westmoreland.

Assists low income individuals with a range of needs including:
- Mobility equipment, vehicle modifications
- Ramps and minor house modifications for accessibility
- Medical equipment (not including medical bills)
- Prosthesis

Indoor and outdoor ramps, stair glides and bathroom modifications.

Help connect those with needs for food, clothing, housing referrals, rent assistance, budget planning, transportation, tutoring, etc. with the appropriate resources.

Provides free home repair to families in need in the Avon Grove School District area: Oxford, Nottingham, and Cochranville. Handicap ramps are also avaialble.

Provides accessible ramps for those who need them to safely come and go from their homes. Provides disability awareness in local churches and communities. Meet unmet needs of persons affected by disability and their families locally.

Provides housing development, property management and home modifications for southwest Pennsylvanians with physical and intellectual disabilities.

Focuses on installation and service of elevators, chairlifts, and other devices to improve accessibility for homes or businesses.

Program designs and constructs accessibility modifications for homeowners and tenants, making it possible for individuals with disabilities to remain in their own homes. Items such as wheelchair ramps, accessible bathrooms, lifts, stair glides, widened doors and hallways, and both hearing and visual accommodations are installed by the program. The program cannot perform repairs.

Builds handicap accessible ramps.

CORE INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS - Peer Mentoring/Support, Independent Living Skills Training

• ADVOCACY, INFORMATION AND REFERRAL - Community Action Initiatives that promote positive systems change
  
  
• INDEPENDENT MONITORING OF SERVICES - 4 Quality Project Quality of Life, Surveying of individuals served by the Intellectual Disability system
  
  
• HOME ASSESSMENT AND MODIFICATIONS - Pennsylvania Accessible Housing Program Provides Home modifications to individuals with very low income living in York County. ADA & UCC Assistance Comprehensive, on-site assessments, technical assistance, and training on the federal and state anti-discrimination and accessibility laws
  
  
• EDUCATION - Training Individualized, interactive workshops on disability awareness and disability related issues; monthly consumer training series