Offers Community/Drop-In Center and a shelter for LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness in Pittsburgh/Allegheny County. Also provides emotional support and resources to help LGBTQ+ youth develop the skills needed to live independently.

Provides emergency assistance for people in crisis. Offers supportive care, home visits, food and clothing. Referrals made for assistance not offered at facility. Seasonal assistance includes: Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available. Call for holiday programs (toys and food).

Offers consultation and education, as well as prevention and intervention with families involved with Allegheny County Children, Youth & Families. Victims of intimate partner violence who are CYF clients are offered assistance through legal options counseling, help through legal processes, support groups, and a CYF advocate, as well as other resources offered through Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh.

Provides a court ordered shelter until a more permanent living arrangement is secured. The focus is on safety, comprehensive assessment, education, service planning, and family reunification. Youth have access to mental health, substance abuse, medical services, and in most cases attend their schools of origin. Counselors work in partnership with youth, families, case workers, and the court system.

Provides comprehensive emergency shelter and outreach services to homeless and at-risk youth for up to 60 days. Staff works with each youth to ensure that their medical, behavioral health, and basic needs are addressed. Additionally, DOCS helps the youths obtain secondary or post-secondary education and/or employment, so that the youth can transition successfully to adulthood.

Provides Emergency Assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis .

Referrals made for assistance not offered at facility. May also offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available. Call for holiday programs (toys and food).

Emergency Assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs. Referrals made for assistance not offered at facility. May also offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available. Call for holiday programs (toys and food).

Emergency Assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs. Referrals made for assistance not offered at facility. May also offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available. Call for holiday programs (toys and food).

Provides Emergency Assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs.

Provides emergency assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs. Referrals made for assistance not offered at facility. May also offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available. Call for holiday programs (toys and food).

Provides emergency assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs.

Provides emergency assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs.

Provides emergency assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs.

Provides emergency assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs.

Provdies Emergency Assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs. May also offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available. Call for holiday programs (toys and food).

Provides emergency assistance for individuals and families in crisis. May include help with food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses, and similar miscellaneous needs. Referrals will be made for assistance not offered by the agency.

Provides Emergency Assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, and similar miscellaneous living needs.

Investigates all allegations of child abuse and neglect, as mandated by state law.

Provides a wide range of services to abused and neglected children and their families. Also provides services to adolescents who are at severe risk due to their behavior or that of their parent.

Services include:

• Adoption Services
• Child Sexual Abuse Center
• Child Welfare Day Care
• Community Education
• Emergency Services
• Emergency Shelter Care
• Family Support Services
• Foster Care and Kinship Care Services
• Independent Living Services for Transition-Age Youth
• Information and Referral
• In-Home Protective Services (SCOH)
• Intake Evaluations
• Residential Placement
• Supervised Independent Living

Investigates all allegations of child abuse and neglect, as mandated by state law.

Provides a wide range of services to abused and neglected children and their families. Also provides services to adolescents who are at severe risk due to their behavior or that of their parent.

Services include:

• Adoption Services
• Child Sexual Abuse Center
• Child Welfare Day Care
• Community Education
• Emergency Services
• Emergency Shelter Care
• Family Support Services
• Foster Care and Kinship Care Services
• Independent Living Services for Transition-Age Youth
• Information and Referral
• In-Home Protective Services (SCOH)
• Intake Evaluations
• Residential Placement
• Supervised Independent Living

Provides emergency shelter care, foster care for emergency placements and runaways. Also provides foster family care - A substitute family when a child has to be removed from his or her own home due to issues of abuse and/or neglect.
Kinship care - placement of child with relatives when parents are unable to care for the child due to issues of abuse and/or neglect.
Group home, community Based - purchased placement services for children who need more structure than foster care provides.

Enables at-risk youth to experience the safety and security of living in a highly structured program within the community at a time of crisis.

Composes of two distinct youth care programs housed in one facility. Provides life skills, goal setting, cognitive behavioral programs, a 52-week group curriculum with counseling seven nights a week. Offers family counseling, psychiatric consultation, discharge, and continuing care planning.

Operates 5 days a week. Outreach workers go out to neighborhoods, parks, and other places where youth who are facing homelessness seek refuge. Offers food, drink, blankets, hats, gloves and scarves, counseling, and referrals to youth who are on the street or unable to come into shelter.

Operates a shelter with 10 beds. Provides the basic needs (shetler, food, clothing, and showers), educational and vocational services, outreach, and case management. Staff can refer youth to local mental health services, drug and alcohol counseling, and legal services.

Services include:
-computer lab
-tutoring available
-shower facilities
-onsite laundry facility
-exercise equipment
-snacks

Emergency 21 day shelter for youth 13-17 years of age

Transitional housing program for youth 16-21. Not an Emergency Shelter.

Provides special needs, domestic and international adoption services and placements. Licensed provider of adoption home studies.

Provides foster care placement services. Short-term placement options such as shelter or respite foster care, and long-term options such as specialized/intensive foster care are included.

Family Visitation/Transportation Program provides transportation and supervision of visitations between children in substitute care and their non-custodial parents/relatives.

Branch Offices:
1101 Northampton Street, Suite 201
Easton, PA 18042

16 South Broadway
Suite 2
Wind Gap, PA 18091

Confidential, 24/7 crisis intervention for runaway and homeless youth and their families via phone, chat, email, and bulletin board. Referrals, conference calling with a parent upon youth's request, conflict mediation, and information hotline. In connection with Greyhound lines, no-cost bus tickets home to family or shelter for qualified youth ages 12-21.

Provides essentials such as food, clothing, and bathrooms, as well as services such as educational support, counseling, family reunification, and/or preparation for independent living.

U-Turn serves teens and young adults up to the age of 24 with advocacy, case management, shelter, permanent housing and more. Focus on education, employment and housing stabilization.
The Drop-In Center operates Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00pm to 5:00pm offering youth a place to shower, cook, do laundry, access computers, peer connections & dedicated staff.
New and Impactful initiatives:
- Expanded case management hours
- Permanent housing units for eligible transitional aged youth as space permits - offers 1-year positive lease and utility history and the opportunity to build credit

Provides a shelter care program to school-aged children and youth. Services include crisis intervention, short term housing, placement in alternative education, 24 hour child care staff, on-site director and social service staff, on-campus educational field trips, and use of outside groups for education on various topics.

13-bed runaway and emergency shelter for youth open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year offering the following services:
- Shelter (for youths)
- Crisis counseling
- Individual counseling, parent counseling, family counseling, group counseling
- Information and referral
- Transportation to home school provided or enrollment in Centennial School District
- Community integration and recreational programming

12-bed runaway and emergency shelter for youth open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year offering the following services:

- Crisis counseling

- Individual counseling, parent counseling, family counseling, group counseling

- Information and referral
- Day (educational programs for youth not enrolled in school, suspended, or too far from school)

12-bed runaway and emergency shelter for youth open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year offering the following services:

- Crisis counseling

- Individual counseling, parent counseling, family counseling, group counseling

- Information and referral
- Day (educational programs for youth not enrolled in school, suspended, or too far from school)

12-bed runaway and emergency shelter for youth open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year offering the following services:

- Crisis counseling

- Individual counseling, parent counseling, family counseling, group counseling

- Information and referral
- Day (educational programs for youth not enrolled in school, suspended, or too far from school)

12-bed runaway and emergency shelter for youth open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year offering the following services:

- Crisis counseling

- Individual counseling, parent counseling, family counseling, group counseling

- Information and referral
- Day (educational programs for youth not enrolled in school, suspended, or too far from school)

Presentation for educational classes or groups who are interested in learning more about juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice and detention and shelter-care at the Youth Intervention Center. Presentation can be held on or off-site with a limit of 25 maximum.

The Youth Intervention Center is comprised of two distinct entities, the juvenile detention center, with a 48 bed capacity and the juvenile shelter care program, with a 36 bed capacity.

Detention Program:
- Serves male and female juveniles from 10 to 18 years, awaiting Court review for disposition, adjudication, or other Court action
- Works to stabilize residents through structure with educational and psycho-educational activities
- Teaches basic academic circles while fostering positive attitudes to school and learning
- Psycho-educational program includes: Fatherhood Initiative, drug/alcohol groups, victimization awareness groups, self-esteem and anger management classes
- Assessments provided: educational, mental health, drug/alcohol

Shelter Care Program
-Provides temporary and emergency care for alleged and adjudicated dependent and delinquent juveniles
-Provides professional therapeutic and supportive services to families and juvenile
-Serves 24 males/females from 10 to 18 years
-Resi

Offers placement in emergency shelters, foster homes, group homes, and institutions. Provides adoption services.

Coordinates services for students experiencing homelessness and housing instability. Provides regional support to school systems, agencies and shelters, and parents of children experiencing housing instability.

Coordinates services for students experiencing homelessness and housing instability. Provides regional support to school systems, agencies and shelters, and parents of children experiencing housing instability.

Serves youth who are homeless, runaway, or at risk of running away or becoming homeless due to difficulties within their homes. Youth are welcome to access the shelter whenever they need a safe place to stay, day or night.

Teen center and shelter specially designed to address the problems of runaway, homeless and at-risk youth 12-17. It is a temporary shelter for up to 21 days for teens who need it. Young people can also hang out, get help with homework, stay for dinner and participate in nightly group discussions. There is also a monthly calendar of special events.

Provides community residential shelter.

The Orchard Hills Campus offers the following programs: diagnostic assessments, sexual Issues treatment, behavior disorder treatment, intensive and therapeutic residential treatment, KidsHope intensive treatment for young men with low IQs and shelter care short-term services to stabilize children and youth in crisis.

Standardized and coordinated assessment and referral service for everyone who is seeking services from the network of homeless services in Lehigh and Northampton County. Clients will complete an assessment with an intake caseworker and will then be referred to the appropriate program.

Drop-In Centers

Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering
75 East Market Street, Bethlehem PA 18018 (Christ Church United Church of Christ Winter Shelter)
Hours: Thursday, 1:00pm to 3:00pm (November 15, 2023 - April 30, 2024)
Walk-in or by appointment (schedule via email)
Contact: Bob Rapp - bobrapp@christucc.org

New Bethany
333 West 4th Street, Bethlehem PA 18102
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 10:00am to 3:00pm
Walk-in or call to schedule appointment
Contact: 610-691-5602

Third Street Alliance
41 North Third Street, Easton PA 18042
Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9:00am to 11:00am and 1:00pm to 3:00pm; Fridays by appointment only
Walk-in Monday through Thursday during open hours
Contact: Angela Alloggio 610-438-9434

Lehigh Conference of Churches
457 W Allen St, Allentown PA 18102
Hours: Monday through Thursday from 9:00am to 3:00pm
Walk-in

Youth
Valley Youth House (18-24 years old in Lehigh and Northampton Counties only)
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm
No walk-ins. Must call for an appointment.
Contact: Christina DiPierro 484-866-5556

Provides library services, wi-fi access, printing, faxing, electronic databases, and genealogy. Children and youth materials and resources are also offered. Storytime, STEM programming, clubs, and more are provided at scheduled times. Locations serve as warming/cooling centers during periods of extreme heat/cold

Provides library services, wi-fi access, printing, faxing, electronic databases, and genealogy. Children and youth materials and resources are also offered. Storytime, STEM programming, clubs, and more are provided at scheduled times. Locations serve as warming/cooling centers during periods of extreme heat/cold

Provides library services, wi-fi access, printing, faxing, electronic databases, and genealogy. Children and youth materials and resources are also offered. Storytime, STEM programming, clubs, and more are provided at scheduled times. Locations serve as warming/cooling centers during periods of extreme heat/cold

Provides library services, wi-fi access, printing, faxing, electronic databases, and genealogy. Children and youth materials and resources are also offered. Storytime, STEM programming, clubs, and more are provided at scheduled times. Locations serve as warming/cooling centers during periods of extreme heat/cold

Provides library services, wi-fi access, printing, faxing, electronic databases, and genealogy. Children and youth materials and resources are also offered. Storytime, STEM programming, clubs, and more are provided at scheduled times. Locations serve as warming/cooling centers during periods of extreme heat/cold

Provides emergency assistance for individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs. Referrals made for assistance not offered at facility. May also offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available. Call for holiday programs (toys and food).

Provides emergency assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses, and similar miscellaneous living needs. May offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up, when fund are available. Referrals are made for any additional assistance not offered by the agency.

Provides emergency assistance for individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs. Referrals made for assistance not offered at facility. May also offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available. Call for holiday programs (toys and food).

Provides emergency assistance for individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs. Referrals made for assistance not offered at facility. May also offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available. Call for holiday programs (toys and food).

A 28-day or 45-day intensive diagnostic evaluation that includes psychiatric, psychological, educational, behavioral, social and family assessments. During the diagnostic period, youth will receive individual therapy and on-site school programming.

Provides youth with a safe, secure, and structured homelike environment. Clients will participate in an education program and receive other services as needed.