Pennsylvania grant & resource directory - pa house
Pennsylvania grant & resource directory - pa house
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PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENTS<br />
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE<br />
www.dpw.state.<strong>pa</strong>.us<br />
GRANT/LOAN<br />
Children’s Trust Fund – Grants that provide funding to<br />
community-base organizations to develop new and innovative<br />
prevention-focused programs to improve overall family<br />
functioning and prevent child abuse and neglect. The board<br />
issues annual requests for proposals for <strong>grant</strong> applications.<br />
Developmental Disabilities Council – Program provides<br />
funding to demonstrate new ways to go about providing<br />
services and supports; to break down barriers; to design new<br />
systems and to bring about community regeneration.<br />
Employment and Job Training for Welfare Clients –<br />
Program provides employment and training programs through<br />
out <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> for welfare clients through contracts with<br />
organizations qualified to offer such programs.<br />
Human Services Development Fund – Program provides<br />
counties with a flexible source of funding to be used within<br />
the seven human services programs for which the counties are<br />
responsible: Adult Services, Aging, Children & Youth, Drug<br />
and Alcohol, Homeless Assistance and the Community Mental<br />
Health/Mental Retardation programs.<br />
Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) –<br />
Assistance to help individuals and families <strong>pa</strong>y for winter<br />
heating bills. Two types of statewide <strong>grant</strong>s are offered: cash<br />
and crisis. Cash <strong>grant</strong>s are based on income, family size, type<br />
of heating fuel and heating regions. Crisis <strong>grant</strong>s are awarded<br />
to families with heating emergencies, such as mechanical<br />
breakdowns or unexpected fuel shortages. Neither <strong>grant</strong><br />
must be re<strong>pa</strong>id. No lien is placed on the property of families<br />
obtaining the <strong>grant</strong>s.<br />
The program opens in November and closes in March or<br />
whenever funds are depleted, whichever occurs first.<br />
<strong>Pennsylvania</strong> Accessible Housing Program – DPW and<br />
DCED Program that provides low- and moderate-income<br />
persons with permanent disabilities increased accessibility in<br />
their current home by undertaking modifications to the home.<br />
DEADLINE / REGULATIONS<br />
Contact – The Children’s Trust Fund at:<br />
1 (800) 833-5196.<br />
Contact – DPW at: 1 (877) 685-4452.<br />
Contact – DPW at: (717) 787-4048.<br />
Contact – DPW at: (717) 772-2521.<br />
Contact – The Office of Income<br />
Maintenance at: (717) 783-3063 or local<br />
county assistance office at: 1 (866) 857-7095.<br />
Contact – (717) 214-5341<br />
Website – www.newPA.com<br />
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PA Grant & Resource Directory
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