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PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
www.dpw.state.pa.us
GRANT/PROGRAM
Children’s Trust Fund – Grants that provide funding to community-based
organizations to develop new and innovative
prevention-focused programs to improve overall family functioning
and prevent child abuse and neglect. The board issues
annual requests for proposals for grant applications.
Developmental Disabilities Council – Program provides
funding to demonstrate new ways to go about providing services
and supports; to break down barriers; to design new systems
and to bring about community regeneration.
Employment and Job Training for Welfare Clients – Program
provides employment and training programs through out
Pennsylvania for welfare clients through contracts with organizations
qualified to offer such programs.
Human Services Development Fund – Program provides
counties with a flexible source of funding to be used within
the seven human services programs for which the counties are
responsible: Adult Services, Aging, Children and Youth, Drug
and Alcohol, Homeless Assistance and the Community Mental
Health/Mental Retardation programs.
Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) – Assistance
to help individuals and families pay for winter heating
bills. Two types of statewide grants are offered: cash and crisis.
Cash grants are based on income, family size, type of heating
fuel and heating regions. Crisis grants are awarded to families
with heating emergencies, such as mechanical breakdowns or
unexpected fuel shortages. Neither grant must be repaid. No
lien is placed on the property of families obtaining the grants.
CONTACT INFO/DEADLINE
Contact – The Children’s Trust Fund at
(717) 705-2910
Contact – DPW at 1-877-685-4452
Contact – DPW at (717) 787-4048
Contact – DPW at (717) 772-2521
The program opens in November and closes
in March or whenever funds are depleted,
whichever occurs first.
Contact – The Office of Income Maintenance
at (717) 783-3063 or local county assistance
office at 1-866-857-7095
Pennsylvania Accessible Housing Program – DPW and
DCED Program that provides low- and moderate-income persons
with permanent disabilities increased accessibility in
their current home by undertaking modifications to the home.
Supported Work Program – DPW and DCED Program that
prepares and assists public assistance recipients to obtain unsubsidized
employment and provides work opportunities for
post-24 month cash assistance recipients. Through Community
Action Agencies, basic support services, such as transportation
and child care reimbursement, are provided.
Contact – (717) 214-5341
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Contact – (717) 787-8613.
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