Local Resources
In today’s economy many people need assistance or want to help those less fortunate. In both cases, the Dauphin County Library System is a great place to start. Visit your local library to find a helpful display of information for those who may have lost their jobs or homes.

The DCLS Hope in Hard Times resource list can be picked up at any library or downloaded by clicking here.

A more comprehensive list of local agencies can be obtained by calling Contact Helpline at (717) 652-4400.

Career Counseling/Job Training

CareerLink
Penn Center
349 Wiconisco Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 783-3270
provides career counseling and job training.

PROBE (Potential Reentry Opportunities in Business and Education)
900 Cumbler St
Steelton, PA 17113
(717) 939-2260
provides career counseling to displaced homemakers, pregnant single women, single parents, and pregnant teens.

Job Help Center

Whether you're looking for a new career, a second job, or just need help with your resume the Dauphin County Library System Job Help Center is a great place to start. Our goal is to provide you with the resources you need to prepare for an interview and find a job. Click Here >>

Christmas Gifts for Children

Bountiful Blessings Charlton Methodist Church
5920 Jonestown Rd.
Harrisburg, PA
(717) 545-2000
provides book giveaways and Christmas gifts for children.

Clothing/Food

Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging
2 S. 2nd St.
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 780-6130
provide meals on wheels, community care facilities, and transportation for seniors.

Downtown Daily Bread
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
310 N. 3rd St.
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 238-4717 ext. 122
(717) 238-4718 ext. 125
provides clothing, bathing facilities, employment acquisition, food, and a soup kitchen.

Lower Paxton Youth Center
100 Elmwood Dr.
Harrisburg, PA 17109
Provides food, community, and youth services.

United Church of God
1211 Fairmont Dr.
Harrisburg, PA 17112
(717) 652-2418
provides clothing, shoes, food pantry, and household items.

Bethesda Mission
611 Reily St.
PO Box 3041
Harrisburg, PA 17105
(717) 257-4442
(717) 257-4440
provides emergency shelter, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, clothing, day care, youth development, soup kitchen, health care center.

Faith United Church of Christ
117 N. Faith Rd.
Grantville, PA 17028
(717) 469-2444
provides clothing, food pantry, and household goods.

American Red Cross
1804 N. 6th St.
Harrisburg, PA 17110-0740
(717) 234-3101
provides disaster relief services, utility bill assistance, food, clothing for disaster victims.

Credit Counseling

Consumer Credit Counseling Service/ Advantage Credit
2000 Linglestown Rd. Suite 302
Harrisburg, PA 17110
(888) 511-2227 ext 158
provides credit counseling, personal financial management counseling, and consumer services.

Crisis Intervention/Suicide Prevention

Dauphin County Crisis Intervention * 24 hour emergency counseling
100 Chestnut St.
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(888) 596-4447 Hotline
(717) 780-7070 Administrative
provides crisis intervention, suicide hotline, emergency mental health assessment, counseling, referral and advocacy.

Upper Dauphin Human Service Center * 24 hour emergency counseling
157 Clearfield St.
Elizabethville, PA 17101
(888) 596-4447 Hotline
(717) 362-3321 Administrative
provides crisis intervention, suicide hotline, emergency mental health assessment, counseling, referral and advocacy.

Education/Job Training

Tri-County Opportunities Industrialization Center
500  Maclay St.
Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 238-7318
GED Instruction, High School Diploma Programs, Parenting Education, Homework Help, Literacy Programs, Nutrition Education.

Legal Assistance

Mid Penn Legal Services (free for low-income)
213-A N. Front St.
Harrisburg, PA
(717) 232-0581
(800) 932-0356

Rent Assistance/ Utility Assistance

Help Ministry Christian Churches United
413 South 19th St.
Harrisburg, PA 17104
(717) 238-2851
provides case management for homeless people, utility, heating, and rent assistance, emergency shelter, temporary financial aid, housing counseling

Shelter – Homeless or Emergency Shelter

Market Square Presbyterian Church
20 S. 2nd St.
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 257-1270
provides shelter, rent, and utility assistance for homeless in the winter months.

Bethesda Mission
611 Reily St.
PO Box 3041
Harrisburg, PA 17105
(717) 257-4442
(717) 257-4440
provides emergency shelter, drug and alcohol programs for women, children, and men, clothing, youth development, soup kitchen, health care center.

Shalom House
PO Box 3893
Harrisburg, PA 17105
(717) 232-3482
provides emergency shelter and life skills development for women and children.

YWCA –Battered women’s shelter
1101 Market St.
Harrisburg, PA 17103
(800) 654-1211 Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Crisis
(717) 234-7931 Administrative
proides shelter for battered women, family counseling, support groups, legal counseling, sexual assault counseling, food, housing search assistance, career counseling, clothing, computer classes, ESL, GED, literacy programs, child care center, and youth development programs.

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