Community Resources

Community Assistance and Non-Profit Organizations

• Community Action Lehigh Valley
  Community Action Lehigh Valley is an anti-poverty nonprofit that improves the quality of life by building a community in which all people have access to economic opportunity, the ability to pursue that opportunity, and a voice in the decisions that affect their lives. Programs and services in: Advocacy, Business Start-Up and Development, Food Access and Nutrition, Housing, Neighborhood Revitalization, and Youth. 
  
  • Location:  1337 East 5th Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
  • Contact:  610-691-5620

• Easton Area Neighborhood Center, Inc.
  Community assistance programs, food programs, housing services
  • Location:  902 Philadelphia Road, Easton, PA 18042
  • Contact:  610-253-4253

• Northampton County Services
  Various county agencies, programs, and service

Clothing Banks and Thrift Shops

• Children's Home of Easton Thrift Store.
  
  • Location:  312 Town Center Blvd, Easton, PA 18040
  • Contact:  610-258-7723

• River of Life Presbyterian Church
  
  • Location:  45 S. Main Street, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
  • Contact:  908-213-1377

Emergency Support Programs

• PA Water Rescue
  Emergency water rescue services
  
  • Location:  620 Lehigh Drive, Easton, PA 18042
  • Contact:  484-892-3018 / info@pawaterrescue.org

• Project Easton- Assist Program
  ASSIST is an emergency support program that assists people who are facing homelessness or other emergencies. We conduct a comprehensive assessment of need and provide vouchers for financial assistance to eligible individuals and families, as well as information and referrals to a wide variety of community resources.
  
  • Location:  330 Ferry Street, Easton, PA 18042
  • Contact:  610-258-4361

• Salvation Army - Easton
  Christian Social Ministries who provide emergency assistance, casework services, and life skills counseling to people hurting from want of basic human needs and seeking to establish a more viable life. Emergency assistance includes groceries, travel assistance, utility assistance, clothing and furniture vouchers, and other services.
  
  • Location:  1110 Northampton Street, Easton, PA 18042
  • Contact:  610-258-9531

Utilities Assistance

• Affordable Connectivity Program (US ACP) 
  Internet access assistance

• Lifeline Program for Low-Income Consumers
   Discounts on phone service for qualifying low-income consumers
  • Contact:  1-888-225-5322

• Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
  ​Heating Assistance/Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
  • Contact:  1-866-857-7095 / call 711 if have hearing impairments

• Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP)
  The Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) is a temporary emergency program to help low-income families pay overdue water bills.
  • Apply via http://www.compass.state.pa.us/

• Northampton County Assistance Office (Dept. of Public Welfare)
  Available benefits and services include: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Cash Assistance, Health Care Coverage (Medical Assistance), Home Heating Assistance (LIHEAP), Family Planning Services, Help with Child Care, School Meals, Long-Term Living Services
  • Location:  201 Larry Holmes Drive, Easton, PA 18042
  • Contact:  610-250-1700

• Social Security Office-Easton
  The Social Security Administration (SSA) is a government agency that administers several programs including Medicare and SSI for the aged, blind or disabled.
  
  • Location: 134 S. 4th Street, Easton, PA 18042
  • Contact: 1-866-964-5056

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