There are a number of helpful resource guides on the DHS website including the updated Community Referral Packet from the Allegheny County Department of Human Services may be of interest to your library as a reference tool.
The guide is made to be used by social/human services professionals to assist in identifying resources, both within the DHS system and throughout the community, for the individuals they serve.
Topics in this guide include the following:
- Child Care
- Crisis Hotlines
- Early Intervention
- Employment
- Entitlements
- Family Support Centers
- Fathers/Men’s Resources
- Financial Help
- Food
- Furniture / Household Items
- Grandparents Raising Children
- HIV/AIDS & Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Housing
- Identification
- Legal
- Legal Services – Children’s Court
- Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability
- Mentoring
- Parenting Education
- Pregnancy – Support / Counseling/Residential
- Service Coordination Units
- Sexual Minorities
- Telephone and Message Help - Communications
- Utility Assistance
- Veteran Services
- Violence Prevention and Help for people who are Incarcerated, Ex-offenders and their Families
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