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Community Profile: Williamsport, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Community Organizations

This section provides information about affordable housing, social service, economic development, and community revitalization organizations in the area whose interests, activities, and initiatives improve the housing conditions and employment opportunities of residents. These groups represent potential partners for bankers seeking to more fully address the credit needs of each region's low- and moderate-income people and communities.

The information in this section is obtained directly from the websites of the community organizations.

• AIDS Resource Alliance, Inc.
• Campbell Street Family, Youth and Community Association, Inc.
• Center for Independent Living of North Central Pennsylvania (CILNCP)
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Inc.
• Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity
• Hope Enterprises, Inc.
• Lycoming-Clinton Counties Commission for Community Action (STEP), Inc.
• Lycoming Neighborhood Development Corporation
• Our Towns 2010
• SEDA-Council of Governments (SEDA-COG)
• Skills of Central Pennsylvania, Inc.
• Transitional Living Center for Women
• YWCA of North Central Pennsylvania

AIDS Resource Alliance, Inc.

Mission

AIDS Resource is a nonprofit that provides education programs, prevention, and outreach efforts to help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. AIDS Resource also provides assistance for those who are living with HIV/AIDS.

Year of Origin

1988

Core Programs

• Case Management: Provides education and services that connect consumers to medical, psychosocial, and social services based on their needs in order to promote the well being of the individual. Generally involves monthly face-to-face contact, which is necessary to access most support services.
• Housing Assistance: Provides temporary shelter to eligible individuals, as well as providing rent or mortgage payment to enable individuals to remain in their own dwellings.
• Direct Emergency Assistance: Provides financial assistance for payment to providers for emergency-based need for food, housing, utilities, medications, and transportation.
• Nutritional Assistance: Provides nutritional education or counseling to consumers by a registered dietician.
• Client-Treatment Education: Case managers can provide written, video, and Internet-based treatment resources.
• Transportation Services: Can reimburse consumers or volunteers for mileage to social service or medical appointments.
• Food Card: Offers a food program once a month to provide clients with nutritious food.
• Dental/Medical Care: Provides financial assistance (if available) for payment of dental/medical services.
• HIV/AIDS Testing: Offers free HIV/AIDS testing.

Service Area

Lycoming, Snyder, and Union counties and part of Northumberland County (Milton)

Contact Information

AIDS Resource
520 W. 4th St. Suite 2A
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: (570) 322-8448
Phone: (800) 773-AIDS
E-mail: aidsr@epix.net
Website: http://www.aidsresource.com

Campbell Street Family, Youth and Community Association, Inc.

Mission

To make lasting changes in Williamsport by:

• Providing programs and activities aimed at empowering youth, parents, adults, community organizations, and institutions to regain control of their lives, homes, and communities, and to collectively work to strengthen the community.
• Nurturing positive feelings in community members about themselves intellectually, physically, emotionally, and socially.
• Offering programs that contribute to self-esteem enhancement and a high level of dignity.

Year of Origin

2000

Core Programs

• Youth Education: young people participate in after-school clubs, education mentoring, Boy/Girl Scouts, summer day camp, and computer labs that assist them in learning productive habits.
• Adult Education: provides technology and personal finance seminars to help adults improve work skills and life management skills.
• Recreational Activities: provides physical activities in a safe, drug-free environment.
• Minority Health Programs: through partnerships with social service agencies, local churches, and local housing authorities, this program is dedicated to improving the health of minorities by providing a variety of information and resources pertaining to minority health issues.

Service Area

Williamsport

Contact Information

Campbell Street Family, Youth and Community Association, Inc.
600 Campbell Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: (570) 322-5515
Website: http://www.campbellstreetcenter.org

Center for Independent Living of North Central Pennsylvania (CILNCP)

Mission

To advance the rights of persons with disabilities through the elimination of barriers that people with disabilities experience. Community participation is an integral part of the Center for Independent Living of North Central Pennsylvania's activities.

Year of Origin

1995

Core Programs

• Offers training in the following areas: housing, income benefits, social/recreation, self care, mobility/transportation, education, vocation, communication, assistive technology, sexuality, service coordination, advocacy, and attendant care. Offers programs in budgeting and checkbook balancing, cooking and meal preparation, housing assistance, and job readiness.
• Information and Referral: Maintains information on accessible housing, transportation, employment opportunities, information of persons available to serve as personal care attendants, interpreters for hearing impaired, or readers for visually impaired people, and various other services.
• Peer Helper Services: Involves helping others to manage, remove, or cope with barriers they encounter. 
• Statewide Action Team (SWAT): Administers program designed to unite all persons with disabilities by providing effective implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Service Area

Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Tioga, and Union counties

Contact Information

Center for Independent Living of North Central Pennsylvania
210 Market Street, Suite A
Williamsport, PA 17701-6633
Phone: (570) 327-9070 or (800) 984-7492
Fax: (570) 327-8610
Website: http://www.cilncp.org

Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Inc.

Mission

The mission of the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Inc. (CCCS of Northeastern PA) is to educate and assist the general public on the intelligent and prudent use of consumer credit; to provide professional budget and housing counseling to families and individuals; and, where appropriate, to arrange a debt management program for financially distressed consumers to liquidate their debts in an orderly and equitable manner.

Year of Origin

1978

Core Programs

• Budget counseling: Teaches individuals sound methods of managing money and credit to avoid financial problems.
• Debt management program: Establishes orderly repayment plans between an individual and his or her creditors.
• Credit report review: Obtains and reviews an individual's credit report. Services also include providing recommended actions to repay debt, advising on resolving errors, and teaching the individual to understand the credit reporting process.
• Housing counseling: Offers several mortgage counseling programs ranging from affordable housing programs for first-time home buyers to mortgage delinquency counseling.
• Education programs: Offers a variety of money management, credit and first-time home buyer programs to schools, colleges, businesses, lenders, and civic organizations.
• Employer assistance: Offers this service to businesses that have training programs for their employees. Topics include, but are not limited to, budgeting, using credit wisely, and correcting one's credit report.
• Pre-bankruptcy counseling: Includes an evaluation of an individual's financial situation, a review of alternatives to bankruptcy, and the development of a personal budget plan.
• Offers a personal financial management instructional course.

Service Area

Twenty-three counties in northeastern and central Pennsylvania

Contact Information

Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Inc.
Williamsport Office
201 Basin Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: (800) 922-9537
Website: http://www.cccsnepa.org/

Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity

Mission

A nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

Year of Origin

1976

Core Programs

• Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit and financed with affordable loans. The homeowners' monthly mortgage payments are used to build future Habitat houses.
• Habitat ReStore: Provides a valuable source of cash flow through the sales of donated building materials.
• Women Build: Enables women to discover for themselves that they can build Habitat for Humanity homes.

Service Area

Lycoming County

Contact Information

Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity
540 Lycoming Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: (570) 322-2515
Fax: (570) 322-3186
E-mail: Contact.Us@LycomingHabitat.org
Website: http://www.lycominghabitat.org/

Hope Enterprises, Inc.

Mission

To help individuals with handicaps and mental disabilities overcome obstacles and enjoy full, happy lives.

Year of Origin

1952

Core Programs

• Early Learning: encourages the development of young children through meaningful hands-on activities.
• Adult Training Facility: provides individuals with mental retardation and autism a stimulating environment that fosters personal development.
• Vocational Rehabilitation: assesses the vocational, behavioral, and independent/self-help skills of mentally challenged individuals.
• Group Homes: serves people with a wide range of developmental disabilities, including mental retardation, autism spectrum disorders, communication disorders, and mental health issues with nursing care and medical support.
• Life Sharing: places individuals with mental retardation with caring families.
• In-Home Services: provides training and assistance to people who live at home with their families or who are living on their own.
• Community Employment Services: assists individuals with disabilities obtain employment.
• Community Access Program: exposes all participating individuals to paid work, volunteer work, social/recreational activities, and job search training.
• FOCES (FOCES On Community Employment Success): a social rehabilitation program with an emphasis on pre-employment training.
• Industrial Program: provides a service to community businesses by meeting short-term and long-term manpower needs.
• Custodial Program: provides federal, state, and commercial facilities with customized cleaning with a workforce composed of individuals with developmental disabilities and nondisabled workers.

Service Area

Clinton and Lycoming counties

Contact Information

Hope Enterprises, Inc.
P.O. Box 1837
2401 Reach Road
Williamsport, PA 17703-1837
Phone: (570) 326-3745
Toll-free: (800)326-9712
E-mail: info@heionline.org
Website: http://www.heionline.org

Lycoming-Clinton Counties Commission for Community Action (STEP), Inc.

Mission

Work to impact the causes and condition of poverty, to promote and support self-sufficiency, to promote economic development and job creation, to provide decent and affordable housing for low- and moderate-income persons, to raise the per capita income of low-income persons, and to accomplish these goals through the operation of social service, economic development, housing development, and training and education programs.

Year of Origin

1964

Core Programs

Offers social services, training, and education programs designed to assist low-income and disadvantaged individuals in achieving or maintaining self-sufficiency.

Service Area

Lycoming and Clinton counties

Contact Information

STEP, Inc.
2138 Lincoln Street
P.O. Box 3568
Williamsport, PA 17701-8568
Phone: (570) 326-0587 or (800) 346-3020
Fax: (570) 322-2197
E-mail: STEP@stepcorp.org
Website: www.stepcorp.org

Lycoming Neighborhood Development Corporation

Mission

To provide safe, decent, and affordable housing to residents of Lycoming County.

Year of Origin

1970

Core Programs

• Develops new homes and rehabilitates existing properties for purchase or rent.
• Participates in communities initiatives, such as an audit to assess traffic patterns and the "walkability" of Lycoming County.

Service Area

Lycoming County

Contact Information

Lycoming Housing Development Corporation
960 West Third Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: (570) 279-6500
Fax: (570) 323-2426
E-mail: LyonLNDC@aol.com
Website: http://www.lndc.us/mission.html

Our Towns 2010

Mission

An affiliate organization of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce that seeks to revitalize communities, protect and develop resources, and inspire community confidence and pride through a shared vision.

Year of Origin

1998

Core Programs

• Administers the Main Street program for Lycoming County. Six communities have received Main Street designations: Williamsport, Hughesville, Jersey Shore, Montgomery, Montoursville and Muncy.
• Coordinates "First Friday" celebrations of art, entertainment, and cultural events.

Service Area

Lycoming County

Contact Information

Our Towns 2010
Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce
100 West Third Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: (570) 326-1971
Fax: (570) 321-1208
E-mail: chamber@williamsport.org
Website: http://www.williamsport.org/ot2010/index.htm

SEDA-Council of Governments (SEDA-COG)

Mission

SEDA-COG is a regional, multicounty development agency that provides leadership, expertise, and services to communities, businesses, institutions, and residents under the guidance of a public policy board. SEDA-COG seeks to enhance growth opportunities in an environmentally sensitive manner while retaining the region's predominantly rural character. It is both a direct-service provider and a link to other resources that can be applied to a wide range of community and economic needs. SEDA-COG is also an advocate for the interests of its communities at the state and federal levels.

Year of Origin

1957

Core Programs

• Provides assistance to central Pennsylvania's communities to address issues such as housing, recreation, downtown revitalization, and public infrastructure
• Provides services, including financing, sales to the government, and assistance with exporting

Service Area

SEDA-COG's core service area includes Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, and Union counties. The Procurement Technical Assistance Program and the SBA 504 program also serve the neighboring counties of Adam, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York.

Contact Information

SEDA-Council of Governments
201 Furnace Road,
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Phone: 570-524-4491
Fax: 570-524-9190
Website: http://www.seda-cog.org/seda_cog/site/default.asp

Skills of Central Pennsylvania, Inc.

Mission

To assist individuals with disabilities obtain and maintain employment.

Year of Origin

1960

Core Programs

• Residential Services: provides funds for rent, household items, utilities, food, clothing, emergency housing, moving services, and personal finances.
• Community Services: provides skills and assistance to individuals in obtaining and maintaining employment.
• Behavioral Health Services: creates an individualized plan to help individuals develop adaptive behaviors and reduce problem behaviors that interfere with learning and community life.
• Children and Youth: provides safety, protection, and support services in a community home for children and adolescents requiring protective custody in Blair County. Three community homes are operated in Altoona.

Service Area

Adams, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Cumberland, Huntingdon, Jefferson, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Perry and York counties.

Contact Information

Skills of Central Pennsylvania, Inc.
Corporate/Centre Co.
341 Science Park Rd.
State College, PA 16803
Phone: (814) 238-3245
Fax: (814) 238-5117  
Website: http://www.skillsofcentralpa.org

Transitional Living Center for Women

Mission

To assist female offenders with their reintegration into the community from state correctional institutions. The programs offered by the Transitional Living Center are based on cognitive restructuring and behavior modification.

Year of Origin

1987

Core Programs

• Offers an educational group related to preventing relapse among female offenders
• Provides a behavior modification program

Service Area

North Central Pennsylvania

Contact Information

Traditional Living Center for Women
900 West 3rd Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: (570) 326-7220
Fax: (570) 326-6687
E-mail: gregtlc@comcast.net
Website: http://tlcwilliamsport.org/index.html

YWCA of North Central Pennsylvania

Mission

The YWCA of North Central Pennsylvania is affiliated with the YWCA of the USA, a women's membership movement committed to the empowerment of women and the elimination of racism. The YWCA has a commitment to community service, focusing on the special needs of women. It is the YWCA's goal to help women achieve self-sufficiency and to encourage their personal development.

Year of Origin

1893

Core Programs

• Offers programs and services focusing on these major areas: domestic violence services, residential and bridged-housing, advocacy, and prevention-based programs.
• Provides homeless women with children in Lycoming County with transitional housing through Liberty House. Liberty House provides shelter, food, clothing, life skills education, access to medical services, child care, counseling, case management, parenting, and structure to families for up to 24 months.
• Offers the young and the young at heart a warm water pool with a variety of classes ranging from tai chi to kickboxing, parenting classes for both men and women and many other services and programs.

Service Area

Bradford, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, and Union counties

Contact Information

YWCA of North Central Pennsylvania
815 West Fourth Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: (570) 322-4637
Fax: (570) 322-3029
Website: http://www.ywcawilliamsport.org/ywcawlmsprt/site/default.asp

• Last updated: Friday, August 22, 2008