Beginning July 15, most families with children will begin receiving monthly installments of the Child Tax Credit. Families will receive $250 per month for each child age 6 through 17 and $300 per month for children younger than 6. For more information visit childtaxcredit.gov. There’s also a fun video prepared by the Economic Security Project [...]

Compass Mark's (www.compassmark.org) mission is to prevent addiction through education, skill-building, and community mobilization.  Please take a few minutes to fill out their community survey so that they can provide the best addiction prevention services to Chester County.  Deadline: July 31, 2021. English survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R5FNSWY Spanish survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/962NS6F

Below you will find the Phoenixville Food Insecurity Team (PFIT) calendar in English and Spanish for the month of June. June PFIT June PFIT Spanish

Phoenixville Area Community Services is having another food "drive" on Saturday, June 5th, from 12-4 p.m. Cars can drive up to PACS on Morgan Street with a donation in the trunk or backseat. Staff and volunteers will unload cars for contactless drop off. Receipts are available upon drop off. Please feel free to reach out at melissa.threadgill@pacsphx.org [...]

Phoenixville Hospital/Tower Health is currently undertaking a Community Health Needs Assessment and seeks your feedback on 9-minute survey. The information that you provide is important to help better serve the community, address health and social needs, and shape the future of care for our community. Take the survey here:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/phoenixville_hospital_community_survey. Español: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/phoenixville_hospital_spanish_community_survey

Help the Chester County Department of Human Services better connect you, your family, and your community to information and services by taking their brief 5-minute survey by Monday, June 21, 2021 at 5:00 PM. Human services include services that residents need to improve their health, meet their basic needs, achieve self-sufficiency, and take care of their [...]

The State Library of Pennsylvania is participating in the Community Web Program and is seeking the URLs for web pages, blogs, local newspapers, and social media for the local history organizations, minority communities, religious organizations, ethnic subcultures, LGBTQ+ information, and any other social organizations in the community to ensure their stories will be preserved for future [...]

This year's Chester County Single Mothers’ Conference will take place on Saturday, May 22 with virtual workshops and guest speakers on Facebook Live and Zoom. This free conference is devoted to empowering single moms in their role as sole provider for the family, with workshops on careers, fitness, mental health, entrepreneurship, creativity and finance. Learn more and [...]

The Federal Communications Commission has launched a temporary program to help families and households struggling to afford Internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Emergency Broadband Benefit provides a discount of up to $50 per month toward broadband service for eligible households. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to [...]

Chester County residents can have up to one month of their utility bills and rent/mortgage paid by the Federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program.  See the flyer below for eligibility requirements and contact information. EFSP Help paying bills