Open Hearth’s Goal Achievement Program (GAP) is our homelessness prevention program that provides short-term, decreasing level rent payment assistance to those who are at risk of becoming homeless due to an unforeseen, short-term financial crisis. Eligibility: Renter residing in Northern Chester County or Western Montgomery County (see this flyer for list of eligible municipalities: Open [...]
Chester County has approved $1.8 million in additional CARES funding to help cover rental payments for those with job and income losses. The previous $750 per month rent limit does not apply to this new money. Qualified applicants can receive assistance that may cover up to a six-month period. To get started, Call 211 and press [...]
The Phoenixville Food Insecurity Team (PFIT) has released the following calendar of food pantry and meal locations in Phoenixville for October 2020: October PFIT October PFIT Spanish
The Chester County Department of Aging and APPRISE health insurance counselors will provide free, confidential assistance to Medicare beneficiaries during the Annual Open Enrollment Period, October 15, 2020 to December 7, 2020. See the flyer below for information on these free phone appointments: 2020 Save Money on Medicare Open Enrollment for 2020 9.8.2020
Pennsylvania's Governor has announced the availability of the COVID Alert PA app that can notify users if they may have been exposed to COVID-19 without revealing their identity or location. COVID Alert PA is a free, voluntary mobile app developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health in partnership with NearForm, UPenn, and MIT Lincoln Laboratory [...]
The Chester County Health Department is offering a series of flu vaccine clinics at multiple locations around the county. See the following for more information and to register: Vaccination Clinics Schedule 9 11 20 v3 ESP 2020 Master Clinic Schedule Spanish
Check out the PA CareerLink and United Way Financial Stability Center’s September virtual workshop calendar: September 2020 Virtual Workshop Calendar Feel free to reach out to Darshana Shyamsunder at dshyamsunder@uwchestercounty.org if you have any questions. Thank you! Darshana Darshana Shyamsunder Director, Community Impact Initiatives United Way of Chester County 610-429-9400, ext. 4112
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the issuance of an Order under Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act to temporarily halt residential evictions to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. This is an initial summary of what the moratorium contains: It is in effect as of September 4th [...]
A few updates to note for the Phoenixville Food Insecurity Team (PFIT) calendar for September— Starting this week the school lunch program sites are having a time change to 11am-12:30pm so it is in line with the lunch time of the school day. Distribution site locations will remain the same. Also, Phoenixville Area Senior [...]
Phoenixville's Steel Town Village is launching a Fall Community Garden on Saturday, September 19. Details in flyer linked below: Phx Gardening flyer
