Pennsylvania 211:
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If you need to connect with resources in your community, but don’t know where to look, PA 211 is a great place to start. From help with a utilities bill, to housing assistance, after-school programs for kids, and more, you can dial 211 or text your zip code to 898-211 to talk with a resource specialist for free. Our specialists will listen to your needs, and give you information on programs in your community that might be able to help.
Visit our search page to explore programs available in your community by categories such as financial assistance, housing, and food. You can also connect with a resource specialist via chat during business hours.
Cumberland County Aging & Community Services
Schaner Senior Center - Senior Center Offers recreation, social, and educational activities. Provides congregate group noon meals.
98 South Enola Drive
Enola, PA 17025
Eligibility: Adults age 60 years and older
Hours: Call for information
(717) 776-4478
Downtown Daily Bread
Harrisburg - Homeless Prevention Program
Offers a Soup Kitchen with daily lunch and weekday breakfasts in a sit-down dining room (To-go bags also available), Day Shelter (Cots, computers, phones, e-charging stations, and tables are available), and Client Assistance (Clothing and personal items/essentials and counseling/case management). Provides Shower and Mail services.
234 South Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Eligibility: No limitations or restrictions
Hours: Breakfast: Monday through Friday, 7:00am to 8:00am Lunch: Daily, 12:00pm
to 1:00pm Day Shelter: Monday through Friday, 7:00am to 2:00pm Client
Assistance: Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 12:00pm Shower Services:
Monday, 7:30am to 11:00am; Tuesday, 7:30am to 11:30am; Wednesday
through Friday, 7:30am to 2:00pm Mail Services: Monday, 8:30am to
12:00pm; Tuesday through Friday, 8:30am to 2:00pm (Closed for Lunch
12:00pm to 12:30pm)
(717) 238-4717
Downtown Daily Bread
Harrisburg, Overnight Shelter - Men's Winter Overnight Shelter
Serves as a winter overnight shelter.
Families with children needing shelter should call HELP Ministries at 717-238-2851 between 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday. When HELP office is closed, call Crisis Intervention at (717) 232-7511 or 1-888-596-4447.
234 South Street
Top Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Eligibility: Male age 18 and older
Hours: Monday through Sunday, 7:30pm to 6:30am
(717) 238-4717
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Saint Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral
Harrisburg - Warming Shelter at St. Stephen's
Operates as a warming center on Sunday afternoons. Provides warm drinks and snacks and a place to relax.
221 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Eligibility: Women, children, and non-binary individuals
Hours: December 1 through March 31: Sunday, 1:00pm to 4:00pm
(717) 236-4059
Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging
Warming StationsOpens during winter months and operates as a day center for those seeking shelter from the elements.
2 South Second Street
Dauphin County Administration Building,
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Eligibility: Adults age 60 and older
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm
Cumberland County Aging & Community Services
West Shore Senior Citizens Center - Senior Center
Offers recreation, social, and educational activities. Provides congregate group noon meals.
122 Geary Avenue
New Cumberland, PA 17070
Eligibility: Adults age 60 years and older
Hours: Call for information
(717) 776-4478
Cumberland County Aging & Community Services
Mechanicsburg Place Senior Adult Center - Senior Center
Offers recreation, social, and educational activities. Provides congregate group noon meals.
97 West Portland Street
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
Eligibility: Adults age 60 years and older
Hours: Call for information
Red Land Senior Center
Lewisberry - Senior Center
Operates a senior center. Services include a daily congregate meal program, health screenings, recreational and socialization programs, educational seminars, wellness programs, driver's education courses, food services, day trips, and more. Provides information and referral to connect individuals to additional services as needed. Operates as a cooling station for those who cannot adequately cool their homes or do not have a place to cool down.
736 Wyndamere Road
Lewisberry, PA 17339
Eligibility: Adults age 60 and older
Residents of York County
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 3:00pm
Independent Senior Citizen Resource Centers in York County
Dillsburg Senior Center - Dillsburg Senior Activity Center
Offers Senior Center Services: Recreation, socialization, and education; Info & referrals available for aging issues; Partnering with Area Agency on Aging; Volunteer opportunities; Weekday noon meals or home-delivered meals to home-bound unable to prepare their own; Occasional evening and weekend activities; Transportation can be provided through Rabbit Transit; Occasional community service project opportunities available for interested seniors.
1 North Second Street
PO Box 51
Dillsburg, PA 17019
Eligibility: Adults age 60 and older
Residing in York and/or Cumberland County
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm
(717) 432-2216
Salvation Army Carlisle
Carlisle - Senior Action Center
Operates a facility that provides a variety of daily activities. Provides a meal at 11:30am for program participants.
20 East Pomfret Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
Eligibility: Adults age 55 and older
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 2:00pm
(717) 249-5007
Northeastern Senior Community Center
Mount Wolf - Senior Center
Offers programs for socialization and recreation including educational programming, and provides health services. A meal is served daily on-site, and home-delivered for those with a limited ability to leave home.
131 Center Street
Mount Wolf, PA 17347
Eligibility: A) Adults age 60 and older, or spouse regardless of age
B) Residents of zip codes 17011,17043, 17050, 17055, 17070, 17315, 17318, 17319, 17339, 17345, 17347, 17370, 17402, 17404, 17406, 17408
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 2:00pm
(717) 266-1400
Independent Senior Citizen Resource Centers in York County
Yorktown Senior Center, Inc. - Yorktown Senior Center
Offers the following Senior Center Services: Recreation, socialization, education; Information & referral to area agency on aging caseworker-approved services; Info & referral to other agencies as deemed necessary; Specialized transportation; Volunteer opportunities; Monthly minimal health screening; Weekday noon-time meals; Transportation can be provided; Income tax preparation, pace application, property tax, and rent rebate; Senior Environmental Corp (sec) - volunteer water monitoring, volunteer dealing with other environmental issues, speakers on environmental issues.
509 Pacific Avenue
York, PA 17404
Eligibility: Adults age 60 and older
Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30am to 2:30pm
(717) 854-0693
2024-2025 Code Blue Season - York County
Overflow Shelter - Code Blue Overflow Shelter
Operates as an overnight overflow shelter during the Code Blue season (November 1st through March 31st) once LifePath's main shelter spaces are full.
370 West Clarke Avenue
York, PA 17401
Eligibility: No limitations or restrictions
Hours: Overflow will open as needed, call for details
(717) 472-8911
Independent Senior Citizen Resource Centers in York County
White Rose Senior Center
Offers the following services: Daily congregate meal program, meals served at noon; Home delivered meals available for those eligible; Annual nutrition screening and education; Regularly scheduled social, recreational, physical fitness, and educational programming; Online computers are available at all of the activity centers; Transportation is provided by: Rabbittransit Senior Ride Program; Assistance in filling out forms and applications; Tax preparation services are available; and Groups for chorus, bible study, art classes, book club, etc.
27 South Broad Street
(Broad Park Apartments)
York, PA 17403
Eligibility: A) Adults age 60 and older
B) Spouse of a consumer age 60 and older
C) Disabled adult child living with parents who are 60 and older
D) A personal aide who is under 60 and accompanying an adult age 60 and older
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm
(717) 843-9704
2024-2025 Code Blue Season - York County
LifePath Christian Ministries - Code Blue Day/Overnight Shelter - York City
Operates as a day shelter/warming center and an overnight shelter during the Code Blue season (November 1st through March 31st).
367 West Market Street
York, PA 17401
Eligibility: No limitations or restrictions
Hours: Day Shelter: Public warming station is only provided as needed due to severe weather, call for details
Overnight Shelter: Open every night, call for details
(717) 472-8911
LifePath Christian Ministries
Main Campus - Extreme Weather Relief Center - Code Blue Shelter Services
Provides Code Blue Shelter Services from November 1, until March 31. Offers overnight emergency shelter and a warming station during the day at 367 W Market Street.
363-369 West Market Street
York, PA 17401
Eligibility: No limitations or restrictions
Hours: Code Blue Shelter: November 1, through March 31, open every night
Warming Station: Call for details
(717) 472-8911
2024-2025 Code Blue Season - York County
Beacon Resource Center - Code Blue Day Shelter - Beacon Resource Center
Operates as a day shelter/warming center during the Code Blue season (November 1st through March 31st).
408 West Market Street
York, PA 17401
Eligibility: No limitations or restrictions
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 12:30pm to 3:00pm
(717) 699-8445
2024-2025 Code Blue Season - York County
Covenant House Youth Shelter - Youth Code Blue Day Shelter
Operates as a day shelter/warming center during the Code Blue season (November 1st through March 31st).
307 East King Street
York, PA 17403
Eligibility: This resource is for youth
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 8:00pm
(717) 430-8573
Crispus Attucks York
Active Living Center
Provides educational, nutritional, social, and recreational activities. Operates as a cooling station for those who cannot adequately cool their homes or do not have a place to cool down.
605 South Duke Street
York, PA 17401
Eligibility: Adults age 60 and older
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 3:00pm
(717) 848-3610
Columbia Dream Center
Columbia - Columbia Dream Center Restart Day Center
Shelter guests and the community can come to the Day Center for help with needed resources. They have a Case Manager who can assist with job and home searches, obtaining id's, recovery assistance, professional connections, benefits, medical connections and much more.
All are welcome to hang out at their Day Center for a warming or cooling station. Free lunch 11:00am to 12:00pm, coffee, water, snacks, and resource help.
360 Locust Street
Columbia, PA 17512
Eligibility: Anyone in need
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 3:00pm
***Code Blue: January 11, 2025 8:00am to 5:00pm***
(717) 449-0492
Independent Senior Citizen Resource Centers in York County
Susquehanna Area Senior Center
Offers the following services: A congregate meal program; Home-delivered meals available for those eligible; Annual nutrition screening and education; Regularly scheduled social, recreational, physical fitness, and educational programming; Online computers are available at all of the activity centers; Transportation is provided by: Rabbittransit Senior Ride Program; Assistance in filling out forms and applications; Tax preparation services are available; and Groups for chorus, bible study, art classes, book club, etc.
2427 Craley Road
Wrightsville, PA 17368
Eligibility: A) Adults age 60 and older
B) Spouse of a consumer age 60 and older
C) Disabled adult child living with parents who are 60 and older
D) A personal aide who is under 60 and accompanying an adult age 60 and older
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 2:30pm Congregate Meals: Daily, 12:00pm
(717) 244-0340
Lancaster County Food Hub
Warming Center
Providing a warming station for individuals during extreme cold. Lunch provided.
812 North Queen Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Eligibility: Anyone in need
Hours: Sunday, December 22, 2024, 10:00am to 4:00pm
(717) 291-2261
Moravian Center of Lancaster
Lancaster Moravian Church - Warming Station
Providing a warming station for individuals during extreme cold. Offering Trivia and a movie. Refreshments provided.
227 North Queen Street
2nd Floor
Lancaster, PA 17603
Eligibility: Anyone in need
Hours: Saturday, December 21, 2024, 3:00pm to 6:00pm
(717) 723-0958
Saint Joseph Catholic Church
Lancaster - Warming Station Providing a warming station for individuals during extreme cold. Refreshments provided.
440 Saint Joseph Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Eligibility: Anyone in need
Hours: Saturday, December 21, 2024, 11:00am to 2:00pm
(717) 397-6921
