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SHEROS-HHEROS Community Resources
Community Resources
You do not have to navigate every challenge alone. SHEROS-HHEROS connects youth, young adults, families, and community members with information and resources that may help them take their next step.
SHEROS-HHEROS provides resource information as a community service. Organizations listed on this page are independent unless specifically stated otherwise.
Resources Hub
Find practical support for youth, families, and community members.
Use this guide to quickly scan resource categories, compare options, and choose the right next step. Some listings may feature independent outside organizations unless SHEROS-HHEROS is specifically identified.
Approved resource categories
- Youth & Family Support
- Food & Basic Needs
- Housing & Shelter
- Reentry & Second-Chance Support
- Employment & Workforce Development
- Education & Training
- Legal Resources & Legal Literacy
- Mental Health & Wellness Resources
- Violence Prevention & Community Safety
- Mentoring & Youth Development
- Parenting & Caregiver Support
- Transportation Assistance
- Emergency/Crisis Resources
SHEROS-HHEROS programs and services are identified where applicable; other listings are independent organizations unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Please contact each provider directly to confirm current availability, eligibility, and service details.
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Grace
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Joy
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Wisdom
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Strength
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Hope
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Purpose
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Love
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Focused support pathways
Second Chance & Reentry Resources
Returning home, rebuilding after justice-system involvement, or supporting a loved one through reentry can involve employment, identification, housing, education, legal, and family needs. SHEROS-HHEROS helps connect individuals and families with available community resources and second-chance opportunities.
- Identification support
- Guidance on replacing or obtaining key documents such as birth certificates, state ID cards, Social Security records, and related paperwork often needed for services and employment.
- Employment pathways
- Connections to second-chance hiring pathways, job-readiness coaching, resume/interview support, and practical planning for stable income after returning home.
- Housing navigation
- Support in understanding available housing options, transitional pathways, eligibility requirements, and steps to secure safer, more stable living arrangements.
- Education & training access
- Information about GED completion, vocational training, certifications, college pathways, and skill-building opportunities that support long-term growth.
- Legal support direction
- Practical direction on legal literacy topics, record-related questions, rights awareness, and where to seek qualified legal help for individual circumstances.
- Family reconnection & support
- Resources that help families rebuild communication, strengthen support systems, and coordinate youth and caregiver needs during reentry transitions.
Community Resources
Find support by category, then open what you need
Search by keyword, filter by focus area, and expand each category to view verified resources as they are published.
Listings below are independent community resources and are not SHEROS-HHEROS programs or partners unless explicitly stated.
Example: housing, youth, legal, wellness, employment
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Community Resource · Featured General Resource Finder
211 Southeastern Pennsylvania
- What they help with
- Food, housing, utilities, healthcare, family support and other human-service referrals.
- Call
- 211 or 866-964-7922
- Text
- 898-211
Project HOME's current Philadelphia resource guide also directs residents to these 211 contact options.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
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Youth & Family Support
Independent Community Resource
Philadelphia DHS — Family Empowerment Services
- What they help with
- Assessing family needs and connecting families to social, economic and parenting support.
- Who they serve
- Philadelphia families.
- Phone
- 215-683-4000
- Service area
- Philadelphia families.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
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Food & Basic Needs
Independent Community Resource
Philabundance
- What they help with
- Hunger relief and connections to food resources.
- Who they serve
- Individuals and families needing food assistance in the Philadelphia region.
- Phone
- 215-339-0900
- Service area
- Philadelphia and surrounding region.
Verified note: Philabundance lists its South Philadelphia Hunger Relief Center at 3616 S. Galloway Street and directs urgent inquiries to its main number.
Website link will be added after verification.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
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Housing & Shelter
Independent Community Resource
Project HOME
- What they help with
- Housing, homelessness services, healthcare, education/employment services and outreach.
- Who they serve
- People experiencing or at risk of homelessness and other vulnerable Philadelphia residents.
- Phone
- 215-232-1984
- Service area
- Philadelphia.
Verified note: Project HOME maintains an updated Philadelphia emergency-housing resource guide.
Website link will be added after verification.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
Independent Community Resource
Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services
- What they help with
- Shelter access, homelessness prevention and outreach.
- Who they serve
- Philadelphia residents needing housing and homelessness support.
- Phone (General questions)
- 215-686-7175
- Phone (Street Outreach Hotline)
- 215-232-1984
- Service area
- Philadelphia.
The City currently lists separate daytime and after-hours intake locations for families, single adults and veterans, and shelter hours and availability can change.
Website link will be added after verification.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
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Second Chance & Reentry Support
Community Resource · Featured
City of Philadelphia — Division of Reentry / Office of Reentry Partnerships
- What they help with
- Reentry resources, training, referrals and support for people impacted by the criminal legal system.
- Who they serve
- Adults 18+ and a juvenile reentry support route for ages 12–24.
- Phone
- 215-683-3370
- [email protected]
- Location
- 1425 Arch Street, 1st Floor, Philadelphia.
- Service area
- Philadelphia.
Website link will be added after verification.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
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Employment & Workforce Development
Independent Community Resource
PA CareerLink Philadelphia
- What they help with
- Job search assistance, career services, training and workforce-development resources.
- Who they serve
- Philadelphia job seekers and employers.
- Suburban Station
- 215-557-2592
- Service area
- Philadelphia.
Verified note: PA CareerLink currently lists four Philadelphia career centers, including West, Suburban Station, North and Northwest locations.
Website link will be added after verification.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
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Education & Training
Verified resources for this category will be added here. This panel is ready for reusable resource cards and service updates.
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Legal Resources & Legal Literacy
Independent Community Resource
Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
- What they help with
- Free civil legal advice and representation for qualifying low-income Philadelphia residents.
- Phone
- 215-981-3700
- Service area
- Philadelphia residents.
Important: CLS handles civil matters, not criminal cases, and eligibility requirements apply.
Website link will be added after verification.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
Independent Community Resource
Philadelphia Legal Assistance
- What they help with
- Free civil legal assistance in areas including family law, home preservation, unemployment compensation and certain other civil matters.
- General Intake
- 215-981-3800
- Family Law Hotline
- 215-981-3838
- Save Your Home Philly
- 215-334-HOME (4663)
- Service area
- Philadelphia.
Website link will be added after verification.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
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Mental Health & Wellness Resources
Independent Community Resource
Philadelphia DBHIDS
- What they help with
- Mental-health service navigation, behavioral-health referrals and crisis support.
- Who they serve
- Philadelphia residents seeking behavioral-health support, including uninsured/underinsured residents and Medicaid/Community Behavioral Health participants.
- Phone (Uninsured/underinsured Philadelphia residents)
- 215-685-5400
- Phone (Medicaid/Community Behavioral Health)
- 888-545-2600
- Phone (Mental Health Delegate Hotline)
- 215-685-6440
- Service area
- Philadelphia.
Crisis support: call or text 988, available 24/7.
Website link will be added after verification.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
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Violence Prevention & Community Safety
Independent Community Resource
Philadelphia Office of the Victim Advocate
- What they help with
- Resource navigation, advocacy and support for victims and co-victims of violent crime.
- Who they serve
- Victims and co-victims of violent crime in Philadelphia.
- Phone
- 215-686-2115
- [email protected]
- Service area
- Philadelphia.
Website link will be added after verification.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
Community Resource
Philadelphia Division of Safe Neighborhoods
- What they help with
- Violence prevention, victim advocacy, reentry support, overdose prevention/recovery and community-based safety programming.
Additional contact and service-area details were not provided in this verified update.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
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Mentoring & Youth Development
Independent Community Resource
Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence
- What they help with
- One-to-one and school/community-based youth mentoring.
- Who they serve
- Youth and families across Greater Philadelphia and parts of South Jersey.
- Phone
- 215-790-9200
- Philadelphia office
- 100 N. 20th Street, 5th Floor.
- Service area
- Philadelphia, Chester, Montgomery and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania and Camden, Burlington and Gloucester counties in New Jersey.
Website link will be added after verification.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
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Parenting & Caregiver Support
Independent Community Resource
Philadelphia Parenting Education & Parent Cafés
- What they help with
- Parenting education, support groups and Parent Cafés.
- Who they serve
- Parents and caregivers in neighborhoods across Philadelphia.
- Service area
- Philadelphia.
Verified note: The City says parenting programs are available through more than 35 community organizations, and Parent Cafés are open to parents in neighborhoods across Philadelphia.
Website link will be added after verification.
Information verified September 2026. Programs, hours, eligibility, and availability may change. Contact the provider directly for current information.
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Transportation Assistance
Verified resources for this category will be added here. This panel is ready for reusable resource cards and service updates.
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Emergency/Crisis Resources
Verified resources for this category will be added here. This panel is ready for reusable resource cards and service updates.
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SHEROS-HHEROS provides community resource information for informational and referral purposes. Listings do not guarantee availability, eligibility, quality of services, funding, or acceptance into a program. Outside organizations are independently operated, and inclusion on this page does not by itself constitute endorsement, legal partnership, agency, affiliation, or joint venture. Please contact each provider directly for the most current information.
If you are experiencing an immediate emergency, contact the appropriate emergency service rather than using this website form.