Topics:
Abuse
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Advocacy
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Child/Day Care |
MH Counseling/ Psychiatry
Crisis-MH/Substance Abuse
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Cultural |
Developmental Disabilities
Detox/Substance Abuse Referrals/Treatment
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Eating Disorders
Emergency Assistance (food, shelter, fuel)
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Family/Parenting
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Care for the Homebound
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HIV/AIDS
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Home Health Care Agencies
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Hospice
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Hospitals
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Physician Referral |
Medical/Low Cost Health Care |
Medical/Special Needs
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National Organizations
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Older Adults
Psychiatric Hospitalization
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Support Groups |
Suicide |
Grief
& Loss
| Youth
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Women's Issues
Children and Youth Services (CYS)
20 S. 69th Street, Upper Darby, PA. Phone: 610-713-2000
531 Penn Street, Chester, PA. Phone: 610-447-1000
100 W. 6th Street, Media, PA. Phone: 610-891-5258
CYS investigates all allegations of child abuse and neglect, as
mandated by state law. Provides a wide range of services to abused
and neglected children from birth to age 18, and their families as
well as services to adolescents who are at severe risk due to their
behavior or that of their parent.
www.co.delaware.pa.us/humanservices/childyouth.html
Domestic Abuse Project
24 hour hotline: 610-565-4590
14 West 2nd Street, Media, PA. Phone: 610-565-6272
2600 W. 9th Street, Chester, PA Phone: 610-497-6737
Provides immediate crisis intervention, information, support,
referrals, emergency, advocacy and support in filing for temporary
Protection From Abuse (PFA) orders and representation for clients at
permanent PFA hearings. Offers accompaniment and advocacy for
victims involved in criminal proceedings against their abusers.
Provides shelter to adults and their dependent children at imminent
risk of physical abuse. Transitional housing program offers
longer-term subsidized housing and intensive case management. Short
and long-term supportive/educational counseling.
www.dapdc.org
Elder Abuse
Coordinated through COSA (County Offices of Services to the Aging)
If you believe someone is in need of Adult Protective Services, call
610-490-1300 or after business hours call 610-622-9284.
www.delcosa.org
Family Support Line
100 West 6th Street, Media, PA 610-891-5237
Provides free therapy groups for children and adolescent victims of
sexual abuse. Also provides parents therapy group and access to a
therapy network.
www.familysupportline.org
Life Beyond Abuse
Offers support and treatment to all members of the cycle
of abuse. Programs include individual counseling, moderated support
groups and assistance to victims involved in custody and visitation
issues. For information and location, call 610-565-3399.
www.lifebeyondabuse.org
Runaway
1-800-621-4000 OR 1-800-RUNAWAY
Senior Victim Services
20 S. Olive St., Suite 303, Media, PA, 610-627-2292 – Free service
that assists senior (55 years of age and older) victims of crime
through home visits; accompaniment to judicial proceedings and
related medical appointments; assistance filing compensation claims;
and public education programs.
WAR (Women Against Rape)
(rape, sexual abuse, incest), 610-566-4342, 610-566-7954, 24
hour hotline, provides accompaniment services to the hospital,
police station, court proceedings, or counseling services.
Advocacy
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Delaware County Office of Behavioral Health
– provides mental health court/delegate services, community advocate
610-713-2387, Community Support Program (CSP), and Contingency Fund
Mental Health Association of Southeastern
PA
- A nonprofit citizen's organization serving adults, children
and family members through programs and advocacy efforts
1-800-688-4226, ext. 228
www.mhasp.org/
PRO-ACT (Pennsylvania Recovery Organization-Achieving Community Together) A support group of volunteers advocating for the recovery community, their families, and for those still suffering from the disease of addiction. Call 1-800-221-6333 to enroll in the family program, which is offered in convenient locations through Delaware County. www.proact.org
SPAN – Suicide Prevention Awareness Network - dedicated to
preventing suicide through public education, awareness, community
action, federal, state and local advocacy
www.spanusa.org
Child/Day Care
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Child Care Information Systems (CCIS)
20 S. 69th Street, Upper Darby, PA
Provides child care subsidies and serves children from birth to 13
years whose parents
are employed and meet eligibility guidelines. Also, funding is
available for teen parents
to complete their high school education. Fees are based on family
size and income. Call
1-800-831-3117 or complete an online application at
https://www.humanservices.state.pa.us/COMPASS/PGM/ASP/SC001.asp
Head Start
Delaware County Intermediate Unit, 200 Yale Ave, Morton, PA
Provides preschool children of low-income families with a
comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health,
nutritional and psychological needs. Call 610-938-9000, ext. 2208
for information on enrollment.
www.dciu.org/92244215122318/site/default.asp
Office of Early Intervention
20 S. 69th Street, Upper Darby, PA 610-713-2406 – Offers services to
children from birth to 3 years who experience developmental delays.
Widener University Child Development Center 610-499-1097
Women, Infants & Children program (WIC) provides supplemental foods and nutrition education to pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, infants, and young children up to age 5. Call 1-800-WIC-WINS or 610-497-7668 (administrative office) for information. Offices locations in Springfield 610-328-7930, Chester 610-497-7660, and Upper Darby 610-352-7925
Mental
Health Counseling/Psychiatry
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American Day Treatment Center
401 Pilgrim Lane, Suite 100, Drexel Hill, PA – Mental health
assessments, partial day hospitalization and intensive outpatient
treatment programs. Call 1-888-CARE-898 for appointment.
http://www.mainlinehealth.org/mlh/centprog/bhealth/article_3211.asp
Catholic Social Services
240 N. Springfield Road, Springfield, PA
Phone: 610-626-6550/6559
130 E. 7th Street, Chester, PA
Phone: 610-876-9183
Provides family, marital, and individual counseling on a sliding fee
scale. For pregnant and parenting teens, call 610-876-7101.
www.css-phl.org/index.html
Center for a Healthy World
Free mental health counseling in exchange for community
service. Dori Middleman, M.D. Phone: 610-664-7793
Child Guidance Resource Centers
2000 Old West Chester Pike, Havertown, PA
Phone: 484-454-8700
Provides behavioral healthcare services for children, adolescents
and families with mental health, developmental disabilities, and
residential needs.
www.cgrc.org/
Crozer Chester Medical Center Psychiatry
Phone: 610-874-5257
Crozer Chester Community Hospital
Phone: 610-497-7687
(Adults), 610-497-7584 (Children)
Offers behavioral health services for children and adults that
include psychiatric evaluation, medication management, individual,
family, and group therapy, case management.
Daemion House Community Counseling Center
92 Howellville Road, Berwyn, PA
Phone: 610-647-1431
Offers fee-based counseling on a sliding fee scale to uninsured/
underinsured members of the community.
Elwyn
111 Elwyn Road, Elwyn, PA
Phone: 610-891-2000
Elwyn has been providing services to people with special needs for
over 150 years. Elwyn provides services to children and adults with
mental illness as well as individuals with developmental delays.
Provides services for adults with developmental disabilities and
children and adolescents with social, emotional, and behavioral
challenges.
www.elwyn.org
Family & Community Service
600 N. Olive Street, Media, PA
Phone: 610-566-7540
37 N. Glenwood Ave., Clifton Heights, PA
Phone: 610-626-5800
Provides individual and family counseling, participates in the
Second Time Around Parents (STAP) and Parents as Leaders (PAL)
programs. Accepts medical assistance, most insurances, and has a
sliding scale fee.
www.fcsdc.org
Fitzgerald Mercy Outpatient Psychiatry
Phone: 610-237-4122
Holcomb Behavioral
Health Systems
225 S. 69th Street, Upper Darby, PA
Phone: 610-352-8943
126 E. Baltimore Pike, Media, PA
Phone: 484-444-0412
Provides behavioral health assessments, treatment, referral, case
management services, and mobile therapy.
NHS (Formerly Northwestern Human Services)
See also listing under “Crisis-MH/
Substance Abuse”
Phone: 610-534-3636
Social Work Consultation Services (SWCS)
Provides free services to residents of Chester and
surrounding areas in the home or in their offices located at
Community Hospital. They offer family programs, counseling, and
information and referral services.
Call 610-859-6047 or visit
www.swcs.cef.org
Widener University Community Counseling
Center
provides wide range of psychological and counseling services
including educational assessment, psychological testing, individual
therapy for children and adults, couples and family therapy,
substance abuse counseling, and sports psychology. Fees for services
are based on a sliding scale. Call 610-499-1261 for information or
an appointment. Closed mid-June through early August.
Crisis-MH/Substance
Abuse
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Mental Health Psychiatric Crisis Centers and Crisis
Services:
Project Reach
Phone: 610-352-4703; Emergency beeper: 610-515-6726
A free crisis management service for Delaware County residents.
Staff are trained to assist in mental health emergencies, family and
school-based emergencies. Phone consultations and on-site
assessments provided.
Crozer Chester Medical Center Crisis Services
One Medical Center Blvd., Upland, PA
Phone: 610-447-7600
Provides 24
hour, walk-in crisis services.
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Crisis Services
Lansdowne Ave. and Bailey Rd., Darby, PA
Phone: 610-237-4210
Provides
24-hour, walk-in crisis services.
Crisis-Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment
Crozer Chester Community Hospital Division
(Base Service Unit & Anchor Provider)
2600 W.9th Street, Chester, PA
Phone: 610-497-7700.
For substance abuse assessments, call 610-497-7223.
7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. walk in open admission.
Accepts Medical Assistance.
KeyStone Center
(Anchor Provider)
2100 Providence Ave., Chester, PA
Phone: 610-876-9000
Substance abuse
assessments, referral, and treatment.
Mirmont Treatment Center
100 Yearsley Mill Road, Media, PA
Phone: 610-744-1400
24 hour walk in
substance abuse assessment; treatment and referral services.
NHS – (Northwestern Human Services)
(Base
Service Unit & Anchor Provider)
800 Chester Pike, Sharon Hill, PA
Phone: 610-534-3636
Mental health and
substance abuse assessment, treatment and referral services. Accepts
Medical Assistance.
Center for Addictive Diseases (CAD)
See listing under “Detox / Substance Abuse Referrals/ Treatment”
Cultural
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Cultural Connections Collaborative Program
Phone: 610-447-6003
A resource guide for immigrant families living in Delaware County.
Developmental Disabilities
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Elwyn
111 Elwyn Road, Elwyn, PA
Phone: 610-891-2000
Provides services for
adults with developmental disabilities and children and adolescents
with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges.
Office of Mental Retardation
Phone: 610-713-2400
Provides support coordination services including needs
assessment and service planning, coordination and monitoring.
Holcomb
Behavioral Health Systems
See listing under “mental health”
Child Guidance Resource Center
See listing under “mental health”
NHS Human
Services of Delaware County
See listing under “mental health”
Detox/substance
abuse referrals/treatment
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Center for Addictive Disease (CAD)
401 Pilgrim Lane, Suite 100, Drexel Hill, PA
Substance abuse assessments, intensive outpatient, and outpatient
treatment for adults and adolescents.
Call 1-888-CARE-898 for appointment.
www.mainlinehealth.org/mlh/centprog/bhealth/article_3211.asp
Crozer Chester Community Hospital Division
See listing under
“Crisis-MH/Substance Abuse”
Holcomb Behavioral Health Systems
See listing under “mental health”
KeyStone Center – Provides detoxification, inpatient, and outpatient rehabilitation services for adults, and outpatient rehabilitation services for adolescents. See listing under “Crisis-mental health/substance abuse.”
Mirmont – Provides detoxification
services, inpatient and outpatient treatment for adults. See listing
under
“Crisis-mental health/substance abuse”
NHS (Northwestern Human Services)/New
Directions in Delaware County
800 Chester Pike, Sharon Hill, PA
Phone: 610-534-3636
20 S. 69th Street, Upper Darby, PA
Phone: 610-713-9580
Provides assessments, outpatient and intensive outpatient addiction
treatment for adults and adolescents.
Eating Disorders
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Anorexia-Bulimia Association Hotline
Offers free hotline counseling, a national network of support
groups, referrals to healthcare professionals, education and
prevention programs. Call 1-847-831-3438 weekdays from 9AM-5PM
Central Time.
www.anad.org
Belmont Center
4200 Monument Road, Philadelphia, PA
Phone: 215-877-2000
Inpatient hospitalization for children, adolescents, and older
adults. Partial hospitalization for adolescents and older adults.
Intensive outpatient for older adults.
www.einstein.edu/yourhealth/behavioral/eating/index.html
Renfrew Center
475 Spring Lane, Philadelphia, PA
Phone: 1-800-736-3739, 1-877-367-3383
Residential, transitional living, and outpatient treatment program
for women and adolescents.
www.renfrew.org
Friends Hospital
4641 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia, PA
Phone: 1-800-889-0548
Inpatient eating disorder program for adolescents and adults.
www.friendshospitalonline.org/Eatprogram.htm
Emergency
Assistance (food, shelter, fuel)
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Community Action Agency
Provides employment/life skills training, housing, utility,
emergency shelter, and food assistance.
Chester: 610-874-8451
Darby: 610-583-9133
Media: 610-891-5101 (Administrative Offices)
www.caadc.org
Domestic Abuse Project
Provides tenant-based transitional housing for victims of
domestic violence.
Phone: 610-565-6272
24 hour hotline: 610-565-4590
www.dapdc.org
(see also listing under “Abuse”)
Office of Adult Services
Phone: 610-713-2115
Provides and coordinates and variety of services to eligible
families and individuals including case management, rent and utility
assistance, emergency shelter, transitional housing.
Salvation Army
Emergency food and shelter.
Phone: 610-874-4266 (Chester location)
Family and
Parenting
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Associates of Springfield Psychological
Phone: 610-544-2110
Provides parenting skills training and family counseling
610-544-2110
www.springfieldpsychological.com
Bernardine Center
Phone: 610-497-3225
Provides no cost parenting workshops for mothers, fathers,
and families.
www.bernardinecenter.org
Catholic Social Services
Phone: 610-626-6559
Provides family, marital, and individual counseling on a
sliding fee scale.
There is also a program for pregnant and parenting teens - for more
information on this program, please call 610-876-7101.
See listing under “Mental heath counseling.”
Center Foundation
Phone: 610-565-6171
Provides mentoring for teens, women, and job seekers; young parents
support network.
www.thecenterfoundation.org
Delaware County Family Centers
Eastern Delco Site (Mercy Fitzgerald Campus)
St. Bernard Hall, 2nd Floor, 1515 Lansdowne Ave., Darby, PA
Phone: 610-532-2811
Chester Upland Site Crozer Community Division
2600 W. 9th Street, Ground Floor Chester, PA
Phone: 610-494-9280
Each Family Center provides parenting workshops, family literacy
programs, information and referrals.
DRG Counseling
Phone: 610-357-5627
Provides fee-based parenting workshops in Chadds Ford.
Family and Community Service
See listing under “Mental Health”
Media location phone: 610-566-7540
Clifton Heights location phone: 610-626-5800
Provides the Second Time Around Parents (STAP) program for
grandparents raising their grandchildren.
Family Life Office
Phone: 610-660-9002
Early childhood and parenting of teens (fee based) through
the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Call for locations and schedule.
Family Support Line
Phone: 610-891-5253
Free community groups for childhood victims of sexual abuse
and sliding scale fee for parents. Co-parenting program also
available through Anthony Goldsmith.
www.familysupportline.org
Healthy Communities Initiatives (HCI)
Phone: 484-442-8532
Parenting workshops and discussion groups.
www.hci-rtm.org
Holcomb Behavioral Health Systems:
Prevention/Education Services
Phone: 484-444-0412
Offers individual and group programs for parents. Also home of The
Corner S.P.O.T. (Supervised Programs Organized for Teens) for youth
in grades 6-12. Call for more information and an updated schedule.
www.holcombprevention.org/indexhome.htm
Michelle Kindt
Phone: 610-688-1424
Offers fee-based parenting workshops.
www.michellekindt.com
Passages Counseling Center
Phone: 610-891-9923
Offers parenting and co-parent assistance. Accepts many insurance
plans or fee based services.
www.passagescc.com
PathwaysPA
Phone: 610-543-5022
Residential and community-based services, including parenting
classes, outreach and job training for low income women, children,
and families
http://pathwayspa.org
Parents Involved Network – (PIN)
135 Long Lane, Upper Darby, PA
Phone: 610-713-9401
A parent run, self-help/advocacy information and referral resource
for families of children and adolescents with emotional or
behavioral disorders.
www.pinofpa.org
Social Work Consultation Services
Phone: 610-859-6047
The Center for Social Work and Psychological Services offers
Families Together Program and provides free individual and family
counseling, and educational testing for school children. Educational
and psychological testing for individuals of all ages is also
available.
www.socialworkcounselingservices.org
Hair Care Services for the
Homebound
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Bernadette
Boylan
610-659-5039
Stephanie Saravello
484-320-8326
HIV/AIDS
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AIDS Care Group
2304 Edgemont Ave., Chester, PA 19013, 610-872-6131 – Provides
community outreach; education and prevention, testing and results
counseling - 610-494-6911 and 610-499-9020.
www.aidscaregroup.org
ChesPenn Health Services
125 E. 9th Street, Chester, PA 19013 610-876-1600 – Provides
community outreach, education and prevention, testing and results
counseling. www.chespenn.org
Mazzoni Center, HIV/AIDS Health Center
1201 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA
215-563-0652, 215-563-0658
HIV Test Type: Confidential and free
Times: Monday-Friday, 9am-9pm
Cost: HIV testing is FREE. Other STD testing is on a sliding scale
Other Testing: Syphilis, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, herpes, HPV.
www.mazzonicenter.org
Washington West Location, WALK-IN Testing Center
1201 Locust Street, Philadelphia PA
215-985-9206
9am-9pm Monday–Friday, Except Tuesdays 9am-3pm,
Saturdays 1pm-5pm
ActionAIDS
1026 Arch St., Philadelphia PA
267-940-5515
(other locations throughout Philadelphia)
Provides HIV testing, case management, housing support, information
and referral.
HIV Test Type: Free and Confidential (Oral Rapid Test)
WALK-IN Hours:
Mon. 11am-1pm, Tues. 10am-12pm, Wed. 1pm-4pm, Thurs. 12pm-2pm
Fri. Appointment ONLY
www.actionaids.org
William Way LGBTQ Community Center
1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA
215-732-2220
Times: Mondays 2pm-5pm
Public Health Center #1
1400 Lombard Street (Broad and Lombard Streets), Philadelphia, PA
215-685-6570
HIV Test Type: Anonymous and Confidential
WALK-IN ONLY- M, T, TH, F: 8-3:45 M, And W, 8-6:30
PHACE
South Philadelphia Office
2317 S 23rd St., Philadelphia, PA
215-468-4673 EXT. 107
Testing Type: Rapid HIV Testing; Confidential
Times: No Appointment Necessary
Tues – Friday, 10am-5:30pm
Cost: Free
HIV Testing ONLY
Delaware County Health Department – Chester
125 E 9th Street, Chester, PA
610-872-6131
Testing Type: Confidential & Anonymous
Times: No Appointment. Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 9-5pm; Wed 10-6pm
Cost: Free
The Attic
255 S 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA
215-545-4331
Test Type: Anonymous
Times: No Appointment. Mon-Fri 1-9pm
Cost: Free
Testing for Chlamydia and Syphilis also available.
Media Health Center
216 W State Street, Media, PA
610-566-2830
Home Health Care Agencies
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AccuCare Home Nursing
1999 Sproul Road, Suite 1
Broomall, PA 19008
610-353-7360
All About Staffing, Inc.
8600 West Chester Pike, Suite 100
Upper Darby, PA 19082
610-352-6007
Bayada Nurses, Inc.
100 W. 6th Street, Suite301
Media, PA 19063
610-891-9400
Bea Staffing Services
23 South 4th Street
Colwyn, PA 19023
610-461-1068
Beckett Apothecary and Home Health Care, Inc.
1000-1004 Chester Pike
Sharon Hill, PA 19079
610-586-3100
Care Management Associates
26 War Admiral Lane
Media, PA 19063
610-566-2273
ComForcare Senior Service
111 North Olive St., 2nd Floor
Media, PA 19063
610-566-5102
Comfort Keepers in Chadds Ford
1204 Baltimore Pike, Suite 301
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
610-358-1640
Comfort Keepers in Springfield
920 W. Sproul Road
Springfield, PA 19064
610-543-6300
Complete Healthcare Services, Inc.
6415 Market St.
Upper Darby, PA 19082
610-713-0441
Criticare/Chadds Ford
223 Wilmington/West Chester Pike
Suite 104
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
610-675-1111
Elite Helpers Homecare Solution
415 E. Baltimore Pike, Suite 203
Media, PA 19063
610-450-4877
Epicure Home Care
410 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
610-642-3200
Frances Nurses Directory, Inc.
P.O. Box 207
Clifton Heights, PA 19018
610-623-1930
215-561-6262
Gentle Care, Inc.
99 Pancoast Ave.
Aston, PA 19014
610-497-1901
Griswold Special Care
113 N. Lansdowne Ave.
Lansdowne, PA 19050
610-622-5555
Granny’ Helping Hands (formerly Just Great Companions)
111 N. Lansdowne Ave., Suite A-1,
Lansdowne, PA 19050
610-284-4244
Heron Companions
691 Burmont Rd.
Drexel Hill, PA 19026
610-259-9701
Home Care Network
100 Mattsonford Rd.
Radnor, PA 19087
610-254-1600
Home Health Specialists, Inc.
349 West State Street
Media, PA 19063
610-566-2700
Home Helpers/Direct Link
423 Burmont Rd.
Drexel Hill, PA 19026
484-461-8887
Home Instead Senior Care
600 N. Jackson Street, Suite 200
Media, PA 19063
610-565-8901
Home Helpers
P.O. Box 184
Lima, PA 19063
610-358-1110
Home Nurses
512 West Lancaster Avenue, Suite 2
Wayne, PA 19087
610-975-9600
Homewatch Caregivers
2933 Oakford Rd.
Ardmore, PA 19003
484-562-0330
Jorpat Nursing Services, Inc.
85 N. Lansdowne Avenue, Suite 2
Lansdowne, PA 19050
610-622-0338
Liberty at Home
102 West Rose Tree Rd.
Media, PA 19063
610-566-3791
Life Force Elderly Services
3544 West Chester Pike, Suite 216
Newtown Square, PA 19073
610-359-0260
Lifeline Home Health
530 Baltimore Pike
Springfield, PA 19064
610-328-2788
Lisette Home Care Services
2710 Concord Rd.
Aston, PA 19014
484-480-6669
Mercy Home Health Care Services, Inc.
1001 Baltimore Pike, Suite 310
Springfield, PA 19064
610-690-2600
Millennium Home Health Care, Inc.
1101 Sussex Blvd.
Broomall, PA 19008
610-543-4126
PA Agency of Nurses
15 St. Albans Circle
Newtown Square, PA 19073
610-359-1649
Premier Care & Staffing Services, Inc.
6754 Market St, 2nd Fl.
Upper Darby, PA 19082
610-352-6553
Right At Home
111 Carlton Place
Media, PA 19063
610-566-6650
Senior Helpers
1489 Baltimore Pike, Suite 224
Springfield, PA 19064
610-604-9850
SENIORS Helping SENIORS
201 Cooper Drive
Wallingford, PA 19086
610-546-4064
Senior Homecare By Angels, Inc.
28 W. Eagle Rd., # 201
Havertown, PA 19083
610-924-9663
STARR Associates
401 E. Chester Pike, Suite 2
Ridley Park, PA 19078
610-522-9199
Successful Aging Care Net
7016 Terminal Square, Suite 5-A
Upper Darby, PA 19082
484-461-6634
Supportive Care, Inc.
1223 West Chester Pike
Havertown, PA 19083
610-449-7790
Total Health Home Care Corp.
2710 Township Line Road
Upper Darby, PA 19082
610-853-1402
Victoria Home Care, LLC
630 Fairview Road, Suite 212
Swarthmore, PA 19081
610-544-3037
Hospice
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Hospice services provide palliative care to individuals with a life
expectancy of six months or less. Most hospice care is provided in
the home, but may take place in a hospice home or a
hospice/palliative care area within a medical facility. Requesting
hospice care may be the first time that individuals, or their
families, acknowledge that their condition is not treatable. It may
be the first time that they have to deal with their death as a
reality taking place within a few months. The emotional journey to
be able to deal with these issues may take a while, and therefore
may delay the time when the person begins to receive hospice care.
The focus of hospice is not on treatment, but on pain and symptom
management, comfort measures, acknowledging that the individual will
die, supporting the family, and trying to provide the best quality
of life for the time remaining. Hospice functions under the
philosophy that although some terminally ill patients may no longer
receive treatment, they still require and deserve care.
Asera Care Hospice
690 Stockton Drive, #100
Exton, PA 19341
610-458-3703
Services: Bucks, Chester, Delaware & Montgomery Counties
Critical Care Systems
3901 Columbia Avenue, #200
Linwood, PA 19061
610-485-9900
Delaware County Memorial Homecare & Hospice
5030 State Road, Ste. 3001
Drexel Hill, PA 19026
610-284-0700
Heartland Hospice Services
5 Christy Drive, #103
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
484-840-0811
Services Chester & Delaware County
Home
Care Network of Jefferson Health System
(including Bryn Mawr, Lankenau and Paoli Memorial Hospitals)
100 Matsonford Road, #400
Radnor, PA 19087
610-254-1600
Services: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery & Philadelphia
Counties
Neighborhood Health Agencies, Inc.
Hospice Services
400 E. Marshall Street
West Chester, PA 19380
610-696-6511
Services: Chester, Western Delaware, Eastern Lancaster & Western
Montgomery Counties
Taylor Hospice
300 Johnson Avenue
Ridley Park, PA 19078
610-521-5822
Vitas Innovative Care
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital
1500 Lansdowne Avenue, MSB 4
Darby, PA 19023
610-237-5010
Hospitals
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Bryn Mawr Hospital
130 S. Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA
610-526-3000
Children’s Hospital
of Philadelphia
34th and Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA
215-590-1000
Accepts Medical Assistance
Crozer Chester Medical Center
One Medical Center Blvd., Upland, PA
610-447-2000
Accepts Medical Assistance
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
501 N. Lansdowne Ave., Drexel Hill, PA
610-284-8100
Lankenau Hospital
100 Lancaster Ave., Wynnewood, PA
610-645-2000
Mercy Fitzgerald
Hospital
1500 Lansdowne Ave. and Bailey Rd., Darby, PA,
610-237-4000
Accepts Medical Assistance
Riddle Memorial Hospital
1068 W. Baltimore Pike, Media, PA
610-566-9400
Springfield Hospital
190 W. Sproul Road, Springfield, PA
610-328-8700
Taylor Hospital
175 E. Chester Pike, Ridley Park, PA
610-595-6000
Physician Referral
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County Medical Society: 610-892-7750
Crozer
Keystone Health Systems: 1-800-254-3258
Riddle Memorial Hospital Physician Referral: 610-891-3600
Main Line Health:
1-866-CALL-MLH, 1-866-225-5654
(Bryn Mawr, Lankenau, Paoli & Riddle Hospitals)
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ChesPenn Health Services
Adult & Pediatric Services
Chester Community Hospital
2600 W. Ninth Street
Chester, PA 19013-2098
610-859-2059
ChesPenn Health Services
Eastside Health Center
Adult & Pediatric Medical & Dental Services
125 East 9th Street
Chester, PA 19013
610-872-6131
ChesPenn Center for Family Health
1 South State Road, Suite A
Upper Darby, PA 19082
610.352.6585
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital – Ambulatory Clinic
1503 Lansdowne Avenue, Second Floor
Darby, PA 19023
610.237.2529
Monday through Thursday, 12:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
PA Department of Health - Delaware County State Health Center
Public health clinics, TB, STD and more …
151 W. Fifth Street
Chester, PA 19013-3250
610-447-3250
Greater Philadelphia Health Action, Inc. (www.gphainc.org)
Offers comprehensive primary and behavioral healthcare, health
services and childcare.
5000 Woodland Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19143
215.726.9807
Pennsylvania Health Law Project – Provides advocacy, legal assistance, and referral services for issues of access to health care coverage www.phlp.org 1-800-274-3258
Delaware County Board of Assistance
Medical Assistance Applications
Chester 610-447-3015 | Darby
610-461-3800
Medical/Special
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Elwyn, Inc.
| 610-891-2000 – See listing under
“Developmental Disabilities”
Elwyn
Family Friends
| 610-891-7377 – Intergenerational
program that offers caring adults the opportunity to make a
difference in the lives of children with special needs.
National
Organizations
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American Association of
Suicidology (AAS)
Promotes research, public awareness programs,
public education, and training for professionals and volunteers and
serves as a national clearinghouse for information on suicide.
American Foundation for the Prevention
of Suicide
Dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research
and education and outreach to individuals with mood disorders and
those affected by suicide.
Suicide Awareness/Voices of Education
Mission is to prevent suicide through public awareness and
education, eliminate stigma and serve as a resource to those touched
by suicide.
Kristin Brooks Hope Center - The
National Hopeline Network
Phone:
1.800.SUICIDE (784.2433)
Brings the tremendous knowledge, skill and resources of existing
crisis centers under the safety net of a single, easy-to-remember,
toll-free telephone number. People in crisis generally don’t have
the energy or ability to take on a long search for help.
National Organization of People of
Color Against Suicide
Formed to stop the tragic epidemic of suicide in minority
communities. The organization is developing innovative strategies to
address this urgent national problem including community-based
prevention strategies, corporate partnerships to build alliances in
inner cities, and assistance to local government, law enforcement,
schools and mental health officials to make an larger impact in
suicide prevention.
Suicide
Prevention Resource Center
Provides prevention support, training, and resources to assist
organizations and individuals to develop suicide prevention
programs, interventions and policies, and to advance the National
Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
National Center of Suicide Prevention
Training
Provides educational resources to help public officials, service
providers, and community-based coalitions develop effective suicide
prevention programs and policies.
National Council for Suicide
Prevention
Furthers suicide prevention through collaborative activities and
information sharing in order to save lives.
The Jason Foundation
School-based suicide prevention curriculum.
Yellow Ribbon Suicide
Prevention Program
A community-based program educating and empowering adults, youth,
and professionals.
Organization for Attempters and
Survivors of Suicide in Interfaith Services (OASSIS)
Offers educational programs regarding interfaith and spiritual
approaches to suicide prevention and awareness, as well as
organizing systems-wide support, training professional caregivers,
and offering consultative services to national organizations,
religious communities, health care providers, higher educational
institutions, law enforcement, and military personnel.
Screening
for Mental Health, Inc.
SOS (Signs of Suicide, High School program) -
A nationally recognized suicide prevention program for high school
students.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
See listing under “Support Groups”
Suicide Prevention Awareness Network
See listing under “Advocacy”
Older Adults
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County Office of Services for the
Aging (COSA)
206 Eddystone Ave., 2nd floor, Eddystone, PA
610-490-1300 | 1-800-416-4504
Provides community information, in-home, and volunteer services for
older adults including the GATEWAY program-(Giving Assessment,
Treatment, and Empowerment in the Aging Years), which targets adults
60 and up with behavioral health issues and connects them to
appropriate resources.
www.delcosa.org
Psychiatric Hospitalization
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Bryn Mawr Hospital
| 610-526-3000 or 866-225-5654
Inpatient psychiatric program for adults and adolescents over the
age of 14 requiring mental health treatment. Co-occurring disorders
track.
Crozer
Chester Medical Center
| 610-447-7700 |
610-874-5257
Adult inpatient services available.
Mercy Fitzgerald
Hospital
610-237-4122
Adult inpatient and outpatient services available.
Support Groups
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Addiction
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Southeast PA Intergroup Association of AA
www.sepennaa.org , 215-923-7900
Clubhouse – Upper Darby, PA
| 610-352-9897
Intergroup office |
215-923-7900
Al-Anon/Alateen – A
program based on the 12 steps of Alcoholic Anonymous for family and
friends affected by someone else’s drinking. For meeting
information, call 1-888-425-2666, 215-222-5254 or
PA Al-Anon Web site:
www.pa-al-anon.org/
Debtor’s Anonymous
A 12 step recovery program from compulsive debt.
www.debtorsanonymous.org/
New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania
Hotline: 1-877-717-DEBT
www.njpada.org/
Gambler’s Anonymous
A 12 step program for compulsive gamblers
Philadelphia hotline: 215-468-1991 or 1-888-442-7085
www.gamblersanonymous.org/
Nar-Anon Family Group
A program based on the 12 steps of Narcotics Anonymous for people
who know someone who is addicted.
Pennsylvania Hotline: 1-800-678-4989
Meetings in
Pennsylvania- click here
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
www.na.org
Delaware County NA Meeting
Information: 610-534-9510
www.gprsona.org
Overeater’s Anonymous -
www.oa.org A 12 step recovery program for compulsive
overeaters.
A Time To Heal
- Support Group for Children and Teens who are experiencing a
suicide loss, Linda Falasco, LCSW at 484-571-8010
Mental Health
ASCEND Group/Asperger’s
Syndrome Alliance of PA Support Group Information for families
and caregivers
www.ascendgroup.org
610-449-6776
CHADD – Children & Adults with
Attention Deficit Disorder
Chester and Main Line Counties (West Chester) 610-429-4060
www.chadd.org
NAMI – National Alliance for the
Mentally Ill
Support and free family education program for family and friends of
individuals with serious mental illness.
Delaware County 610-623-0071
Main Line 610-896-7531
www.nami.org
Depression/Bipolar Support
Alliance – Meets Mondays (except holidays) from 7-9 pm at
Springfield High School, 49 West Leamy Ave., Springfield, PA
1-877-687-9552
www.DBSAlliance.org
Recovery, Inc. - A
self-help program to help manage problems such as anger, anxiety,
fears, depression, compulsions, obsessions and phobias. Meetings in
Delaware County.
Local information: 215-332-0722
www.recovery-inc.com
Suicide
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Delaware
County Suicide Prevention Awareness Task Force
The Delaware County Suicide Prevention Awareness Task Force offers
information and education about, and assistance and support to,
efforts to lessen the incidence of suicide and the stigma associated
with suicide and suicide loss.
www.delcosuicideprevention.org
Feeling Blue - 610-715-0076
A community-based organization dedicated to decreasing the rising
incidence of suicide, reducing the stigma, and supporting people
affected by depression or loss of loved one to suicide by education,
training, and linking people to resources.
www.feelingblue.org
Contact
Greater Philadelphia - (215) 355-6000, (610) 649-5250 or
(888) 855-5525 (toll-free in the Greater Philadelphia area).
A nonprofit organization that provides free and confidential
telephone-based crisis and suicide intervention services to those in
need in the Greater Philadelphia region. Contact's services
are provided on a 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year basis. All services
offered by the organization are provided by volunteers who are
recruited and trained by Contact. Clients call Contact’s
crisis hotlines for assistance in dealing with loneliness,
depression, anxiety, drug and alcohol dependence, difficulties with
marital or other interpersonal relationships, job loss and financial
problems.
www.contactgreaterphiladelphia.org
Suicide Anonymous 610-715-0076
Designed to help people with suicidal preoccupation and behavior
based on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
Survivors of Suicide
(SOS) 215-545-2242
Provides support to those who have lost a family member, loved one,
or friend to suicide
http://phillysos.tripod.com
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Compassionate Friends
610-544-6645; 610-337-9726 – Support for parents, siblings and
grandparents
www.compassionatefriends.org
Peter’s Place – A Center for Grieving Children and Families
150 N. Radnor-Chester Rd., Suite F-130, Radnor, PA 19087
www.petersplace10.com
| 610-687-5150 - Peter’s Place offers a
safe, private setting for grieving children and families to get help
with the healing process. Children, teens, and parents meet every
other week in free peer support groups, which are led by experienced
professionals and trained volunteers.
Taylor Hospice –
Bereavement support groups
610-521-5822
www.taylorhospice.org
Youth
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Teen Helpline - Free telephone support
for teens after school hours 610-351-TEEN
GLBTQTA
The Attic 215-545-4331
– Provides social, educational, youth leadership, and support, as
well as counseling, HIV support and prevention case management.
Services are free of charge to youth and their families
www.atticyouthcenter.org
Main Line Youth Alliance –
Friday night support group in Wayne. Information: 610-688-1861 or
www.myaonline.org
PRYSM Youth Group-
484-444-0412 126. E Baltimore Pike Media PA 19063 The mission of
Prysm Youth Center of Delaware County is to provide Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning youth and their Straight
Allies (LGBTQA) with a safe, supportive, non-judgmental environment
where they can meet regularly and be themselves. The center will
facilitate social, educational and supportive activities as well as
opportunities to participate in outreach, activism, and leadership
development. The center is open to youth ages 14-20.
www.PRYSM.vpweb.com
24 Hour Hotlines
Childline – Child abuse reporting
1-800-932-0313
Domestic Abuse Project 610-565-4590
(see also listing under
“Abuse”)
Poison Control – Information about
poisoning 1-800-222-1222
Project Reach – Mobile crisis
intervention 610-352-4703; beeper 215-515-6726
Runaway Hotline - 1-800-621-4000
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline -
1-800-273-TALK (24/7) or 1-800-273-8255
Women’s Issues
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Pregnancy
Amnion Crisis Center
944 Haverford Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 610-525-1557
2251 Garrett Road, Upper Darby, PA 610-622-9957
Services include self testing, counseling, education, and referrals.
Offered free of charge. Option Line 1-800-395-HELP
Delaware County Pregnancy Center
2508 Edgmont Avenue, Chester, PA
610-872-2229
Services include limited medical services, counseling, abortion
information, referrals, post abortion support, on going pregnancy
support, adoption information, parenting education program.
Maternity Care
Coalition
224 Long Lane, Upper Darby, PA
610-713-0570
Programs to support maternal and child health through community and
professional education, research and advocacy.
www.momobile.org/programs.html
Pennsylvania
Reproductive Associates
819 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA, 215-922-3173
5217 Militia Hill Rd., Plymouth Meeting, PA 610-834-1140, ext. 352
www.womensinstitute.org
PENN Fertility Care
Donor Egg Program, 1-800-789-PENN
www.pennhealth.com/fertility/embryo_donor.html
Safe Haven of Pennsylvania – Also known as the Newborn
Protection Act, it states that a parent of a newborn (less than 28
days old) may leave the child in the care of a hospital without
being criminally liable providing that the following criteria are
met: the parent expresses orally or through conduct that they intend
for the hospital to accept the child, and the newborn is not a
victim of child abuse or criminal conduct.
Call 1-866-921-SAFE
Postpartum Depression
Catholic Social Services – See listing
under “mental health counseling”
Center for Postpartum Depression
8405 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA
215-247-2114
The Postpartum Stress
Center
1062 Lancaster Ave., Suite 8, Rosemont, PA 19010
610-525-7527
www.postpartumstress.com
PathwaysPA – See listing under
“Family/Parenting”
Women’s Resource Center
113 W. Wayne Ave., Wayne, PA
610-687-6391
Provides support to women who are in crisis or in transition through
counseling, legal, and educational services.
www.womensresourcecenter.net/index_m.html
Planned Parenthood
1216 West State Street, Media, PA
610-566-2830
Provides abortion referral, birth control services, emergency
contraception’s, HIV testing, LGBT services, pregnancy testing,
options & services, STD testing and treatment.
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