Wayne County
Resource Directory
waynecountypa.gov
Revised: 6/2015
Table of Contents
ServicePage
Wayne County Alcohol and Drug Services 6
AL-Anon/Alateen 7
Alcoholics Anonymous 7
Catholic Social Services 7
Drug and Alcohol Commission 8
Grace Lutheran Church 8
Narcotics Anonymous 8
Path PA Treatment and Healing 9
Wayne County Drug and Alcohol Commission 9
Wayne County Employment and Vocational Guidance 10
CareerLink 11
Catholic Social Services 11
Educational Opportunity Center, Inc. 11
Human Resource Center, Inc. 12
Northampton Community College 12
Penn State Cooperative Extension Wayne County 13
Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation 13
Scranton Unemployment Compensation Service Center 13
Wayne County Assistance Office 14
Wayne County Job Training 14
Wayne County Financial Aid & Insurance/Medical Assistance 15
AARP Pennsylvania Legal Advice Line 16
Beach Lake Free Methodist Church 16
Bible Fellowship Church of Greentown 16
Birthright of Scranton Incorporated 17
Calvary United Methodist Church 17
Catholic Social Services 17
Central United Methodist Church 18
Child Care Information Services of Wayne and Susquehanna Counties 18
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) 18
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania 19
Department of Veteran Affairs (Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center) 19
Forest City Lions Club 20
Friends of the Poor 20
Healthy Beginnings Plus C/O Women’s Health Care
Division of Wayne Memorial Community Health Center 20
Maternal and Family Health Services, Inc. 21
North Penn Legal Services, Inc. 21
PA Department of Health in the Wayne County Health Center 22
Parent to Parent Referral Services 22
Pennsylvania Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service 22
Pennsylvania Dental Association 23
Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate 23
PPL Corporation 24
Real Alternatives 24
Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center 24
Scranton Unemployment Compensation Service Center 25
Social Security Administration-Carbondale Office 25
Trehab Center (Wayne Trehab) 26
Veterans Administration Medical Center Homeless Veterans Program 26
Voluntary Action Center 26
Wayne, Pike, Monroe, and Carbon Counties Chapter American Red Cross 27
Wayne County Area Agency on Aging 27
Wayne County Assistance Office 28
Wayne County Department of Veteran Affairs 28
Wayne County Domestic Relations Office 29
Wayne County Family Center 29
Wayne County Food Assistance 30
Calvary United Methodist Church 31
Friends of the Poor 31
Grace Lutheran Church 31
Hawley United Methodist Church 32
Maternal and Family Health Services, Inc. 32
St. John’s Episcopal Church 32
St. Thomas More Parish 33
Thanksgiving Together 33
Wayne County Area Agency on Aging 33
Wayne County Assistance Office 34
Wayne County Food Pantry Program 34
Wayne County Housing & Transportation Assistance 35
Catholic Social Services 36
Cobler Realty Advisors Inc. 36
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania 36
Habitat for Humanity of Wayne County 37
Manor at Waymart 37
Maple City Transit, Inc. 37
Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate 38
PPL Corporation 38
Real Alternatives 39
Trehab Center (Wayne Trehab) 39
Veterans Administration Medical Center Homeless Veterans Program 39
Wayne County Assistance Office 40
Wayne County Housing Authority 40
Wayne County Redevelopment Authority 41
Wayne County Transportation System 41
Wayne County Mental Health Assistance 42
Advocacy Alliance – A Mental Health Association 43
Allied Rehab at Honesdale 43
Catholic Social Services 43
Devereux Pocono Programs and Services 44
Human Resource Center, Inc. 44
Kathryn Vennie Psychological Services 45
LourdesmontBehavioral Health Services 45
NHS Human Services 45
Northeast Counseling Associates 46
Path PA Treatment and Healing 46
Roger Brinkerhoff 46
Wayne County Parenting Services and Education47
Beach Lake Free Methodist Church 48
Catholic Social Services 48
Child Care Information Services of Pike, Wayne and Susquehanna Counties 48
Domestic Violence Service Center 49
Grace Lutheran Church 49
Kathryn Vennie Psychological Services 49
KidsPeace National Center 50
Learning & Growing Child Care Center 50
LourdesmontBehavioral Health Services 50
Maternal and Family Health Services, Inc. 51
NHS Human Services 51
Northeast Counseling Associates 51
Parents Without Partners 52
Penn State Cooperative Extension Wayne County 52
Pennsylvania Parent Information and Resource Center 52
Real Alternatives 53
Roger Brinkerhoff 53
Scranton-Lackawanna Human Development Head Start Program 53
Treasure House 54
Vineyard Christian Child Center 54
Wayne County Children and Youth Services 54
Wayne County Domestic Relations Office 55
Youth Advocate Program (YAP) 55
Wayne County Office of Behavioral and Developmental Programs and
Early Intervention 56
Wayne County
Drug and Alcohol Services
AL-Anon/Alateen
1.888.425.2666
Hours: Meetings vary throughout the year.
Fees: Free
Services: The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, and hope, in order to solve their common problems. Alateen is the recovery group specifically for young people. Mutual Support Groups.
Alcoholics Anonymous-Northeast Intergroup
42N Main Street
Pittston, PA 18640
Hotline: 570.654.0488
Office: 570.654.1226
Hours:10:00 a.m. – 2 p.m.Saturday
Fees: Free
Services: Mutual Support Groups, Alcohol Abusers, and Twelve-Step Mutual Support Groups
Catholic Social Services
100 Fourth Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
570.253.1777
Fax: 570.253.1058
Hours: Contact number listed above.
Fees: Contact number listed above.
Services:V.A. Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program and transitional substance abuse services
Drug and Alcohol Commission
925 Court Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
570.253.6022
Fax: 570.253.6125
Hours: Contact number listed above.
Fees: Contact number listed above.
Services: Comprehensive outpatient alcoholism treatment programs, drug and alcohol education and intervention group, outpatient substance abuse treatment programs, and relapse prevention programs.
Grace Lutheran Church
Route 507 and Main Street
Gouldsboro, PA 18424
570.842.6409
Hours: Contact number listed above.
Fees: Free
Services: Individual counseling and referral services for victims of chemical dependency; Christian Counseling.
Narcotics Anonymous
1.877.871.9281
Hours: Contact number listed above.
Fees: Free
Services: Series of personal activities known as the Twelve Steps for recovering drug addicts.
PATH: PA Treatment and Healing
6 Collan Park Drive
Honesdale, PA 18431
570.251.0255
Hours:Contact number listed above.
Fees: Contact number listed above.
Services: Drug and alcohol counseling, and family systems counseling.
Wayne County Drug and Alcohol Commission
925 Court Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
570.253.6022
Fax: 570.253.6125
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Fees: Contact number listed above
Services: Assessment for substance abuse, central intake/assessment for substance abuse, comprehensive outpatient substance abuse treatment programs, outpatient substance abuse treatment programs, inpatient substance abuse treatment programs, substance abuse education/prevention, and substance abuse services.
Wayne County
Employment & Vocational Guide
CareerLink
925 Court Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
570.253.1163
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.Monday – Friday
Fees: Contact number listed above.
Services: Employment acquisition, job information, job search/placement, employment preparation, and job training.
Catholic Social Services
100 Fourth Street
Honesdale PA 18431
570.253.1777
Fax: 570.253.1058
Hours: Contact number listed above.
Fees: Contact number listed above.
Services: Employee Assistance Programs.
Educational Opportunity Center, Inc.
431 N. 7th Avenue
7th Avenue Center
Scranton, PA 18503
1.800.248.4465
570.496.0296
Fax: 570.496.0297
Hours: Contact number listed above
Fees: Free
Services:Career counseling and student financial aid. Also provides career and educational guidance, as well as financial aid assistance to adults.
Human Resource Center, Inc.
294 Bethel School Rd.
Honesdale, PA 18431
570.253.3782
Fax: 570.253.1041
Hours: Contact number listed above.
Fees: Free
Services:Assists people with disabilities and mental disturbance in finding, securing, and maintain competitive employment. Job coaches accompany the client and assist with on-the-job training and mentoring. Prevocational training, sheltered workshops, vocational rehabilitation, work activity centers, and work-study programs.
Northampton Community College
314 Tenth Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
570.251.9335
Hours: 9a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Monday - Wednesday
Fees: Contact number listed above.
Services:Adult basic education, adult ESL tests, continuing education, employment preparation, GED instruction, and literacy instruction.
Penn State Cooperative Extension Wayne County
648 Park Street, Suite E
Honesdale, PA 18431
570.259.5970, ext. 4110
Fax: 570.253.9478
wayne.extension.psu.edu
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.Monday – Friday
Fees: Contact number listed above.
Services: Adult education and extension education.
Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
300 G Laird Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702-7013
1.800.634.2060
570.826.2011
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Monday – Friday
Fees: Contact number listed above.
Services: Adult education, vocational centers, career change counseling, special job development, and vocational rehabilitation.
Scranton Unemployment Compensation Service Center
30 Stauffer Industrial Park
Taylor, PA 18517
1.888.313.7284
570.565.3048
Fax: 570.562.4872
Hours: 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.Monday – Friday
7:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.Sunday
Fees:Free
Services: Partial income replacement to those that qualify.
Wayne County Assistance Office
107 Eighth Street, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 229
Honesdale, PA 18431-0229
1.877.879.5267
570.253.7100
Hours:8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Monday – Friday
Fees: Free
Services:Cash assistance, food stamps, Wayne County nursing home payments, medical assistance, energy assistance and employment and training services. Also a disability advocate is on staff to assist with disability social security benefits.
Wayne County Job Training
Wayne County Courthouse
925 Court Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
570.253.7276. OR 570.253.5970, ext. 4150
Fax: 570.253.7278
waynecountypa.gov/employment-training-center
Hours:Contact number listed above.
Fees:Contact number listed above
Services:Career counseling, career development, vocational assessment, classroom training, job training, employment preparation, layoff preparation, job search resource centers, job search/placement, on-the-job training, pre-job guidance, resume preparation and assistance, public employment and training programs, welfare recipient employment programs, summer youth employment programs, and youth job development.
Wayne County
Financial Aid &
Insurance/Medical Assistance
AARP Legal Advice Line
1.866.330.0753
Hours: Contact number listed above.
Fees:Set fees. Low income older persons may be eligible for free service based on income qualification and age.
Services: Immediate access to real attorneys for legal advice and a letter writing service; Consumer Assistance and Protection, and legal counseling.
Beach Lake Free Methodist Church
107 Milanville Road
Beach Lake, PA 18405
570.729.7544
beachlakefmc.org
Hours:Contact number listed above.
Fees:Free
Services:Clothing, low income, poverty level, children
Bible Fellowship Church of Greentown
103 Blue Heron Drive
PO Box 162
Greentown, PA 18426
570.676.9224
Hours: Contact number listed above.
Fees: Free
Services:Clothing distribution and low income
Birthright of Scranton Incorporated
502 Cedar Avenue
Scranton, PA 18505-1183
1.800.550.4900
Hours:7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Thursday
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday by appointment only.
Fees:Free
Services: Pregnancy assistance, baby clothing, maternity clothing, pregnancy counseling, and pregnancy test.
Calvary United Methodist Church
151 Belmont Street
Waymart, PA 18472
570.488.6885
Hours:Contact number listed above.
Fees:Free
Services:Clothing closet, occasional emergency food assistance
Catholic Social Services
100 Fourth Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
570.253.1777
Fax: 570.253.1058
Hours: Contact number listed above.
Fees: Contact number listed above.
Services:HIV/AIDS Case Management Program, money management, personal financial management counseling, temporary financial aid, post-abortion counseling, and pregnancy counseling.
Central United Methodist Church
205 Eleventh Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
570.253.3291
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.Monday – Friday
Fees:Free
Services:Lends medical equipment to those who cannot afford to purchase the equipment or need the equipment for short term needs.
Child Care Information Services of Pike, Wayne and Susquehanna Counties
1356 North Washington Avenue54 Main Avenue
Scranton, PA 18509Hawley, PA 18428
1.800.252.0811570.226.6200
570.341.0811
Fax: 570.341.0817
Hours:8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Monday – Friday
Fees:Free
Services:Child care resource and referral, specialized information and referral, and subsidized child care.
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
1.800.543.7199
Hours: Contact number listed above.
Fees:Free or subsidized depending on income.
Services:Provides free or low cost health insurance to eligible children who meet family size and income guidelines and who do not have private insurance or qualify for medical assistance through the Department of Public Welfare
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania
401 Laurel Street
Pittston, PA 18640
1.800.922.9537
570.602.2227
Hours:Contact number listed above.
Fees:Contact number listed above.
Services:Credit counseling, debt management, employee assistance programs, and personal financial management counseling.
Department of Veteran Affairs (Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center)
1111 East End Boulevard
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
570.824.3521
1.877.928.2621
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday – Friday
Fees:Contact number listed above
Services:Veteran/military health insurance and veteran’s administration hospitals. Provides medical care to eligible veterans in a 304 bed facility that provides primary, secondary, and in selected cases tertiary levels of care in medicine, surgery, rehabilitation medicine, psychiatry, and intermediate medicine including hospice unit. A 180 bed nursing home care unit is situated adjacent to the Medical Center.
Forest City Lions Club
CandleLight Inn
Route 374
Uniondale, PA 18470
570.785.3626
570.785.3397
Hours: 6:30 p.m. 2nd and 4th Monday of each month
Fees:Free
Services: Hearing aids, medical bill assistance, visual/reading aids, and eyeglass collection program
Friends of the Poor
148 Meridian Avenue
Scranton, PA 18504-2010
570.348.4429
friendsofthepoorscranton.org
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Monday – Friday
Fees:Contact number listed above
Services:Clothing and Furniture
Healthy Beginnings Plus
C/O Women’s Health Care Division of Wayne Memorial Community Health Center
110 Park Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
570.253.3005
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
Fees: Free
Services:Birth control, birth orientation programs, breastfeeding, pregnant women, childbirth education, contraception, early pregnancy classes, expectant/new parent assistance, maternal and infant care, midwifery, postpartum care, pregnancy counseling, pregnancy testing, parental care and prepared childbirth.
Maternal and Family Health Services, Inc.
8 Silk Mill Drive, Suite 226
Hawley, PA 18428
570.390.5000
Fax: 570.390.5004
Hours: Contact number listed above.
Fees:Contact number listed above
Services: Women, Infants, & Children – WIC, provides supplemental foods, nutrition education, information and referrals to limited resource and uninsured women and children, birth control, blood tests, breast examinations/mammograms, family planning, obstetrics/gynecology, pregnancy testing, sexually transmitted disease screening, and pap smears.
North Penn Legal Services, Inc.
925 Court Street
Honesdale, PA 18431-1996
570.253.1031
877.515.7465
Fax: 570.754.8510
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.; 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Fees:Contact number listed above.
Services:Provides free legal services in certain civil matters for indigent clients.
PA Department of Health in Wayne County Health Center
615 Erie Heights
Honesdale, PA 18431-1017
1.877.724.3258
570.253.7141
Fax: 570.253.7146
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Fees: Contact number listed above.
Services:Provides childhood and adult immunizations, HIV testing and counseling, TB testing and treatment, lead poisoning and communicable disease follow-up, as well as numerous informational brochures.
Parent to Parent Referral Services
1.800.986.4550
Hours:8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.Monday – Friday
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.Saturday
Fees:Free
Services:Links callers to a broad range of services for children with special health care needs and specialize information and referral.
Pennsylvania Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service
100 South Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
1.800.932.0311
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.Monday-Friday
Fees:Free to contact agency for referral. Lawyers do charge fees for their services. Contact agency for more details.
Services:Matches clients to a Pennsylvania lawyer in a specific area of law.
Pennsylvania Dental Association
3501 North Front Street
P.O. Box 3341
Harrisburg, PA 17105
717.234.5941
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Monday-Friday
Fees: Free
Services:Dentist locator program and senior dental care program
Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate
555 Walnut Street
5th Floor Forum Place
Harrisburg, PA 17101-1923
1.800.684.6560
717.783.5048
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Monday – Friday
Fees: Free
Services:Represents the interest of Pennsylvania’s utility consumers before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, federal regulatory agencies, and state and federal courts. They help consumers with utility complaints and provide consumer education via community seminars and forums.
PPL Corporation
2 North 9th Street
Allentown, PA 18101
1.800.342.5775
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
Fees: Free
Services:PPL’s ON-TRACK program provides payment arrangements based on the client’s ability to pay and a forgiveness of back debt for making payments on time. PPL’s CARES program helps arrange utility payments for customers with temporary hardships.
Real Alternatives
1.888.543.3243
717.541.1112
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
Fees:Free
Services:Baby clothing, baby furniture, maternity clothing, maternity homes, pregnancy testing, and specialized information and referral.
Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center
610 South Washington Avenue
Scranton, PA 18505
570.346.0007
Hours:24-hour service
Fees:Contact number listed above
Services:Thrift shops.
Scranton Unemployment Compensation Service Center
30 Stauffer Industrial Park
Taylor, PA 18517
570.565.3048
Fax: 570.562.4872
Hours: 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.Monday - Friday
7:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.Sunday
Fees:Free
Services:Partial income replacement to those that qualify
Social Security Administration
Oppenheim Building 1st Floor
409 Lackawanna Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503
1.866.635.0767
Hours:9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Monday – Friday
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Wednesday
Fees: Free
Services: Administers the U.S. Social Security and the supplemental security income programs. Medicare, social security burial benefits, social security survivors insurance, social security disability, social security disability appeals/complaints, social security disability applications, and social security retirement benefits.
Trehab Center (Wayne Trehab)
100 Fourth Street, Suite 20
Honesdale, PA 18431-2076
570.253.8941
Fax: 570.253.0945
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday – Friday
Fees: Free
Services:Electric bill assistance, utility bill payment assistance, emergency shelter, housing, foreclosure assistance, mortgage assistance, gas bill assistance, heating fuel assistance, housing payment assistance, and personal financial management counseling.
Veterans Administration Medical Center Homeless Veterans Program
1111 East End Boulevard
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
1.877.928.2621
570.824.3521
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.Monday – Friday
Fees:Free
Services:Homeless financial assistance programs, medical social work, veteran benefits advocacy, and veteran’s administration hospitals.
Voluntary Action Center
829 Jefferson Avenue
Scranton, PA 18510
570.347.5616
Hours: Contact number listed above.
Fees:Free
Services:Comprehensive Information and Referral
Wayne, Pike, Monroe and Carbon Counties Chapter American Red Cross
410 Park Avenue
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
570.476.3800
1.800.422.7677
Hours:Office ~ 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday – Friday
Hotline ~ 24-hour service
Fees:Free
Services:AIDS control, health education, AIDS, HIV infections, and Medical information lines.
Wayne County Area Agency on Aging
323 Tenth Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
570.253.4262
Fax: 570.253.9115
aging.co.wayne.pa.us
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Monday – Friday
Fees:Contact number listed above
Services:Committed to concentrating resources on the frail, rural elderly, advocating for senior while recognizing the needs of the community as a whole, encouraging seniors to actively participate in their own life choices, and expanding the large population to young seniors, their needs, and preventative programs.