RAP Housing Services
The Rental Assistance Program at CPCA can assist families and individuals with rental payments to avoid eviction and in some cases security deposits to secure housing. Funds are limited and distributed monthly on a first come, first serve basis. Contact CPCA to see if you qualify.
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program:
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Program: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
LIHEAP Description:Crisis grant help families who have an emergency and are in danger of being without heat. Emergency situations include: broken heating equipment (i.e. furnace), a fuel shortage or a utility service shut off.
Program or Service Details: Eligibility or Referral Requirements:
Resident of Centre County, Head of household income at or below 135% Federal Poverty Level. Residency Requirements for Applicant:
Centre County Resident: Documentation required of applicant:
Date of birth and social security numbers for all household members, proof of income for all membersof your household, a recent heating bill. Applicant Intake Process:
Office by appointment and/or Home visit
Emergency Food and Shelter Program EFSP Description:
Provides limited metered utility assistance, including gas, electricity, water and sewer service for individuals or households; limited non-metered assistance including oil, firewood and coal. Program or Service Details:
Eligibility or Referral Requirements:
Resident of Centre County; payment in arrears or due within 5 calendar days, all other resources exhausted, payment must guarantee additional 30 days service. Residency Requirements for Applicant:
Centre County
Documentation required of applicant:
Copy of past due or current utility bill showing 1 months charge or receipts/invoices for fuel.
Applicant Intake Process:
Office by appointment and/or Home Visit
Food Pantries/Emergency Food
CPCA is the lead agency for ten food pantries operated in Clearfield County and eight in Centre County. Food Pantry services provide emergency and supplemental food, food stamp application assistance, and soup kitchen services are available at Trinity United Methodist Church (through the Clearfield Ministerium).
A CPCA Food Pantry is located in:
Bellefonte
Burnside
Centre Hall
CLFD MINIS Emergency
CLFD Ministerium
Curwensville
DuBois Ministerium
The DuBois Salvation Army
Howard
Housing Transitions
Karthaus
Osceola
Snow Shoe
State College
West Branch
Westover
-Houtzdale and Millheim Community Closet
Located in the old Woodward School Building at 40 Terrace Drive in Houtzdale, the Community Closet is a second-hand store open to the public that is a great place for anyone to shop. You can visit the Community Closet Monday through Thursday from 8a.m. to 4:30p.m. And don’t forget that community thrift stores operate on the donations of clothing and other items they receive, so while you’re cleaning out your closet remember to bag up your old stuff and drop it off at your local second-hand shop. All proceeds from the Community Closet benefit the congregate meal program at the Houtzdale Senior Center.
Houtzdale can be reached at 814-378-5120;or
by e-mail at
