Table of Contents
- Local VA Outreach Point of Contact
- Other Local Frontline Points of Contact
- Local Street Sheets
- Other Resources
Local VA Outreach Point of Contact
If you are or know of a homeless veteran, contact Stephen Costa, Social Worker, tel: 610-776-4364 or email: Stephen.costa@va.gov , at the Allentown Outpatient Clinic. (Paul Casner has retired.)
Other Local Frontline Points of Contact
All will ultimately contact the Allentown Outpatient Clinic Social Worker for Homelesssness to enter the veteran into the VA homeless program.
- The Lehigh County Conference of Churches. The Director of Human Services is Tom Walker at 484-664-7320. Website is www.lcconfchurch.org . However, its Pathways program is the most likely avenue for access. Its director is Deanne Malacsics at 610-439-8653.
- Victory House of the Lehigh Valley works with the Wilkes-Barre VAMC to provide transitional housing and rehabilitation. It is the only organization in the Lehigh Valley to provide this service for veterans under a VA grant. It is located at 314 Fillmore Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015-5458. Call 610-691-3373. Pat DiLuzio is its Executive Director. Website is www.victoryhouselv.org .
- The County Directors of Veterans Affairs are also a contact point and can especially coordinate those state benefits available for the homeless with the state’s Bureau of Veterans Affairs, to include state homes and limited emergency assistance. They should also be able to refer homeless veterans to other county services not specific to veterans only.
Local Street Sheets
These products are prepared by the Lehigh County Conference of Churches working in conjunction with the Allentown Commission to End Chronic Homelessness. While the first is intended to be provided to homeless persons, it is useful to others who are concerned as a resource list. As implied from the above, being a veteran does not mean the person cannot use other social services in addition or instead of the VA’s. Indeed, the VA often uses them.
- Allentown Streetsheet for Emergency Services 2010
- Allentown Street Sheet for Cold Weather Alerts 2010
Other Resources
National Resource Directory tailored for Pennsylvania: Click Here.
Last Updated: 30 April 2012
