Commission on Economic Opportunity - Hazleton Site Office - Community Action Agency

Details: CEO was incorporated in 1966 as a community action agency to alleviate poverty. This multi-service nonprofit organization is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of three constituencies with equal representation: consumers, public sector, and private sector. With its central office in the Heights neighborhood of Wilkes-Barre, CEO maintains site offices in downtown Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Hazleton and Tunkhannock. Operating more than twenty programs with a staff that exceeds 200 full- and part-time employees, CEO in 2000 served more than twenty thousand individuals from some eight thousand households. Its annual budget, with revenues from multiple public and private funding sources, exceeds $10 million. CEO is a participating agency of the United Way of Wyoming Valley, United Way of Hazleton, and the Wyoming County United Fund. Several notable organizations serving low-income residents of Northeast Pennsylvania originated in CEO, which often serves as an "incubator," spinning off programs when they reach a point of organizational readiness. These include Luzerne County Head Start, the Child Development Council of NEPA, Rural Health Corporation of NEPA, and Maternal and Family Services of NEPA.
Address: 100 West Broad Street
Hazleton, PA 18201
Contact Phone: 570-455-4994
Fax: 570-455-5631
Website: http://www.ceopeoplehelpingpeople.org/
Services Available: Housing (Comprehensive housing counseling services, Rent and security deposit assistance, Mortgage delinquency and default resolution, Landlord/tenant negotiation, Emergency housing referral assistance, Loan and grant program applications, Pre-purchase counseling, Post purchase counseling, Budget counseling); Homeowners' Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program; Case Management for the Homeless Program; Utility Customer Assistance (UGI Penn Natural Gas Partners Program Partners, UGI Low Income Self Help Program, UGI Utilities Operation Share Operation Share, PPL OnTrack, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Dollar Energy, UGI Penn Natural Gas Project Outreach Project Outreach)

To Apply: Contact the housing assistance agency at the phone number above, or via the website if available.

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