Departments
Human Services
Bucks County Opportunity Council, Inc.
The mission: To help low income people of Bucks County achieve and maintain
economic self-sufficiency.
Buck$ Back
Bucks County Opportunity Council, Inc.'s free tax preparation service for low and moderate-income families will be open in Doylestown and Levittown on Thursdays and Saturdays beginning February 1, 2007 through April 12, 2007. Call 215-345-8175 x 201 for more information.
Core Program
Economic Self-Sufficiency (ES) Program
- Goal of the programs is to increase income through employment
to be able to be economically independent and get off of all government
subsidies
- Long term assistance and intervention to help families achieve
self-sufficiency
- Goals set in ten dimensions: income, employment, education, transportation,
parenting/social, substance abuse, mental health, health insurance,
shelter, and nutrition
- Individualized and specialized
- Self-Sufficiency Specialists and clients work together to develop
action steps and goal plans
- Five year participation
- Voluntary
Family Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS)
- Offered in collaboration with the Bucks County Housing Authority
- Designed for clients who have and use a section 8 certificate
- Goal of the program is to increase income through employment
to be able to get off of subsidized housing
- Clients begin an escrow account which can be used towards the
purchase of a home
- The more income a client makes, the more money is saved in escrow
- Client has up to five years to complete the program
| Support Programs |
| AutoWork and STAR |
Programs that provide transportation
to work |
| Weatherization |
Program that offers home repairs
to reduce energy costs |
| Food Program |
BCOC oversees the distribution
of state and federal food through 26 pantries in the county |
| Emergency Services |
Designed to provide financial assistance
for families to overcome temporary barrier(s) to self-sufficiency |
| Rental Assistance |
for residents
who are homeless (may receive funds for move-in money to get
into permanent housing) or facing eviction (funding to prevent
homelessness) |
| Utility Assistance |
possible funding
for those facing utility shut-off |
Applications:
| Locations |
| Administration Office |
| Address: |
100 Doyle Street
Doylestown, PA 18901 |
| Phone Number: |
215-345-8175 |
| Fax Number: |
215-345-8573 |
| E-mail: |
bcoc@bcoc.org |
| Central Bucks |
| Address: |
Neshaminy Manor Center
1282 Almshouse Road
Doylestown, Pa 18901 |
| Phone Number: |
215-345-3295 |
| Fax Number: |
215-345-3310 |
| E-mail: |
Manor@bcoc.org |
| Lower Bucks |
| Address: |
Bucks County Office Center
Suite F-10
1230 New Rodgers Road, #826
Bristol, Pa 19007 |
| Phone Number: |
215-781-2661 |
| Fax Number: |
215-781-8026 |
| E-mail: |
Bristol@bcoc.org |
| Upper Bucks |
| Address: |
Government Services Center
Bldg. 515 South West End Blvd.
Quakertown, Pa 18951 |
| Phone Number: |
215-536-0353 |
| Fax Number: |
215-536-6106 |
| E-mail: |
Quakertown@bcoc.org |
Opportunity Council, Inc.
Administration Office
100 Doyle Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Phone: 215-345-8175
Fax: 215-345-8573
Email:
Doyle@bcoc.org