STEP is no longer accepting applications for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP or ERAP 2) due to funding for the program being completely expended. Other resources at STEP that you may qualify for include:
Service Navigation: When you utilize STEP’s Service Navigation you will receive services tailored to meet you or your family’s needs. Our Service Navigation team can help you by providing Information and Referral to other STEP or community services, or benefit from case management to develop and work on goals to improve your self-sufficiency. You can apply for Service Navigation here.
Supportive Housing Program: STEP partners with a limited number of community Referral Partner agencies and selected Supportive Housing Program (SHP) customers. SHP concentrates on Lycoming County’s rental community with the goal of helping customers avoid eviction from their rental dwellings and assist homeless residents who are sheltered or unsheltered to obtain safe, affordable rental accommodations. SHP is also structured to assist homeowners who are behind on their mortgage. Learn more and apply online here.
Master Leasing Program: Lycoming County’s Master Leasing Program (MLP) is a housing initiative to assist Lycoming County residents that are considered hard to house, such as those who are re-entering society from prisons and other institutions, mental illness, and those experiencing homelessness or living in a shelter. The overall goal of this program is to help these residents gain housing stability, while also addressing other barriers. The program is administered by STEP on behalf of Lycoming County, which holds the current grant from Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA), the primary funder for the program. More information on MLP can be found here.
- Utilities Assistance Program: STEP Utilities Assistance Program partners with PPL Electric Utilities and UGI Corporation’s subsidiaries, Penn Natural Gas and Central Penn Gas. Qualified customers are offered affordable utility payments through their Customer Assistance Programs (CAP). These programs offer a reduced monthly payment as coverage for utility service, cancel a portion of any debt owed to the company, and provide energy education and weatherization services. The Utilities Assistance program page is here.
