Who are we?
 We are NOT the status quo non-profit! We are a small locally run organization, not a giant corporation. When you choose to support us it stays in our community. We are dedicated to improving our community by reducing multi-generational poverty through CONNECTING with people in our community and providing appropriate assistance, not just giving a handout. Then helping them MOVE forward by providing the right education so the can go from dependency to independency. Finally, SUPPORTING our clients through our continued mentoring relationships and education in order for them to remain independent and break the cycle.

​Our Mission

​​​​Educate and assist others so they have the tools to feel empowered enough to become independent and maintain positive productive lives, curbing multigenerational poverty.

​​​Our philosophy is to live and act in the same manner we are teaching our clients, to be real life examples that embody what B.R.I.D.G.E. People stands for. There is no better way to do this than by working along side  the people we are teaching and showing by direct example. Our actions with our clients create healthy relationships. They become the greatest teaching tool and how we create and maintain a successful and sustainable community of positive, productive people.

Our Programs
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Assistance: ​
  • Locating and making referrals for appropriate services including local food banks, housing services etc.
  • Utility Assistance - Dollar Energy Fund, ALCOSAN, assistance applying for CAP programs, LiHeap etc., Online Compass Accounts, as well as other appropriate program's including SNAP, Medicaid
  • Dual Ended Employment Services
  •  Support-Post Employment to transition off of Assistance Based Programs
  • Mentoring and Coaching
  • Aiding recent refugee families and new transplant families from outside our country get back on their feet and adjust to their new lives here in our community
  • Veterans Corner (Veterans helping Veterans)
  • And more...​
​Education:
  • Life Skills Classes
  • English for Non-Native Speakers
  • Financial Readiness, Basic Budgeting
  • High School Equivalency/G.E.D.,  Literacy,
  • American Citizenship Test Tutoring
  • PA Driver's Permit Test Tutoring for Non-Native English Speakers
  • Introduction to American Customs for recent refugee, transplant and migrant families...
  • Job Readiness, Resume Writing/Job Application Workshops, Job Interview Workshops
  • Teen Leadership Workshops
  • So many more...
Our Goal is for everyone to be successful!
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We believe success is measured from your progress. It varies from person to person. Whether we help you earn your high school diploma; learn to read and write; speak and understand English as a non-native speaker; improve your life skills; obtain gainful employment and transition off assistance based programs to become fully self-sufficient. Success will look different for each person we help, but each person will leave here further down the road towards a healthy, productive, independent life.