If you’re looking for resources in the community, you can start your search here with some of these organizations and directories.
AARP Fraud Watch Network Scam-Tracking Map. | Report scams and search for scams in real time for your area.
Pennsylvania 2-1-1 East. | Powered by the United Way, find help; get connected; this is a free, confidential, non-emergency, comprehensive information and referral service, available 24/7, that connects Lebanon County residents with the health and human services they need. Call 2-1-1 or search their website for the resources or services you need.
Domestic Violence Intervention of Lebanon County. | This local organization provides resources and support for survivors and their friends and family; for the local DVI hotline call 717-273-7190 or toll free 1-866-686-0451.
Find Childcare in Pennsylvania | Use this website to find childcare or early learning programs near you; find out if you qualify for help paying for childcare; and much more.
Fredericksburg Community Center
FreeWill | This free tool allows the user to write or update their own legal will or learn about living wills, beneficiary designations, and durable financial power of attorneys as well as instructions for making the documents official. FreeWill’s partnerships with 1200+ nonprofits and businesses allows them to offer this service for free as well as guidance in making your own charitable bequests from your estate.
JOY: Jonestown Outreach Pantry | A partner of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, JOY is a food bank that serves the residents of Northern Lebanon School District; JOY’s a little different from most food pantries because it allows families to select their own items twice a month. Their website lists food selection hours, application process, donation acceptance hours as well as how you can get involved by giving back or volunteering.
Berks-Lancaster-Lebanon LINK Service Area. | LINK offers information and resources for persons over 60, adults with disabilities and their caregivers.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline. | Find resources to get help, how to tell ‘if this is abuse,’ information about healthy relationships, and resources for victims and survivors. The hotline is 24/7/365 call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) for assistance or visit www.thehotline.org for live chat assistance.
National Sexual Violence Resource Center. | this non-profit organization provides resources including research, statistics, statutes, training curricula, prevention initiatives, and program information.
No Wrong Door: Lebanon County Resource Guide. | This guide assists Lebanon County residents in finding available resources in a wide range of areas.
Northern Lebanon Senior Community Center
Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network. | The network is a statewide consortium of independent legal aid programs; PA Legal Aid coordinates the delivery of civil legal assistance to Pennsylvania residents who need it most.
Postpartum Support International. | Find resources, such as online support groups, loss and grief resources, peer mentors, experts, provider directories, and more, for postpartum support. You are not alone and you are not to blame. Help is available. You will get better. Get help by calling the PSI Helpline at 1-800-944-4773 or text “Help” to 800-944-4773.
RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network). | The nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline; call 800-656-HOPE (4673) or visit hotline.rainn.org/online for chat, to find a local provider, or for more information.
Safe2Say Something. | In partnership with Sandy Hook Promise and Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, this youth violence prevention program teaches young people and adults how to recognize warning signs, particularly on social media, from individuals who may be a threat to themselves or others. You will find resources for students, parents, and teachers here as well as links to report a tip anonymously or follow up a tip given; you can also download the app from which you can also report tips. Call 1-844-SAF2SAY (723-2729 to report a tip by phone.
Tick Research Lab of Pennsylvania. | Have you been bitten by a tick? The Pennsylvania Tick Research Lab offers free basic testing to all Pennsylvania residents. Their lab can analyze your tick, testing for tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Order your test online and learn whether you’re at risk before symptoms appear.
If you’re looking for information regarding vaccination appointments and coronavirus infection rates, you can start your search here.
COVID-19 Dashboard | Powered by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, this dashboard tracks daily COVID-19 infection rates and deaths and allows the user to drill down locally or to view infection trends over time for a given locale.
COVID-19 in Pennsylvania | The Pennsylvania Department of Health offers a portal to a wealth of coronavirus information, including current state-wide infection rates, vaccine information, FAQ’s, resources, and more.
A Guide To FactCheck’s Coronavirus Coverage | FactCheck is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania; this is their guide to the misinformation regarding the coronavirus pandemic that they’ve debunked as well as links to expert outside resources.
Vaccines.gov.| Powered by VaccineFinder, this is the federal governments one stop information hub regarding COVID-19 vaccines. Looking for a COVID-19 vaccination location near you? Looking for guidance regarding when to get your COVID-19 booster? Looking for a flu vaccination location near you? You can find all those answers here!
If you or someone you know is struggling, you are not alone; there is hope, and there are people willing to listen. Call 717-274-3363 for Lebanon County (PA) Crisis Intervention or 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 24/7; it’s free, and confidential. Or visit one of these online resources for more information, intervention, or further resources.
American Association of Suicidology offers information, research, training, and more for suicide prevention.
Lebanon County Suicide Prevention Task Force offers resources and information.
Lifeline is the online home of Suicide and Crisis Lifeline; get help or get involved; there’s also an online chat function to reach someone to talk. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline; free and confidential support is available 24/7.
Crisis Text Line offers resources as well as text support and intervention; if you are in crisis, text PA to 741741 to get help and talk to someone.
IMAlive (formerly called Hope Line) offers resources, help, and intervention via chat online.
FactCheck. | A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, it is a non-partison, non-profit project that “monitor[s] the factual accuracy of what is said by the major U.S. political players.” Divisions of FactCheck include SciCheck, Health Watch, Facebook Initiative (debunks fake news stories), and Viral Spiral (debunks viral content from all over the Internet).
Fake News: A collection of resources to assist readers and researchers in spotting fake news and fake news sources. | This LibGuide, hosted by University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries and created by its Law and Public Policy Librarian, provides a “one-stop shop” of research, fact checking resources, newsfeeds, and more to assist readers and researchers in determining what’s fake news and what isn’t.
Fake News: How to Spot It. | Learn about fake news and how to spot it by reading this webpage provided by Enoch Pratt Free Library, State Library Resource Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Google Image Search. | While this tool can be used to find images online by typing in key words, if the user clicks on the camera icon to the right of the box, they upload an image or link an image by URL to track down an image’s origins.
Media Bias/Fact Check. | Billed as “the most comprehensive media bias resource on the internet,” search its database of 2,500+ media sources to check the bias of any source.
PolitiFact & PunditFact. | Both sites are run by the editors and journalists of the Tampa Bay Times, an independent newspaper in Florida; both projects fact check what is said by elected officials, pundits, and others who speak up in American politics.
Snopes. | The Internets best known source for fact checking online rumors, viral content, and urban legends.
TinEye. | This reverse image search tool allows the user to upload or link an image to find out where it appears online; users can use this tool to track images back to their original posting.
Whois Lookup. | Use this tool to find out who is the owner of record of domains and IP addresses; other tools are available via this website.
You’ll find links to the online homes of our local municipalities and schools in northern Lebanon County here.
Local Municipalities:
Bethel Township (Lebanon County)
East Hanover Township (Lebanon County)
Swatara Township (Lebanon County)
Local Schools:
Blue Mountain Christian School
Lebanon County Career & Technology Center
Internal Revenue Service (Official home of the federal tax forms and instruction booklets)
By Summer 2022 the IRS will require log in through ID.me, an online identity verification service, to learn more about this process, including how to create an account via ID.me, visit this KrebsonSecurity article.
Pennsylvania Revenue Department (Tax forms for the state income tax)
Lebanon County Earned Income Tax (Administered by Keystone Collections Group)
My Free Taxes is an initiative of the United Way through which you can receive free guidance, assistance, and filing of your taxes online or in person. Visit the website to learn more about My Free Taxes or to learn about other initiatives and partnerships of the United Way.
Get Your Refund is a non-profit service that partners with IRS-certified Volunteer Income Tax Assistance sites nationally; it offers the convenience of online as well as chat support. File back taxes or amendments for past years. The service is completely free for anyone whose income is less than $66,000 annually.
If you’re looking for the full text of federal or state legislation, these websites allow users to look up the full text of legislation that has been introduced in U.S. Congress or in the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
Pennsylvania General Assembly. Find scheduled votes, session information, committee schedules, legislation quick search, and much more on the official website of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
U.S. Congress. Find a legislation look up tool, videos of committee hearings, current and back issues of The Congressional Record, Congress Research Service Reports, treaty documents, and much more on the official website of the U.S. Congress.
These sites provide information about voter registration as well as information about local, state, and national elections.
Ballotpedia. An online encyclopedia of American politics and elections, firmly committed to neutrality, this website’s goal is to provide accurate, objective information about politics at all levels of government.
Smart Voter. Powered by League of Women Voters, this website allows the user to access information about candidates and measures that will appear on their ballot; an archive of past local elections is also available.
Vote 411. Powered by League of Women Voters Education Fund, this website lets the user build their ballot, compare candidates that will appear on their ballot, and print out their preferences as a reminder to take along to the polls on voting day.
Votes PA. Pennsylvania Department of State Voting Information website where you can apply for an absentee ballot, find your polling place, check your voter registration status, update your voter registration, register to vote, and more.
Lebanon County Library Association
LebTown. This independent news source reports on local stories happening in Lebanon County.
Northern Lebanon Bulletin. This independent news source reports on local stories happening in northern Lebanon County and the surrounding area; a print issue is published twice monthly.
Book Sale Finder. Do you go book saling like other people go yard saling? This site is for you; it provides listings for upcoming booksales in PA. Check the rest of the site for booksales nationwide.
Opt Out Prescreen is the official Consumer Credit Reporting Industry website to accept and process requests from consumers to opt in or opt out of firm offers of credit or insurance. If you’re tired of receiving pre-screened credit card offers, then visit this website to opt out of receiving these offers for five years or to request an information packet to fill out to permanently opt out of receiving these offers.
