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    ​Bureau of Community Services

    The Bureau of Community Services directs the fiscal and program planning, management and oversight of all intellectual disability program operations including state operated facilities and community intellectual disability programs.

    Contact:

    Lauren House, Director
    Bureau of Community Services
    Health and Welfare Bldg, 4th floor
    Harrisburg, PA 17105
    Phone: 717-772-4879

    Angela Fortney, Director
    Division of Program Administration
    Health and Welfare Bldg, 4th floor
    Harrisburg, PA 17105
    Phone: 717-346-1181

    Ron Melusky, Director
    Division of Program Operations
    Health and Welfare Bldg, 4th floor
    Harrisburg, PA 17105
    Phone: 717-783-5661

    Gregory Cherpes, M.D.
    Medical Director
    Piatt Place, 301 Fifth Avenue
    Pittsburgh, PA 15222
    Phone: 412-258-3549

    Regional Offices:

    Central Regional Program Manager

    Denise Sloand
    P.O. Box 2675
    Harrisburg, PA 17105
    Phone: 717-772-6507
    Fax Number: 717-772-6483

    Counties/Joinders Represented: Adams/York, Bedford/Somerset, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Columbia/Montour/Union/Snyder, Cumberland/Perry, Dauphin, Franklin/Fulton, Huntingdon/Mifflin/Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lycoming/Clinton, Northumberland

    Northeast Regional Program Manager

    Marie Craven
    Rm. 315 Scranton State Office Bldg.
    100 Lackawanna Ave
    Scranton, PA 18503
    Phone: 570-963-4749
    Fax Number: 570-963-3177

    Counties/Joinders Represented: Berks, Bradford/Sullivan, Carbon/Monroe/Pike, Lehigh, Luzerne/Wyoming, Northampton, Schuylkill, Susquehanna/Lackawanna, Tioga, Wayne

    Southeast Regional Program Manager

    Katherine Alston
    801 Market Street, Suite 5071
    Philadelphia, PA 19107
    Phone: 215-560-2245
    Fax Number: 215-560-3043

    Counties/Joinders Represented: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia

    Western Regional Program Manager

    Michele O'Toole
    Piatt Place, Room 4900
    301 Fifth Avenue
    Pittsburgh, PA 15222
    Phone: 412-565-5144
    Fax Number: 412-565-5479

    Counties/Joinders Represented: Allegheny, Armstrong/Indiana, Beaver, Butler, Cameron/Elk, Clarion, Clearfield/Jefferson, Crawford, Erie, Fayette, Forest/Warren, Greene, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango, Washington, Westmoreland

    State Centers:

    Kevin Dressler, Director
    Bureau of State Operated Facilities (ODP)
    Health and Welfare Building
    Harrisburg, PA 17105
    Phone: 717-425-5686

    Nicole Ferrebee-Phillips, Director
    Ebensburg Center
    Cambria County
    4501 Admiral Peary Highway
    P.O. Box 600
    Ebensburg, PA 15931
    Phone: 814-472-0200

    Amy Frederick, Director
    Selinsgrove Center
    Snyder County
    1000 Route 522
    Selinsgrove, PA 17870
    Phone: 570-372-5601