A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide
A respectful place to begin, whether you are looking for support for yourself, worried about someone you love, or trying to respond to a safety, housing, care, or practical concern in Blair County.
Start here - Fight the Blight
Our virtual groups give people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns a place to connect from Hollidaysburg, Blair County, and other communities. We can help you think through what is happening and what kind of next step may fit.
Call 911 for a medical emergency, fire, or immediate threat. For behavioral-health crisis support, call or text 988 or Blair County Crisis Services at (814) 889-2141. For resource navigation, call 211.
First conversations
You do not need to know the perfect service name before reaching out. These organizations can help you understand the landscape and identify a next step.
Pennsylvania 211 can help identify local housing, food, utility, transportation, benefits, and human-service pathways. Use it when you are unsure which program fits, then confirm current intake, scope, privacy, eligibility, and availability directly.
UPMC Altoona describes free crisis services for Blair County residents, including a 24-hour hotline, mobile crisis team, and weekday walk-in support in Altoona. Call to discuss the least-restrictive next step; call 911 for immediate danger.
Pennsylvania's county directory identifies Blair County Department of Social Services and Mental Health as the local county contact for behavioral-health and related services. Ask which office or service fits the situation and what documents are needed.
Blair Senior Services provides intake and referrals for older adults, caregivers, transportation, in-home services, long-term living, and protective services. Ask which assessment or countywide pathway fits the household.
The International OCD Foundation directory can be searched for clinicians, support groups, organizers, and programs that indicate an interest in hoarding-related care. Ask about experience, licensure, fees, insurance, wait time, privacy, and whether home-based or telehealth work fits.
Safety and stability
These pathways serve different situations. Read the labels carefully before calling, especially when a response may involve protective services, crisis response, shelter, victim advocacy, behavioral-health support, borough public safety, or emergency dispatch.
Call 911 when there is immediate danger, fire, a medical emergency, violence, or a threat that cannot wait for a scheduled service. Emergency dispatch is not a hoarding-support program, counseling service, or cleanup provider.
Call or text 988 for confidential behavioral-health crisis support. It is not emergency dispatch, licensed therapy, or a cleanup service; call 911 for immediate danger, fire, or a medical emergency.
Blair County's Department of Emergency Services coordinates 911 communications and emergency management. Use 911 for immediate danger and the county's non-emergency contacts for appropriate public-safety or disaster questions.
UPMC Altoona's crisis team can discuss behavioral-health concerns by phone, respond through mobile crisis, or connect people with the walk-in center. This is not emergency dispatch or a guaranteed home cleanup response.
Pennsylvania explains that crisis-intervention services are required in every county. Use the local county or crisis-line contact to ask about the appropriate response; call 911 for immediate danger.
Blair Senior Services explains that protective-services workers investigate suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, abandonment, and self-neglect involving older adults and develop a risk-reduction plan with the person. Reports can be anonymous; this is a protection pathway, not a general cleanup referral.
Family Services offers free confidential advocacy and safety planning for people affected by crime and abuse, with temporary emergency shelter for people in immediate danger from domestic violence or abuse. Ask about the safest way to communicate.
Pennsylvania describes free domestic-violence resources, including crisis intervention, counseling, legal accompaniment, and temporary emergency shelter. This is a violence-safety pathway rather than general hoarding support.
The Borough staff directory lists the police non-emergency number for local safety and law-enforcement concerns. It is not a counseling, housing, or cleanup service; use 911 for immediate danger.
Blair County's government directory is anchored in the county seat at the courthouse and links county departments including social services, emergency management, public works, veterans affairs, and victim-witness services. Ask which department has jurisdiction before sharing sensitive information.
People and practical help
These listings connect Hollidaysburg and Blair County residents with county-seat government, housing, homelessness navigation, food, aging, health, transportation, disposal, library, veteran, peer-support, and community resources. Ask about current availability, cost, scope, consent, and safety before relying on them.
Family Services describes a 35-day family shelter with case-management connections to employment, housing, medical, behavioral-health, and other services. Call to confirm current admission steps, eligibility, accessibility, and availability.
The Altoona Housing Authority provides public housing and Housing Choice Voucher pathways for eligible low- and very-low-income households, including older adults and people with disabilities. Confirm open waitlists, city limits, preferences, and required documents directly.
Center for Community Action connects Blair County residents with housing counseling, homeless and transitional-housing programs, emergency shelter referrals, food-bank referrals, utility assistance, weatherization, and case management. Ask which program is open and what documents are needed.
Blair Senior Services describes home-delivered meals, caregiver support, consumer reimbursement, personal emergency-response systems, and other in-home services. Ask about an intake assessment, income screening, cost share, and the safest support plan.
Blair Senior Services coordinates transportation information and trip scheduling for eligible residents. Ask about accessible transportation, advance notice, cost, service area, and whether a housing, food, or medical trip can be supported.
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies maintains food-resource information for Altoona and Blair County. Confirm current pantry locations, hours, identification requirements, delivery options, and whether a household can use more than one program.
The Blair County assistance guide lists local pathways for rent, food, utilities, emergency shelter, and community help. Use it as an orientation tool and confirm current program contacts, documentation, and availability before relying on a listing.
Pennsylvania's Homeless Assistance Program can help people who are homeless or near homelessness with prevention, emergency shelter, and case management. A small copay may apply; ask Blair County's designated provider about current funds and screening.
The Hollidaysburg Area Public Library provides internet access, reference and educational materials, and adult and family programming. It is not a housing, crisis, or hoarding service, but can be a practical place to connect with information and community support.
Hollidaysburg's collection ordinance describes weekly refuse collection and at-least-every-other-week residential recycling, with additional rules for leaf waste and multifamily properties. Confirm current hauler schedules, accepted materials, fees, and special-item procedures before setting anything out.
Pennsylvania's Hollidaysburg Veterans' Home offers levels of care and clinical, rehabilitative, nutritional, and social services for eligible veterans. Ask about current admission, documentation, care level, and family or caregiver questions.
NAMI Blair County maintains local mental-health resource information and points people toward crisis, behavioral-health, and community supports. It is not emergency dispatch or a cleanup service; confirm current group schedules and eligibility directly.
The Peer Tree is the private-pay pathway for organizing help, decluttering support, groups, family guidance, and practical next steps when a grant or public program is not the right fit. Ask about scope, cost, travel, consent, safety, and whether support is available in Hollidaysburg or Blair County.
Unburied, from The Peer Tree, offers a judgment-free digital pathway with peer support, groups, and tools for people directly affected and for friends or family supporters. It is not therapy, a crisis service, or a substitute for emergency help.
A note from the Alliance
This guide is anchored in Hollidaysburg, the county seat of Blair County, and includes borough, countywide, regional, statewide, national, nonprofit, and independent pathways. A listing here does not mean Fight the Blight endorses every provider or can guarantee availability. The Hoarding Alliance is not a borough or county agency, therapy practice, emergency service, or cleanup company. We will keep reviewing this page, but please confirm details directly before relying on them.
Need help choosing a path? Contact Fight the Blight