Family Services
Call our main office in New Castle for appointment: (724) 657-3303

The services of People in Need are available to all people of Lawrence County and the surrounding counties regardless of race, sex, national origin, religion, age, political affiliation, creed, or handicap.  People in Need participates in most managed care and insurance programs and does accept self-pay clients. People in Need uses a pay-by-ability scale based on income to determine the fee. 

Our staff is dedicated to providing supportive and therapeutic assistance to aid individuals and families to make positive changes and to develop stability in their lives.  People in Need  is an agency that was founded to help people in our community cope with particular problem areas and various needs.  This is accomplished by offering various support programs and social services.

People in Need,
"the one stop center for social services," is a private non-profit social service agency.  When people come here, they may be able to take advantage of a wide range of supportive and therapeutic services including:

• Outpatient Psychiatric Mental Health Treatment Services

• Individual Counseling & Psychotherapy

• Family Counseling & Psychotherapy

• Psychiatric Evaluations

• Psychological Diagnostic Assessment Services

• Comprehensive Psychological Testing

• Medication Management

• Drug Testing

• Custody Evaluations

• Educational Testing

• School Evaluations

• Couples’ Counseling

• Marital Counseling

• Chronic Pain Management Counseling

• Play Therapy for Toddlers and Children

• Anger Management

• Stress Mangement

• Urinalysis Drug Screening

• Real Alternative Project Women in Need (WIN)

• Pregnancy Support Services

• Parenting Classes

• Columbia Gas Customer Assistance Program (CAP)

• Dollar Energy Fund Utility Assistance

• Food Assistance Program