Legal Concerns

County of Erie, Office of the Public Defender

509 Sassafras Street
Erie, PA 16507
Phone: 814-451-6322

*Provides attorney representation.


Crime Victim Center

125 West 18th Street
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: 814-455-9414 (Sexual Assault)
814-455-9515 (all others)
Web: www.cvcerie.org

*Free of charge support services to crime victims, significant others, and witnesses.


Domestic Relations Section

40 West 6th Street
Room 06 Ground Floor
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: 814-451-6154
E-mail: cserie@pacses.com
Web: www.childsupport.state.pa.us

*Any spouse/dependent child needing support from an absent parent.


Erie County Adult Probation/Parole Department

Erie County Courthouse
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: 814-451-6216

*Supervision of offenders and background investigations.


Erie County Bar Association

302 West 9th Street
Erie, PA 16502
Phone: 814-459-3111
Web: www.eriebar.com
E-mail: admin@eriebar.com

*Lawyer referral and information service – assist the public with finding an attorney to address their specific need.


Erie County Juvenile Probation Department

Erie County Courthouse
140 West 6th Street – Room 401
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: 814-451-6220
Web: www.eriecountygov.org

*Intake screenings, individual, group and family counseling, probation and aftercare.


Northwestern Legal Services

1001 State Street, Suite 1200
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: 814-452-6949
Web: www.nwls.org
E-mail: nwls@nwls.org

*Direct representation, pro bono programs, judicare program, clinic classes, and telephone advice.


Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole – Erie District

221 East 18th Street
Erie, PA 16503
Phone: 814-871-4201
Web: www.pbpp.sate.pa.us

*supervise offenders released from state prison, special probation cases, and transferred through interstate compact.


Pennsylvania Prison Society

245 North Broad Street, Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-564-6005
Web: www.prisonsociety.org
E-mail: geninfo@prisonsociety.org

*Re-entry services, support to kids with incarcerated parents, virtual visitation, parenting skills education, etc.


Protection from Abuse (PFA) Coordinated Services

1702 French Street
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: 814-455-1774
Web: www.safeneterie.org

*Counseling, safety planning and assistance with protection from abuse process.


Social Security Information

717 State Street, 5th Floor
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: 814-452-6696
Web: www.ssa.gov

*Benefit programs: disability insurance, retirement, beneficiaries, etc.


VITAL Records

1910 West 26th Street
Erie, PA 16508
Phone: 814-871-4261
Web: www.health.state.pa.us/vitalrecords

*Certified copies of PA birth and death records.