Support, connection & community

Resources

Rainbow Rose Center offers accessible programs, resources, and opportunities for connection throughout York and Adams Counties. Most support and community programs are offered at no cost, while some specialized programs may have a modest registration fee.

Cost should never prevent someone from participating in an RRC program. Reduced or waived fees are available upon request for programs with registration fees.

Support Groups & Programs

All RRC support groups are offered at no cost. Registration requirements vary by group — check the individual group listing for details.

Rainbow Rose Center hosts support groups, social groups, and community programs in Hanover, York, Spring Grove, Gettysburg, and online — including groups for tweens and teens, parents and families, gender-diverse adults, adults 50+, young adults, and mental health professionals.

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Clothing Closet

Our Clothing Closet provides free, gender-affirming clothing to anyone in the community who needs it, available at 3 locations across York and Adams Counties — no cost, no questions asked.

Reach out through our confidential intake form or give us a call to find the location nearest you.

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Resources

Local, regional, and national resources available to people in York and Adams Counties. Tap a category to expand it.

Services, eligibility, hours, and availability can change. Please contact the organization directly to confirm current information. Inclusion in this directory does not constitute a clinical, legal, or financial endorsement by Rainbow Rose Center. If something here looks outdated, let us know and we'll update it.

LGBTQIA+ Affirming Pride Community Participant General Community Resource Regional / Online-National
WellSpan Behavioral Health Walk-In Crisis Center
General Community Resource

📍 605 S. George St., Suite 100, York, PA 17401

24/7 walk-in behavioral-health crisis care — no appointment required.

York/Adams County Crisis Services
General Community Resource

Crisis services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for anyone experiencing a mental health crisis.

Suicide Is Different
General Community Resource

📍 Online resource kit

Free education and a toolkit for people supporting someone experiencing suicidal thoughts. This is caregiver education, not a replacement for 988 or emergency care.

Acorn & Oak Mental Health Therapy
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 Online talk-therapy sessions

Gender-affirming mental health care and support for neurodiverse individuals.

Community Care Behavioral Health
General Community Resource

Connects individuals with treatment and support for mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities.

Jay Hess, LCSW
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 Camp Hill, PA

LGBTQ+, transgender, ADHD, poly/ENM, sex-positive, and kink-friendly care. Provides letters for gender-affirming services after one session; accepts Highmark insurance and private pay.

NAMI York-Adams
General Community Resource

📍 150 Farm Lane, Suite 100, York, PA 17402

Advocacy, education, support, and public awareness programs for individuals and families affected by mental illness.

Phoenix Counseling Service, LLC
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 2311 Fairfield Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325

Affirming therapy for individuals, couples, and families, with specialties in LGBTQIA+ care, trauma counseling, and transgender process support groups.

Teresa McCord, LCSW
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 343 W. Philadelphia St., York, PA 17401

Adults; in-person and online. Trauma-informed care for LGBTQ+, transgender, nonbinary, and queer allied clients.

True You Counseling
Regional / Online-National

📍 1801 Lititz Pike, Suite 5, Lancaster, PA 17601

Regional affirming counseling resource, specializing in LGBTQIA+ clients and alternative relationship communities.

Malvern Behavioral Health — Wisteria Program
Regional / Online-National

📍 1930 S. Broad Street, 4th Fl, Philadelphia, PA 19145

Regional LGBTQ+ adult inpatient psychiatric program for depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and other unhealthy behaviors.

Dr. Debra Doubrava — Collaborative Consultants
General Community Resource

Telehealth therapy for clients ages 11+ across PA; expressive, play-based, and trauma-informed care including EMDR.

Safe Harbor Healing Center
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 York area

York-area trauma therapy. Public materials include an LGBTQIA+ affirmative therapy program.

Heart 2 Soul Counseling
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 York area

York-area counseling for teens 14+ and adults. Public materials include LGBTQIA+ experiences and affirming care.

Authentic Therapy Services
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 York area

Public specialties include LGBTQIA+, gender identity/transgender issues, and kink/diverse sexualities, including gender-affirming-care letter assessments.

Healing Hearts Counseling Center, LLC
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

Known RRC community connection and York County Pride participant. Current public professional information supports LGBTQ+/gender-identity care.

Trauma Healing Services, LLC
Pride Community Participant

Known RRC community connection and York County Pride participant. PA telehealth available. Offers the services listed by the practice.

Alder Health Services
Regional / Online-National

📍 100 N. Cameron St., Suite 201 East, Harrisburg, PA 17101

Regional LGBTQIA+-affirming health resource providing culturally affirming care and support for individuals living with HIV/AIDS and members of the LGBTQ community.

CHOP Gender and Sexuality Development Program
Regional / Online-National

📍 3401 Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104

Regional pediatric/adolescent gender and sexuality care. Gender assessments, gender-affirming medical care, support groups, and surgical/legal referrals for youth up to age 21.

Family First Health
General Community Resource

Community-focused, federally qualified health center (FQHC) providing inclusive, accessible care, including free confidential HIV testing open to the public.

Penn State Health Gender-Affirming Health Care
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

Adult gender-affirming care for age 19+.

Planned Parenthood Keystone
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

LGBTQ+ health services and gender-affirming hormone therapy, including telehealth where available.

Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health
Regional / Online-National

Regional specialty resource. Safe, affirming, evidence-based care for transgender, nonbinary, gender fluid, and questioning individuals.

Temple Health Gender-Affirming Surgery
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 Philadelphia, PA

Adult gender-affirming surgery and care through a dedicated team of surgeons, healthcare providers, and social workers.

Penn Medicine LGH Twin Rose Columbia
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 306 N. 7th St., Columbia, PA 17512

Coordinated, patient-centered primary care, including a free STI clinic resource. Twin Rose's social worker contacted RRC directly requesting inclusion, and the practice participated in York County Pride 2026.

A Life To Live Home Care
General Community Resource

📍 1518 S. George St., York, PA 17403

In-home care support. Known in the RRC community as gay owned and operated; not a specialized LGBTQ+ clinical provider.

Gender Wellness Center Papillon
Regional / Online-National

📍 18 Village Row, Suite 43, New Hope, PA 18938

Regional LGBTQIA+ healthcare. Specialized, up-to-date transgender care.

Choices Healthcare
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

South Central Pennsylvania hospice, palliative-care, and grief-support resource. Known RRC community connection and York County Pride participant.

York City Health Bureau
General Community Resource

📍 Albert S. Weyer Health Center, 435 W. Philadelphia St., York, PA 17401

Communicable Disease Program and Sexual Wellness Program/Clinic — free and confidential HIV testing, counseling, and treatment by appointment.

BriteLife Recovery
General Community Resource

📍 544 Iron Ridge Rd, Hanover, PA 17331

Detox and residential addiction treatment with personalized, evidence-based care.

Not One More — York Chapter
General Community Resource

📍 1325 East Market Street, 1st Floor, York, PA 17403

Connects individuals and families affected by addiction with local support services and community outreach in York County.

York/Adams Drug & Alcohol Commission
General Community Resource

Oversees drug and alcohol prevention, intervention, and treatment services in York and Adams Counties.

Alcoholics Anonymous — Local Meetings
Pride Community Participant

General recovery resource. York County Pride 2026 participant; list as general recovery support rather than an LGBTQIA+-specialized service unless the local group specifically documents that focus.

Bell Socialization Services — Next Door
General Community Resource

Rental assistance · case management · employment & housing search · step-by-step success planning · advocacy

📍 16 W. King St., York, PA 17401

Case management and rental assistance for York County adults and families facing homelessness or eviction.

Community Progress Council
General Community Resource

📍 226 E. College Ave., York, PA 17403

Supports low- and moderate-income individuals and families in York County toward self-sufficiency: housing assistance, crisis assessments, and connections to resources.

HealthChoices Housing Program
General Community Resource

Permanent supportive housing for eligible people with serious and persistent mental illness — not an emergency shelter.

Bell Family Shelter
General Community Resource

Emergency shelter

📍 160 South George Street, York, PA

Programs, resources, and supportive services for individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Friends & Neighbors of Pennsylvania
General Community Resource

📍 140 N. Duke St., York, PA 17401

Established RRC partner. Street outreach and The Beacon day resource center for people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity in York County.

Tenfold
General Community Resource

Housing rights

📍 308 East King Street, Lancaster, PA 17602

General/regional housing resource and a previous RRC partner. Housing stability, eviction prevention, and financial counseling for York and Adams Counties.

Adams County Housing Pathway
General Community Resource

Adams County housing access information — confirm the current best public intake link before publishing.

Stokes Ministry / G-Lady's Community Food Pantry
Pride Community Participant

Known RRC community connection and York County Pride participant. Food and basic-needs resource — confirm current pantry hours and contact information before publishing.

LGBT Center of Central PA
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 1323 N. Front St., Harrisburg, PA 17102

Social, educational, and cultural programs supporting LGBTQ+ people across Central Pennsylvania.

PFLAG Greater Harrisburg
Regional / Online-National

📍 626 Williams Grove Rd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

Regional family/support resource whose service area includes York and Adams Counties. Confidential support for LGBTQ+ people, families, and allies.

Children's Home of York
General Community Resource

📍 77 Shoe House Road, York, PA 17406

Foster care, adoption, residential, and family-strengthening services for children and youth in the region.

Keystone Kidspace
Pride Community Participant

York County Pride 2026 participant. Youth and family learning and community activities.

YWCA York
General Community Resource

Victim advocacy

📍 320 East Market Street, York, PA 17403

Support for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking; emergency shelter, counseling, and legal/medical advocacy.

YWCA Hanover Safe Home
General Community Resource

Domestic violence

📍 23 W. Chestnut St., Hanover, PA 17331

Free and confidential shelter, advocacy, and support groups for people experiencing domestic violence in Adams County.

Byrnes Health Education Center
General Community Resource

📍 515 South George Street, York, PA 17401

Science-based, prevention-focused health education programs for pre-K through adult learners.

Magnolia Massage Haven & Energy Work
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 1 Center Square #1, Hanover, PA 17331

LGBTQIA+-affirming wellness and bodywork resource, based on RRC's direct community relationship with the owner. Wellness/bodywork — not medical care.

Tonality Music Therapy, LLC
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

Known RRC community connection and York County Pride participant, with public LGBTQIA+ programming and history. Strong Adams County/community wellness option.

STRIVE Initiatives
General Community Resource

📍 140 N. Duke Street, York, PA 17401

Workforce development, housing assistance, and reentry support for people impacted by the justice system.

Union Lutheran Church
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 York, PA

Open and affirming congregation welcoming LGBTQIA+ people and families.

Heidelberg United Church of Christ
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 York, PA

Open and affirming congregation welcoming LGBTQIA+ people and families.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of York
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 York, PA

Open and affirming congregation welcoming LGBTQIA+ people and families.

Dover United Church of Christ
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 Dover, PA

Open and affirming congregation welcoming LGBTQIA+ people and families.

First Presbyterian Church of York
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 York, PA

Open and affirming congregation welcoming LGBTQIA+ people and families.

St. Matthew Lutheran Church — Reconciling in Christ
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 York, PA

Open and affirming congregation welcoming LGBTQIA+ people and families.

St. Francis Mission of the Affirming Catholic Church of Christ
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

Open and affirming congregation welcoming LGBTQIA+ people and families.

York Friends Meeting
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 York, PA · Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Open and affirming congregation welcoming LGBTQIA+ people and families.

Unitarian Universalists of the Cumberland Valley
LGBTQIA+ Affirming

📍 Boiling Springs, PA

Open and affirming congregation welcoming LGBTQIA+ people and families.

The Welcome Project PA
Regional / Online-National

📍 350 S. York Rd., Hatboro, PA 19040

Explicitly LGBTQIA+-affirming, low-cost, trauma-informed therapy, support, and programming.

Open Path Psychotherapy Collective
Regional / Online-National

Nationwide affordable-therapy network. Individual therapists vary; search by LGBTQ+/gender/sexual-identity specialty — not all listed therapists are affirming.

LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory
Regional / Online-National

National provider-search directory for LGBTQ+-affirming healthcare.

Eastern PA Trans Equity Project
Regional / Online-National

Support, peer groups, legal name-change assistance, and advocacy for transgender and gender-diverse Pennsylvanians, plus Mutual Aid/Rapid Response crisis grants for urgent needs like housing, food, and utilities.

LGBT Center of Greater Reading
Regional / Online-National

📍 640 Centre Ave, Reading, PA 19601

Support, advocacy, counseling, and a food pantry for the Greater Reading, Berks, and Lebanon County LGBTQ+ community.

Point of Pride
Regional / Online-National

National financial assistance and free resources for low-income transgender and gender-diverse people, including funding for gender-affirming surgery, HRT, and electrolysis, plus free binders and shapewear.

TACT
Regional / Online-National

National virtual peer support. Gender Advocates are trained peer counselors — not licensed mental-health professionals and not a crisis hotline.

AddictionCenter
Regional / Online-National

National directory connecting individuals with information and treatment options for substance use recovery. Listed here as a national resource, not a local provider.

Treatment Atlas
Regional / Online-National

National treatment-search directory for addiction and recovery services.

GWK Academy
Regional / Online-National

Requested by RRC leadership for the National Resource List. Confirm current program description and link before publishing.

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Trainings & Workshops

We offer trainings and workshops on creating safe and affirming environments — for schools, places of employment, doctors' offices, religious communities, and civic and government buildings.

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Urgent support

Crisis Support

If someone is in immediate danger or experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.

  • 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — Call or text 988 for free, confidential crisis support, 24/7.
  • York County Crisis Intervention — 717-851-5320
  • Adams County Crisis Intervention — 717-851-5578
  • WellSpan Behavioral Health Walk-In Crisis Center — 605 S. George St., Suite 100, York, PA 17401. Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; no appointment or referral required.