Nurse Resources
When To Keep Your Child Home
- Temperature of 100 Degrees or Higher. Temperature should be normal without medication for 24 hours before returning to class.
- Vomiting and Diarrhea
- Persistent Cough or Thick Nasal Discharge
- Eyes: Red, Itchy, or with a Discharge
- Earache
- Persistent Itching of the Scalp: If you suspect your child may have head lice, call your school’s nurse to have your child checked before he/she goes to the classroom. If positive for head lice, the child must be cleared by the school nurse before riding the bus or reentering school.
- Rash: Persistent Itching over the body
Informative Health Links
Health Resources
- American Home Patient
Phone: 717-242-2766
115 South Plaza Drive
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Center for Behavioral Health
Phone: 717-242-7264
400 Highland Avenue
Lewistown, PA 17044 - CHIP
Phone: 1-800-543-7101
2500 Elmerton Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17177 - Crossroads Pregnancy Center
Phone: 717-242-0301
109 East Third Street
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Family Planning Plus WIC
Phone: 717-248-5339
99 North Juniata Street
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Phone: 717-248-5411
400 Highland Avenue
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Geisinger Medical Group
Phone: 717-242-4200
21 Geisinger Lane
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Home Nursing Agency
Phone: 717-248-4593
129 South Main Street, Suite T
Lewistown, PA 17044
- Juniata Association For The Blind
Phone: 1-877-741-7411
658 Valley Street
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Juniata County State Health Center
Phone: 717-527-4185
809 Market Street
Port Royal, PA 17082 - Juniata Tri-County MH/MR Program
Phone: 717-242-6467
399 Green Avenue Ext Suite 100
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Juniata River Center
Phone: 717-247-2849
25 Rothermel Drive
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Lewis Line
Phone: 717-242-3033
400 Highland Avenue
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Lewistown Dental Center
Phone: 717-248-9900
31 South Dorcas Street
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Mifflin County Community Surgical Center
Phone: 717-242-9565
311 Fourth Street
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Mifflin County State Health Center
Phone: 717-248-6785
21 South Brown Street
Lewistown, PA 17044
- Mifflin-Juniata Special Needs Center
Phone: 717-248-6261
401 Yale Street
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Service Access & Management
Phone: 717-242-0351
100 East Market Street
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Sunshine Connection, Inc.
Phone: 717-242-4755
518 South Juniata Street
Lewistown, PA 17044 - Sun Home Health Services, Inc.
Phone: 717-248-3336
31 East Market Street
Lewistown, PA 17044 - The Primary Health Network
Phone: 717-447-0340
21 South Brown Street
Lewistown, PA 17044 - TLC Home Care Services
Phone: 717-242-5000
400 Highland Avenue
Lewistown, PA 17044 - TLC Home Care and Hospice
Phone: 717-242-5000
152 East Market Street
Lewistown PA 17044 - UCP of Central PA
Phone: 717-737-3477
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Social Resources
- Clear Concepts (Drug & Alcohol Counseling)
717-242-3070 - Enlighten Psychiatric Services
717-437-9000 - Evangel Baptist Clothing Closet
717-242-2769
375 W. 5th Street Lewistown - Graceful Soles Shoe Bank
717-248-5311
101 Logan Street Lewistown,PA
Free shoes for any child 1-17 years of age with a Medical Assistance (Access) card or note from a social agency stating there is financial need. Open every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month from 9 – Noon.
- Mifflin County Children and Youth
717-248-3994 - Mifflin County Library
717-242-2391
123 N Wayne Street Lewistown, PA 17044 The Mifflin County Library System has two branches:
The main branch in Lewistown and the Kish branch in Belleville. - United Way
717-248-9636
13 E 3rd St Lewistown, PA 17044-1704
Energy Bank provides heat assistance to residents of Mifflin or Juniata County ineligible for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) benefits. Services are tentatively available November 9, 2015, through March 31, 2016. There is no income eligibility, but co-payment based on income does apply.