PA 211: Get Connected. Get Help. We provide free, confidential referrals to resources that can help you with needs like housing, food, and bills. PA 211 provides free and confidential referrals to services related to stable housing, utilities payment assistance, food, employment, child care and families, crisis couseling, veterans' needs, health care and insurance, disaster assistance. 211 IS THE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND WEBSITE LINKING THOSE IN NEED TO HEALTH HUMAN AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERVCIES. 211 WAS DESIGNATED IN THE YEAR 2000 BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION ACCROSS THE UNITED STATES. PENNSYLVANIA 211 (PA 211) INCORPORATED IN 2008. THE PENNSYLVANIA UTILITY COMMISSION DESIGNATED PA 211 ORGANIZATION TO IMPLEMENT A STATEWIDE 211 SYSTEM IN PENNSYLVANIA IN 2010. IN 2010 PA 211 BEGAN DELIVERING SERVICES UNDER THE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP OF THE UNITED WAY OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE SERVICES PROVIDED CONSISTS OF TELEPHONE AND WEB BASED ANSWERS REGARDING HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES. PA 211 INC BECAME A STAND ALONE 501C3 ON JANUARY 1 2014. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020, PA 211 INC ENTERED INTO AN AFFLIATION AGREEMENT WITH UNITED WAY OF PENNSYLVANIA WHICH RESULTED IN UNITED WAY OF PENNSYLVANIA BECOMING THE SOLE MEMBER OF PA 211 INC MAKING IT THE WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDARY OF UNITED WAY OF PENNSYLVANIA.