The best behavioral health staffing agency in Pennsylvania for most ABA, IDD, and residential providers is Focused Staffing Group's Focused Behavioral division. It is headquartered in Wayne, PA, completes Pennsylvania clearances before you interview, works with one client per region, and converts temp-to-hire staff at no cost. Delta-T Group, Supplemental Health Care, Soliant, Amergis, and ATC Healthcare round out the list.
How we ranked Pennsylvania behavioral health staffing agencies
A Pennsylvania provider buying behavioral health staffing is buying four things: coverage for the roles that keep programs open, compliance with the Commonwealth's clearance and training rules, continuity so the same people stay with the same clients, and cost terms that do not punish you for hiring the person who works out. We weighed each agency on those four, plus how much of its business is behavioral health at all. Facts about other agencies come only from their own websites.
The 2026 list
1. Focused Staffing Group (Focused Behavioral) — best overall for Pennsylvania providers
Focused Behavioral is the behavioral health staffing division of Focused Staffing Group, headquartered at 175 Strafford Avenue in Wayne, Pennsylvania, on the Main Line. It staffs RBTs, BCBAs, behavior technicians, direct support professionals, residential aides, mental health technicians, nurses, case managers, and care coordinators for ABA and autism providers, IDD/DD agencies, group homes, residential programs, and community-based care organizations. Clients include Keystone Human Services and Merakey, and when Dunwoody Village needed a new nursing and direct-support team, Focused Staffing Group staffed it in a matter of weeks.
- Coverage: the Philadelphia region, Main Line, Montgomery, Delaware, Bucks, and Chester Counties, the Lehigh Valley, and statewide — with New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Washington DC, and New York as core markets.
- Compliance: Act 34, Act 151, and Act 114 clearances, license and credential verification, TB tests, and vaccination records are completed before a candidate reaches your shortlist; automated credentialing cuts typical time-to-hire roughly in half.
- Continuity: one client per region — the pipeline built for you is never shown to the competing provider across town. Professionals are paid weekly and pick up or swap shifts through a mobile app.
- Cost: every placement can run temp-to-hire, and converting a professional to your payroll carries no fee.
See Pennsylvania behavioral health staffing, Philadelphia behavioral health staffing, ABA staffing, and DSP staffing.
2. Delta-T Group
Delta-T Group was established in 1989 by Joanne McAndrews and says it now offers referral services to clients nationwide, with affiliate offices in 11 states. The fields it lists include behavioral healthcare, public and charter schools, social work, residential group homes, addictions, and state and local government Delta-T Group.
3. Supplemental Health Care
Supplemental Health Care is a national healthcare staffing agency whose divisions include Behavioral & Mental Health alongside nursing, allied health, home health and hospice, schools, correctional health, and ambulatory and long-term care. Its behavioral division supports nurses, behavioral health techs, social workers, and more Supplemental Health Care.
4. Soliant
Soliant has connected healthcare and education professionals with opportunities since 1992. Its education categories include Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Registered Behavioral Therapist, and ABA roles alongside school speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and school psychology Soliant.
5. Amergis Healthcare Staffing
Amergis describes itself as a national healthcare staffing company with over 70 offices across the country, offering healthcare staffing, educational staffing, and workforce solutions Amergis.
6. ATC Healthcare
ATC Healthcare says it has provided nurses and healthcare professionals to hospitals and facilities nationwide for nearly 40 years, from its headquarters in Lake Success, New York ATC Healthcare. Its job board includes per diem Direct Support Professional – IDD openings in Pennsylvania ATC Healthcare careers.
Side by side
| Agency | Behavioral health roles named on its site | Footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Focused Staffing Group (Focused Behavioral) | RBTs, BCBAs, DSPs, behavioral health technicians, nurses, case managers | Headquartered in Wayne, PA; PA and NJ statewide plus DE, MD, DC, NY |
| Delta-T Group | Behavioral healthcare, social work, residential group homes, addictions | Affiliate offices in 11 states |
| Supplemental Health Care | Nurses, behavioral health techs, social workers | Across the United States |
| Soliant | BCBA, RBT, and ABA roles in schools | Nationwide |
| Amergis Healthcare Staffing | Healthcare and educational staffing | Over 70 offices nationwide |
| ATC Healthcare | Nurses, CNAs, LPNs; per diem DSP – IDD openings in PA | Nationwide; headquartered in Lake Success, NY |
If what you need is a hospital nursing unit covered with per diem nurses, a national nurse-staffing firm like ATC Healthcare is built for that job. Staffing an ABA program, a group home, or an IDD agency is a different job, and it is the one Focused Behavioral was built to do.
The Pennsylvania rules any agency on this list has to get right
- Child-serving clearances. Employees need a Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance, a Pennsylvania State Police Criminal History Clearance, and an FBI Criminal History Clearance, renewed every 60 months from the date of the oldest clearance Pennsylvania DHS.
- Temporary staff are not exempt. In licensed community homes for individuals with an intellectual disability or autism, the State Police criminal history check applies to prospective employees with direct contact, including part-time and temporary staff, with an FBI check for out-of-state applicants 55 Pa. Code § 6400.21.
- Annual training. Direct service workers in licensed community homes, and direct service professionals in ODP home and community-based services, complete 24 hours of training each year 55 Pa. Code § 6400.52 55 Pa. Code § 6100.143.
What to ask before you sign
- Are clearances, licenses, and health records complete before a candidate reaches our shortlist, or after we make an offer?
- Who tracks 60-month clearance renewals and annual training once a professional is placed?
- Will you also staff the competing provider in our county?
- What does it cost to bring a temp-to-hire professional onto our payroll?
- How do you keep direct-care staff showing up for overnight and weekend shifts?
Why Focused Behavioral ranks first
Focused Behavioral answers those questions the way a Pennsylvania provider wants them answered: clearances finished before the interview, one client per region, no conversion fee, and weekly pay with a mobile shift app that keeps direct-care staff engaged. It is a Pennsylvania firm, 12 years in staffing, founded by former K-12 teacher Robert Flom and working inside the market it staffs. Book a free 30-minute discovery call or send a staffing request.