7 services in Berks County. Cash assistance (TANF) is a small monthly payment for families with children, with work requirements, and the same office pays one-time emergency help for a shelter deposit or a burial. These are the offices, and the organizations that help you apply.
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Boyertown
Boyertown Area Multi-Service has a case manager who works with households on the problems they are facing and connects them with programs that can help. The case manager can assist your household…
From Boyertown Area Multi-Service
Reading
Cash assistance is a group of programs from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services that help provide temporary financial support to Pennsylvanians with low incomes to pay for everyday…
From Berks County Assistance Office
Countywide
Keystone Warriors is an Eastern Pennsylvania nonprofit that provides emergency financial assistance to veterans wounded in service on or after September 11, 2001, covering costs such as utilities…
From Keystone Warriors
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs gives grants of up to $5,000 to servicemembers and their families facing an unexpected financial challenge, through the Pennsylvania…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Countywide · By referral only
Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors pays emergency bills for veterans in crisis, covering things like rent, a housing security deposit, a mortgage payment, minor home repair, basic utilities such as gas…
From Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors
Reading
Centro Hispano Daniel Torres has an Information and Referral team in Reading that connects individuals and families to the resources they need and helps them work through the paperwork. Staff are…
From Centro Hispano Daniel Torres
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) runs the Veterans Temporary Assistance (VTA) Program, which gives temporary financial assistance of up to $1,600 in a 12-month…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Every rule, cost and phone number here comes from the provider. We are a guide to Berks County, not the program: call before you go. If something is wrong, every service page has a report link, and our corrections policy says what happens next.