11 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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Reading
The Berks County Assistance Office is the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services office in Reading where county residents file applications and renewals for state assistance. Pennsylvania offers…
From Berks County Assistance Office
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
Wyomissing
The Berks County Department of Veterans Affairs, also called the Etchberger Veterans Service Center, runs the Berks County Veterans Temporary Assistance (BCVTA) Grant Program, a small fund for Berks…
From Berks County Department of Veterans Affairs
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
Reading
The Council on Chemical Abuse, also called COCA, is a Berks County nonprofit that helps people sort out how to pay for drug and alcohol treatment. If your co-pay or deductible for treatment is…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
READING
The Salvation Army Reading Citadel runs a program called SHARE that helps people in the community get necessities they cannot cover on their own. SHARE helps provide prescriptions, utility bills…
From The Salvation Army Reading Citadel
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
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