Free Legal Help With Public Benefits From MidPenn Legal Services
MidPenn Legal Services helps low-income people in Berks County with problems involving public benefit programs, so they can provide for themselves and their families. Its lawyers provide free representation in cases involving Unemployment Compensation, Medical Assistance, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (Food Stamps), the Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and Women Infants and Children (WIC).
Services are free to eligible individuals in civil cases. The page describes the help as being for low-income individuals but does not print the income limits or any other rule for who qualifies, so ask when you call.
To apply, call 1-800-326-9177 or apply online at apply.midpenn.org. That same number, (800)326-9177, is the help line for Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry, Schuylkill and York Counties. The page does not give office hours, does not say what documents to bring, and does not list a Berks County office address. The administrative offices are at 100 North Cameron Street, Suite 401 West, Harrisburg, PA 17101, and the administration phone is (717)234-0492.
MidPenn also handles other kinds of civil cases, including consumer, housing, family, domestic violence and employment matters, so it is worth mentioning any related problem when you apply.
Source: midpenn.org/what-we-do/services.html, read September 18, 2026.
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Public Benefits Projects: MidPenn assists low-income individuals in matters involving public benefit programs so that they can provide for themselves and their families. MidPenn provides free representation in cases involving Unemployment Compensation, Medical Assistance, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (Food Stamps), Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and Women Infants and Children (WIC).
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