County Funded Mental Health Treatment and Support in Berks County
The Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program pays for a range of mental health treatment and support services for people in Berks County, from counseling to hospital care to help with housing and daily life.
For adults, the county-funded services listed are outpatient treatment, outpatient dual diagnosis treatment, partial hospitalization services, acute inpatient hospitalization services including 302 commitments, assertive community treatment, state hospital admissions, CHIPP (Community Hospital Integration Program Project), and psychiatric rehabilitation. For children and adolescents, the services listed are outpatient counseling, the Student Assistance Program, family based services, and partial hospitalization. Other county-funded services are vocational and employment services, vocational rehabilitation, crisis intervention services, and non-clinical services such as social rehabilitation, respite, and representative payee. Case management comes in three forms: administrative case management, blended case management, and forensic case management. Housing supports include CRR (Community Residential Rehabilitation) and supported living residential services.
If you are in crisis right now, call 610-379-2007 for immediate crisis intervention services in Berks County.
If you do not have insurance, contact Service Access & Management at 610-236-0530 and ask to speak with the Mental Health Intake Department. To receive mental health services without insurance, you must get authorization through Service Access and Management first.
If you have Medical Assistance (Medicaid), the page directs you to a separate link for more information and does not give the details here.
The county offices are at 633 Court Street, Reading, PA 19601. The building is open 8 AM to 5 PM and is closed on holidays, and department hours may vary.
The page lists the services by name only and does not explain what each one involves, who qualifies for each, or what any of them cost, so ask when you call.
Source: berkspa.gov/departments/mental-health-developmental-disab…, read September 18, 2026.
The details
In Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program’s words
The following are County-Funded Mental Health Services:
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This listing summarizes publicly available information from berkspa.gov/departments/mental-health-developmental-disab…. Last recorded review: September 18, 2026. Contact the provider to confirm eligibility, hours and availability before you go. If something here is wrong, tell us.