22 services in Berks County. For an emergency, the county crisis line answers around the clock. For counseling or treatment, the door depends on how you pay: private insurance goes straight to a provider, Medicaid covers most of them through HealthChoices, and with no insurance the county pays and Service Access & Management authorizes it. Support groups are free and need no referral.
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Reading · Taking applications
Safe Berks answers a hotline and text line at any hour for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Berks County. The hotline number is 1-844-789-SAFE (7233), and you can also text SAFE…
From Safe Berks
Reading
Berks Counseling Center keeps a 24 hour phone line for people in a mental health or substance use crisis, and works in close collaboration with Holcomb Crisis Intervention of Berks County so crisis…
From Berks Counseling Center
Countywide
Safe2Say Something is a youth violence prevention program run by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General that takes anonymous tips about someone who may be a threat to themselves or others. The…
From Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
Shillington
Governor Mifflin School District's Student Services department keeps a list of crisis phone numbers and mental health resources that students and families can use when a young person is struggling or…
From Governor Mifflin School District
Countywide · Taking applications
The County of Berks runs the Behavioral HealthChoices program, which pays for mental health and substance use disorder treatment for people in Berks County who have Medical Assistance (Medicaid).…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
Countywide
The Berks County Student Assistance Program, known as SAP, is a team process in schools that identifies students struggling with things like substance use and mental health concerns and helps them…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
Countywide
Berks Counseling Center has case managers who help clients stay in recovery and get to the medical, social, legal, educational and other services they need, with extra programs for women and women…
From Berks Counseling Center
Reading
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…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
Reading
The Child and Adolescent Service System Program, known as CASSP, is run through the Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program and helps children, adolescents and their families…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
Pennsylvania Counseling Services offers Family Based Mental Health Services, intensive mental health treatment delivered in the home to children and adolescents up to age 21 and the families they…
From Pennsylvania Counseling Services
By referral only
The Hamburg Area School District contracts with the Family Guidance Center (FGC) to provide school-based counseling services to individual students and their families. Through school-based…
From Hamburg Area School District
Reading
Berks Counseling Center enrolls new clients through an admissions process that begins with a call to 610-373-4281 and ends with a walk-in intake visit at its Reading office. When you call, the…
From Berks Counseling Center
Wyomissing
NAMI Berks County PA runs a free support group for adults who have a family member or loved one living with a mental health condition. It is a place to talk with other people in the same situation…
From NAMI Berks County PA
Leesport · Taking applications
Easy Does It holds recovery meetings at its Leesport campus that members of the recovery community are invited to attend and take part in. Four meetings are listed each week: - Sunday at 8:15a, the…
From Easy Does It
Reading
The Council on Chemical Abuse runs the RISE Center in Reading, a community center where people in recovery from substance use disorder and their families can take part in support group meetings…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
Reading
The Vision Resource Center of Berks County runs two monthly support groups for people who are blind or have vision loss, one in English and one for people who feel more comfortable in the Spanish…
From Vision Resource Center of Berks County
Countywide
The Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance LOSS Team offers support and referrals to people bereaved by suicide. Volunteers include people who have experienced a suicide loss. Use the referral form…
From Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance
Reading
The Council on Chemical Abuse, also called COCA, provides NARCAN nasal spray at no cost to Berks County residents, businesses and organizations. Narcan is a brand name for naloxone, a medication that…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
Wyomissing
Caron Treatment Centers runs an outpatient treatment center in Wyomissing for teens and adults seeking help with substance use, gambling addiction and mental health conditions. The programs also…
From Caron Treatment Centers
The Council on Chemical Abuse runs the Warm Handoff Program at Reading Hospital and Penn State Health St. Joseph, where a certified recovery specialist meets with patients in the hospital after an…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
Countywide
Berks Counseling Center in Reading treats drug and alcohol use with outpatient counseling, and has done so for more than 40 years. The center offers intensive outpatient, group, family and individual…
From Berks Counseling Center
Reading
NAMI Berks County PA publishes an "If in Crisis" list of phone and text numbers for people facing a mental health crisis in Berks County, along with numbers for suicide prevention, alcohol and drug…
From NAMI Berks County PA
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.