Mental health help, crisis lines & free counseling 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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We are adding help from agencies, nonprofits and churches across the county, each with who qualifies, what it costs and a phone number we have checked. Meanwhile, dial 211.

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.