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Easy Does It, Inc. runs a permanent supportive housing program at 1300 Hilltop Road in Leesport for 40 people who have the disability of substance use disorder and who have experienced chronic…
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Leesport
Easy Does It, Inc. keeps 10 supportive housing beds at its Leesport campus for Berks County residents in recovery from substance use disorder who pay their own housing fees. Residents live in a…
From Easy Does It
Leesport
The YMCA of Reading & Berks County runs several transitional living programs for people who are homeless, most of them tied to recovery from substance use. Each program provides case management in an…
From YMCA of Reading & Berks County
Leesport
The Education Department of the Berks County Jail System coordinates education for all inmates. The classes include work toward a high school diploma, GED preparation, Adult Basic Education, English…
From Berks County Jail System
Leesport
Easy Does It, Inc. runs a set of daily recovery and life skills groups at its program in Leesport, covering morning meditation, Recovery 101 and 102, relapse prevention, anger management…
From Easy Does It
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, known as COCA, keeps a list of the drug and alcohol treatment programs in Berks County that are contracted with it, so a person looking for care can see the local…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
Countywide
The Berks County Court of Common Pleas runs the Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program, established in 2012 to give the parties in a residential mortgage foreclosure action a procedure for resolving…
From Berks County Court of Common Pleas
Reading · Not taking applications right now
Family Promise of Berks County runs a Rent & Utility Assistance Program that offers emergency financial assistance to help families facing eviction or utility shut-off stay in their homes. That help…
From Family Promise of Berks County
Reading
The Berks Coalition to End Homelessness runs Coordinated Entry, one assessment that measures what a person or family experiencing homelessness needs and refers them to the community resources that…
From Berks Coalition to End Homelessness
Reading
Genesis is Hope Rescue Mission's initial emergency shelter program for men in Reading, providing up to six months of support to 100 men per night. Guests are provided three meals daily, free clothing…
From Hope Rescue Mission
Countywide
Hope Rescue Mission runs HopeHouse, a group of private apartments and group homes located throughout Berks County for people leaving its onsite residential programs and moving toward living on their…
From Hope Rescue Mission
Reading
Hope Rescue Mission runs the LightHouse Women & Children's Center at 715 North Sixth Street in Reading, a shelter for single women and for women with children who have nowhere to stay. The center…
From Hope Rescue Mission
Countywide
The Berks Coalition to End Homelessness runs a Safe Parking Lot, a designated lot where people experiencing homelessness can park their cars overnight safely and legally, which helps reduce the risk…
From Berks Coalition to End Homelessness
Countywide · By referral only
Service Access & Management, Inc. runs the Shelter + Care Program in Berks County, which places people in individual apartment units scattered around the community and sets rent according to what the…
From Service Access & Management
Reading
Hope Rescue Mission runs a Transitional Housing program in Reading for men who are ready to move beyond emergency shelter into a more stable, goal-oriented living environment. It is the next step…
From Hope Rescue Mission
Reading · Not taking applications right now
The Berks County Housing Authority (BCHA) owns and manages 209 public housing apartments and duplex-style townhouses spread across 9 developments in Berks County, and tenants pay approximately 30…
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The Redevelopment Authority of the County of Berks runs the Major Systems Program, which helps low-income families who own and live in their home pay to repair or replace a major system of the house.…
From Redevelopment Authority of the County of Berks
Countywide
Habitat for Humanity of Berks County runs a First-Time Home Buyer Program that gives individuals and families the chance to own a fully renovated or newly built home when they would not qualify for a…
From Habitat for Humanity of Berks County
Countywide
Dollar Energy Fund's Pennsylvania Hardship Program gives one-time grants that are applied directly to the utility bill of FirstEnergy customers. The partnering FirstEnergy companies are Met-Ed…
From Dollar Energy Fund
Countywide
Pennsylvania's Weatherization Assistance Program, run by the Department of Community and Economic Development, increases energy efficiency in homes by reducing energy costs and increasing comfort…
From Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
Countywide
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program, known as PCAP, helps income qualified residential electric customers of Met-Ed, Penn Power, Penelec and West Penn Power maintain electric…
From Dollar Energy Fund
Countywide
Met-Ed offers short-term help through its Customer Assistance & Referral Evaluation Services program to residential customers who have fallen behind on their electric bill because of a temporary…
From Met-Ed
Countywide
Berks County Public Libraries lends portable Wi-Fi hotspots that cardholders can check out from select library locations and use to get online away from a wired connection. You need a Berks County…
From Berks County Public Libraries
Reading
Hope Rescue Mission serves three meals a day to the men staying in its emergency shelter programs at 645 North Sixth Street in Reading. The meals come with a shelter bed rather than as a separate…
From Hope Rescue Mission
Reading
Berks Encore, working with Redner's Warehouse Markets, sends a volunteer to buy your groceries and bring them to your home on a regular basis if you have difficulty getting to a grocery store or…
From Berks Encore
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The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) runs the Blind Veterans Pension, which pays eligible veterans a monthly pension of $150 when a service-connected injury or disease…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) runs the Amputee and Paralyzed Veterans Pension, which pays eligible veterans a monthly pension of $150. To qualify, you must have…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Countywide · Taking applications
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry runs the Unemployment Compensation (UC) program, which provides temporary income support if you lose your job through no fault of your own, or if…
From PA Department of Labor and Industry
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
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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
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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
Mohnton
The Berks County Assessment Office takes appeals from property owners who believe their property assessment is wrong, and it posts the forms needed to file one. The office maintains ownership and…
From Berks County Assessment Office
Reading
The Berks County Tax Claim Bureau offers a Hardship Agreement, a payment plan for people who have fallen behind on their property taxes because of illness or injury. To qualify, you must be…
From Berks County Tax Claim Bureau
Countywide · Taking applications
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue's Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program pays a yearly rebate of $380 to $1,000 to older adults and people with disabilities who own or rent their home. Applications…
From Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue offers free in-person help filling out and filing Property Tax/Rent Rebate (PTRR) applications. Department representatives visit senior and community centers…
From Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
Countywide
The IRS runs two programs, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE), that offer free basic tax return preparation through IRS-certified volunteers. The VITA…
From IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Reading
Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services offers help with burial or cremation costs for people who meet its eligibility rules. The local County Assistance Office determines eligibility. In Berks…
From Berks County Assistance Office
Reading
The Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) gives victims a substitute mailing address so their real home address stays out of public records where the person who harmed them might find it. It is…
From Berks County District Attorney's Office
Reading
Berks County Family Court posts custody and divorce forms, local filing instructions and lawyer referral information for people who go to court in Berks County without a lawyer. The forms and…
From Berks County Court of Common Pleas
Countywide
The Berks County Bar Association's Modest Means Program matches people who earn too much to qualify for Legal Aid with an active, qualified Berks County attorney who will represent them at a…
From Berks County Bar Association
Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General takes complaints from people who believe a business, a scammer, a health care provider, an employer or someone else has treated them wrongly. The office…
From Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
Reading
The Berks County Bar Association's Lawyer Referral Service matches a person who needs a lawyer with an attorney in Berks County who handles their kind of legal problem, such as a foreclosure…
From Berks County Bar Association
Countywide
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…
From MidPenn Legal Services
Countywide
Safe Berks legal advocates help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault with protection orders and with the police and court process. An advocate can come with you to a police interview, come…
From Safe Berks
Reading
The Berks County Public Defender's Office provides lawyers to people charged with crimes who cannot afford to hire an attorney, including juveniles charged with delinquency. Its attorneys handle…
From Berks County Public Defender
Countywide
The Immigrant Survivors Project of the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC) provides free immigration legal services to immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human…
From Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
Reading
Community Justice Project (CJP) runs an immigration legal practice out of its Reading, PA office, and its immigration team is fully bilingual in English and Spanish. The team represents clients…
From Community Justice Project