235 services in Berks County. The programs in Berks County that help with food, rent, bills, health care, legal trouble, a ride, child care or a benefit, and how to reach each one.
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Countywide · Access to a free nutritionist
Maternal and Family Health Services runs the WIC Nutrition Program, which helps families buy healthy groceries and gives them nutrition support during pregnancy and while their children are small.…
From Maternal and Family Health Services
Wyomissing
Wyomissing Area School District takes applications from families for free or reduced price school meals, and families must file a new application every year even if a child was approved before. What…
From Wyomissing Area School District
Schuylkill Valley School District runs a Free and Reduced Price Meals Program that lowers or removes the cost of meals at school for students whose families qualify. The page gives few details: it…
From Schuylkill Valley School District
Kutztown · Taking applications
Kutztown Area School District lets families apply for free or reduced price school breakfast and lunch for their children through a SchoolCafe account. The district takes part in the School Breakfast…
From Kutztown Area School District
Wilson School District serves school breakfast and lunch to all of its students, and families can apply to see whether their children qualify for meals at free or reduced price. The application is…
From Wilson School District
Fleetwood · Taking applications
The Fleetwood Area School District Food Service Department serves breakfast and lunch every day in each of its four schools, and breakfast is free for every student. Pennsylvania will continue…
From Fleetwood Area School District
Breakfast: FREE For All Students.
Brandywine Heights Area School District serves breakfast and lunch to its students in every school cafeteria, with breakfast free for all students and lunch sold at a set price. Breakfast and lunch…
From Brandywine Heights Area School District
Muhlenberg School District serves breakfast and lunch free to every student at all of its schools, with no application to fill out. All school meals will be served free for all children for the…
From Muhlenberg School District
Taking applications
Antietam School District gives every one of its students one breakfast and one lunch at no cost each school day in the 2026-2027 school year. All Antietam School District students qualify. There is…
From Antietam School District
Birdsboro
The Daniel Boone Area School District Food Services department serves breakfast and lunch to students in its school cafeterias, and breakfast is free at both the full price and the reduced price.…
From Daniel Boone Area School District
Tulpehocken Area School District serves breakfast free of charge at all of its schools and lets families apply for free or reduced price lunch for their children. For the 2026-2027 school year…
From Tulpehocken Area School District
Reading
Exeter Township School District's Food Services department signs up children from low-income families for free or reduced-price school meals through a federal program. Each year the Food Services…
From Exeter Township School District
Governor Mifflin School District gives every student a free breakfast and a free lunch each school day for the 2026-2027 school year, and no application is needed. This applies to all students in the…
From Governor Mifflin School District
The Hamburg Area School District Food Service Department serves breakfast and lunch in every district building, and breakfast is free for students at both the elementary and secondary levels. Lunch…
From Hamburg Area School District
Boyertown Area School District serves breakfast and lunch in its schools and posts the prices and menus for each grade level. For the 2026-2027 school year, breakfast costs $0.00 for all students…
From Boyertown Area School District
The Twin Valley School District Food Services Department runs the meal program in the district's schools and posts information for families about free and reduced price meals, school menus and summer…
From Twin Valley School District
Reading
The Berks County Assistance Office is the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services office in Reading where county residents apply for and renew state benefits. Pennsylvania offers assistance and…
From Berks County Assistance Office
Countywide
Cash assistance is a group of programs from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, handled locally by county assistance offices such as the Berks County Assistance Office, that give temporary…
From Berks County Assistance Office
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs gives grants of up to $5,000 to servicemembers and their families who face an unexpected financial emergency, through the Pennsylvania…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Countywide
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
Reading
Centro Hispano Daniel Torres has an Information and Referral team in Reading that connects individuals and families to the resources they need and helps them work through the paperwork. Staff are…
From Centro Hispano Daniel Torres
Countywide
Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank helps residents of Berks and Schuylkill counties apply for SNAP benefits, the food assistance many people still call food stamps. The help is for people who live in…
From Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank
Countywide · 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
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 · Free 24-hour Hotline.
Safe Berks sends advocates out into the community to meet survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault where they already are, including night court at the Berks County Courthouse. This is the…
From Safe Berks
Reading · Taking applications
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center has sexual assault nurse examiners, called SANEs, on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week to care for victims of sexual assault. They are registered…
From Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
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 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
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
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
Reading · All services are provided free of charge
The Victim/Witness Assistance Unit of the Berks County District Attorney's Office helps victims and witnesses of crime, and their immediate family members, through the court process. Staff act as…
From Berks County District Attorney's Office
READING · There are no filing or other fees.
The Berks County Bar Association runs a Legal Fee Dispute Resolution Committee that tries to settle a disagreement between a client and his or her attorney over fees. The committee handles disputes…
From Berks County Bar Association
The Berks County Bar Association posts legal guides and plain language answers to everyday legal questions on its website at berksbar.org, under Downloadable Resources & FAQs. The material comes from…
From Berks County Bar Association
Reading · Free 24-hour Hotline. · Taking applications
Safe Berks works with Berks County healthcare facilities through its Medical Advocacy Partnership Program (MAPP) to help survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking who are…
From Safe Berks
Reading
The Victim/Witness Assistance Unit of the Berks County District Attorney's Office helps crime victims open a claim with the Victims Compensation Assistance Program, known as VCAP, which pays back…
From Berks County District Attorney's Office
Reading Hospital provides interpreters and other language help, free of charge, to patients and families who do not speak English or who are deaf or hard of hearing. Spanish-language interpreters are…
From Reading Hospital
Reading
ALDEA - The People's Justice Center posts downloadable immigration and ICE guides on its website in English, Spanish and Creole, including Know Your Rights, Explore Your Options, Hope for the Best, a…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
Reading
ALDEA - The People's Justice Center runs a low bono program that provides immigration legal representation at rates far below private market costs, with payment plans shaped to each person or family.…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
Reading
Mary's Shelter in Reading is the site for the Berks County Diaper Bank, which hands out diapers to families one day each month. The program began as a pilot with five local agencies in 2016 with 15…
From Mary's Shelter
Reading · Taking applications
New Journey Community Outreach runs a clothing center at 138 South 6th Street in Reading where you can come without an appointment. The center is open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 am to…
From New Journey Community Outreach
Hope Rescue Mission keeps clothing closets stocked for people staying at The Mission and at the LightHouse Women & Children's Center in Reading. The clothing comes in through HopeThrift, the…
From Hope Rescue Mission
Birdsboro
Birdsboro Church of the Nazarene runs the Community Clothing Closet, which provides clothing free of charge to individuals and families in need. It is the church's largest in-house ministry, has been…
From Birdsboro Church of the Nazarene
Reading School District keeps a Knights' Closet in each of its school buildings for students in need, particularly those who are homeless or at risk. The closets hold basic items such as food…
From Reading School District
Countywide · By referral only
Rudden Family Services, a program of The Rudden Family Foundation, Inc., runs The Essentials, which takes in donated clothing, furniture, appliances and other household items and gives them to…
From The Rudden Family Foundation
Countywide · By referral only
Wheels For Change is a program of The Rudden Family Foundation, also called Rudden Family Services, that takes donated vehicles, repairs them and places them with a person or family living in poverty…
From The Rudden Family Foundation
READING · Seasonal
The Salvation Army Reading Citadel runs Adopt-a-Family, a Christmas program that allows local agencies, participating businesses and groups to meet more comprehensive material needs for families…
From The Salvation Army Reading Citadel
Seasonal
The Salvation Army Reading Citadel runs Angel Tree, a holiday program that provides warm winter clothing, toys, and other needed items to children up to 12 years of age. The Reading Citadel also…
From The Salvation Army Reading Citadel
Seasonal
Friend, Inc. Community Services provides Christmas gifts for children of its clients through a program called Christmas Cheer, also known as Sponsor a Child. Friend, Inc. serves families in rural…
From Friend, Inc. Community Services
Seasonal
Friend, Inc. Community Services in Kutztown gives a turkey and a holiday dinner box to each family enrolled in its Food Pantry during November and December, so those families have a full Thanksgiving…
From Friend, Inc. Community Services
Reading · Seasonal
The Salvation Army Reading Citadel hands out Thanksgiving dinners to families each year at its Thanksgiving Distribution, held on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. In 2022, the Reading Citadel…
From The Salvation Army Reading Citadel