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Early Learning Resource Center Region 13, which covers Schuylkill and Berks counties, publishes a list of offices that families with young children often need, with the address, phone number and in…
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The Pennsylvania Department of Aging, in its PA CareKit guide for caregivers, explains respite care: temporary supervision and support provided to an older adult or person with disabilities so that…
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Mohnton
Care at Home is the Berks County Area Agency on Aging program that arranges in-home services and other supports so older adults can stay independent in their own homes. The supportive services…
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The Pennsylvania Caregiver Support Program helps people who take primary responsibility for caring for someone else, with a care manager, training, and money back for out-of-pocket caregiving costs.…
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Pennsylvania Link to Aging and Disability Resources, known as PA Link, is run by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging and helps people with disabilities and older adults find information and connect…
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Service Access & Management, Inc. runs Early Intervention Service Coordination, which helps support families and meet the needs of infants and toddlers, birth to age 3, who have a developmental delay…
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The Berks County Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities office arranges Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder services so that people with an intellectual disability or autism can be…
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ProBerco provides respite as part of its Family Support Services, giving temporary overnight supervision of adults with disabilities so the person who normally cares for them can have a break. The…
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The Arc Alliance provides Supports Coordination services to people of all ages with an intellectual disability and/or autism diagnosis, and to children diagnosed with complex medical conditions. A…
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Service Access & Management, Inc. (SAM) provides supports coordination for people with developmental disabilities and their families, and Berks County is one of the territories where it offers this…
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Reading
Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services has a Client Consultant, Lori Fisher, who works with people one to one, giving them information, education, advocacy and community referrals to help with…
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Wyomissing · Waiting list
The Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance has educational non-attorney advocates who work to make sure children receive a free, appropriate public education by building collaboration between parents…
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The Vision Resource Center of Berks County runs two monthly support groups for people who are blind or have vision loss, one general group and one for people who feel more comfortable within the…
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ConsultLine is a help line run by the Office for Dispute Resolution that connects parents and advocates directly with a special education specialist. The specialist explains federal and state laws…
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The Office for Dispute Resolution, known as ODR, gives families and educational agencies ways to settle disagreements about a child's education, through mediation, facilitated meetings and due…
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Reading
The Vision Resource Center of Berks County helps people who are blind or have vision loss with daily activities, safe travel, and support groups, so they can keep their quality of life and live…
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TechOWL runs Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Lending Library, a statewide device loan program that lets you borrow a device and try it out before deciding whether it is right for you. Anyone in…
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The Autism Society of Berks County offers monthly family events, music therapy groups, social skills classes, yoga groups, and scholarships for camps, schools and other organizations. These…
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The Autism Society of Berks County runs free music therapy groups led by Board Certified Music Therapist Cindy Long at its office in Temple, for people with autism and their families in Berks County.…
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The Vision Resource Center of Berks County runs a Lunch Bunch group and other social and recreational programs for people who are blind or have vision loss, so they can get out and spend time with…
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The ASERT Resource Center is a statewide information line about autism in Pennsylvania. Its Resource Specialists help individuals with autism, families, professionals and community members learn more…
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Pennsylvania Statewide CONNECT is the helpline to contact when you have a concern about a young child's development, such as walking, talking, hearing, seeing, learning or getting along with others.…
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The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs runs the Educational Gratuity Program, which pays money toward school costs for the children of wartime veterans who have a…
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The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs helps make sure veterans in the state receive a proper military burial, and it pays a stipend to veterans organizations that perform…
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Annville · Taking applications
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville buries eligible veterans, their spouses and certain dependent children, and it has space available to accommodate casketed and cremated remains. Burial in…
From Indiantown Gap National Cemetery
Reading
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 131 is a Berks County veterans chapter that meets once a month in Reading and posts what is going on for veterans in the county. Its website was made to be a place…
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Reading
The Veterans Multi-Service Center runs Supportive Services for Veterans and Families, known as SSVF, for very low income veterans and their families who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk…
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Berks Counseling Center connects veterans, active service members and their families in Berks County with counseling services and supports, working closely with the Department of Veterans' Affairs…
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Annville
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville sets the rules for visiting the grounds and decorating graves, and it offers a golf cart ride to visitors who cannot walk to a gravesite. The cemetery is…
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