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Preston's Pantry is the food pantry of Boyertown Area Multi-Service, and it exists to provide the local community with assistance in food to those who do not have the financial means to meet their…
From Boyertown Area Multi-Service
Boyertown
Boyertown Area Multi-Service has a case manager who works with households on the problems they are facing and connects them with programs that can help. The case manager can assist your household…
From Boyertown Area Multi-Service
Boyertown · Receive free lunch
Boyertown Area School District's Families in Transition work helps children and youth who do not have stable housing enroll in school immediately and get the support they need to keep learning. It…
From Boyertown Area School District
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 Homeless Assistance Program at Berks Community Action Program helps families who are homeless or facing homelessness through eviction or other circumstances by making a rental-related payment…
From Berks Community Action Program
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
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
Reading
Family Promise of Berks County runs the Hospitality Network, a 90-day program that gives families with children who are experiencing homelessness safe shelter, meals and case management. Families are…
From Family Promise of Berks County
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…
From Berks County Housing Authority
Countywide
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
Reading
The Budget Center at Berks Community Action Program offers budget counseling to anyone who needs help regardless of the circumstances. Its counselors handle rental and utilities assistance, home…
From Berks Community Action Program
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 assistance grants that are applied directly to the utility bill of FirstEnergy customers. The partnering FirstEnergy companies are…
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 · Seasonal
The LIHEAP Emergency Services Program, formerly known as the LIHEAP Crisis Interface Program, pays for emergency heating repairs and replacements for Pennsylvania households with low incomes. The…
From Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission publishes guidance and a standard form that customers and medical professionals can use when a medical condition in the household is a reason to keep a…
From Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
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
Shoemakersville · Free and Anonymous
Keystone Military Families runs a food bank and pantry at 331 Main St. REAR, Shoemakersville, PA 19555, giving nutritious food to military families and veterans. The group lists the service as free…
From Keystone Military Families
Reading
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
Helping Harvest runs a Mobile Market Program that brings nutritious produce, dairy and meats to neighborhood sites in Berks and Schuylkill Counties, where staff and volunteers hand the food directly…
From Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank
Kutztown
Friend, Inc. Community Services runs the Northeastern Berks Food Pantry at 60 Bieber Alley in Kutztown, where people shop their way through the aisles and choose their own food for the month. The…
From Friend, Inc. Community Services
Reading
SNAP, formerly called food stamps, helps Pennsylvanians buy groceries with an EBT Card, and the office that takes applications in person in this county is the Berks County Assistance Office in…
From Berks County Assistance Office
Kutztown · Seasonal
Friend, Inc. Community Services in Kutztown hands out a turkey and a holiday dinner box each November and December so families can put a full Thanksgiving or Christmas meal on the table. The boxes go…
From Friend, Inc. Community Services
Countywide
Maternal and Family Health Services runs WIC nutrition centers in 17 Pennsylvania counties, including Reading and greater Berks County, and gives people enrolled in WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition…
From Maternal and Family Health Services
Countywide · Seasonal
The Summer Food Service Program, run nationally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered in Pennsylvania by the Department of Education, provides free, nutritious meals to children when…
From Pennsylvania Department of Education
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
Countywide · Taking applications
Children in Pennsylvania can get school breakfast and lunch free or at a reduced price when their household income falls under federal limits. The United States Department of Agriculture released the…
From Pennsylvania Department of Education
Reading
The Berks County Assistance Office is the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services office in Reading where county residents file applications and renewals for state assistance. Pennsylvania offers…
From Berks County Assistance Office
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
Wyomissing
The Berks County Department of Veterans Affairs, also called the Etchberger Veterans Service Center, runs the Berks County Veterans Temporary Assistance (BCVTA) Grant Program, a small fund for Berks…
From Berks County Department of Veterans Affairs
Countywide
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
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
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
Countywide
United Way of Berks County keeps a Get Help page that gathers the main Berks County contacts and practical steps for people whose money is short, covering food, housing and utilities, child care…
From United Way of Berks County
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
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 judicial process. Staff serve…
From Berks County District Attorney's Office
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
Countywide
The Berks County District Attorney's Office issued a warning on Monday, August 31, 2026 about a phone scam in which callers pretend to be Berks County Sheriff's deputies or other court officials, and…
From Berks County District Attorney's Office
Reading · Returned Check Fee - $50.00
The Berks County magisterial district courts hear civil claims where the disputed amount is less than $12,000.00, landlord and tenant disputes, and summary offenses, meaning traffic and non-traffic…
From Berks County Magisterial District Courts
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
Countywide
The Victims Compensation Assistance Program, run by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, helps victims of crime in Pennsylvania with expenses related to a crime. Claims are filed…
From Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Reading
Aldea - The People's Justice Center runs a Low Bono Community Program that gives immigrants legal representation at rates far below private market costs, with payment plans shaped to each person or…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
New Castle
The Pennsylvania Department of Health issues certified copies of birth certificates for births that happened in Pennsylvania since 1906. A birth certificate is an official legal document that…
From Pennsylvania Department of Health
Countywide
Make the Road Pennsylvania publishes free Know Your Rights materials in English and Spanish that explain the rights people have under the U.S. Constitution and immigration law, especially in…
From Make the Road Pennsylvania
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
Birdsboro · Taking applications
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
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
Community Prevention Partnership of Berks County runs the Nurse-Family Partnership, which pairs a first-time mother with a specially trained registered nurse who visits her at home through pregnancy…
From Community Prevention Partnership of Berks County