17 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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Leesport
Easy Does It runs a permanent supportive housing program in Leesport for 40 people who have the disability of substance use disorder and who have experienced chronic homelessness as the U.S.…
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
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Connections Work serves as the pretrial agency for Berks County and operates the Berks County Community Release (bail) Program, the county-approved bail program. For 24-hour bail assistance, call…
From Connections Work
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
Reading · This is a FREE service
The Pardon Project of Berks County, based at Connections Work in Reading, helps people with a criminal record apply for a pardon of that record in Pennsylvania. It connects people with community…
From Connections Work
Countywide
MidPenn Legal Services runs an Employment Law Project that helps people clear up criminal records through expungements, sealing records and pardons so that they can gain employment. The same project…
From MidPenn Legal Services
Reading
Connections Work runs R3, an 8-week registered pre-apprenticeship program in the construction trades built on best practices in reentry programming and career and technical education. It aims to…
From Connections Work
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
Reading
PA CareerLink Berks County runs the Young Adult Re-Entry Program, called Connect to Success, which helps young adults who have been involved in the justice system work toward a high school…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Reading · Taking applications
The Reentry Resource Center is operated by Connections Work and is a single point of contact for people in Berks County who have current or prior justice system involvement and need help getting to…
From Connections Work
Reading
Reentry Works is a job program from Connections Work for people in Berks County who have current or past involvement with the justice system. It helps clients become reliable and successful employees…
From Connections Work
Reading
Connections Work runs Working Toward Change (WTC), which provides case management both pre- and post-release from the Berks County Jail System (BCJS). It is for people who are in or leaving the Berks…
From Connections Work
Work in Progress, called WIP, is a reentry workforce development program at Connections Work for people with current or past justice system involvement who have a mental health or dual diagnosis.…
From Connections Work
Countywide
Easy Does It runs a set of daily recovery and life skills groups for residents of its program in Leesport, covering everything from morning meditation to budgeting, anger management and relapse…
From Easy Does It
Countywide
Berks TASC, the Treatment Access and Services Center, runs a peer-to-peer Recovery Support Services program in which Certified Recovery Support Specialists work with people in the early stages of…
From Treatment Access and Services Center
Countywide
Peerstar matches adults in Pennsylvania with a Certified Peer Specialist, someone who has lived through their own mental health challenges and is trained to use that experience to support others in…
From Peerstar
Lebanon
VA Lebanon health care helps veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless through its homeless veteran care program, where a care coordinator works with you one on one to find housing…
From Lebanon VA Medical Center