138 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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Reading
Safe Berks runs an emergency shelter, called the Safe House, for survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault and their children, and staff also help survivors find longer term housing. The…
From Safe Berks
Reading
Opportunity House runs a year-round emergency shelter at 430 North Second Street in Reading for men, women, children, and veterans who are experiencing homelessness. The Reading shelter is open 24…
From Opportunity House
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 shelter program that gives families with children who are experiencing homelessness a safe place to stay, meals, and case…
From Family Promise of Berks County
Healthy Sprouts is a program of Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank that gives a bag of fresh foods to children in need in the City of Reading. It was first piloted in March 2010 under the name Produce 4…
From Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank
Helping Harvest runs a School Pantry Program that places food pantries inside schools, so students who do not have enough to eat can choose food for themselves and their families. The program is…
From Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank
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
Seasonal
Centro Hispano Daniel Torres takes part in the Summer Food Service Program, a federally funded program that provides free, nutritious meals to children and teens during the summer months when school…
From Centro Hispano Daniel Torres
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
Seasonal
Reading School District serves breakfast and lunch to children during the summer at school cafeterias around the city. Meals are served from June 15 to July 31, Mondays through Thursdays. Breakfast…
From Reading School District
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
Reading
Exeter Township School District's Food Services department signs children up for free or reduced-price breakfasts and lunches through the federal school meal programs. The Food Services team serves…
From Exeter Township School District
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
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 a well-balanced breakfast and lunch daily in each of its four schools, and breakfast is free for every student. Pennsylvania will…
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
Every student in the Reading School District can get a free breakfast and a free lunch each day through the district's Food Service Program, under the Community Eligibility Provision of the Healthy…
From Reading School District
The Daniel Boone Area School District Food Services department serves breakfast and lunch to students in the district's school cafeterias. Breakfast is free for every student, at both the full 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
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 Food and Nutrition Services department of the Conrad Weiser Area School District serves breakfast and lunch in the district's schools and posts menus, pre-payment options and nutrition…
From Conrad Weiser Area School District
The Twin Valley School District Food Services Department runs the school meal program for district students and posts information for families about free and reduced price meals, lunch menus and…
From Twin Valley School District
Reading
Centro Hispano Daniel Torres serves free afterschool snacks and suppers to children and teens at 12 approved sites in Reading. The At-Risk Afterschool Snack and Supper Program is federally funded…
From Centro Hispano Daniel Torres
Countywide
Helping Harvest runs the Weekender Program, which sends a bag of healthy, non-perishable food home on Fridays with students who are food insecure, so they have something to eat over the weekend. The…
From Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank
Countywide · Seasonal
The Weekender Bag Program, run through the Conrad Weiser Food Pantry hosted at Trinity Lutheran Church in Robesonia, provides kid-friendly, nutritious, nonperishable food for Conrad Weiser students…
From Conrad Weiser Food Pantry at Trinity Lutheran Church
Reading
Aldea - The People's Justice Center runs a project called CARES, short for Children's Advocacy, Representation & Services. Its attorneys represent unaccompanied minors in immigration and family…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
Church World Service Lancaster has staff attorneys and representatives accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice who give free and low-cost legal advice and representation on family and…
From Church World Service Lancaster
Reading
The Main Library of the Reading Public Library is a passport acceptance facility, which means you can fill out a U.S. passport application and hand it in there in person. Passport service is by…
From Reading Public Library
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
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
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
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
Community Prevention Partnership of Berks County runs Parents As Teachers, a program that sends a home visitor to families to work on parenting skills and child development education. It serves 135…
From Community Prevention Partnership of Berks County
CHOR Youth & Family Services runs Parents as Teachers in Reading, a home visitation program in which a trained Parent Educator visits your home to support your child's early learning and your…
From CHOR Youth & Family Services
Reading
Berks County Children and Youth Services provides adoption services to children in the agency's custody, and points people who want to adopt toward the outside agencies that prepare families. When…
From Berks County Children and Youth Services
Fleetwood
CONCERN Professional Services for Children helps children and youth in foster care find a permanent family, and works with families who want to adopt one of them. As an affiliate of the PA Statewide…
From CONCERN Professional Services for Children
Reading · Taking applications
CHOR Youth & Family Services places children who cannot stay safely at home with foster families in Berks County and surrounding areas, and it trains and supports the adults who open their homes.…
From CHOR Youth & Family Services
Reading · Taking applications
Berks County Children and Youth Services takes reports about children in Berks County who may be abused or neglected, and its staff investigate all reports of child maltreatment in the county. The…
From Berks County Children and Youth Services
Countywide
The Children's Alliance Center of Berks County, known as the CAC, is a service of the Berks County District Attorney's office that works with child victims of sexual abuse. It brings law enforcement…
From Children's Alliance Center of Berks County
Countywide
CONCERN Professional Services for Children, Youth, and Families runs a group of community-based programs meant to help keep or reunite children with their families and community, and they are…
From CONCERN Professional Services for Children
Wyomissing
CASA of Berks County trains screened community volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children across Berks County, including Reading and surrounding communities. The organization's separate…
From CASA of Berks County