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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
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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
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
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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CHOR Youth & Family Services places children and teens with foster families in Berks County and surrounding areas, and trains and supports the adults who open their homes. Foster care provides…
From CHOR Youth & Family Services
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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
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Berks County Children and Youth Services works with families in their own homes after a report of child abuse or neglect, so that children can stay safely where they are instead of being placed…
From Berks County Children and Youth Services
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The Berks County Intermediate Unit runs the Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness program, known as ECYEH, which helps children and youth who do not have stable housing get and…
From Berks County Intermediate Unit
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Muhlenberg School District has a social worker in each of its four schools and a district liaison for homelessness who help students who do not have a fixed, regular and adequate place to sleep at…
From Muhlenberg School District
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Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center runs Centering Pregnancy, prenatal care given in a group setting that includes self-monitoring and extended time with the provider. It brings together…
From Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
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Reading Hospital's Street Medicine Program brings primary and preventative care directly to people who are unsheltered, living in a shelter, or at high risk of becoming homeless, with clinics at…
From Reading Hospital
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Medicaid, also known as Medical Assistance, pays for health care services for eligible individuals, and the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services takes applications online, in person at the Berks…
From Berks County Assistance Office
Reading
Berks Community Health Center offers affordable dental care for children and adults at its Rockland location in Reading. Care includes cleanings, preventive care, annual exams, school exams…
From Berks Community Health Center
Reading · Taking applications
Safe Berks answers a hotline and text line at any hour for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Berks County. The hotline number is 1-844-789-SAFE (7233), and you can also text SAFE…
From Safe Berks
Reading
The Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program pays for a range of mental health treatment and support services for people in Berks County, from counseling to hospital care to…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
Reading · All Services are Free and Confidential
Safe Berks offers free, confidential counseling for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, and for their significant others, from its Counseling Department in Reading. Children who are…
From Safe Berks
Reading
The Child and Adolescent Service System Program, known as CASSP, is run through the Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program and helps children, adolescents and their families…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
Reading
Pennsylvania Counseling Services runs outpatient mental health offices in Berks County, with three locations in Reading. Outpatient care means scheduled appointments you come to and then go home the…
From Pennsylvania Counseling Services
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NAMI Berks County PA publishes an "If in Crisis" list of phone and text numbers for people facing a mental health crisis in Berks County, along with numbers for suicide prevention, alcohol and drug…
From NAMI Berks County PA
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The Salvation Army Reading Citadel runs an after-school program and a summer day camp for children at its Learning Center at 301 South 5th Street, Reading, Pennsylvania 19602. The after-school…
From The Salvation Army Reading Citadel
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Child Care Works is Pennsylvania's subsidized child care program that helps low-income families pay their child care fees. It is funded by the state and federal governments and managed by the Early…
From Early Learning Resource Center Region 13
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Early Learning Resource Center Region 13 is the office families in Berks County use for early education and child care questions. Staff help parents and guardians who want information on enrolling a…
From Early Learning Resource Center Region 13
Reading · Taking applications
Olivet Boys & Girls Club of Reading and Berks County signs children up for its after school program at six clubs in Reading, and enrollment for the 2026-2027 Afterschool Program is open. You enroll…
From Olivet Boys & Girls Club of Reading and Berks County
Reading
The Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program arranges services for people living with an intellectual disability or autism so they can be supported in their own homes and…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
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Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services in Reading keeps many assistive devices on display so people who are deaf or hard of hearing can see and test them for compatibility, helps people apply for…
From Berks Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
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Special Olympics Pennsylvania, Berks County offers sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Training and competition are free for athletes and their…
From Special Olympics Pennsylvania
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
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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
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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
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 volunteers are…
From CASA of Berks County
Countywide
CONCERN Professional Services for Children places children who cannot live with their birth parents in foster homes, and recruits, trains and supports the families who take them in. Foster parents…
From CONCERN Professional Services for Children
Countywide
PA KinConnector is a statewide information, referral and education program for kinship caregivers, and you can reach its staff by calling 1-866-546-2111. The KinConnectors who answer give guidance…
From PA KinConnector
Countywide · By referral only
CHOR Youth & Family Services runs a Specialized Foster Care program that provides specialized resource families and In-Home Interventionist services for clients with maladaptive sexual behaviors…
From CHOR Youth & Family Services
Countywide
The Berks County Intermediate Unit provides technical assistance and professional development related to the education of foster care youth, who frequently change schools in ways that disrupt their…
From Berks County Intermediate Unit
Countywide · Our program is free .
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County runs a One-To-One mentoring program that matches a child with an adult volunteer who spends time with that child for at least one year. The agency calls it…
From Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County runs SMART, Students & Mentors Achieving Results Together, a mentoring program that takes place entirely inside certain Berks County schools. A mentor meets…
From Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County
Countywide
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County runs COUL, the Club of Unmatched Littles, a group mentoring program that holds supervised activities every week for children who are enrolled with the agency…
From Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County
Countywide
The Exeter Township School District publishes the ETSD Resource Guide, an online list of places in Berks County and nearby counties that offer mental health care, drug and alcohol treatment, food…
From Exeter Township School District