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Reading
Co-County Wellness Services runs HIV Navigation Services, called HNS, for people living with HIV or at high risk of getting it. Counselors link people at high risk to health care systems, assist with…
From Co-County Wellness 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
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
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
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The Berks County Intermediate Unit’s ELECT program helps pregnant and parenting young people work toward a high school diploma or GED while raising their children. Services are free and support young…
From Berks County Intermediate Unit
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
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
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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 · 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
Reading
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County matches a child with a screened adult volunteer, called a Big, who spends time with that child for at least one year. The agency calls its One-To-One Program…
From Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County
Reading
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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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
Family Promise of Berks County runs the U Turn Program, which offers direct support and intensive case management for unaccompanied and homeless youth in Berks County through a Drop-In Center. Young…
From Family Promise 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
Reading
PA CareerLink Berks County runs a Career Services program for young adults who have finished school and want help finding a job or enrolling in more education. You work with a case manager to build a…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
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PA CareerLink Berks County runs an In-School Youth Employment Program that places young adults in paid work experiences with local employers. It serves young adults 16 to 24 years of age who are a…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Countywide
Threshold Rehabilitation Services runs Pre-Employment Transition Services, which supports students by developing their job skills through direct experience. The program has two parts. Job shadowing…
From Threshold Rehabilitation Services
Reading
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services runs employment and training programs for people who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, known as TANF, to help you go back to school or…
From Berks County Assistance Office
Reading
The Paid Work Experience Program at PA CareerLink Berks County gives young adults a part-time, temporary job with a local employer, and the program pays the wages. Paid Work Experience is open to…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Countywide
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks runs free English as a Second Language classes where adults learn and practice English vocabulary, literacy, and conversation skills. The classes are a well…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Reading
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks runs free classes that prepare you to take Pennsylvania high school equivalency tests such as the GED and HiSET. To join, you must be 17 years or older, a…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Reading
PA CareerLink Berks County teaches High School Equivalency/GED classes free of charge to young adults who want to work or go on to more schooling once they earn the GED. The Young Adult Program…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Countywide
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks provides a trained volunteer tutor who works one-on-one with adults who have barriers to taking part in a classroom. The tutoring can focus on literacy topics…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Countywide · Not taking applications right now
Berks County Community Foundation runs one universal scholarship application: a single online form that matches your answers to the scholarship or scholarships for which you qualify. The 2026…
From Berks County Community Foundation
Reading
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks is an official GED testing center, where you can take the computerized GED test through Pearson Vue and earn a high school equivalency diploma. The test covers…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Penn Township
Berks Community Health Center is your child's medical home both for when they are sick and well, from infancy through adolescence. Board-certified family physicians or nurse practitioners care for…
From Berks Community Health Center
Countywide
Berks Community Health Center offers your entire family primary and preventive health care services, from newborn visits through care for senior citizens. Your primary care provider and their whole…
From Berks Community Health Center
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Maternal and Family Health Services, known as MFHS, offers confidential reproductive health care for you and your partner, and a separate free program that connects a pregnant person with a personal…
From Maternal and Family Health Services
Reading
Planned Parenthood Keystone runs the Susie & John Stanley Health Center at Reading, a sexual and reproductive health clinic at 1920 Kutztown Road, Reading, PA 19604. The organization has provided…
From Planned Parenthood Keystone
Countywide
CHIP, the Children's Health Insurance Program run by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, gives health coverage to children and teens who have no insurance. Many kids receive CHIP for free…
From Berks County Assistance Office
Countywide
Safe Berks has an Education and Outreach Department, and its community educators offer programs to raise awareness and to prevent domestic and sexual violence. The department also runs Camp Safe…
From Safe Berks
Countywide
Safe2Say Something is a youth violence prevention program run by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General that takes anonymous tips about someone who may be a threat to themselves or others. The…
From Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
Countywide
The Berks County Student Assistance Program, known as SAP, is a team process in schools that identifies students struggling with things like substance use and mental health concerns and helps them…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
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
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
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Pennsylvania Counseling Services runs Family Based Mental Health Services, intensive mental health treatment delivered in the home to children and adolescents up to age 21 and the families they live…
From Pennsylvania Counseling Services
Reading
The County of Berks runs the Behavioral HealthChoices program, which covers mental health and substance use disorder treatment for people in Berks County who have Medical Assistance (Medicaid).…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
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Berks Counseling Center offers outpatient and intensive outpatient counseling, case management, psychiatric evaluation and medication support for mental health concerns at its office on Penn Street…
From Berks Counseling Center
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
Wyomissing
Caron Treatment Centers runs an outpatient treatment center in Wyomissing for teens and adults seeking help with substance use, gambling addiction and mental health conditions. The programs also…
From Caron Treatment Centers
Reading
Pennsylvania Counseling Services runs outpatient drug and alcohol treatment at two Reading offices that are contracted with the Council on Chemical Abuse (COCA), the county agency that lists and…
From Pennsylvania Counseling Services
Reading
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
Reading
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
Reading
The Consolidated Waiver is a state and federally funded program that provides support for individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism. In Berks County it is one of the waivers under…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program