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Schuylkill Valley School District has a homeless liaison who helps students going through housing problems get into school and stay there under the federal McKinney-Vento Act. The Pennsylvania…
From Schuylkill Valley School District
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
The Council on Chemical Abuse, known as COCA, keeps a list of the drug and alcohol treatment programs in Berks County that are contracted with it, so a person looking for care can see the local…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
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
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
Reading · By referral only
The Berks County Intermediate Unit runs ELECT, a free program for pregnant and parenting young people in Berks County schools who are working toward a high school diploma or its equivalent. ELECT is…
From Berks County Intermediate Unit
Reading
Berks County Children and Youth Services provides adoption services to children in the agency's custody, and points families who want to adopt toward the outside agencies that prepare them. 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
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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 court…
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
Reading
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County matches a child with a volunteer adult mentor, called a Big, through its One-To-One Program, which the agency calls its best known program and the cornerstone…
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
The Berks County Student Assistance Program, known as SAP, is a mandated team process in schools that identifies students who are struggling with issues such as substance use and mental health…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
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
Reading
The Education and Outreach Department at Safe Berks offers free programs that raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault and work to prevent it, and it runs Camp Safe Berks, a free…
From Safe Berks
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
Countywide
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
Countywide
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
Reading
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 the class you must be 17 years or older…
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 students who have barriers to classroom participation. The tutoring can focus on literacy topics…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Reading
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks is an official GED testing center, so you can take the computerized GED test at its Reading office and work toward a high school equivalency diploma. The test is…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Reading · 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
Planned Parenthood Keystone runs the Susie & John Stanley Health Center at Reading, a sexual and reproductive health center at 1920 Kutztown Road, Reading, PA 19604. The organization has provided…
From Planned Parenthood Keystone
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
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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
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
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
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 Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities Program pays for a range of mental health treatment and support services for people in Berks County, from counseling and partial…
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
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
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
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
Countywide
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 listed under…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
Countywide
The Berks County Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities office arranges Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder services so that people with an intellectual disability or autism can be…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program