40 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
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 · Not taking applications right now
The Reading Housing Authority runs Public Housing, federally funded rental apartments where rent is based on what the household earns, and all of its waiting lists are closed right now. Public…
From Reading Housing Authority
Shoemakersville · Free and Anonymous
Keystone Military Families runs a food bank and pantry at 331 Main St. REAR, Shoemakersville, PA 19555, giving nutritious food to military families and veterans. The group lists the service as free…
From Keystone Military Families
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) administers the Blind Veterans Pension, which pays eligible veterans a monthly pension of $150 when a service-connected injury or…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) runs the Amputee and Paralyzed Veterans Pension, which pays eligible veterans a monthly pension of $150. To qualify, you must have…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs gives grants of up to $5,000 to servicemembers and their families who face an unexpected financial emergency, through the Pennsylvania…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) runs the Veterans Temporary Assistance (VTA) Program, which gives temporary financial assistance of up to $1,600 in a 12-month…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Countywide · By referral only
Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors pays emergency bills for veterans in crisis, covering things like rent, a housing security deposit, a mortgage payment, minor home repair, basic utilities such as gas…
From Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors
Reading
ALDEA - The People's Justice Center runs a low bono program that provides immigration legal representation at rates far below private market costs, with payment plans shaped to each person or family.…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
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
Reading
The Resource Room at PA CareerLink Berks County is a self-service center open to the public, with computers and materials to help you look for work. It is open to the public, so no referral or…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Wyomissing
NAMI Berks County PA runs a NAMI Connection peer recovery support group for veterans who live with mental health conditions. It is a place to talk with other veterans who understand, and it is led by…
From NAMI Berks County PA
Countywide
Touch of Kindness Transportation is a private company that drives people to medical appointments in wheelchair vans, stretcher vehicles, and regular vehicles for passengers who walk with help. Its…
From Touch of Kindness Transportation
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs runs the Educational Gratuity Program, which pays money toward school costs for the children of wartime veterans who have a…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) runs a Records Request Program that helps veterans and their family members track down lost military paperwork such as the DD214…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Jonestown
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs runs the Lickdale Veterans' Outreach Center in Jonestown, where veterans and their families have a convenient, in-person way to meet with…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs helps make sure veterans in the state receive a proper military burial, and it pays a stipend to veterans organizations that perform…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
The Honor Guard of American Legion Ray A. Master Post 217 in Topton performs military honors, called the "Final Salute," at the graveside of a veteran who has died. The Final Salute is a send-off for…
From American Legion Ray A. Master Post 217
Topton
American Legion Ray A. Master Post 217 in Topton has a post service officer who takes questions about VA benefits from veterans and their dependents. To ask about VA benefits for a veteran or a…
From American Legion Ray A. Master Post 217
Annville · Taking applications
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville buries eligible veterans, their spouses and certain dependent children, and it has space available to accommodate casketed and cremated remains. Burial in…
From Indiantown Gap National Cemetery
Reading
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 131 is a Berks County veterans group that meets once a month in Reading and posts what is going on for veterans in the area. Its site was made to be a place where…
From Vietnam Veterans of America
Lebanon
Lebanon VA Medical Center's main campus provides primary care and specialty health services, including hospice, low vision rehabilitation, pain management, and radiology. The campus is at 1700 South…
From Lebanon VA Medical Center
Wyomissing
The Berks County VA Clinic in Wyomissing is a VA outpatient clinic, part of VA Lebanon health care, that offers primary medical care and specialty services, including occupational therapy, neurology…
From Berks County VA Clinic
The Veterans Crisis Line gives veterans a direct way to reach a crisis counselor right away: dial 988, then press 1. Berks County Veterans Affairs lists it for local veterans as a dedicated crisis…
From 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Opportunity House in Reading, Pennsylvania runs a Veterans Program with a case manager and provides emergency shelter for veterans and others who are homeless and need emergency shelter. Both men and…
From Opportunity House
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
Reading
The Veterans Multi-Service Center runs Supportive Services for Veterans and Families, known as SSVF, for very low income veterans and their families who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk…
From Veterans Multi-Service Center
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Allentown runs Supportive Services for Veterans and Families for people who served in the military and are homeless or struggling to stay housed. The help is for you if…
From Catholic Charities
Countywide
VA Lebanon Healthcare System's DAV Transport Service provides free, volunteer-based transportation for eligible Veterans traveling to their medical appointments. It is one of the options under the…
From Lebanon VA Medical Center
Lebanon · Cost: Free
VA Lebanon Healthcare System runs a free shuttle that carries Veterans from the Lebanon VA Medical Center to the Philadelphia VA Medical Center and brings them back the same day. It is one of the…
From Lebanon VA Medical Center
Wyomissing
VA Uber Health Connect is a door to door transportation service that the Lebanon VA Medical Center offers to Veterans who need a way to get to and from medical care. It is supplemental…
From Berks County VA Clinic
Lebanon
Lebanon VA Medical Center arranges two extra ride options for Veterans getting to care: Special Mode Transportation, which is wheelchair van or ambulance level transport, and Uber Health Connect, a…
From Lebanon VA Medical Center
Countywide
Berks Counseling Center connects veterans, active service members and their families in Berks County with counseling services and supports, working closely with the Department of Veterans' Affairs…
From Berks Counseling Center
Shoemakersville
Keystone Warriors, a nonprofit based in Eastern Pennsylvania, connects post-9/11 wounded veterans with counseling and mentorship and helps them stay active through rehabilitation hunts and…
From Keystone Warriors
Lancaster · Taking applications
The Lancaster Vet Center offers confidential counseling at no cost to veterans, service members and their families in a non-medical setting, including help with PTSD, depression, grief, military…
From Lancaster Vet Center
Countywide
PA VETConnect, run by the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), works out what veterans and their beneficiaries need, finds resources that meet those needs, and connects…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Wyomissing
The Lancaster Vet Center offers readjustment counseling at the Etchberger Veterans Service Center, 20 Commerce Drive in Wyomissing. The VA lists a counselor there on Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.…
From Lancaster Vet Center
American Legion Post 0471 in Boyertown keeps a veteran information page that points veterans and their families toward their military records, VA benefits, the Berks County veterans office and…
From American Legion Charles B. Yerger Post 471
Wyomissing · By referral only
The Berks County VA Clinic in Wyomissing offers outpatient mental health care and addiction and substance use care to Veterans, including individual and group therapy, psychiatry, psychology and PTSD…
From Berks County VA Clinic
Annville
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville sets the rules for visiting the grounds and decorating graves, and it offers a golf cart ride to visitors who cannot walk to a gravesite. The cemetery is…
From Indiantown Gap National Cemetery