513 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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Boyertown
The Center at Spring Street is the senior center run by Boyertown Area Multi-Service at 200 Spring Street, Boyertown, PA 19512. It began in February of 1975 as the Senior Neighborhood Center, was…
From Boyertown Area Multi-Service
Mohnton
The Berks County Area Agency on Aging provides Ombudsman services, which advocate for people who receive long-term care and work to resolve their problems and concerns. An Ombudsman is a trained…
From Berks County Area Agency on Aging
The AARP Foundation Senior Community Service Employment Program, known as SCSEP, matches eligible jobseekers with local nonprofits and public agencies, such as day care centers, senior centers…
From AARP Foundation Senior Community Service Employment Program
Countywide
PA Link to Aging and Disability Resources, run by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, helps people with disabilities and older adults find information and connect to support and services in their…
From Pennsylvania Department of Aging
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Department of Aging provides nutritious meals at Senior Community Centers and through home-delivered meal programs to Pennsylvanians aged 60 and older and their spouses, and it…
From Pennsylvania Department of Aging
Mohnton
The Berks County Area Agency on Aging publishes guides that explain the main senior housing choices in the county: independent living and continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes…
From Berks County Area Agency on Aging
Countywide
Access Services sends Direct Support Professionals to work one on one with adults in their own homes and out in the community, helping them set personal goals and learn skills for day-to-day living.…
From Access Services
Access Services runs Adult Respite Services, which places an adult with special needs with a qualified respite provider for a short or longer stay so the family caregiver can take a break from the…
From Access Services
Threshold Rehabilitation Services sends trained staff out into the community with people who have disabilities, for fun activities and time with others. The person receiving the service decides what…
From Threshold Rehabilitation Services
Countywide
The Consolidated Waiver is a state and federally funded program that provides support for individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism, and in Berks County it is one of the waivers listed…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
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
Threshold Rehabilitation Services provides in-home support to people who want to live independently in the community, working with them on the everyday skills that independent living takes. Staff…
From Threshold Rehabilitation Services
Threshold Rehabilitation Services runs Life Sharing, which places a person with a host family, known as a Life Sharing Provider, who welcomes that person into their home and community. The service…
From Threshold Rehabilitation Services
Countywide
The Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program helps people with an intellectual disability or autism get waiver funding for support at home and in the community, including the…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
Countywide
ProBerco's Family Support Services send a Direct Support Professional to work one to one with an adult with a disability in their own home and in the community. The supports are for people living…
From Prospectus Berco
Countywide
ProBerco provides respite as part of its Family Support Services, giving temporary overnight supervision of adults with disabilities so the person who normally cares for them can have a break. The…
From Prospectus Berco
Threshold Rehabilitation Services provides respite care for people who need temporary living accommodations. A respite stay is a short stay with one of Threshold's Life Sharing providers or at one of…
From Threshold Rehabilitation Services
Countywide
The Arc Alliance provides Supports Coordination services to people of all ages with an intellectual disability and/or autism diagnosis, and to children diagnosed with complex medical conditions. A…
From The Arc Alliance
Countywide
Service Access & Management, Inc. (SAM) provides supports coordination for people with developmental disabilities and their families, and Berks County is one of the territories where it offers this…
From Service Access & Management
Reading
Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services has a Client Consultant, Lori Fisher, who works with people one to one, giving them information, education, advocacy and community referrals to help with…
From Berks Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
Reading
Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services schedules nationally certified sign language interpreters and CART captioners so Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing people and hearing people can understand…
From Berks Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
Countywide
The Arc Alliance Guardianship Services can be appointed by the court as guardian for a person a judge has found incapacitated, to manage that person's health decisions, financial affairs, or both. A…
From The Arc Alliance
Reading
Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services does hearing screenings, a check for hearing loss, and the screenings are available in English and Spanish. Screenings are done on individuals of all ages…
From Berks Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
Countywide · Waiting list
The Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance has educational non-attorney advocates who work to make sure children receive a free, appropriate public education by building collaboration between parents…
From Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance
Countywide
ConsultLine is a help line run by the Office for Dispute Resolution that connects parents and advocates directly with a special education specialist. The specialist explains federal and state laws…
From Office for Dispute Resolution
Countywide
The Office for Dispute Resolution, known as ODR, gives families and educational agencies ways to settle disagreements about a child's education, through mediation, facilitated meetings and due…
From Office for Dispute Resolution
Reading
The Vision Resource Center of Berks County helps people who are blind or have vision loss with daily activities, safe travel, and support groups, so they can keep their quality of life and live…
From Vision Resource Center of Berks County
Reading
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
Countywide · Try assistive technology, for free!
TechOWL runs a statewide assistive technology lending library that lets you borrow a device and try it out before deciding whether it is right for you. TechOWL is Pennsylvania's designated Assistive…
From TechOWL
Reading
Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services keeps applications on hand for people who want to apply for low cost hearing aids and low cost hearing aid repairs, and staff help individuals get information…
From Berks Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
Countywide
The Autism Society of Berks County offers monthly family events, music therapy groups, social skills classes, yoga groups, and scholarships for camps, schools and other organizations. These…
From Autism Society of Berks County
Reading · Seasonal
Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania runs Camp Lily Berks, a summer day camp held at its campground on Mount Penn in Reading that offers a traditional outdoor camp experience with air conditioned indoor…
From Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania
Countywide
The Autism Society of Berks County runs music therapy groups led by Cindy Long for children and families affected by autism in Berks County. The Autism Society describes itself as offering a wide…
From Autism Society of Berks County
Reading
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
Reading
The Vision Resource Center of Berks County runs a Lunch Bunch group and other social and recreational programs for people who are blind or have vision loss. The Lunch Bunch meets at various…
From Vision Resource Center of Berks County
Countywide
The ASERT Resource Center is a statewide information line about autism in Pennsylvania. Its Resource Specialists help individuals with autism, families, professionals and community members learn more…
From ASERT Resource Center
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