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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READING
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue keeps a district office in Reading where staff offer in-person support with state tax matters. The department describes these offices as how it offers support…
From Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
Reading · Free 24-hour Hotline.
Safe Berks sends advocates out into the community to meet survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault where they already are, including night court at the Berks County Courthouse. This is the…
From Safe Berks
Reading
The Berks County Law Library, on the 5th floor of the Berks County Courthouse in Reading, keeps a computer with access to Westlaw so people can look up the law themselves. It is a department of the…
From Berks County Court of Common Pleas
Reading · Taking applications
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center has sexual assault nurse examiners, called SANEs, on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week to care for victims of sexual assault. They are registered…
From Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Reading
The Berks County District Attorney's Office can connect you with the Address Confidentiality Program, which is administered through the Office of Victim Advocate and gives victims an alternate…
From Berks County District Attorney's Office
Countywide · Pay only 5% of the bail amount!
Connections Work serves as the pretrial agency for Berks County and operates the Berks County Community Release (bail) Program, the county-approved bail program. For 24-hour bail assistance, call…
From Connections Work
Reading
Berks County Family Court posts custody and divorce forms, local filing instructions and lawyer referral information for people who go to court in Berks County without a lawyer. The forms and…
From Berks County Court of Common Pleas
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General takes complaints from people who believe a business, a scammer, a health care provider, an employer or someone else has treated them wrongly. The office…
From Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
Reading
The Protection From Abuse Office of the Berks County courts is where you file for a PFA, a civil order of the court available to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. The order…
From Berks County Court of Common Pleas
Reading
The Berks County Bar Association's Lawyer Referral Service matches a person who needs a lawyer with an attorney in Berks County who handles their kind of legal problem, such as a foreclosure…
From Berks County Bar Association
Countywide
MidPenn Legal Services is a nonprofit public interest law firm that provides free civil legal services to low income residents and to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in 18 counties…
From MidPenn Legal Services
MidPenn Legal Services runs a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic that gives free legal advice and representation to low-income taxpayers, and to taxpayers who speak English as a second language, in disputes…
From MidPenn Legal Services
Reading
Safe Berks Legal Advocates help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault with protection orders and with the police and court process. An advocate can come with you to a police interview, come…
From Safe Berks
Countywide
MidPenn Legal Services is a non-profit, public interest law firm that takes civil housing cases, including eviction, habitability, mortgage foreclosure, tenant's rights and public housing. It also…
From MidPenn Legal Services
Countywide
MidPenn Legal Services helps low-income people in Berks County with problems involving public benefit programs, so they can provide for themselves and their families. Its lawyers provide free…
From MidPenn Legal Services
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
READING · There are no filing or other fees.
The Berks County Bar Association runs a Legal Fee Dispute Resolution Committee that tries to settle a disagreement between a client and his or her attorney over fees. The committee handles disputes…
From Berks County Bar Association
The Berks County Bar Association posts legal guides and plain language answers to everyday legal questions on its website at berksbar.org, under Downloadable Resources & FAQs. The material comes from…
From Berks County Bar Association
Reading
The Berks County Bar Association's Modest Means Program matches people who earn too much to qualify for Legal Aid with a Berks County attorney who will represent them at a discounted rate. It is…
From Berks County Bar Association
Reading · Free 24-hour Hotline. · Taking applications
Safe Berks works with Berks County healthcare facilities through its Medical Advocacy Partnership Program (MAPP) to help survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking who are…
From Safe Berks
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
Countywide
The Berks County District Attorney's Office issued a warning on Monday, August 31, 2026 about a phone scam in which callers pretend to be Berks County Sheriff's deputies or other court officials, and…
From Berks County District Attorney's Office
Countywide · Returned Check Fee - $50.00
The Berks County Magisterial District Courts hear civil claims where the disputed amount is less than $12,000.00, landlord and tenant disputes, and summary offenses, meaning traffic and non-traffic…
From Berks County Magisterial District Courts
Reading
The Victim/Witness Assistance Unit of the Berks County District Attorney's Office helps crime victims open a claim with the Victims Compensation Assistance Program, known as VCAP, which pays back…
From Berks County District Attorney's Office
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency runs an online system called Dependable Access Victimization Expense, or DAVE, where a crime victim or claimant can file a claim with the Victims…
From Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Philadelphia
The Consulado General de la República Dominicana en Philadelphia is the Dominican Republic's consulate in Philadelphia, part of the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República Dominicana, and…
From Consulado General de la República Dominicana en Filadelfia
Reading
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
Countywide
The Immigrant Survivors Project of the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC) provides free immigration legal services to immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human…
From Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
Reading
Community Justice Project (CJP) runs an immigration legal practice out of its Reading, PA office, and its immigration team is fully bilingual in English and Spanish. The team represents clients…
From Community Justice Project
Reading Hospital provides interpreters and other language help, free of charge, to patients and families who do not speak English or who are deaf or hard of hearing. Spanish-language interpreters are…
From Reading Hospital
ALDEA - The People's Justice Center runs HOLA Clinics, short for Horas de Oficina Legal y Ayuda, walk-in legal clinics that connect neighbors with clear information and rapid assistance on…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
Reading
Community Justice Project is a nonprofit law office that represents people with limited English proficiency when agencies that receive federal money fail to provide interpretation or translation.…
From Community Justice Project
Reading
ALDEA - The People's Justice Center posts downloadable immigration and ICE guides on its website in English, Spanish and Creole, including Know Your Rights, Explore Your Options, Hope for the Best, a…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
Reading
HOPE, the Haitian Outreach Program at ALDEA - The People's Justice Center, provides immigration legal aid to Haitians in the Reading area. It is led by native Kreyol-speaking advocates and volunteers…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Allentown runs Immigration Referral Services for people starting a new life in a new country. Staff refer you to trusted legal immigration services rather than handling…
From Catholic Charities
Reading
ALMA, which stands for Aldea for Liberation, Mentorship & Advocacy, is the part of Aldea - The People's Justice Center that works with people held in immigration detention. As an EOIR-recognized pro…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
Church World Service Lancaster has staff attorneys and representatives accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice who give free and low-cost legal advice and representation on family and…
From Church World Service Lancaster
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
Reading · This is a FREE service
The Pardon Project of Berks County, based at Connections Work in Reading, helps people with a criminal record apply for a pardon of that record in Pennsylvania. It connects people with community…
From Connections Work
Countywide
MidPenn Legal Services runs an Employment Law Project that helps people clear up criminal records through expungements, sealing records and pardons so that they can gain employment. The same project…
From MidPenn Legal Services
Reading
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
Allentown
The Pennsylvania Refugee Resettlement Program contracts with organizations across the state to help refugees, and the state Department of Human Services publishes the list of those organizations with…
From Pennsylvania Refugee Resettlement Program
Reading
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
Reading · Taking applications
New Journey Community Outreach runs a clothing center at 138 South 6th Street in Reading where you can come without an appointment. The center is open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 am to…
From New Journey Community Outreach
Hope Rescue Mission keeps clothing closets stocked for people staying at The Mission and at the LightHouse Women & Children's Center in Reading. The clothing comes in through HopeThrift, the…
From Hope Rescue Mission
Birdsboro
Birdsboro Church of the Nazarene runs the Community Clothing Closet, which provides clothing free of charge to individuals and families in need. It is the church's largest in-house ministry, has been…
From Birdsboro Church of the Nazarene
Reading School District keeps a Knights' Closet in each of its school buildings for students in need, particularly those who are homeless or at risk. The closets hold basic items such as food…
From Reading School District
Seasonal
Boyertown Area Multi-Service includes a December distribution of warm winter clothing in its seasonal assistance. Use the contact form on its Case Management page to ask about this year’s…
From Boyertown Area Multi-Service
Countywide · By referral only
Rudden Family Services, a program of The Rudden Family Foundation, Inc., runs The Essentials, which takes in donated clothing, furniture, appliances and other household items and gives them to…
From The Rudden Family Foundation
Countywide · By referral only
Wheels For Change is a program of The Rudden Family Foundation, also called Rudden Family Services, that takes donated vehicles, repairs them and places them with a person or family living in poverty…
From The Rudden Family Foundation