484 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 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 · 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
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
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
Reading
Hope Rescue Mission gives men staying in its Genesis emergency shelter in Reading access to showers and laundry facilities, along with free clothing and personal care items. These services are part…
From Hope Rescue Mission
READING · Seasonal
The Salvation Army Reading Citadel runs Adopt-a-Family, a Christmas program that allows local agencies, participating businesses and groups to meet more comprehensive material needs for families…
From The Salvation Army Reading Citadel
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
Seasonal
Friend, Inc. Community Services provides Christmas gifts for children of its clients through a program called Christmas Cheer, also known as Sponsor a Child. Friend, Inc. serves families in rural…
From Friend, Inc. Community Services
Seasonal
Boyertown Area Multi-Service offers seasonal help through its case management program, including birthday bags, Easter baskets, back to school supplies, Christmas assistance and warm winter clothing…
From Boyertown Area Multi-Service
Seasonal
Friend, Inc. Community Services in Kutztown gives a turkey and a holiday dinner box to each family enrolled in its Food Pantry during November and December, so those families have a full Thanksgiving…
From Friend, Inc. Community Services
Reading · Seasonal
The Salvation Army Reading Citadel hands out Thanksgiving dinners to families each year at its Thanksgiving Distribution, held on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. In 2022, the Reading Citadel…
From The Salvation Army Reading Citadel
Reading
Centro Hispano Daniel Torres publishes a list of helpline numbers for people in the Reading area who need information, and it will set up an appointment with one of its case managers to help you find…
From Centro Hispano Daniel Torres
Reading
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center runs Baby Bistro, a monthly gathering where area moms talk about the joys and challenges of breastfeeding and meet with a member of the hospital's…
From Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Reading
Berks Community Action Program runs the Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Program, which supports, counsels and challenges fathers to become strong and positive role models within their families. The…
From Berks Community Action Program
Countywide
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