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Berks Encore has trained PA MEDI counselors and volunteers who explain the basics of Medicare, how to enroll, how you can supplement your Medicare benefits, what Medicare coverage will cost and what…
From Berks Encore
Countywide · Taking applications
PA MEDI, run by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, is a statewide service where specially trained certified counselors answer Medicare questions and help you compare coverage, enroll and file…
From Pennsylvania Department of Aging
Reading
Medicaid, also known as Medical Assistance, pays for health care services for eligible individuals, and the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services takes applications online, in person at the Berks…
From Berks County Assistance Office
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Department of Aging runs PACE and PACENET, two prescription assistance programs that offer low-cost prescription medication to qualified residents age 65 and older. They work with…
From Pennsylvania Department of Aging
Countywide
The PACE Clearinghouse is a program supported by PACE that helps adults in Pennsylvania find local, state and national programs for prescriptions and other needs. Trained staff listen to what you…
From PACE Clearinghouse
Countywide · Free naloxone, condoms, and gun locks
The Pennsylvania Department of Health runs 59 State Health Centers across the state where residents can get immunizations, tuberculosis testing and treatment, confidential HIV and STD services, and…
From Pennsylvania Department of Health
Countywide
The Berks County Area Agency on Aging runs the Health & Wellness Program, a set of workshops for older Pennsylvanians on health promotion and disease prevention. The classes focus on health risk…
From Berks County Area Agency on Aging
Allentown
The Pennsylvania Refugee Resettlement Program keeps a directory of the organizations it contracts with around the state, including a list of refugee health screening providers with their addresses…
From Pennsylvania Refugee Resettlement Program
Countywide
Co-County Wellness Services has a staff of Prevention Specialists who provide information about sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, to the community. If you are hosting a health related…
From Co-County Wellness Services
Countywide
Safe Berks has an Education and Outreach Department, and its community educators offer programs to raise awareness and to prevent domestic and sexual violence. The department also runs Camp Safe…
From Safe Berks
Countywide
The Council on Chemical Abuse, the Berks County agency known as COCA, points people who need help with drug or alcohol use to a 24/7 Drug & Alcohol Hotline at (484) 628-HOPE (4673). The hotline is…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
Reading
Berks Counseling Center keeps a 24 hour phone line for people in a mental health or substance use crisis, and works in close collaboration with Holcomb Crisis Intervention of Berks County so crisis…
From Berks Counseling Center
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
Service Access & Management, Inc. (SAM) runs a Base Service Unit in Berks County that handles authorizations for many types of county-funded services and offers walk-in services for people who need…
From Service Access & Management
Countywide · Taking applications
The County of Berks runs the Behavioral HealthChoices program, which pays for 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
Countywide
The Berks County Student Assistance Program, known as SAP, is a team process in schools that identifies students struggling with things like substance use and mental health concerns and helps them…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
Countywide
Berks Counseling Center has case managers who help clients stay in recovery and get to the medical, social, legal, educational and other services they need, with extra programs for women and women…
From Berks Counseling Center
Reading
Case management helps people entering recovery from drug or alcohol use resolve the other problems that surround the addictive behavior. A case manager can assist with health care, psychiatric care…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
Reading
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 to hospital care to…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
Reading · All Services are Free and Confidential
Safe Berks offers free, confidential counseling for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, and for their significant others, from its Counseling Department in Reading. Children who are…
From Safe Berks
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
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Berks Counseling Center offers outpatient and intensive outpatient counseling, case management, psychiatric evaluation and medication support for mental health concerns at its office on Penn Street…
From Berks Counseling Center
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
Penn Township
Berks Community Health Center runs an Integrated Behavioral Health program that gives its medical patients short-term counseling for emotional and mental health needs. A Behavioral Health Specialist…
From Berks Community Health Center
Reading
Berks Counseling Center enrolls new clients through an admissions process that begins with a call to 610-373-4281 and ends with a walk-in intake visit at its Reading office. When you call, the…
From Berks Counseling Center
Countywide
Service Access & Management, Inc. runs a Certified Peer Specialist program that connects people diagnosed with a serious mental illness to someone who has lived through mental illness themselves and…
From Service Access & Management
Countywide
Easy Does It runs a set of daily recovery and life skills groups for residents of its program in Leesport, covering everything from morning meditation to budgeting, anger management and relapse…
From Easy Does It
Countywide
The Council on Chemical Abuse runs Recovery Support Services, which pairs people in Berks County who are struggling with substance addiction with certified Recovery Specialists who are themselves in…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
Countywide
Berks TASC, the Treatment Access and Services Center, runs a peer-to-peer Recovery Support Services program in which Certified Recovery Support Specialists work with people in the early stages of…
From Treatment Access and Services Center
Countywide
Peerstar matches adults in Pennsylvania with a Certified Peer Specialist, someone who has lived through their own mental health challenges and is trained to use that experience to support others in…
From Peerstar
Countywide
Berks Counseling Center in Reading pairs people with peer specialists who have been through their own recovery from substance use or mental health disorders and who help them stay engaged in…
From Berks Counseling Center
Reading
The Council on Chemical Abuse runs the RISE Center in Reading, a community center where people in recovery from substance use disorder and their families can take part in support group meetings…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
Reading
The Vision Resource Center of Berks County runs two monthly support groups for people who are blind or have vision loss, one in English and one for people who feel more comfortable in the Spanish…
From Vision Resource Center of Berks County
Countywide
The Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance LOSS Team offers support and referrals to people bereaved by suicide. Volunteers include people who have experienced a suicide loss. Use the referral form…
From Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance
Reading
The Council on Chemical Abuse, also called COCA, provides NARCAN nasal spray at no cost to Berks County residents, businesses and organizations. Narcan is a brand name for naloxone, a medication that…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
Countywide
Berks Community Health Center offers Medication Assisted Treatment, an outpatient program that uses Suboxone, Sublocade and Vivitrol to treat alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, nicotine…
From Berks Community Health Center
Wyomissing
Caron Treatment Centers runs an outpatient treatment center in Wyomissing for teens and adults seeking help with substance use, gambling addiction and mental health conditions. The programs also…
From Caron Treatment Centers
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
Wyomissing
New Directions Treatment Services treats substance use and other behavioral health problems at its Berks County office in Wyomissing, and describes what it provides as whole-person focused…
From New Directions Treatment Services
Countywide
Berks Counseling Center in Reading treats drug and alcohol use with outpatient counseling, and has done so for more than 40 years. The center offers intensive outpatient, group, family and individual…
From Berks Counseling Center
Reading · Taking applications
Treatment Access and Services Center, known as Berks TASC, runs a Central Intake Unit that gives substance use clinical evaluations to Berks County residents and decides what treatment fits best…
From Treatment Access and Services Center
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
Countywide
BARTA operates a door-to-door shared ride service called BARTA Special Services for senior citizens and people with disabilities in Berks County, and any member of the general public may use it at…
From BARTA
Countywide
BARTA runs the Persons with Disabilities Program, a shared ride service for adults with a disability who need transportation in areas that are not served by fixed-route buses, mostly rural areas. If…
From BARTA
Reading
BARTA's Senior Shared Ride Program gives people age 65 and older door-to-door shared rides through BARTA Special Services. There are no restrictions on the purpose of the trip, so seniors can travel…
From BARTA
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 · Get a free ride to cancer treatment
The American Cancer Society's Road To Recovery program gives free rides to cancer-related medical appointments. Trained volunteer drivers pick you up, take you to your appointment, and drop you off…
From American Cancer Society
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
Reading
Early Learning Resource Center Region 13 is the office families in Berks County use for early education and child care questions. Staff help parents and guardians who want information on enrolling a…
From Early Learning Resource Center Region 13
Countywide
Keystone STARS is Pennsylvania's quality rating and improvement system for child care and early learning programs, run by the state Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL). It gives…
From The Pennsylvania Key