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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…
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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…
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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
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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…
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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
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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
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Berks Community Health Center (BCHC) offers Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), outpatient treatment for substance use problems, at its Rockland location. BCHC offers these services for alcohol…
From Berks Community Health Center
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
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
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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…
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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…
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BARTA's Senior Shared Ride Program gives people age 65 and older rides through BARTA Special Services. There are no restrictions on the purpose of the trip, so seniors can travel for any kind of…
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Infina Health is a medical transportation company that drives people in Reading to and from health care when they cannot use ordinary transportation, using wheelchair accessible vans, stretcher…
From Infina Health
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
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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
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Berks County Head Start, run by the Berks County Intermediate Unit, is a free preschool program for qualifying families, paid for with state and federal funds. It serves 505 students in 30 classrooms…
From Berks County Intermediate Unit
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The Chester County Intermediate Unit runs Early Head Start, an early childhood program for children from birth to age three, with locations in Berks County as well as Chester, Lancaster, Montgomery…
From Chester County Intermediate Unit
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Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts is a state program that provides quality half-day and full-day pre-kindergarten to eligible 3 and 4 year olds in Pennsylvania, at no cost to eligible families. Pre-K Counts…
From Pennsylvania Department of Education
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Berks Community Action Program runs Pre-K Counts, a state funded child development program for children from the age of 3 through the entry age of kindergarten. Berks Community Action Program is the…
From Berks Community Action Program
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The Berks County Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities office oversees Early Intervention for children from birth until the child reaches the age of 3, the program that arranges therapy and…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
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Early Learning Resource Center Region 13, which covers Schuylkill and Berks counties, publishes a list of offices that families with young children often need, with the address, phone number and in…
From Early Learning Resource Center Region 13
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The Pennsylvania Department of Aging, in its PA CareKit guide for caregivers, explains respite care: temporary supervision and support provided to an older adult or person with disabilities so that…
From Pennsylvania Department of Aging
Mohnton
Care at Home is the Berks County Area Agency on Aging program that arranges in-home services and other supports so older adults can stay independent in their own homes. The supportive services…
From Berks County Area Agency on Aging
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Berks Encore's Friendly Visitor Program connects homebound seniors with adult volunteers who agree to call or visit for about one hour per week. To take part as a senior adult, you must live in Berks…
From Berks Encore
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The Pennsylvania Caregiver Support Program helps people who take primary responsibility for caring for someone else, with a care manager, training, and money back for out-of-pocket caregiving costs.…
From Pennsylvania Department of Aging
Mohnton · Taking applications
The Berks County Area Agency on Aging runs Protective Services for older adults and explains how to report someone you are worried about. Elder abuse and crimes targeting older people come in many…
From Berks County Area Agency on Aging
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
Pittsburgh
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
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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
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Pennsylvania Link to Aging and Disability Resources, known as PA Link, is run by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging and helps people with disabilities and older adults find information and connect…
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
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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
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The Consolidated Waiver is a state and federally funded program that provides support for individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism. In Berks County it is one of the waivers listed under…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
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Service Access & Management, Inc. runs Early Intervention Service Coordination, which helps support families and meet the needs of infants and toddlers, birth to age 3, who have a developmental delay…
From Service Access & Management
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The Berks County Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities office arranges Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder services so that people with an intellectual disability or autism can be…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
Reading
The Berks County Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities office oversees two Medicaid waivers, the Person/Family Directed Support Waiver and the Community Living Waiver, that pay for supports so a…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Vision Resource Center of Berks County runs two monthly support groups for people who are blind or have vision loss, one general group and one for people who feel more comfortable within the…
From Vision Resource Center of Berks County
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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
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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