519 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 · Receive free lunch
Boyertown Area School District's Families in Transition work helps children and youth who do not have stable housing enroll in school immediately and get the support they need to keep learning. It…
From Boyertown Area School District
Fleetwood
Fleetwood Area School District has a homeless liaison who helps children and teens who do not have stable housing stay in school, enroll right away, and get free lunch and help with school costs.…
From Fleetwood Area School District
Reading School District has a Families in Transition social worker who helps children and teens who do not have stable housing stay enrolled in and attend school under the federal McKinney-Vento…
From Reading School District
Hamburg
Hamburg Area School District has a Homeless Liaison who works with students and families experiencing homelessness so that losing stable housing does not keep a child out of school. The liaison is…
From Hamburg Area School District
Topton
Brandywine Heights Area School District helps students who do not have a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime place to live keep going to school, through the McKinney-Vento Act and the district's…
From Brandywine Heights Area School District
Kutztown
The Kutztown Area School District's McKinney-Vento / Helping Hands program is the district's Student & Family Support Program, serving K-12 students who are experiencing homelessness and other life…
From Kutztown Area School District
Leesport
Schuylkill Valley School District has a homeless liaison who helps students going through housing problems get into school and stay there under the federal McKinney-Vento Act. The Pennsylvania…
From Schuylkill Valley School District
Wyomissing
Wyomissing Area School District has a homeless liaison, Abigail Houck, who is the staff contact for students who do not have stable housing and for the parents, guardians and caregivers helping them.…
From Wyomissing Area School District
West Lawn
Wilson School District posts a notice explaining that children and youth who are homeless have the same right to a free public education as other students, including the right to keep attending the…
From Wilson School District
Reading
The Berks County Intermediate Unit runs an Educational Stability for Foster Care Youth program that provides technical assistance and professional development related to the education of foster care…
From Berks County Intermediate Unit
Countywide
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County runs SMART, Students & Mentors Achieving Results Together, a mentoring program that takes place entirely inside certain Berks County schools. A mentor meets…
From Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County
Topton
The Brandywine Heights Area School District has a Social Services Coordinator who helps students and their families with problems outside the classroom that get in the way of learning. The…
From Brandywine Heights Area School District
Countywide
The Berks County Student Assistance Program, known as SAP, is a mandated team process in schools that identifies students who are struggling with issues such as substance use and mental health…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
The Daniel Boone Area School District runs a Student Assistance Program, called SAP, a school-based team that helps families connect with school and community resources when a child is struggling.…
From Daniel Boone Area School District
The Schuylkill Valley School District runs a Student Assistance Program, known as SAP, that identifies students who are having behavior or academic difficulties that stand in the way of their…
From Schuylkill Valley School District
West Lawn
The Student Supports and Services Department at Wilson School District covers the parts of a student's school experience outside the classroom curriculum. That includes registration and child…
From Wilson School District
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County runs TEEN, a group mentoring program for young people ages 13 and older who are already clients of Big Brothers Big Sisters, whether they are matched with a…
From Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County
Fleetwood Area School District runs a Title I program at three of its schools to give extra academic help to students who need it. The district describes the purpose of Title I-A as improving the…
From Fleetwood Area School District
Lorane Elementary School and Jacksonwald Elementary School in the Exeter Township School District use federal Title I money to give students extra instruction on top of their regular classes, based…
From Exeter Township School District
Countywide
Family Promise of Berks County runs the U Turn Program, which offers direct support and intensive case management for unaccompanied and homeless youth in Berks County through a Drop-In Center. Young…
From Family Promise of Berks County
Reading
The Education and Outreach Department at Safe Berks offers free programs that raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault and work to prevent it, and it runs Camp Safe Berks, a free…
From Safe Berks
Countywide
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County runs COUL, the Club of Unmatched Littles, a group mentoring program that holds supervised activities every week for children who are enrolled with the agency…
From Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County
Reading
Muhlenberg School District has a Parent & Family Outreach Coordinator, Elizabeth Laviena, and publishes a list of community organizations that help families with food, health care, housing…
From Muhlenberg School District
Countywide · Taking applications
United Way of Berks County runs 211, the number to call when you need help finding health and human services in Berks County. A trained information and referral specialist answers your call or text…
From United Way of Berks County
Countywide
The Exeter Township School District publishes the ETSD Resource Guide, an online list of places in Berks County and nearby counties that offer mental health care, drug and alcohol treatment, food…
From Exeter Township School District
West Lawn
Wilson School District keeps a section of its website called Recursos en Espanol that gathers district information, videos, guides, forms and documents in Spanish. It was created for the district's…
From Wilson School District
Reading
Tec Centro Berks runs a 16-week Culinary Arts program in Reading that teaches kitchen, food service and hospitality skills to people who want to work in commercial kitchens, institutional food…
From Tec Centro Berks
Reading
Tec Centro Berks runs four Allied Health training programs out of 450 S 6th St in Reading that help adults prepare for entry-level healthcare careers through practical training, hands-on learning…
From Tec Centro Berks
Reading
PA CareerLink Berks County runs a Career Services program for young adults who have finished school and want help finding a job or enrolling in more education. You work with a case manager to build a…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks runs a Community Health Worker Training Program in partnership with the Eastcentral Area Health Education Center. The training prepares participants to work in…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Reading
PA CareerLink Berks County pairs job seekers with a staff member who helps them build an employment plan and work toward their next job, through Comprehensive Career Services. To take part, you first…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Reading
EDSI runs workforce programs, including EARN, from an office inside PA CareerLink Berks County at 1920 Kutztown Road, Suite F, Reading, Pennsylvania 19604. PA CareerLink is a partnership of public…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Reading
PA CareerLink Berks County hosts employers recruiting at its Reading office almost every week. Job seekers can see upcoming recruitments on the events calendar at careerlinkberks.com/events-calendar…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Reading · Taking applications
The IBEW 743 JATC in Reading trains people for the electrical trade through a four-year inside electrical apprenticeship, with classroom training and 8,000 hours of on-the-job training in…
From IBEW Local 743 JATC electrical apprenticeship
Reading
PA CareerLink Berks County connects job seekers in the county to pacareerlink.pa.gov, Pennsylvania's job search website, which is free to employers and job seekers. It is for anyone who is unemployed…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Countywide
PA CareerLink Berks County runs an In-School Youth Employment Program that places young adults in paid work experiences with local employers. It serves young adults 16 to 24 years of age who are a…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Reading
PA CareerLink Berks County runs short group workshops, called Expanded Career Services, for people who want to sharpen their job seeking and professional skills. Any member of the community looking…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Countywide
Threshold Rehabilitation Services runs Pre-Employment Transition Services, which supports students by developing their job skills through direct experience. The program has two parts. Job shadowing…
From Threshold Rehabilitation Services
Goodwill Keystone Area runs training services that help a person build the skills needed to enter the competitive workforce, including paid work in its stores, facilities and community sites.…
From Goodwill Keystone Area
Goodwill Keystone Area helps people with disabilities and other barriers to employment get ready for work, look for a job, get hired and keep the job. The help covers each stage. For employment…
From Goodwill Keystone Area
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services runs employment and training programs for people who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, known as TANF, to help you go back to school or…
From Berks County Assistance Office
ABC Keystone runs 11 Pennsylvania-registered apprenticeship programs in construction trades, where you get paid as you complete your training. The trades listed are Carpentry, Construction Craft…
From ABC Keystone registered apprenticeship programs
Reading
The Paid Work Experience Program at PA CareerLink Berks County gives young adults a part-time, temporary job with a local employer, and the program pays the wages. Paid Work Experience is open to…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Reading
Connections Work runs R3, an 8-week registered pre-apprenticeship program in the construction trades built on best practices in reentry programming and career and technical education. It aims to…
From Connections Work
Reading
Recovery Works is a workforce development program from Connections Work for people with an Opioid Use Disorder and for people for whom opioids have played a part in their substance use history. It is…
From Connections Work
Reading
The Resource Room at PA CareerLink Berks County is a self-service center open to the public, full of useful information to assist you with your job search. Inside you will find internet-accessible…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Reading
Tec Centro Berks trains adults in Reading for entry-level jobs in the trades, with programs in plumbing, facilities maintenance, forklift operation, commercial driving (CDL), industrial control…
From Tec Centro Berks
Reading
PA CareerLink Berks County holds a Welcome Orientation that walks you through the job search services offered in its Reading office and through its partners in the community. The office has grouped…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Reading · By referral only
The Work Ready Program at Berks Community Action Program gives people who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits life…
From Berks Community Action Program
Reading Area Community College runs the Advantage-Trio Program, which gives enrolled students advising, workshops and other help toward finishing a degree, transferring to a four-year college or…
From Reading Area Community College