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
PA CareerLink Berks County teaches High School Equivalency/GED classes free of charge to young adults who want to work or go on to more schooling once they earn the GED. The Young Adult Program…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Countywide
Reading Area Community College offers free classes that prepare adults to take the GED test of high school equivalency. The classes meet both days and evenings at different locations throughout the…
From Reading Area Community College
Reading · Waiting list
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks matches adults with a trained volunteer tutor for free one-on-one help with reading, High School Equivalency (GED) test preparation, English as a Second…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Reading
Connections Work runs a program called Level Up that provides GED and ESL classes as part of a customized, case-managed approach to employment preparation. ESL stands for English as a Second…
From Connections Work
Leesport
The Education Department of the Berks County Jail System coordinates education for all inmates. The classes include work toward a high school diploma, GED preparation, Adult Basic Education, English…
From Berks County Jail System
Reading
Tec Centro Berks runs a HiSET program in Reading that helps adults prepare for the high school equivalency exam. Classes cover reading, writing, math, science concepts, social studies concepts, and…
From Tec Centro Berks
Countywide · Not taking applications right now
Berks County Community Foundation runs one universal scholarship application: a single online form that matches your answers to the scholarship or scholarships for which you qualify. The 2026…
From Berks County Community Foundation
Reading
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks is an official GED testing center, where you can take the computerized GED test through Pearson Vue and earn a high school equivalency diploma. The test covers…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Centro Hispano Daniel Torres runs UnidosUS Escalera, a college-and-career readiness program for high school juniors and seniors, with a cohort at Reading Senior Highschool. Escalera is a national…
From Centro Hispano Daniel Torres
Reading · Taking applications
The Financial Aid Lab at Reading Area Community College gives in person help filling out college aid applications, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the PHEAA State Grant…
From Reading Area Community College
Reading
PA CareerLink Berks County runs the Young Adult Re-Entry Program, called Connect to Success, which helps young adults who have been involved in the justice system work toward a high school…
From PA CareerLink Berks County
Reading · Taking applications
The Reentry Resource Center is operated by Connections Work and is a single point of contact for people in Berks County who have current or prior justice system involvement and need help getting to…
From Connections Work
Reading
Reentry Works is a job program from Connections Work for people in Berks County who have current or past involvement with the justice system. It helps clients become reliable and successful employees…
From Connections Work
Reading
Connections Work runs Working Toward Change (WTC), which provides case management both pre- and post-release from the Berks County Jail System (BCJS). It is for people who are in or leaving the Berks…
From Connections Work
Work in Progress, called WIP, is a reentry workforce development program at Connections Work for people with current or past justice system involvement who have a mental health or dual diagnosis.…
From Connections Work
Reading
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks keeps a list of other places in Berks County that teach English as a Second Language, high school equivalency and citizenship classes, so you can find a program…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Reading
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center runs Centering Pregnancy, prenatal care given in a group setting that includes self-monitoring and extended time with the provider. It brings together…
From Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Penn Township
Berks Community Health Center is your child's medical home both for when they are sick and well, from infancy through adolescence. Board-certified family physicians or nurse practitioners care for…
From Berks Community Health Center
West Reading
Reading Hospital Family Health Care Center is a family medicine office in West Reading that treats patients of every age, from newborn checkups to senior care, and serves as the first stop for new…
From Reading Hospital
Countywide
Berks Community Health Center offers your entire family primary and preventive health care services, from newborn visits through care for senior citizens. Your primary care provider and their whole…
From Berks Community Health Center
Reading
The Health Resource Center at Reading High School, run through Berks Teens, an initiative of Co-County Wellness Services, is a confidential, free and teen-friendly place inside the school where…
From Co-County Wellness Services
Berks Community Health Center (BCHC) provides free language and sign language interpreter services so patients can understand and be understood during their health care. The service is for people who…
From Berks Community Health Center
Reading · Taking applications
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center provides free medical interpretation for patients and their families in more than 150 languages and dialects, as well as American Sign Language.…
From Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
West Reading
Reading Hospital's Center for Public Health, a Ryan White Part C Medical Clinic on the West Reading campus of Reading Hospital, provides free, confidential STD screening and treatment along with HIV…
From Reading Hospital
Countywide
Berks Community Health Center (BCHC) gives free pregnancy testing at all of its health center locations. You do not need an appointment, and you do not have to be a BCHC patient. This is for anyone…
From Berks Community Health Center
West Reading
Reading Hospital offers financial assistance to patients who do not have an equal ability to pay for their medical services. Financial counselors explain what resources are available and help…
From Reading Hospital
Reading
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center offers financial assistance so that medical bills do not keep people from getting the care they need. Patients who qualify can receive 100% financial…
From Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Berks Community Health Center has a team that helps its patients with the non-medical problems that affect their health, such as shelter and housing, food insecurity, utilities, clothing…
From Berks Community Health Center
Reading Hospital's Community Connection Program connects patients with community resources for everyday needs that affect their health, through screening, referrals, and help finding services. The…
From Reading Hospital
Reading
Co-County Wellness Services provides HIV case management, help choosing an HIV doctor, and nurse support with HIV medicines for people living with HIV in Berks and Schuylkill counties. Its care and…
From Co-County Wellness Services
Reading
Co-County Wellness Services runs HIV Navigation Services, called HNS, for people living with HIV or at high risk of getting it. Counselors link people at high risk to health care systems, assist with…
From Co-County Wellness Services
Reading Hospital sends a Mobile Mammography Coach into the community so people can get a screening mammogram close to home, with the same state-of-the-art technology and expert staff found at any of…
From Reading Hospital
West Reading
Reading Hospital Children's Health Center is a pediatric office in West Reading that cares for children from newborn through age 18. Its stated mission is to provide compassionate, accessible…
From Reading Hospital
Countywide
Maternal and Family Health Services, known as MFHS, offers confidential reproductive health care for you and your partner, and a separate free program that connects a pregnant person with a personal…
From Maternal and Family Health Services
Reading
Planned Parenthood Keystone runs the Susie & John Stanley Health Center at Reading, a sexual and reproductive health clinic at 1920 Kutztown Road, Reading, PA 19604. The organization has provided…
From Planned Parenthood Keystone
Reading
Berks Community Health Center offers specialty care alongside primary care at three offices in Reading, including behavioral health, podiatry, nutrition, optometry, chiropractic, dental, OB/GYN…
From Berks Community Health Center
Reading
Reading Hospital's Street Medicine Program brings primary and preventative care directly to people who are unsheltered, living in a shelter, or at high risk of becoming homeless, with clinics at…
From Reading Hospital
Berks Community Health Center sends its Wellness on Wheels Mobile Medical Unit into neighborhoods around Berks County so people can get primary care close to home. The health center has partnered…
From Berks Community Health Center
Berks Community Health Center has insurance assisters who give free help with the state based health insurance marketplace, pennie.com, so you can get through the government websites and buy…
From Berks Community Health Center
Countywide
Pennie, Pennsylvania's health insurance marketplace, offers free help from certified assisters who walk you through a Pennie application in person, by phone, or virtually at no cost to you.…
From Pennie
Countywide
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
Reading
Berks Community Health Center offers affordable dental care for children and adults at its Rockland location in Reading. Care includes cleanings, preventive care, annual exams, school exams…
From Berks Community Health Center
Reading
Penn State Health St. Joseph runs a Downtown Campus at 145 N 6th St, Reading, PA 19601, where you can get dental services, pharmacy services, nutrition services, outpatient diabetes education…
From Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Berks Community Health Center runs a 340B Prescription Program that lowers what its patients pay for medications by filling them through a mail-order pharmacy called Coordinated Care Network, or CCN.…
From Berks Community Health Center
United Way of Berks County points people who are struggling with the cost of medicine to SingleCare, a no-cost prescription savings discount card that provides up to 80% off medication products at…
From United Way of Berks County
Penn State Health offers prescription assistance as one of the extra services it lists for patients who are having trouble paying. If you have a problem paying for prescription drugs, Penn State…
From Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
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