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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Reading Area Community College runs a state program called KEYS, short for Keystone Education Yields Success, that helps people who get Cash Assistance or Food Stamps attend college and finish a…
From Reading Area Community College
Reading
Tec Centro Berks teaches adults in Reading how to use computers, email, the internet, and workplace software through its Digital Literacy program. The classes are built for beginners and for adults…
From Tec Centro Berks
Centro Hispano Daniel Torres runs a Digital Equity Program in Reading that helps adults build the skills and confidence to use computers and the internet. A bilingual Digital Navigator teaches…
From Centro Hispano Daniel Torres
Reading
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks helps people build computer skills through Northstar Digital Literacy, an online on-demand, interactive digital training resource, and it offers on-site use of…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Reading
Tec Centro Berks in Reading runs a Vocational ESL program that helps adults improve their English for everyday communication, for work, and for future job training. Classes cover speaking and…
From Tec Centro Berks
Classes are free.
Reading Area Community College runs free Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes in basic reading and math for adults functioning from a second-grade level to those reading on an eighth-grade level. All…
From Reading Area Community College
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks runs the Gateway to Citizenship Program, a free class that prepares lawful permanent residents for U.S. citizenship. It is a partnership with Aldea - The…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Countywide
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks runs free English as a Second Language classes where adults learn and practice English vocabulary, literacy, and conversation skills. The classes are a well…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Reading Area Community College runs non-credit English for Speakers of Other Languages classes for people who want to learn English, and these classes are offered for free. They are taught at…
From Reading Area Community College
Countywide
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks runs free classes that prepare you to take Pennsylvania high school equivalency tests such as the GED and HiSET. To attend, you must be 17 years or older, a…
From Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
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
Countywide
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks provides a trained volunteer tutor who works one-on-one with adults who have barriers to taking part in a classroom. The tutoring can focus on literacy topics…
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
The Financial Aid Lab at Reading Area Community College gives in person help filling out college aid applications: the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the PHEAA State Grant application, the…
From Reading Area Community College
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
Reading
The Literacy Council of Reading-Berks is an official GED testing center, so you can take the computerized GED test at its Reading office and work toward a high school equivalency diploma. The test is…
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 · 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
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
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
Planned Parenthood Keystone runs the Susie & John Stanley Health Center at Reading, a sexual and reproductive health center at 1920 Kutztown Road, Reading, PA 19604. The organization has provided…
From Planned Parenthood Keystone
Reading · Taking applications
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center has sexual assault nurse examiners, called SANEs, on call 24/7 to provide compassionate and understanding care to victims of sexual assault. These nurses…
From Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
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 at 301 S 7th Ave Ste 200 in West Reading that cares for patients of every age, from newborn and well child checks to Medicare…
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
West Reading
Reading Hospital provides interpreters and other language help, free of charge, to patients and families who speak a language other than English or who need information in an accessible format. The…
From Reading Hospital
Reading
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. The…
From Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
West Reading · Taking applications
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 works with people living with HIV, giving them a case manager, help choosing an HIV doctor, and nurses who can help with HIV medicines. Its care and prevention services…
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
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
Countywide
CHIP, the Children's Health Insurance Program run by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, gives health coverage to children and teens who have no insurance. Many kids receive CHIP for free…
From Berks County Assistance Office