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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
Pottsville
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
Countywide
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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Pennsylvania Statewide CONNECT is the phone line to call when you are worried that your child is slow to walk, talk, hear, see, learn or get along with others, and it connects your family to the…
From Pennsylvania Statewide CONNECT Helpline
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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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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
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PA Link to Aging and Disability Resources, run by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, helps people with disabilities and older adults find information and connect to support and services in their…
From Pennsylvania Department of Aging
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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
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, and in Berks County it is one of the waivers listed…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
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The Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program helps people with an intellectual disability or autism get waiver funding for support at home and in the community, including the…
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
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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 Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance has educational non-attorney advocates who work to make sure children receive a free, appropriate public education by building collaboration between parents…
From Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance
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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
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TechOWL runs a statewide assistive technology lending library that lets you borrow a device and try it out before deciding whether it is right for you. TechOWL is Pennsylvania's designated Assistive…
From TechOWL
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The Autism Society of Berks County offers monthly family events, music therapy groups, social skills classes, yoga groups, and scholarships for camps, schools and other organizations. These…
From Autism Society of Berks County
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The ASERT Resource Center is a statewide information line about autism in Pennsylvania. Its Resource Specialists help individuals with autism, families, professionals and community members learn more…
From ASERT Resource Center
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The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs runs the Educational Gratuity Program, which pays money toward school costs for the children of wartime veterans who have a…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
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The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) runs a Records Request Program that helps veterans and their family members track down lost military paperwork such as the DD214…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
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The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs helps make sure veterans in the state receive a proper military burial, and it pays a stipend to veterans organizations that perform…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Annville · Taking applications
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville buries eligible veterans, their spouses and certain dependent children, and it has space available to accommodate casketed and cremated remains. Burial in…
From Indiantown Gap National Cemetery
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VA Lebanon Healthcare System's DAV Transport Service provides free, volunteer-based transportation for eligible Veterans traveling to their medical appointments. It is one of the options under the…
From Lebanon VA Medical Center
Wyomissing
VA Uber Health Connect is a door to door transportation service that the Lebanon VA Medical Center offers to Veterans who need a way to get to and from medical care. It is supplemental…
From Berks County VA Clinic
Countywide
Berks Counseling Center connects veterans, active service members and their families in Berks County with counseling services and supports, working closely with the Department of Veterans' Affairs…
From Berks Counseling Center
Shoemakersville
Keystone Warriors, a nonprofit based in Eastern Pennsylvania, connects post-9/11 wounded veterans with counseling and mentorship and helps them stay active through rehabilitation hunts and…
From Keystone Warriors
Countywide
PA VETConnect, run by the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), works out what veterans and their beneficiaries need, finds resources that meet those needs, and connects…
From Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Wyomissing · By referral only
The Berks County VA Clinic in Wyomissing offers outpatient mental health care and addiction and substance use care to Veterans, including individual and group therapy, psychiatry, psychology and PTSD…
From Berks County VA Clinic
Annville
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville sets the rules for visiting the grounds and decorating graves, and it offers a golf cart ride to visitors who cannot walk to a gravesite. The cemetery is…
From Indiantown Gap National Cemetery