484 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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The Hamburg Area School District contracts with the Family Guidance Center (FGC) to provide school-based counseling services to individual students and their families. Through school-based…
From Hamburg Area School District
Penn Township
Berks Community Health Center runs an Integrated Behavioral Health program that gives its medical patients short-term counseling for emotional and mental health needs. A Behavioral Health Specialist…
From Berks Community Health Center
Reading
Berks Counseling Center enrolls new clients through an admissions process that begins with a call to 610-373-4281 and ends with a walk-in intake visit at its Reading office. When you call, the…
From Berks Counseling Center
Wyomissing · Seasonal
The Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance runs an Anxiety & Stress Support Group that meets at the Family Guidance Center, 1105 Berkshire Blvd, Suite 110, Wyomissing, Pa 19610. The group is listed…
From Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance
Countywide
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…
From Service Access & Management
Reading
CHOR Youth & Family Services runs Circle of Friends, a drop-in center that provides social, recreational, and supportive services for adults living with mental health or substance use challenges. It…
From CHOR Youth & Family Services
Wyomissing
The Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance lists three monthly support groups that meet at Clear Water Wellness, 4 Park Plaza, Wyomissing PA 19610: Survivors of Suicide, a Grief Support Group, and…
From Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance
Wyomissing
The Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance runs a grief support group for widows and widowers at its office at 1234 Penn Ave., Wyomissing, Pa 19610. The group meets the 2nd Monday of every month from…
From Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance
Reading
Threshold Rehabilitation Services runs Hope Springs Clubhouse in Reading, a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program for young adults ages 16 to 25 who are living with serious mental illness. The program…
From Threshold Rehabilitation Services
Countywide
Easy Does It runs a set of daily recovery and life skills groups for residents of its program in Leesport, covering everything from morning meditation to budgeting, anger management and relapse…
From Easy Does It
Reading
Threshold Rehabilitation Services runs Mosaic House Clubhouse, a community in Reading that supports individuals living with mental illness in developing skills, confidence, and meaningful…
From Threshold Rehabilitation Services
Wyomissing
NAMI Berks County PA runs a free support group for adults who have a family member or loved one living with a mental health condition. It is a place to talk with other people in the same situation…
From NAMI Berks County PA
Reading
NAMI Berks County runs NAMI Connection, a peer recovery support group for adults 18 and over who experience mental health conditions. It offers respect, understanding, encouragement, and hope, and it…
From NAMI Berks County PA
Reading
NAMI Berks County PA runs a NAMI Connection peer recovery support group in Reading for LGBTQ+ adults who live with a mental health condition. It is a group where people talk with others going through…
From NAMI Berks County PA
Wyomissing
NAMI Berks County PA runs a NAMI Connection peer recovery support group for veterans who live with mental health conditions. It is a place to talk with other veterans who understand, and it is led by…
From NAMI Berks County PA
Countywide
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…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
Countywide
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
Countywide
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…
From Peerstar
Reading
Threshold Rehabilitation Services runs a Peer Support Program for people living with serious mental illness, pairing them one-on-one in the community with Certified Peer Specialists (CPS) who have…
From Threshold Rehabilitation Services
Countywide
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
Leesport · Taking applications
Easy Does It holds recovery meetings at its Leesport campus that members of the recovery community are invited to attend and take part in. Four meetings are listed each week: - Sunday at 8:15a, the…
From Easy Does It
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
Reading
The Vision Resource Center of Berks County runs two monthly support groups for people who are blind or have vision loss, one in English and one for people who feel more comfortable in the Spanish…
From Vision Resource Center of Berks County
Countywide
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, PA · Free and confidential
NAMI Berks County PA runs a Teen Suicide Support Group in Reading for teens who have been impacted by suicide, whether through the loss of a loved one, concern for a friend, or their own mental…
From NAMI Berks County PA
Reading Hospital runs an Opioid Use Disorder Center of Excellence, where care coordinators help people with an opioid addiction get connected to treatment and to the other things they need to stay in…
From Reading Hospital
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
Countywide
Berks Community Health Center offers Medication Assisted Treatment, an outpatient program that uses Suboxone, Sublocade and Vivitrol to treat alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, nicotine…
From Berks Community Health Center
Wyomissing
Caron Treatment Centers runs an outpatient treatment center in Wyomissing for teens and adults seeking help with substance use, gambling addiction and mental health conditions. The programs also…
From Caron Treatment Centers
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
The Council on Chemical Abuse runs the Warm Handoff Program at Reading Hospital and Penn State Health St. Joseph, where a certified recovery specialist meets with patients in the hospital after an…
From Council on Chemical Abuse
The Soft Landing Program at Reading Hospital supports pregnant and postpartum women who are struggling with substance use, including alcohol, marijuana, opiates, and stimulants. It is for pregnant…
From Reading Hospital
Wyomissing
New Directions Treatment Services treats substance use and other behavioral health problems at its Berks County office in Wyomissing, and describes what it provides as whole-person focused…
From New Directions Treatment Services
Countywide
Berks Counseling Center in Reading treats drug and alcohol use with outpatient counseling, and has done so for more than 40 years. The center offers intensive outpatient, group, family and individual…
From Berks Counseling Center
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
Berks TASC, the Treatment Access and Services Center, runs a Warm Hand-Off Program inside the Tower Health Reading Hospital Emergency Department that connects people with drug and alcohol treatment…
From Treatment Access and Services Center
Shillington
Governor Mifflin School District's Student Services department keeps a list of crisis phone numbers and mental health resources that students and families can use when a young person is struggling or…
From Governor Mifflin School District
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
Countywide
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…
From BARTA
Countywide
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…
From BARTA
Reading · Taking applications
BARTA lets riders age 65 and older ride its buses for free through the Senior Free Ride Program, which is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Lottery. Eligible seniors may ride the bus for free anytime, on…
From BARTA
Reading · Taking applications
Infina Health takes people in Reading to medical appointments when they cannot use ordinary transportation, using wheelchair accessible vans, stretcher vehicles, and bariatric wheelchair and…
From Infina Health
Reading
BARTA's Senior Shared Ride Program gives people age 65 and older door-to-door shared rides through BARTA Special Services. There are no restrictions on the purpose of the trip, so seniors can travel…
From BARTA
Countywide
Touch of Kindness Transportation is a private company that drives people to medical appointments in wheelchair vans, stretcher vehicles, and regular vehicles for passengers who walk with help. Its…
From Touch of Kindness Transportation
TowerDIRECT, the medical transportation service of Tower Health, drives people who use a wheelchair or are confined to a bed to and from routine medical care in wheelchair vans or ambulances. This is…
From TowerDIRECT
Countywide · Get a free ride to cancer treatment
The American Cancer Society's Road To Recovery program gives free rides to cancer-related medical appointments. Trained volunteer drivers pick you up, take you to your appointment, and drop you off…
From American Cancer Society
1/2 Fare Cash Fare $0.90
BARTA's Half Fare Program lets people with qualifying disabilities pay half the cash fare on BARTA's fixed-route bus service. The half fare cash fare is $0.90. The program is for persons with…
From BARTA
READING
The Salvation Army Reading Citadel runs an after-school program and a summer day camp for children at its Learning Center at 301 South 5th Street, Reading, Pennsylvania 19602. The after-school…
From The Salvation Army Reading Citadel
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
Countywide
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