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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Reading · Taking applications
Olivet Boys & Girls Club of Reading and Berks County signs children up for its after school program at six clubs in Reading, and enrollment for the 2026-2027 Afterschool Program is open. You enroll…
From Olivet Boys & Girls Club of Reading and Berks County
Countywide
Berks County Head Start, run by the Berks County Intermediate Unit, is a free preschool program for qualifying families, paid for with state and federal funds. It serves 505 students in 30 classrooms…
From Berks County Intermediate Unit
Countywide
Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts is a state program that provides quality half-day and full-day pre-kindergarten to eligible 3 and 4 year olds in Pennsylvania, at no cost to eligible families. Pre-K Counts…
From Pennsylvania Department of Education
The Berks County Intermediate Unit runs Pre-K Counts, a state- and federally-funded preschool program that is free to eligible families in Berks County. It is designed for children who are between…
From Berks County Intermediate Unit
Countywide
The Family Center at Berks Community Action Program helps parents get their children ready for school and life. Family Development Specialists work with parents to understand the development stages…
From Berks Community Action Program
Countywide
CHOR Youth & Family Services runs Nurse-Family Partnership in Berks and Schuylkill counties, a home visitation program that connects first-time mothers with specially trained registered nurses. The…
From CHOR Youth & Family Services
Countywide
Community Prevention Partnership runs the Nurse-Family Partnership, which pairs a first-time mother with a specially trained registered nurse who visits her at home through pregnancy and the child's…
From Community Prevention Partnership of Berks County
Community Prevention Partnership of Berks County runs Parents As Teachers, a program that sends a home visitor to families to work on parenting skills and child development education. The program…
From Community Prevention Partnership of Berks County
CHOR Youth & Family Services runs Parents as Teachers in Reading, a home visitation program in which a trained Parent Educator comes to your home to support your child's early learning and your…
From CHOR Youth & Family Services
Countywide
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
Countywide
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
The Berks County Intermediate Unit runs the Early Intervention program for families with children ages 3 to 5 who have developmental delays. It is a public special education service, and if a child…
From Berks County Intermediate Unit
Countywide
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
Reading
Berks Encore Care+ connects older adults and their family members with a Life Care Manager who helps them sort out care decisions when aging feels hard to navigate. Berks Encore, a nonprofit leader…
From Berks Encore
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
Reading
Berks Encore's Friendly Visitor Program matches homebound seniors with adult volunteers who call or visit for about one hour a week. To join as a senior adult, you must live in Berks County and be…
From Berks Encore
Countywide
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
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Seniors Helping Seniors is an in-home care company whose caregivers can drive a senior to appointments, family gatherings, events, or just a day out on the town. A caregiver can drop you off and pick…
From Seniors Helping Seniors
West Lawn
Ageless Harmony runs an adult day care program in West Lawn where older adults spend the day in a safe, supervised setting with companionship, socialization, activities and meals, while the family…
From Ageless Harmony Adult Day Care
Reading
Centro Hispano Daniel Torres runs Mama Angie's Casa de la Amistad Senior Center in Reading, a community center that has worked since 1988 to prevent the crippling psychological and physical effects…
From Centro Hispano Daniel Torres
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
Boyertown
The Center at Spring Street is the senior center run by Boyertown Area Multi-Service at 200 Spring Street, Boyertown, PA 19512. It began in February of 1975 as the Senior Neighborhood Center, was…
From Boyertown Area Multi-Service
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
The AARP Foundation Senior Community Service Employment Program, known as SCSEP, matches eligible jobseekers with local nonprofits and public agencies, such as day care centers, senior centers…
From AARP Foundation Senior Community Service Employment Program
Countywide
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
Countywide
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
Countywide
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
Access Services runs Adult Respite Services, which places an adult with special needs with a qualified respite provider for a short or longer stay so the family caregiver can take a break from the…
From Access Services
Threshold Rehabilitation Services sends trained staff out into the community with people who have disabilities, for fun activities and time with others. The person receiving the service decides what…
From Threshold Rehabilitation Services
Countywide
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
Reading
The Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program arranges services for people living with an intellectual disability or autism so they can be supported in their own homes and…
From Berks County Mental Health / Developmental Disabilities Program
Threshold Rehabilitation Services provides in-home support to people who want to live independently in the community, working with them on the everyday skills that independent living takes. Staff…
From Threshold Rehabilitation Services
Threshold Rehabilitation Services runs Life Sharing, which places a person with a host family, known as a Life Sharing Provider, who welcomes that person into their home and community. The service…
From Threshold Rehabilitation Services
Countywide
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
Countywide
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
Countywide
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
Threshold Rehabilitation Services provides respite care for people who need temporary living accommodations. A respite stay is a short stay with one of Threshold's Life Sharing providers or at one of…
From Threshold Rehabilitation Services
Countywide
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
Countywide
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
Reading
Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services has a Client Consultant, Lori Fisher, who works with people one to one, giving them information, education, advocacy and community referrals to help with…
From Berks Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
Reading
Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services schedules nationally certified sign language interpreters and CART captioners so Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing people and hearing people can understand…
From Berks Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
Countywide
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
Reading
Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services does hearing screenings, a check for hearing loss, and the screenings are available in English and Spanish. Screenings are done on individuals of all ages…
From Berks Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
Countywide · Waiting list
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
Countywide
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
Countywide
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
Reading
The Vision Resource Center of Berks County helps people who are blind or have vision loss with daily activities, safe travel, and support groups, so they can keep their quality of life and live…
From Vision Resource Center of Berks County