503 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.
Run a program that helps people?
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
Reading
Early Learning Resource Center Region 13 is the office families in Berks County use for early education and child care questions. Staff help parents and guardians who want information on enrolling a…
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
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
The Chester County Intermediate Unit runs Early Head Start, an early childhood program for children from birth to age three, with locations in Berks County as well as Chester, Lancaster, Montgomery…
From Chester 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
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
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
Prices and services may vary.
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