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Advocacy and Referral
Child Care Assistance/WIC
Clothing
Community Action Programs
Crisis Support
Domestic Violence
Drop-In Centers
Employment Assistance
Food Assistance
Government Assistance
Health and Wellness
Hotlines and Emergency Contacts
Housing/Utility Assistance
Identification
Immigration and Legal Aid
Legal
Libraries
Mental Health Services
Resource Guides
Self-Help and Support Groups
Temporary Employment Agencies
Transportation
Utilities
Veterans Resources
211/Find Help
- Get Help - PA 211
Description: Find emergency shelters, housing/utility assistance, healthcare, food assistance, mental health services, community resources and more closest to your ZIP code.
Web:- Findhelp.org
Description: Search and connect to social care. Find resources for food, housing and more.
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Advocacy and Referral
- The Arc Alliance Advocacy Services
Address: 3075 Ridge Pike, Eaglesville, PA
Phone: 610-265-4700
Web:- Area Agency on Aging
Address: 633 Court St., Eighth Floor, Reading, PA
Phone: 610-478-6500
Web:- Berks Aid Network
Address: 429 Walnut St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-375-6523
Web:- Berks Children and Youth Services
Address: 633 Court St., 11th Floor, Reading, PA
Phone: 610-478-6700
Web:- Centro Hispano Hispanic Center
Address: 501 Washington St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-685-1265
Web:- Council on Chemical Abuse
Address: 50 N. Fifth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-376-8669
Web:- Disability Rights Network of PA
Address: 301 Chestnut St., Suite 300, Harrisburg, PA
Phone: 717-236-8110
Web:- Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance
Address: 1234 Penn Ave., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-775-3000
Web:- Keystone Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Address: 1290 Broadcasting Road, Suite 1, Wyomissing, PA
Phone: 610-685-4523
Web: kdhhs.net- Treatment Access Services Center (TASC)
Address: 19 N. Sixth St., Suite 300, Reading, PA
Phone: 610-375-4426
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Child Care Assistance/WIC
- COMPASS Child Care Provider Search
Description: Search for child care providers that accept daycare assistance.
Website:- Early Learning Resource Centers
Description: Early Learning Resource Centers (ELRCs) are the hub of child care information in your area. ELRCs provide you and your family with information on quality child care and personalized child care referrals to child care providers based on your specific needs or preferences.
Website:- Lifeline of Berks County
Address: 612 Reading Ave., West Reading, PA
Phone: 610-685-4523
Web:- Pennsylvania WIC
Description: The Pennsylvania Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) provides nutrition services, breastfeeding support, health care and social service referrals, and healthy foods.
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Clothing
- Catholic Charities
Address: 400 Washington St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-376-7144
Web: catholiccharitiesad.org- Clothing Programs in Philadelphia
Web: .- Clothing Programs in Pottsville
Web:- Goodwill
Address: 602 E. Lancaster Ave., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-777-5250
Web: yourgoodwill.org- Hope Rescue Mission Thrift Store
Address: 745 N. Sixth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-375-4224
Web:- New Journey Community Outreach Inc.
Address: 138 S Sixth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-375-2662
Web:- Our Closet in Your Neighborhood - Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia
Phone: 866-532-7669
Web:- Spring Valley Church of God
Address: 2727 Old Pricetown Road, Temple, PA
Phone: 610-929-7969
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Community Action Programs
- Berks Community Action Program
Web:- Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity - Philadelphia
Web:- Schuylkill Community Action
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Crisis Support
- 988 Lifeline
Description: 988 is a national suicide and crisis lifeline.
Phone: 988
Web:- American Foundation For Suicide Prevention Support Groups
Description: AFSP lists U.S. and international suicide bereavement support groups as a public service to loss survivors.
Web:- Crisis Text Line
Description: Free confidential 24/7 support at your fingertips.
Phone: Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a volunteer crisis counselor
Web:- Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual disability services
Description: DBHIDS operates a 24-hour call center to assist people and their families with behavioral health crises.
Phone: 215-686-4420
Web:- Holcomb Behavioral Health Systems
Description: Holcomb Behavioral Health Systems provides a comprehensive range of services and supports for people with mental health, substance abuse, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and co-occurring disorders.
Web:- Mental Health America Warmline
Description: A warmline is a phone number you call to have a conversation with someone who can provide support during hard times. Warmlines are staffed by trained peers who have been through their own mental health struggles and know what its like to need help.
Web:- Penn Medicine - 91做厙 Medical and Counseling Center
Address: 421 Adams St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-568-1467
Web: alvernia.edu/current-students/medical-and-counseling-center- Schuylkill County Crisis Intervention
Description: Crisis Intervention provides mental health intervention, assessment, support, screening, and referral services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Phone: 877-993-4357
Text: 63288
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Domestic Violence
- National Domestic Violence Hotline
Phone: 1-800-799-7233
Web:- Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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- Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline
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- Safe Berks
Address: 255 Chestnut St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-373-1206
Web:- Schuylkill Hope Center for Victims of Domestic Violence in Pottsville
Phone: 570-622-6220
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Drop-In Centers
- Dimplez4days Programs - Philadelphia Nonprofit
Description: This safe haven after-school environment aims to provide a haven for Philadelphia children and youth, providing a nurturing environment, building positive relations between residents and decreasing violence in the community between 3 and 8 p.m.
Phone: 267-325-5138
Web:- U-Turn (Family Promise of Berks County)
Description: This program offers case management and drop-in center facilities on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 5 p.m. to unaccompanied/homeless youth in Berks County. It is designed to help individuals achieve educational, employment and housing stabilization goals.
Address: 325 N. Fifth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-373-3323
Web:- Marys Shelter Drop-In Center Residential Program
Description: Available after school for youth from ages 14-21 from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Features a laundry room, gym equipment, recreational activities, a full kitchen and a computer lab for school/job/recreational activities.
Address: 615 Kenhorst Blvd., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-376-1973
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Employment Assistance
- Berks Community Action Program
Address: 645 Penn St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-376-6571
Web:- Berkshire Personnel Network
Address: 1015 Rockland St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-288-1448
Web:- Community Skills Program Counseling and Rehabilitation
Address: 1150 Berkshire Blvd # 210, Wyomissing, PA
Phone: 610-276-3380- Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Address: 3602 Kutztown Road, Reading, PA
Phone: 610-621-5800- PA Careerlink of Berks County
Address: 1920 Kutztown Road, Reading, PA
Phone: 610-988-1300
Web:- PeopleShare Pottsville
Description: Temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire staffing
Web:- Philly Temps & Perm
Description: Administrative and event staffing agency serving Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs.
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Food Assistance
- Find Food Assistance in Berks County
Description: A comprehensive directory of food pantries.
Web:- Food Map - Helping Harvest
Address: 117 Morgan Drive, Reading, PA
Phone: 610-926-5802
Web:- Food Resources for Philadelphians
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- Food Resources for Schuylkill County
Web:- Berks County WIC
Address: 1110C Rockland Road, Reading, PA
Phone: 610-373-5545
Web:- Berks Encore
Address: 40 N. Ninth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-374-3195
Web:- Birdsboro Nazarene Church
Address: 715 E. Third St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-582-4700
Web:- City Reach Church's Faith
Address: 1011A Cotton St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-621-5227- Conrad Weiser Food Pantry
Address: 108 S. Robeson St., Robesonia, PA
Phone: 610-393-8313
Web:- Exeter Bible Fellowship Church
Address: 926 Philadelphia Terrace, Birdsboro, PA
Phone: 610-582-4191
Web:- Faith United Evangelical Lutheran Church
Address: 357 Walnut St., Denver, PA
Phone: 717-336-2141
Web:- Friend, Inc.
Address: 658D Noble St., Kutztown, PA
Phone: 610-683-7790
Web:- Hope Rescue Mission
Address: 645 North Sixth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-375-4224
Web:- Kennedy House
Address: 532 Spruce St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-378-1947- New Journey Community Outreach
Address: 138 S. Sixth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-375-2662
Web:- Salvation Army Of Reading
Address: 301 S. Fifth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-373-5208
Web: salvationarmyreading.org- Spring Valley Church of God
Address: 2727 Old Pricetown Road, Temple, PA
Phone: 610-929-7969
Web:- Trinity U.C.C. In His Name
Address: 2449 Cumberland Ave., Mount Penn, PA
Phone: 484-509-0706
Web:- We Agape You
Address: 30 Village Center Drive, Reading, PA
Phone: 484-240-9036
Web:- West Berks Mission District
Address: Many locations
Phone: 610-375-8303
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Government Assistance
- State
- Federal
- Local
Health and Wellness
- Community Prevention Partnership of Berks County
Address: 200 Penn St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-376-6988
Web:- Service Access and Management Inc.
Address: 19 N. Sixth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-236-0530
Web:- Street Medicine Be Well Berks
Description: Tower Health Medical Groups Street Medicine Program offers primary and preventative care to the unsheltered homeless, shelter residents, and anyone who is at high risk of experiencing homelessness.
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Hotlines and Emergency Contacts
- Alcoholics Anonymous
Address: 210 S. Fifth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-373-6500
Web:- Council on Chemical Abuse
Address: 50 N. Fifth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-376-8669
Web:- Holcomb Crisis Intervention of Berks County
Address: 19 N. Sixth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-379-2007- LifeLine of Berks County
Address: 612 Reading Ave., West Reading, PA
Phone: 610-374-8545
Web:- Narcotics Anonymous
Phone: 610-374-5944
Web:- Poison Center
Phone: 800-222-1222
Web:- Safe Berks
Address: 255 Chestnut St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-373-1206
Web:- ruOK? Berks
Phone: 610-236-0530, local; 877-238-4600, toll-free
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Housing/Utility Assistance
- Berks Coalition to End Homelessness
Address: 600 Penn St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-372-7222
Brochure:
Web:- Berks County Redevelopment Authority
Address: 400 E. Wyomissing Ave., Suite 2, Mohnton, PA
Phone: 484-987-2524
Web:- Bridge of Hope Berks County
Address: 309 W. Franklin St., Womelsdorf, PA
Phone: 610-568-1250
Web:- Catholic Charities
Address: 234 Grace St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-435-0814
Web:- City of Reading Rental & Utilities Assistance
Address: 815 Washington St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-655-6141
Web:- Hope Rescue Mission
Address: 645 N. Sixth St, Reading, PA
Phone: 610-375-4224
Web:- Mary's Shelter
Address: 615 Kenhorst Blvd., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-376-1973
Web:- Neighborhood Housing Services
Address: 213 N. Fifth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-372-8433
Web:- Opportunity House
Address: 430 N. Second St., Suite 1, Reading, PA
Phone: 610-374-4696
Web:- Philadelphia Resources
- Pottsville Resources
- Salvation Army of Boyertown
Address: 409 S. Reading Ave., Boyertown, PA
Phone: 610-367-4089
Web:- YMCA of Reading
Address: 631 Washington St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-378-4700
Web:- Find Utility Assistance In Your Area
Identification
- Department of Health Division of Vital Records
Phone: 724-656-3100; 844-228-3516, toll-free
Web:- PennDOT Drivers License Center
Address: 600 E. Lancaster Ave., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-775-7728
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Immigration and Legal Aid
- Aldea The Peoples Justice Center
Description: The concept of Aldea (Village) is a community living together and caring for each others needs. In that spirit, the mission of Aldea is to provide a holistic approach to meeting the multi-faceted needs of our immigrant community members, including through legal services and access to social, educational and health-related services.
Web:- Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP)
Description: The Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) sees a future where the United States welcomes individuals fleeing violence. We work alongside our members to make this vision a reality.
Web:- Church World Service Lancaster
Description: Church World Service Lancaster welcomes refugees, immigrants, asylum-seekers and other uprooted people within the United States who are seeking safety and the opportunity to rebuild their lives.
Web:- Diaspora Law - Immigration Lawyers
Description: Diaspora Law is a U.S. Immigration Law firm that specializes in family immigration, business immigration and deportation defense.
Web:- Immigration and Citizenship Resources
Web:- National Immigration Legal Services Directory
Web:- Office of Immigrant Affairs - Philadelphia
Phone: 215-686-0876
Web:- Pro Bono Legal Service Providers
Web:- Resources For Immigrants And Refugees - Philadelphia
Web:- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office Locator
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Legal
- Berks County Bar Association
Address: 544-546 Court St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-375-4591
Web:- MidPenn Legal Services
Address: 501 Washington St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-376-8556
Web:- Philadelphia Legal Assistance
- Safe Berks
Address: 255 Chestnut St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-373-1206
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Libraries
- Berks County Public Libraries
Web:- Free Library of Philadelphia
Web:- Pottsville Free Public Library
Web:- State Library of Pennsylvania
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Mental Health Services
- Mental Health/Intellectual Disability Services
- Substance Use Disorder
Resource Guides
- Berks County
- Philadelphia
- Schuylkill County
Self-Help and Support Groups
- Alcoholics Anonymous
Address: 210 S. Fifth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-373-6500
Web:- Alzheimer's Disease Association
Address: 237 Court St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-375-4990
Web:- Brain Injury Support Group
Address: 2802 Papermill Road, Classroom #2, Wyomissing, PA; group meetings on third Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m.
Phone: 484-628-2721
Web:- Breast Cancer Support Service
Address: 529 Reading Ave. Suite C, West Reading, PA
Phone: 610-478-1447
Web:- Cardiac Care Support Group
Address: Reading Hospital TG195 conference room; meetings on second Tuesdays at 4 p.m.
Phone: 610-478-1447
Web:- Children's Alopecia Project
Address: 906 Penn Ave., West Reading, PA
Phone: 610-468-1011
Web:- The Circle of Friends
Address: 227 N. Fifth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-478-1984- Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance
Address: 1234 Penn Ave., Wyomissing, PA
Phone: 610-775-3000
Web:- Man-To-Man Prostate Cancer Support Group
Address: Meetings are on the second Thursday of the month at 7 p.m., 498 Bellevue Ave., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-775-3000
Web:- NAMI of Berks County
Address: 640 Walnut St., Second Floor, Reading, PA
Phone: 610-685-3000
Web:- Narcotics Anonymous
Address: Meetings on Mondays at 8 p.m., St. James Church, 644 Penn Ave., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-374-5944
Web:- Parkinson's Support Group
Address: Meetings on second Mondays at 3:30 p.m., Tower Health Medical Group Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Wyomissing, 2802 Paper Mill Road, Reading, PA
Phone: 484-628-4357
Web:- Transformative Solutions Network
Address: 2395 Lancaster Pike, Reading, PA
Phone: 484-926-5804
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Temporary Employment Agencies
- AEROTEK-Reading
Address: 999 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 180, Wyomissing, PA
Phone: 610-750-8360
Web:- ATWork Personnel Services
Address: 945 Berkshire Blvd, Suite 100, Wyomissing, PA
Phone: 610-927-5221
Web:- Champion Personnel
Address: 2045 Centre Ave., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-927-5221
Web:- Ever Staff LLC
Address: 103 Lancaster Ave., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-374-5678
Web:- Gage Personnel
Address: 101 N. Seventh Ave., West Reading, PA
Phone: 610-670-1771
Web:- Mack Employment
Address: 2834 Shillington Road, Sinking Spring, PA
Phone: 610-670-2464
Web:- Manpower, Inc.
Address: 3564 Penn Ave., Suite 102, Reading, PA
Phone: 610-678-1701
Web:- People Ready
Address: 722 Cherry St., Suite 2, Reading, PA
Phone: 610-372-5575
Web:- PeopleShare Reading
Address: 2 Meridian Blvd., Suite 220, Wyomissing, PA
Phone: 610-372-2727
Web:- The Performance Group
Address: 824 Penn Ave., Wyomissing, PA
Phone: 610-378-7818
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Transportation
- BARTA
Address: 1700 N. 11th St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-921-0601
Web:- Grab-A-Cab
Address: 5A Antietam Road, Temple, PA
Phone: 610-478-1111
Web:- La Mexicana Express Taxi Service
Address: 534 Minor St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-375-3333- Reading Metro Taxi
Address: 615 Elm St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-374-5111
Web:- Schuylkill Transportation System Pottsville
Address: 300 S. Centre St., Pottsville, PA
Phone: 570-429-2701
Web:- SEPTA - Philadelphia
Address: 1234 Market St., Philadelphia, PA
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Utilities
- Berks County Assistance Office
Address: 625 Cherry St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-736-4228
Web:- Boyertown Area Multiservice Inc.
Address: 200 West Spring St., Boyertown, PA
Phone: 610-367-6957
Web:- Catholic Charities
Address: 234 Grace St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-435-0814
Web:- City of Reading
Address: 815 Washington St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-655-6141
Web:- FirstEnergy
Phone: 800-545-7741
Web:- Friend, Inc.
Address: 658D Noble Road, Kutztown, PA
Phone: 610-658-7790
Web:- PPL
Address: 827 Hausman Road, Allentown, PA
Phone: 800-342-5775
Web:- Salvation Army of Hamburg
Address: 700 South Fourth St., Suite B, Hamburg, PA
Phone: 800-342-5775
Web:- Salvation Army Of Reading
Address: 301 S. Fifth St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-373-5208
Web: salvationarmyreading.org- UGI
Address: 1 UGI Drive, Denver, PA
Phone: 800-844-9276
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Veterans Resources
- Berks County VA Clinic
Address: 2762 Century Blvd., Wyomissing, PA
Phone: 484-220-2572
Web:- Berks County Veterans Affairs
Address: 726 Cherry St., Reading, PA
Phone: 610-378-5601
Web:- PA CareerLink
Address: 1920 Kutztown Road, Reading, PA
Phone: 610-988-1300
Web:- Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Phone: 855-260-3274
Web:- Veterans Multi-Service Center
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