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Tri-County
Emergency Services
KEY TO SERVICES
| Services at No Charge (F) |
Fee for Services ($) |
| Sliding Scale (SS) |
Insurance Accepted (I) |
| Support Group (G) |
Serving Berks County (BC) |
| Serving Chester County (CC) |
Hotline or Helpline (H) |
| Appointment Necessary (A) |
Drop-Ins Welcome (D) |
| Multi-Lingual Services (M) |
Serving Montgomery County (MC) |
Berks Women in Crisis
http://www.berkswomenincrisis.org/
Committed to the elimination of interpersonal and institutional violence
within our community. Prevention of spouse and sexual abuse, rape victim
services, shelters for women and children. (F, BC, A, M)
645 Penn Street, 2nd Floor, Reading, PA 19601
610-373-1206
Hotlines: 610-372-9540 (English)
610-372-7463 (Spanish)
Greater Berks Food Bank
http://www.berksfoodbank.org
Collecting, storing, and distributing donated food through a network of
emergency food providers. Meals provided at no cost if you meet income guidelines.
Food donations welcome. (F, BC, M)
1011 Tuckerton Ct., Reading, PA 19605
610-926-5802
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
http://www.compass.state.pa.us
LIHEAP helps pay for heating bills for low income or the elderly through
the Cash program, which provides a one-time cash payment directly to a utility
company to help with the season's energy costs or the Crisis program which
assists eligible households with little or almost no fuel, electric, or
gas service that is threatened to be or has been shut off, a heating system
that is in need of repair or replacement, broken window panes and or frozen
heating pipes. The Crisis program will pay the cost of repairing a problem
up to $300. (BC,CC,MC)
866-857-7095
National Capital Poison Center
http://www.poison.org/
Providing toll-free assistance via hotline for poison emergency. (F, BC,
H, M)
800-222-1222
Reading-Berks Emergency Shelter
http://www.RBES.org
Helping individuals/families become and remain self-sufficient, providing
shelter, housing, counseling, job-readiness training, childcare, life skills
and literacy/ESL instruction, on-site health care, mental health services.
(F, $, SS, I, G, BC, A, D, M)
430 N. 2nd St., Reading, PA 19601
610-374-4696 ext. 230
The Salvation Army
Providing emergency services to individuals and families in need, including
help with prescriptions, utilities, food, clothing, heat. Also offers an
after-school program. (F, BC, H, D, M)
301 S. 5th St., Reading, PA 19603
610-373-5208
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