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Offers additional grocery benefits program that provides households with a one-time payment of $120 for each eligible child to buy food while school is out. Benefits can be used at local participating retailers to purchase groceries.

Offers additional grocery benefits program that provides households with a one-time payment of $120 for each eligible child to buy food while school is out. Benefits can be used at local participating retailers to purchase groceries.

Animal shelter that rescues different types of animals. Provides treatment, care, and adoption.

Provides free and confidential pregnancy testing, pregnancy options counseling, ultrasounds (to confirm pregnancy), pregnancy support, parenting, and life skills education, adoption education/referrals, material support for infants up to 12 months, maternity clothing, and abortion care and support.

Provides various library services, including a local history collection, internet access and free Wi-Fi. Offers color copies, a photocopier, and fax services. Serves as a warming/cooling center during periods of extreme cold/heat.

Provides emergency shelter to individual women and families with children. Accommodations include private rooms for families with children and shared dormitory rooms for women. Shelter guests share common areas such as the kitchen, bathrooms, laundry facilities, living areas, and outdoor areas with fellow guests.

Offers a variety of classes around the city, designed to help participants improve computer skills, learn how to send emails, apply for jobs online, and more.

Provides a food pantry distribution every other Thursday of the month (see below for current schedule) this service is offered to any resident in need.

Provides comprehensive range of primary health care services, including dental and support services.

Provides perishable and non perishable food to local residents.

Offers training on how to become an effective life or business coach. Provides information, tools, techniques, and strategies to coach clients effectively.

Offers support services to women affected by domestic violence and/or substance use. Services include peer support groups, individual counseling and advocacy, education and training on topics like healthy relationships and domestic abuse, self-defense training, and referrals to community resources.

Provides a monthly distribution of fresh produce and other items to residents of Somerest County who have limited or no transportation.

Emergency Direct Assistance for financially struggling individuals and families in crisis seeking assistance for such things as food, clothing, shelter, rent, household utility expenses and similar miscellaneous living needs. May also offer seasonal assistance, such as Back-to-School and Project Bundle-Up where funds are available.

Working Papers: Any student 14-17 years old , prior to high school graduation, must have working papers for employment. Applications are taken at school district administration offices. The student does not have to be present to obtain the papers, parents can fill out the paperwork. To obtain working papers, a copy of the student's birth certificate must be taken to the school administration office. Call local school district for information on location and office hours. Summer Enrichment (Vacation Education): Some schools in the County offer non-credit enrichment courses over the summer break. These courses are designed to broaden the students experiences, keep minds and imaginations active, and offer peer interaction. Subjects that may be offered include: computers, cartooning, music, babysitting, chess, foreign languages, photography, etc. Some schools offer school social worker services.

Provides a wide range of free housing services, including: first-time homebuyer counseling; foreclosure and sheriff sale prevention; rent, mortgage and utility assistance; property tax and rent rebates; financial education. Also help clients build budgets and credit, and can connect people to affordable home repair.

This program provides free groceries and essential food items to eligible individuals and families in need.

Provides services that include substance use/co-occurring treatment placement (withdrawal management, residential, halfway, partial, and outpatient services); funding for Franklin/Fulton residents not eligible for Medicaid and coordination of care with ancillary treatment needs (transportation, employment, education, healthcare, etc.). Priority populations include Pregnant Females, Pregnant Injection Drug Users, Injection Drug Users, Overdose Survivors, and Veterans.

Provides recovery support services in the form of Recovery 101 groups, recovery life skills, recovery planning, recovery management, and Buprenorphine care management. Offers care coordination, one-on-one sessions, client monitoring, referral, recovery planning, support groups, and mentoring.

Offers comprehensive rehabilitative services provided through school program for children ages 2 to 8. Offers nursery school speech, language, hearing, and tympanometric screenings to preschool-age children. Vocational rehabilitation, sheltered employment program, and competitive employment for adults.

Assists with locating, coordinating, and monitoring services and supports for consumers of all ages with an Intellectual Disability or Autism Diagnosis with onset prior to the age of 22. Support Coordinators inform participants, their families and other caregivers about the use of unpaid, informal, generic, and specialized services and supports that are necessary to address the identified needs of the participant and to achieve the outcomes specified in the developed Individual Support Plan (ISP).

Provides a community lunch.

Provides comprehensive hearing evaluations and recommends the proper hearing device for specific hearing loss. Services and repairs all makes and models of hearing service equipment. Offers CapTel telephone ordering at no cost.

Provides intense home visitation by nurses to first-time, low-income, at-risk mothers in Berks and Schuylkill counties.

Sells medical equipment and provides delivery, 24 hour emergency oxygen service (if need emergency oxygen service after normal business hours, call 877-501-4716 for on-call answering service), equipment manufacturer technicians, licensed respiratory therapists, NRRTS Registered and RESHA Certified Assistive Technology professionals.