General Resources
Pennsylvania 211 East
Pennsylvania 211 East is a free, confidential, non-emergency, comprehensive information and referral service that connects Berks, Carbon, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northampton, and Schuylkill county residents with the health and human services they need. https://www.uwlanc.org/need-help
Contact
211 or 855-567-5341
Service Offered
County
Immigrant Services
Aldea - The People's Justice Center
www.aldeapjc.org Languages: Spanish
Contact
532 Walnut Street Reading, PA 19601
Phone: (484) 877-8002 Fax: (484) 930-0655 coordinator@aldeapjc.org
Service Offered
County
Community Justice Project - Reading
CJP engages in class action litigation, administrative law, legislative advocacy, and other forms of impact litigation to help create positive change for low-income residents across Pennsylvania. Areas of experience include civil rights cases in housing, public benefits, employment, and immigration. ​CJP provides assistance for immigrants regardless of their immigration status or country of origin.
Contact
35 North 6th Street Mez 103 Reading, PA 19601
Benita Mejia (paralegal in Hispanic Outreach Department who focuses mainly on public benefits and immigration): 610-370-7459 Fax: 610-370-7556
Service Offered
County
Other
Eastern PA Trans Equity Project Rapid Response Crisis Grants
Provides rapid monetary assistance to transgender people and the parents of trans children. Includes rent assistance, utility payments, car repair, bus passes, transgender affirming medication, and food assistance. All payments are made directly to the vendor. Eligibility: -Transgender people and parents of transgender children -Residents of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Columbia, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Montgomery, Northampton, Pike, and Wayne counties
Contact
484-602-5918
