Resource center to open in Berks County to help those impacted by flooding after weekend storm

READING, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Residents of Berks County who had been impacted by extreme climate over the weekend can have a spot to go for help.

The Berks County Division of Emergency Companies, the Pennsylvania Emergency Administration Company and different state and county businesses and departments will open a Multi-Company Resource Center on Thursday.

It will likely be situated on the Exeter Township College District Lausch Administration Constructing at 200 Elm Road in Studying.

It will likely be open from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Berks County officers supplied the next checklist of businesses that shall be current and the companies they’ll present:

*Berks Division of Emergency Companies – referrals to correct assets for people who haven’t but reported their harm to native authorities;

*Berks County Space Company on Getting old – help older affected inhabitants;

*Workplace of the Legal professional Common – info on contractor fraud, scams, and many others.;

*Division of Environmental Safety – security recommendation and questions with respect to waterway administration and personal wells;

*Division of Human Companies – doc alternative help (i.e. beginning/demise certificates, and many others.), incapacity help companies, new profit candidates, and many others.;

*Berks County MH/DD workplace – disaster counseling companies;

*Division of Insurance coverage – deal with questions and knowledge on battle points with insurance coverage carriers;

*Division of Navy and Veterans Affairs – help with alternative of paperwork, data on veteran -specific applications accessible;

*PEMA – common MARC help, catastrophe restoration info, Nationwide Flood Insurance coverage Program info;

*Penn DOT – data on their on-line driver companies, driver’s license alternative, and many others.;

*Division of Well being – security info.

*Berks DES would really like to remind all Berks County property homeowners, renters, and companies who suffered property harm in relation to the rain and flooding in the previous a number of days to report their harm to their native municipality as shortly as doable.

Your native municipality is the town, borough or township to which you pay your native taxes. Full and correct assortment of this info might help Berks County residents and companies qualify for extra catastrophe restoration applications.