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Disabled American Veterans - Veteran Services

Provides assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other government agencies. Provides outreach concerning its program to disabled veterans and their families specifically.

What's Here

Veteran Membership Organizations
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Employment Programs
Adults With Disabilities/Health Conditions
Outreach Programs
Social Services for Military Personnel
Military Transition Assistance Programs
Veterans
Advocacy
Active Military

Community Interactions - Community Living

Provides staff-supported living arrangements alongside other clients with 24/7 care.

What's Here

Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities
Adult Residential Treatment Facilities
Advocacy
Home Based Mental Health Services
Individual Counseling

Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania - Legal Aid Services

Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents. Services may include bankruptcy, debt relief, consumer law, child custody and dependency issues, disaster legal aid, elder law, expungements, pardons, and record sealing. May also cover government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

What's Here

Legal Information Services
Elder Law
Legal Representation
Labor and Employment Law
General Legal Aid
Welfare Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
TANF Recipients
Advocacy
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Court Filing Offices
Predatory Lending Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Bankruptcy Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance

Youth Advocate Programs - Youth Services

Provides youth and their families with intensive support in their homes, school and community through our wraparound-advocacy model. Staff meet with youth and families multiple times a week at times most needed by the family, with an emphasis on safety and support. Individualized service plans balance involuntary service demands with activities driven by the family's prioritized wants and needs.

What's Here

In Home Respite Care
Out of Home Respite Care
Youth
Advocacy
Supported Employment
Gang Programs
Wraparound Facilitation/Community Support
Job Finding Assistance

Epilepsy Foundation Eastern Pennsylvania - Epilepsy Foundation Eastern Pennsylvania

Voluntary health organization that provides education, support and advocacy for people with epilepsy and their families. Programs and services include: - Informational materials - Medical, legal and mental health referrals - Adult resource services - Workshops and conferences - Children and family services - Support groups - Community education - Lending book and video library - Personal and legislative advocacy - Teen and pre-teen camp - Special events - Annual spring education conference - Young Adult Retreat

What's Here

Charities/Grantmaking Organizations
Therapeutic Camps
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Epilepsy
Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
Disease/Disability Information
Advocacy

Pennsylvania Court Appointed Special Advocates - Child Advocate Volunteers

Volunteers are trained to ensure that children, involved with the foster care and/or child welfare system, are affored basic rights and essential needs. Volunteers serve as an advocate, autonomous of the court, foster or child welfare systems, for the child and their best interests.

What's Here

Volunteer Opportunities
Advocacy

Youth Advocate Programs - Youth Advocate Program

Provides BHRS (Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services)/IBHS (Intensive Behavioral Health Services) mental health services as well as respite care services for ages 2 to 21. Offers early Intervention and special instruction services, which provides 1-on-1 support for ages 0 to 3.

What's Here

Child Guidance
Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities
Wraparound Facilitation/Community Support
Advocacy
Juvenile Diversion
Children's Rights Groups
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
Autism Therapy

Office of the Victim Advocate - Victim Advocacy

Provides advocacy and facilitates the process of submitting comments for potential parole release and clemency hearings.

What's Here

Parole Related Crime Victim Services
Advocacy

Abilities in Motion - Independent Living Services

Offers a wide spectrum of programs and services to meet the needs of the local disability community. Services include: *Disability Advocacy *Person Centered Counseling *Voter rights *Peer Support *E-sports *Technology Center

What's Here

Centers for Independent Living
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Advocacy
Specialized Information and Referral
Disabilities Issues

Pennsylvania Department of Health - Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Provides advocacy, information and referrals.

What's Here

Disability Rights Groups
Advocacy

Deafnet Association - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services

Promotes the concerns that affect the deaf and hard of hearing community. Provides sign language classes, interpreting, training on the use of TTY, and advocacy.

What's Here

Sign Language Interpretation
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Advocacy

WIN Victim Services - Chambersburg - Prevention Education

Raises awareness in the community about the impact of violence on victims, the local community, and society, as well as builds skills, knowledge, and safer environments to prevent violence through educational programs, community assessments, assistance with policy development, and more.

What's Here

General Abuse Prevention
Outreach Programs
Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
Advocacy
Domestic Violence Issues

Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties - The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties

Champions a life of inclusion, opportunity, and equity for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through advocacy, education, and support.

What's Here

Home/Community Based Developmental Disabilities Programs
Advocacy
Adult Day Programs
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
School System Advocacy
Intellectual Disabilities

Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General - Military and Veterans Affairs

Investigate and prosecute certain offenses against veterans. Connects veterans with existing services, educate them on consumer issues, and advocate on their behalf.

What's Here

Advocacy
Fraud Prevention
Veterans
Consumer Education
Veteran Membership Organizations
Consumer Complaints

YWCA of Bradford - Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services

Provides free and confidential services to victims experiencing domestic violence and/or sexual assault, and their family members in the past or present. Also provides comprehensive services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, including crisis counseling, emergency room accompaniment, legal advocacy, emergency shelter, outreach service, and community prevention education and primary prevention programs throughout McKean county.

What's Here

Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Shelters
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Child Abuse Prevention
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Housing Related Coordinated Entry
Advocacy
Domestic Violence Issues

Center for Family Services - Emergency Assistance

Provides advocacy and/or financial assistance. Situations vary and assistance is based on a case by case need and availability of funds. Co-pay and/or repayment is often requested.

What's Here

Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Personal Finances Issues
Advocacy

Center for Independent Living of South Central Pennsylvania - Advocacy for Disability Issues

Provides advocacy services for persons with disabilities and their families.

What's Here

Centers for Independent Living
Advocacy
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Sexual Assault Resource and Counseling Center of Lebanon - Sexual Assault Resource and Counseling Center

Provides counseling and advocacy for survivors of sexual violence and their significant others, also provides education on all issues related to sexual violence. Sexual Trauma Therapy is provided for survivors ready to process their trauma. Hotline available 24/7

What's Here

Sexual Assault Prevention
Abused Adults
COVID-19
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Advocacy
Sexual Assault Counseling
Volunteer Opportunities

Pennsylvania Court Appointed Special Advocates - Advocacy

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) are community volunteers who serve as the voice of abused and neglected children in the court system. The advocacy looks to ensure that the children will be safe, secure and given a better opportunity to thrive.

What's Here

Advocacy
Volunteer Opportunities
Guardians ad Litem
Foster Children

Saint Rocco Church - Saint Rocco Center

Offers form assistance, citizenship education, food pantries, Hispanic/Latinx advocacy, translation services, and Thanksgiving baskets for eligible individuals and families.

What's Here

Certificates/Forms Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Food Pantries
Language Translation
Citizenship Education
Advocacy
Specialized Information and Referral
Thanksgiving Baskets

American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania - ACLU Services

Works to defend civil liberties, including freedoms of speech, religion and association; the right to petition the government; separation of church and state; the right to privacy; reproductive freedom; due process of law; the rights of the accused; and the right to equal treatment under the law.

What's Here

Legal Issues
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Advocacy
Education Discrimination Assistance
Constitutional/Civil Rights Groups
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Immigrant Rights Groups
Employment Discrimination Assistance

Courts and Criminal Justice, York County Government - Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program (CASA)

Recruits, screens, trains, and supervises volunteer advocates who are then appointed by the Juvenile Judge to advocate for the best interests of abused and/or neglected children. Offers services that may include: Advocating for abused and/or neglected children involved in dependency court proceedings; Independently investigating facts of the case for the court; Making recommendations to the court based on case facts and information gathered; Monitors court orders to ensure services are provided to and utilized by the child and family; Attending all meetings and court proceedings.

What's Here

Advocacy
Volunteer Opportunities
Child Advocacy Centers
Child Abuse Issues

Wounded Warrior Project - Veteran Services

Wounded Warrior Project is a charitable organization that assists physically or mentally injured veterans through advocacy, events, resources and programs.

What's Here

Veteran Reintegration Counseling
Advocacy
Veterans

Mental Health Association in Fayette County - Mental Health Advocacy

Offers supportive services, referrals, resources, and educational outreach encouraging positive life choices during behavioral health recovery.

What's Here

Advocacy
Mental Health Issues

United Community Independence Programs - Services -Develomental Disability

Offers residential homes, residential support, supported employment, self-advocacy, day services, and habilitation.

What's Here

Developmental Disabilities
Older Adult/Disability Related Supportive Housing
Adult Day Programs
Residential Placement Services for People With Disabilities
Advocacy
Supported Employment
Homemaker Assistance
Home/Community Based Developmental Disabilities Programs