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Helps employers review and update their policies to ensure they support employees who are in, or are seeking recovery. This includes policies for hiring practices, employee assistance programs, anti-discrimination and diversity policies, and community outreach strategies.

On-site advocates at all local hospitals; On-site response to medical advocacy calls 24/7/365; access to Safe Berks services, info, advocacy, safety planning and shelter; specialized education to healthcare providers

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.

Provides a variety of services unique to each individual's goals. Coordinates services deemed necessary to help foster youth make progress toward their goals and provides support as they work toward independence.

Provides immediate in-person support to sexual assault and domestic violence survivors receiving medical care. Medical Advocacy for victim of sexual and domestic violence. Provides training for health care providers to improve their response to domestic and sexual violence victims. Assists companies and organizations with drafting and implementing workplace domestic violence policies and procedures.

Works to reduce substance use and risk factors among youth.

Provides disability advocacy, doctor referrals, and information to persons affected by Tourette Syndrome. Provides non-legal advocacy services for education or employment, and training for family and extended family.

Gathers information regarding services received by consumers and family members to assess satisfaction with mental health and substance use disorder services. Advocates for improvements to available resources.

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.

Provides advocacy for tenants who are having difficulties getting the hazardous lead removed from their homes and educates tenants on how to get help and care for their lead poisoned children. Also provides lead inspections.

Works with families to increase their ability to self manage and problem-solve.

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.

Provides free resource coordination, training, and one-to-one advocacy support to individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families. The program is based on four main pillars: Collaboration, Education, Empowerment, and Self-Advocacy. Through these, they connect with and support individuals, families, and community partners in their navigation of the IDD systems in a way that meets their needs now and into the future. The three main programs are: * Resource Coordination * One-to-One Advocacy * Webinar Trainings

Provides ongoing empowerment counseling, tailored to individual needs, to victims, children and significant others. This includes crisis, economic and educative counseling. Additionally, support groups are held regularly for adults or teens who are survivors of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment. The Barbara J. Hart Justice Center provides legal assistance to program participants, including representation, consultation and court preparation. Services include safety planning, Protection From Abuse orders, child custody, child support, divorce, nuisance ordinances from landlords, evictions, consumer debt, banking and tax issues, immigration issues, and employment cases.

Provides information and support concerning mental and emotional illnesses, including guidance to mental health services, education, family and individual advocacy as well as referrals to local psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and therapists. Offers advocacy and PEER support for individuals with a mental illness and their families. Also offers support for families of children with Individual Education Plans in schools. Conducts educational presentations for schools, clubs, employers, businesses and community groups on topics related to mental health. Makes referrals for anger management and community support groups.

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.

Supports local health and human service agencies that provide various types of programs that meet the needs of the community. Does not provide direct services to clients, but instead funds organizations and programs and offers volunteer opportunities.

Provides options, information, and advocacy to victims of domestic abuse within the welfare system and educates welfare personnel about domestic abuse.

Provides Certified Peer Specialist services such as mentoring, advocacy and mediation, engagement, wellness strategies, and mental health education.

Services provide information & referral, individual advocacy and systems advocacy regarding issues of adult community life. Those core issues in adult advocacy include functional supports and services, social supports, employment and housing, health care, benefits, and the quality of community life.

Families Forward minimizes the impact on the whole family when a parent is incarcerated in Lancaster County Prison. Team members connect parents and caregivers with resources such as food, clothing, and guardianship, and also provide support and education to encourage healthy parent-child relationships. The team teaches Parenting Inside Out classes in Lancaster County Prison to strengthen family bonds and teach parents to handle some of the common challenges of parenting. They also facilitate hour-long visits between an incarcerated parent and their child(ren). This allows them to read together, play games, or just talk and connect without any barriers separating them.

Provides assistance to persons in need of help in negotiating a specific aspect of the mental health system. This may include housing issues, securing entitlements, welfare benefits, patient rights, employments issues, or other community support systems, as it pertains to an individual with a mental health challenge. The advocate’s role is to provide support and to help ensure that the consumer’s voice is heard and a recovery approach is followed.

Provide one-on-one counseling services and group counseling services to victims of Domestic Violence. All services are provided in-person and virtually.