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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

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

HeadsUp - HeadsUp

Includes a searchable online directory of First Episode Psychosis centers that provide assessment and treatment to residents of Pennsylvania, and a wide range of educational materials and links to other relevant resources.

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Psychotic Disorders
Early Intervention for Mental Illness
Advocacy
Specialized Information and Referral

Autism Society Lehigh Valley - Autism Society Lehigh Valley

Provides resources to individuals and families living with Autism in the Lehigh Valley. Programs include support groups, community activities, and informational resources.

What's Here

Disease/Disability Information
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Advocacy
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Veteran Justice Outreach Services

Serves as an advocate for Veterans involved in the criminal justice system to help them avoid unnecessary criminalization of mental illness and extended incarceration by connecting Veterans to VA mental health and substance abuse services.

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Veterans
Advocacy
Outreach Programs

Women's Institute for Family Health - Health Education and Advocacy

Provides speakers on health issues and outreach tabling at health fairs and community events.

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General Health Education Programs
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
Advocacy

Juvenile Law Center - Juvenile Law Center

Provides advocacy, legal representation, emancipation services, and litigation working to protect and advance children's rights in courts, legislatures, and executive agencies. Cases are pursued at all levels in both the federal and state court systems.

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Emancipation of Minors
Criminal Justice/Legal System Reform Groups
Legal Representation
Advocacy
General Crime Prevention Programs

Pennsylvania Tourette Syndrome Alliance - Advocacy and Information Services

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.

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Tourette's Syndrome
Specialized Information and Referral
Advocacy
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Medical Information Services
Physician Referrals

LGBT Center of Greater Reading - Referral/Resource Center

Provides support groups, clothing and toiletry closet, reference and referral advocacy, professional development training for those in the LGBTQ+ community and allies.

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Advocacy
LGBTQ2+ Support Groups
LGBTQ2+ Community Centers
LGBTQ2+ Issues

Fulton County Family Partnership - Communities That Care (CTC)

Prevents youth violence, delinquency and drug use, and promotes positive youth development and strong families.

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Youth Violence Prevention
At Risk Youth
Planning/Coordinating/Advisory Groups
Advocacy
Wellness Programs

PA Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Programs for Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Provides advocacy, information and referral for Pennsylvanians who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or deaf blind, and their families and caregivers.

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Hearing Loss
Specialized Information and Referral
Advocacy

Autism Connection of Pennsylvania - Advocacy and Education

Provides education, advocacy, and support to autistic people, their parents, and professionals.

What's Here

Disease/Disability Information
Caregiver Training
Specialized Information and Referral
Advocacy
Autism Spectrum Disorder

Mental Health Association of Franklin and Fulton Counties - Advice Sessions

Offers a Community Support Program with innovative trainings, wellness conferences, special events such as Christmas in July, the annual art show, anti-stigma campaigns, CSP celebrations, and the production of a wide variety of literature. Aging Advocacy - MHA provides advocacy services at the South Mountain Restoration Center to ensure the rights of individuals to receive the most appropriate services in the most appropriate setting are assured. Community Advocacy - MHA provides advocacy services when community members who need assistance with getting appropriate or desired services feel they have exercised all options available to them.

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Wraparound Facilitation/Community Support
Advocacy
Mental Health Issues

Avenues - Advocacy and Referral Services Program

Offers support and promotes independence of individuals with developmental disabilities. Provides information regarding resources and services available, assists with finding activities within the community and provides referrals to appropriate agencies within the community.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Disabilities Issues
Advocacy

Cerebral Palsy Association of Chester County - Community Social Services

Provides information, social work services, and general support that empower individuals with disabilities to live full lives in the community. Also provides client assistance grants once a year, taking requests for certain disability items from Chester County residents with physical disabilities The program includes: - Disability Advocacy - Disability related Information & Referral - Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Counseling - Speakers educating interested groups and organizations in the community - Computers, free of charge, for clients to access e-mail and the Internet.

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Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
Cerebral Palsy
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Advocacy
Specialized Information and Referral
Outreach Programs
General Appliance Provision

YEAH Philly - Teen Hangouts

Offers culturally relevant workshops, life skills education, support groups, and more focused on areas such as managing stress, entrepreneurship, healing from trauma, conflict resolution, career readiness, healthy relationships, and current events.

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Youth/Student Support Groups
Conflict Resolution Training
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Stress Management
Relationship Workshops
Prejob Guidance
Advocacy
Life Skills Education

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

Mental Health Partnerships - Mental Health and Aging Advocacy

Works to advocate and increase awareness of the mental health needs of seniors. Provides outreach programs to assists seniors, the families, and caregivers about patient rights and navigating the process of mental health services.

What's Here

Advocacy
Patient Rights Assistance
Outreach Programs

Sexual Assault Resource and Counseling Center of Schuylkill County - Sexual Assault Resources

Provides sexual violence prevention and response services, including a 24/7 support line, counseling, medical and legal support, advocacy, licensed therapists, support groups, and community education.

What's Here

Sexual Assault Hotlines
COVID-19
Abused Adults
Advocacy
Volunteer Opportunities
Sexual Assault Prevention
Sexual Assault Counseling
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups

Grapevine Center - Consumer Family Satisfaction Team

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.

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Mental Health Issues
Advocacy
Substance Use Disorder Issues

Women's Resource Center - Support Services

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.

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General Crime Victim Assistance
Advocacy
Domestic Violence Issues
Domestic Violence Support Groups

Congreso de Latinos Unidos - Latina Domestic Violence Program

Legal advocacy and representation in relationship violence-related legal matters, including protection From Abuse, child custody, and child support.

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Adult Protective Services
Advocacy
Child Custody Orders
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Issues

Agape Aid Alliance - Counseling and Community Services Coordinator

Provides community services: ministerial counseling in the areas of life and career coaching (including recommendations as needed for holistic or alternative medicine) as well as community services coordination to help at risk individuals connect with resources and as needed help with applications and or advocacy to resources.

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Career Development
Alternative Medicine Practitioners
Life Coaching
Advocacy
Alternative Medicine
Faith Based Counseling

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.

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

Wyoming County Special Needs Association - Advocacy

Provides advocacy on behalf of individuals and their families to ensure that they receive the benefits and services for which they are eligible and that organizations within the established service delivery system meet the collective needs of the client. Provides advocacy in schools and in the community. Service provided on case by case basis.

What's Here

Advocacy
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Intellectual Disabilities
Autism Spectrum Disorder

Community Interactions - Self-Advocacy

Provides a monthly Quality Enhancement meeting that provides opportunities to develop good leadership skills and to explore self-directed services. It also give the consumers the opportunity to participate in the policy and decision-making process, while offering training to direct support staff. This group welcomes people from the general community at a small charge if the individual is not supported through a Community Interactions' residential or day service.

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Professional Skills Development Support
Group Counseling
Advocacy