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Education Law Center - Access to Quality Public Education

Provides advocacy and professional support to ensure that public education is a reality for all. Focuses on underserved students, including students in poverty, students of color, students with disabilities, English learners, LGBTQ youth, students experiencing homelessness, and students in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.

What's Here

Education Advocacy Groups
Advocacy

Disability Empowerment Center - Advocacy and Independent Skills Training

Provides advocacy for individuals with disabilities, independent skills training, and information and referral.

What's Here

Disabilities Issues
Centers for Independent Living
Advocacy
Mentoring Programs
Specialized Information and Referral
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Independent Living Skills Instruction

Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County - Welfare Advocacy

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

What's Here

Welfare Rights Assistance
Eligible Benefits Applicants
Advocacy

American Council of the Blind - Blind and Low Vision Resources

Provides services and resources to blind and visually impaired people. Services include non-medical information and referral, the ACB Braille Forum (available in braille, large print, digital cartridge, email, online, and podcast), the ACB E-Forum (available via email, online, and podcast), legislative and governmental monitoring, scholarship assistance, and public education.

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Advocacy
Disability Rights Groups
Visual Impairments

Handi-Crafters - Older Adult Advocacy

Independent Living Solutions offers housing placement assistance to people with disabilities by providing individual assistance, education, outreach and coordination of resources.

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Advocacy

Deaf-Hearing Communication Centre - Advocacy

Provides personal advocacy to assist an individual to obtain services that are his/her legal right, such as sign language interpreters. Systemic advocacy activities include participation as a member of a coalition of many organizations working for a specific cause, working in partnership with Deaf and hard of hearing consumer groups, responding to new legislation, and other related activities.

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Advocacy
Hearing Loss

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.

What's Here

Specialized Information and Referral
Disabilities Issues
Advocacy

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.

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Child Advocacy Centers
Advocacy
Volunteer Opportunities
Child Abuse Issues

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.

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

AMVETS - AMVETS

AMVETS implements programs for and advocates on behalf of veterans and their families. A network of AMVETS National Service Officers (NSOs) are stationed at VA regional offices and medical centers and provide information, counseling and claims assistance to all veterans and their dependants in matters concerning education, disability compensation, employment, hospitalization, rehabilitation, pension and other benefits. Annually awards scholarships to veterans and their dependents. Also conducts programs to teach children about American heritage, civics and citizenship. Pennsylvania AMVETS CODE Career Center provides asset assessment, resume writing assistance, interview skills training, and exploration into education, training, licensing, and certification opportunities.

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Prejob Guidance
Advocacy
Veteran Membership Organizations
Student Financial Aid
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veterans
Patriotic Societies

Coatesville Youth Initiative - Youth Advisory Councils

Offers two youth councils which provide youth with a forum to exercise their voice by discussing policy issues while advising the work of the CYI and its partners. Game Changers Youth Council focuses on advocating for the general well-being of youth in the Coatesville community. Youth Prevention Task Force focuses on implementing projects and policies that focus on substance use prevention for youth in the Coatesville community.

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Advocacy
Youth Enrichment Programs
Adolescents

United Community Independence Programs - Services -Develomental Disability

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

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

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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Advocacy
Veterans
Outreach Programs

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.

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Advocacy
Veteran Reintegration Counseling
Veterans

Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit #5 - Local Right to Education Task Force

Offers educational advocacy to the public. Made up of parent, professional and citizen advocates dedicated to the education of all school aged children who receive special education services.

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Advocacy
Education Issues

Women's Services - Counseling/Advocacy

Offers individual and group counseling and advocacy for victims and significant others of sexual and domestic violence.

What's Here

Adult Child Abuse Survivor Counseling
Domestic Violence Issues
Adult Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Counseling
Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Advocacy
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling

Pennsylvania Tourette Syndrome Alliance - Advocacy Service

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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Disease/Disability Information
Physician Referrals
Specialized Information and Referral
Employment Related Advocacy Groups
General Health Education Programs
Tourette's Syndrome
Medical Information Services
Advocacy
Health Related Advocacy Groups

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 services to the American people generally and to disabled veterans and their families, specifically.
  • Providing a structure through which disabled veterans can express their compassion for their fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs.
  • What's Here

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

    Covenant House Pennsylvania - The Philadelphia Anti-Trafficking Coalition

    Works with social service, government, and law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking. The coalition aims to coordinate an appropriate response to the needs of victims and seeks to make a wide range of services available by creating a network of agencies that can properly assist them.

    What's Here

    General Crime Prevention Programs
    Human Trafficking Issues
    Human Trafficking Prevention
    Advocacy
    Human Trafficking Counseling

    Pennsylvania Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

    Provides information, referral, and advocacy.

    What's Here

    Hearing Loss
    Specialized Information and Referral
    Advocacy

    Unity Recovery - PA Recovery Friendly Workplace

    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.

    What's Here

    Health Issues
    Advocacy

    Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services - Intellectual Disability Services (IDS)

    Administers, monitors, and coordinates Early Intervention services and services for people with an intellectual disability. Coordinates service providers that offer a broad range of supports and services including supports coordination, early intervention services, in-home supports and respite services, employment and adult day services, and community living and Lifesharing services.

    What's Here

    Health/Disability Related Counseling
    Advocacy
    Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays

    Mental Health Partnerships - Compeer in Chester County

    Arranges one-on-one mentoring between adults learning to cope with a mental illness and volunteers of the same sex and of similar age who share common interests.

    What's Here

    Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities
    Mentoring Programs
    Advocacy

    Juvenile Law Center - Youth Advocacy Program

    Advocates on behalf of children who are involved in the child welfare system.

    What's Here

    Adoption/Foster Care/Kinship Care Issues
    Advocacy

    Water's Edge Christian Services - Advocacy Services

    Provides advocacy services that help a community members navigate different systems such as educational, mental health, children and youth.

    What's Here

    Mental Health Issues
    Youth
    Health Related Advocacy Groups
    Advocacy
    Adolescents