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Public Interest Law Center - Disability Rights

Provides advocacy services for individuals with disabilities. Provides legal services in cases of disability employment discrimination, special education, and disability rights.

What's Here

Advocacy
School System Advocacy
Disability Rights Groups
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Education Discrimination Assistance

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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Adolescents
Youth Enrichment Programs
Advocacy

SafeNet Domestic Violence Safety Network - Counseling and Advocacy

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

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Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Advocacy
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Issues

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

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.

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

American Diabetes Association - Advocacy and Education

Provides advocacy, information, and education for adults and children with diabetes.

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Advocacy
Charities/Grantmaking Organizations
Diabetes
General Health Education Programs

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.

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

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

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.

What's Here

Group Counseling
Advocacy
Professional Skills Development Support

Roads to Freedom Center for Independent Living of North Central PA - Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities

Provides education and outreach presentations to businesses, provider agencies, community partners and people with disabilities. Presentations include Accessibility Surveys, Disability Sensitivity and Awareness, and guidance to assure compliance with the ADA.

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

Child and Family Focus - Family Based Mental Health Services

Provides family therapy, case management and emergency crisis intervention family support services, including emergency on-call crisis intervention. Also provides family support and stabilization services, including assisting financially in meeting specific needs of the family as well as funding additional or creative methods of working with the family.

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Home Based Mental Health Services
Advocacy
In Person Crisis Intervention
Family Counseling
General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Mental Health Evaluation

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

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.

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Youth
Mental Health Issues
Adolescents
Advocacy
Health Related Advocacy Groups

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.

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Advocacy
Guardians ad Litem
Foster Children
Volunteer Opportunities

Women's Center of Columbia/Montour - Medical Advocacy

Provides a protocol to handle and recognize the signs/symptoms of domestic violence and its victims.

What's Here

Advocacy
Domestic Violence Issues

CASA Pennsylvania - Immigration Support Services

Offers citizenship classes, financial literacy, and social services in addition, to promoting civic engagement.

What's Here

Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Immigrant Resettlement Services
Education Advocacy Groups
Employment Related Advocacy Groups
Advocacy

Pennsylvania Court Appointed Special Advocates - Advocacy

Provides services like citizenship classes, financial literacy, and social services in addition, to promoting civic engagement among the fast growing and diverse Latinx and immigrant populations.

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Immigrant Resettlement Services
Job Finding Assistance
Education Advocacy Groups
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Employment Related Advocacy Groups
Advocacy

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

YWCA Hanover - Safe Home

Provides a 24-hour confidential, domestic violence support hotline. Makes referrals for temporary or emergency safe shelter. Offers legal advocacy, including assistance with filing a Protection From Abuse Order. Coordinates with other social service agencies that provide assistance with health, finances, housing, drug/alcohol treatment, support groups, children's services, employment/training, food, furniture, clothing, and more. Provides referral and support services, child therapy, and the W.E.A.V.E. (Women's Empowerment Against Violent Environments) adult support group, which includes free childcare during group sessions. Delivers community education for all groups, including educational speakers and age-appropriate outreach materials. Provides accompaniment and/or transportation to appointments/hearings, including civil and criminal hearings. Also offers options for counseling and crisis response, with free childcare provided when necessary. Offers volunteer opportunities.

What's Here

Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Domestic Violence Issues
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Volunteer Opportunities
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
General Crime Victim Assistance
Advocacy
General Abuse Prevention
Domestic Violence Hotlines

Ambassadors for Hope - Ambassadors for Hope

Identifies needs and advocates solutions for the children of incarcerated parents. - Educating and mobilizing the community - Empowering affected families - Influencing public policy - Providing financial assistance to families through the Compass Mark Family Services Advocate.

What's Here

Planning/Coordinating/Advisory Groups
Advocacy
Children of Inmates/Ex-Offenders

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

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

    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.

    What's Here

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

    East Suburban Citizen Advocacy - Disability Advocacy

    Helps individuals with developmental disabilities access a wide array of services, including waiver programs, transition age services, getting an Individual Education Plan (IEP), and representative payee programs.

    What's Here

    School System Advocacy
    Advocacy

    Juvenile Law Center - Youth Advocacy Program

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

    What's Here

    Advocacy
    Adoption/Foster Care/Kinship Care Issues

    Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations - Training, Networking, and Info Sharing

    Offers a series of trainings, technical assistance, and information sharing. Key topic areas in training include: A) Real Estate Development B) Commercial Corridor Revitalization C) Communications D) Community Engagement

    What's Here

    Fundraising and Resource Development Support
    Advocacy
    Financial Management Support