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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

Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center - VAMC Homeless Care Program

Offers emergency shelter, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, homeless veteran employment services, and support for veterans involved in the legal system.

What's Here

Advocacy
Rapid Re-Housing Programs
Veterans
Homelessness Prevention Programs
Veteran Employment Programs

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

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

Hamilton Health Center - Healthy Start

Provides prenatal and postpartum care to women and children - 1st trimester up to 24 months of child's age. Assists with insurance, obtaining a medical provider, transportation, parenting assistance, and general client advocacy. Focuses on education, outreach, case management, interconceptional care, maternal depression, and health and screening.

What's Here

Advocacy
Postpartum Care
Parents of Infants/Toddlers
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Pregnant Individuals
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
General Medical Care
Prenatal Care
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling

NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference - Advocacy

Operates as a civil rights organization, participates in voter registration, criminal justice issues, housing, veterans and armed services, health, religious, legal redress, education, candidate forums, women issues, ACT, and etc.

What's Here

General Health Education Programs
Election Information
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Hate Crimes Prevention
Women
Religion/Spirituality Related Support Groups
Veterans
Voter Registration Offices
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Advocacy
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Constitutional/Civil Rights Groups

Montgomery County Association for the Blind - Case Management

Case management about services and resources outside of our agency to ensure that those living with low vision are continuing to be independent.

What's Here

Case/Care Management
Blindness
Advocacy

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

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

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

    Women's Resource Center - Advocacy

    Advocacy for the rights of all victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking to be free from harm in their homes, at their work, and on the streets. This includes both legal and economic advocacy.

    What's Here

    General Crime Victim Assistance
    Advocacy
    Domestic Violence Issues

    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

    Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center - Family Capacity Program

    Offers support to families with school age children to address digital divide, chronic absenteeism, truancy, and other socioeconomic barriers to create a positive educational experience. Seeks to bridge the gap in educational outcomes by providing essential resources, advocacy, and support tailored to each participant's needs.

    What's Here

    At Risk Youth
    School Supplies
    Youth Enrichment Programs
    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

    Advocacy
    Volunteer Opportunities

    CASA of Wyoming Valley - CASA Of Wyoming Valley

    Provides a network volunteers to represent the best interests of foster children in their respective communities. Provides an advocate to help amplify their voice and make sure they are safe, secure, and given the opportunity to thrive.

    What's Here

    Volunteer Opportunities
    Guardians
    Foster Children
    Advocacy
    Children's Rights Groups

    Children's Service Center - HOPE (Helping to Overcome Psychosis Early)

    An early intervention program for individuals between the ages of 15-25 who are experiencing early signs of psychosis or their first episode of psychosis. Treatment is provided by a specialty coordinated care team. Services include: outpatient therapy, medication management, mobile therapy, case management, family education and support.

    What's Here

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

    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

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

    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

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

    Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties - Advocacy Department

    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

    What's Here

    Advocacy
    Intellectual Disabilities

    The Communities of Don Guanella and Divine Providence - Disability Support Services

    Provides advocacy and supportive living services.

    What's Here

    Advocacy
    Independent Living Communities/Complexes

    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

    Advocacy
    Education Advocacy Groups

    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.

    What's Here

    Education Issues
    Advocacy

    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.

    What's Here

    Advocacy
    Youth Enrichment Programs
    Adolescents

    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

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

    Autism Connection of Pennsylvania - Advocacy and Education

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

    What's Here

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

    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

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

    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

    Advocacy
    Health Issues