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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.
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
Professional Skills Development Support
Group Counseling
Advocacy
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.
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 Membership Organizations
Veterans
Active Military
Social Services for Military Personnel
Advocacy
Military Transition Assistance Programs
Career Development
Adults With Disabilities/Health Conditions
Veteran Employment Programs
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Outreach Programs
Safe Monroe - Legal & Medical Advocacy
Provides information, referrals and support to victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault who choose to seek justice through the legal system. The advocate does not give legal advice, but shares information about the law including what legal options are available, and how to assess legal recourse. Provides information on Protection for Abuse orders. Program participants choose what, if any legal action they wish to take. Counselor/Advocates are available to accompany a victim of domestic or sexual violence to the hospital for an examination and/or treatment.
Provides information, referrals and support to victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault who choose to seek justice through the legal system. The advocate does not give legal advice, but shares information about the law including what legal options are available, and how to assess legal recourse. Provides information on Protection for Abuse orders. Program participants choose what, if any legal action they wish to take. Counselor/Advocates are available to accompany a victim of domestic or sexual violence to the hospital for an examination and/or treatment.
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Escort Programs
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Advocacy
Crime Victims
Youth Advocate Programs - Advocate Services
Works with families to increase their ability to self manage and problem-solve.
Works with families to increase their ability to self manage and problem-solve.
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Family Life Education
Families With Children
Advocacy
Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Juvenile Law Center - Youth Advocacy Program
Advocates on behalf of children who are involved in the child welfare system.
Advocates on behalf of children who are involved in the child welfare system.
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Adoption/Foster Care/Kinship Care Issues
Advocacy
Fruitbelt Farmworker Christian Ministry - Christian Ministry
Supplies health kits, blankets, and sweatshirts to newly arrived workers; arranges churches to visit work camps; meets emergency needs such as transportation, translation, and help with prescriptions; and leads Bible studies and worship services.
Supplies health kits, blankets, and sweatshirts to newly arrived workers; arranges churches to visit work camps; meets emergency needs such as transportation, translation, and help with prescriptions; and leads Bible studies and worship services.
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Language Translation
Employment Related Transportation
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Recreational Activities/Sports
Seasonal Workers
Advocacy
Prescription Expense Assistance
National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania - Program and Services
Provides education about blindness, referral services, scholarship information, publications, and any aids, appliances, or adaptive equipment needed. Also provides advocacy services, counseling, guidance, and support for the blind and their families.
Provides education about blindness, referral services, scholarship information, publications, and any aids, appliances, or adaptive equipment needed. Also provides advocacy services, counseling, guidance, and support for the blind and their families.
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Visual Impairments
Advocacy
Assistive Technology Information
Youth Advocate Programs - Youth Services
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 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.
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Out of Home Respite Care
Gang Programs
Job Finding Assistance
In Home Respite Care
Supported Employment
Wraparound Facilitation/Community Support
Advocacy
Youth
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.
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.
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Education Advocacy Groups
Advocacy
Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance - Adult Advocacy
Advocate with and on behalf of adults by asserting and protecting their rights, obtaining appropriate services and benefits and resolving problems, complaints and grievances.
Advocate with and on behalf of adults by asserting and protecting their rights, obtaining appropriate services and benefits and resolving problems, complaints and grievances.
What's Here
Advocacy
Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities
Autism Connection of Pennsylvania - Advocacy and Education
Provides education, advocacy, and support to autistic people, their parents, and professionals.
Provides education, advocacy, and support to autistic people, their parents, and professionals.
What's Here
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Caregiver Training
Specialized Information and Referral
Advocacy
Disease/Disability Information
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.
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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Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Immigrant Rights Groups
Legal Issues
Advocacy
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Constitutional/Civil Rights Groups
Education Discrimination Assistance
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.
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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Centers for Independent Living
Disabilities Issues
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Physical Disabilities
Mentoring Programs
Advocacy
Deafnet Association - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Promotes the concerns that affect the deaf and hard of hearing community. Provides sign language classes, interpreting, training on the use of TTY, and advocacy.
Promotes the concerns that affect the deaf and hard of hearing community. Provides sign language classes, interpreting, training on the use of TTY, and advocacy.
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Advocacy
Sign Language Interpretation
Health Related Advocacy Groups
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.
Offers emergency shelter, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, homeless veteran employment services, and support for veterans involved in the legal system.
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Veterans
Homelessness Prevention Programs
Rapid Re-Housing Programs
Veteran Employment Programs
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.
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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Specialized Information and Referral
Advocacy
Outreach Programs
Cerebral Palsy
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
Health/Disability Related Counseling
General Appliance Provision
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.
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.
What's Here
Social Services for Military Personnel
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Adults With Disabilities/Health Conditions
Active Military
Veterans
Veteran Employment Programs
Outreach Programs
Advocacy
Military Transition Assistance Programs
Veteran Membership Organizations
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.
Wounded Warrior Project is a charitable organization that assists physically or mentally injured veterans through advocacy, events, resources and programs.
What's Here
Advocacy
Veteran Reintegration Counseling
Veterans
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.
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
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Court Filing Offices
Legal Information Services
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Advocacy
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
TANF Recipients
Bankruptcy Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Elder Law
Predatory Lending Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance
General Legal Aid
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.
Provides advocacy, information and referral for Pennsylvanians who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or deaf blind, and their families and caregivers.
What's Here
Advocacy
Specialized Information and Referral
Hearing Loss
WOAR - Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence - Court Advocates
Provides court accompaniment, emotional support, legal information, and advocacy. Offers reassurance and support the child, teen, or adult survivor.
Provides court accompaniment, emotional support, legal information, and advocacy. Offers reassurance and support the child, teen, or adult survivor.
What's Here
Advocacy
General Crime Victim Assistance
Crime Victims
WIN Victim Services - Chambersburg - Prevention Education
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.
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.
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Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
General Abuse Prevention
Domestic Violence Issues
Advocacy
Outreach Programs
Women's Services - Counseling/Advocacy
Offers individual and group counseling and advocacy for victims and significant others of sexual and domestic violence.
Offers individual and group counseling and advocacy for victims and significant others of sexual and domestic violence.
What's Here
Domestic Violence Issues
Adult Child Abuse Survivor Counseling
Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Adult Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Counseling
Advocacy
Pennsylvania Client Assistance Program - Advocacy for Individuals with Disabilites
Provides services for Information and Referral, Case and Care Management, Benefits and Services Assistance, Advocacy, and Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Disabilities.
Provides services for Information and Referral, Case and Care Management, Benefits and Services Assistance, Advocacy, and Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Disabilities.
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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advocacy
Disabilities Issues
Specialized Information and Referral
Case/Care Management
General Benefits and Services Assistance
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.
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.
What's Here
Child Advocacy Centers
Volunteer Opportunities
Advocacy
Child Abuse Issues
