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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.

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.
  • 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.

    What's Here

    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.

    What's Here

    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.

    What's Here

    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.

    What's Here

    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.

    What's Here

    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.

    What's Here

    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.

    What's Here

    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.

    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.

    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.

    What's Here

    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.

    What's Here

    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.

    What's Here

    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.

    What's Here

    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.

    What's Here

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    What's Here

    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.

    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.

    What's Here

    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.

    What's Here

    Child Advocacy Centers
    Volunteer Opportunities
    Advocacy
    Child Abuse Issues