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Provides Certified Peer Specialist services such as mentoring, advocacy and mediation, engagement, wellness strategies, and mental health education.

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.

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.

Provides information for the public at large, advocates reform within the criminal justice system, provides care and aftercare for both offenders and their victims, mentors training for ex-offenders, and prison tours.

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.

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 24-hour hotline support, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, accompaniment, trauma-informed empowerment/options counseling, support groups, Information and Referral, community prevention, and awareness education.

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.

Autism Awareness – NEPA is a not for profit community organization, whose goal is to promote awareness and to support community programs for individuals with Autism in Luzerne County. This event is being conducted under the auspices of the Luzerne Foundation. Grants are made available every year to support the ongoing provision and enhancement of community programs.

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

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

Provides staff-supported living arrangements alongside other clients with 24/7 care.

Works to advance policies and system reforms. The program is designed to facilitate the development and preservation of affordable homes, build stronger neighborhood shopping districts, advance equitable neighborhood revitalization, and address resident needs.

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.

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

Provides community services: ministerial counseling in the areas of life and career coaching (including recommendations as needed for holistic or alternative medicine) as well as community services coordination to help at risk individuals connect with resources and as needed help with applications and or advocacy to resources.

Offers medical care, mental health, nutrition, and social work for adults living with HIV.

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 on-site crisis intervention. Also provides education and outreach for all of the community, including healthcare professionals and health system support staff who may encounter victims as part of patient care.

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

Supports and facilitates research into effective treatments for Nephrotic Syndrome. Advocates for federal funding and provides support, connections, and education for patients and their families. Also recruits patient support and advocacy volunteers.

Autonomous groups of individuals who share a common problem or concern, either directly or through their partners and families, who meet together on a voluntary basis to fulfill a need, overcome a disability or cope with a crisis. Members of mutual support groups share their experiences, strengths and hopes and rely on one another for emotional support, information and resources. Included are professionally-facilitated groups, faith-based and secular 12-step models with or without professional participation, groups that use a set of guidelines prepared by a national organization or headquarters, and groups that have no professional participation and/or no specifically-structured format. Also provides individuals with information, referrals and advocacy to community agencies. Provides accompaniment and legal advocacy during criminal and civil court hearings.

Investigate and prosecute certain offenses against veterans. Connects veterans with existing services, educate them on consumer issues, and advocate on their behalf.

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.

Advocates are available to work with survivors in order to achieve their goals. They help domestic and sexual violence survivors navigate many of the systems for assistance.