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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

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

    Healthy Communities Partnership of Greater Franklin County - Chambersburg Cares

    Works to reduce substance use and risk factors among youth.

    What's Here

    Youth
    Advocacy
    Wellness Programs
    Planning/Coordinating/Advisory Groups

    Mental Health Association in Beaver County - Community Wellness/Recovery Advocacy Program

    Provides assistance to persons in need of help in negotiating a specific aspect of the mental health system. This may include housing issues, securing entitlements, welfare benefits, patient rights, employments issues, or other community support systems, as it pertains to an individual with a mental health challenge. The advocate’s role is to provide support and to help ensure that the consumer’s voice is heard and a recovery approach is followed.

    What's Here

    Personal Health Care Advocate Services
    Advocacy

    Sexual Assault Resource and Counseling Center of Lebanon - Sexual Assault Resource and Counseling Center

    Provides counseling and advocacy for survivors of sexual violence and their significant others, also provides education on all issues related to sexual violence. Sexual Trauma Therapy is provided for survivors ready to process their trauma. Hotline available 24/7

    What's Here

    Sexual Assault Counseling
    COVID-19
    Sexual Assault Hotlines
    Advocacy
    Abused Adults
    Volunteer Opportunities
    Sexual Assault Prevention

    Disability Empowerment Center - Advocacy and Independent Skills Training

    Provides advocacy for individuals with disabilities, independent skills training, and information and referral.

    What's Here

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

    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

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

    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

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

    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

    Veterans
    Veteran Reintegration Counseling
    Advocacy

    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 - 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

    Human Services, Inc. - Advocacy

    Provides information and referral services.

    What's Here

    Advocacy

    Mental Health Partnerships - Mental Health and Aging Advocacy

    Works to advocate and increase awareness of the mental health needs of seniors. Provides outreach programs to assists seniors, the families, and caregivers about patient rights and navigating the process of mental health services.

    What's Here

    Outreach Programs
    Patient Rights Assistance
    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

    Volunteer Opportunities
    Advocacy

    Women's Institute for Family Health - Health Education and Advocacy

    Provides speakers on health issues and outreach tabling at health fairs and community events.

    What's Here

    General Health Education Programs
    Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
    Advocacy

    Spanish American Civic Association - SACA Social Services

    Provides human services to low income individuals and families. Programs include: - Information and referral/client advocacy, case management, senior center sources, and senior outreach - Interpreter services for clients - Soup kitchen - Immigration - Legal orientation - Employment services - Workforce readiness - GED preparation - ESL (English as a Second Language) - Mental Health services - Substance Abuse services - HIV/AIDS testing and counseling - STD testing and counseling

    What's Here

    Specialized Information and Referral
    Advocacy
    Hispanic/Latino Community
    Evacuees
    Language Interpretation
    Benefits Screening

    Family and Community Service of Delaware County - HIV/AIDS Medical Case Management

    The goal of Medical Case Management (MCM) is to empower persons who are living with HIV to maintain optimal physical and emotional health through ongoing assessment of needs, linkage to medical care, retention in medical care, treatment adherence, service planning and monitoring, coordination of services and advocacy.Our Medical Case Managers meet with their clients at least once a month to update goals and to determine progress. Case managers meet with clients in the office, in their homes, or any community setting that is convenient. The following services are available for our MCM consumers: 340B Pharmaceutical Program, Transportation Assistance, Food Vouchers, Client Financial Fund, Support Group, and Peer Mentorship.

    What's Here

    AIDS/HIV
    Case/Care Management
    Advocacy
    Specialized Information and Referral

    Abilities in Motion - Independent Living Services

    Offers a wide spectrum of programs and services to meet the needs of the local disability community. Services include: *Disability Advocacy *Person Centered Counseling *Voter rights *Peer Support *E-sports *Technology Center

    What's Here

    Advocacy
    Independent Living Skills Instruction
    Centers for Independent Living
    Disabilities Issues
    Specialized Information and Referral

    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

    Intellectual Disabilities
    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.

    What's Here

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

    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

    Adolescents
    Advocacy
    Youth Enrichment Programs

    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

    Advocacy
    School System Advocacy

    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

    Domestic Violence Issues
    Advocacy

    American Diabetes Association - Advocacy and Education

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

    What's Here

    General Health Education Programs
    Diabetes
    Charities/Grantmaking Organizations
    Advocacy

    Sparrow Place - Sparrow Place

    Provides education on human trafficking and offers life skills classes for trafficking survivors.

    What's Here

    Human Trafficking Issues
    Life Skills Education
    Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
    Advocacy

    Arc of Lancaster Lebanon - Arc of Lancaster Lebanon

    Supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities of all ages and their families in reaching their fullest potential as community members. Upon request, advocate can attend meetings for school-aged children ensuring a child receives free and appropriate education under the law. Support for individuals of all ages and families as they navigate the disability system. Provides: * Advocacy * Community education * Trainings * Sibling support group * Independent Monitoring for Quality: The IM4Q project collects information to improve the quality of life of people served and supported by the intellectual disability system

    What's Here

    Advocacy
    Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
    Intellectual Disabilities
    Disability Awareness Training