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Bell Socialization Services - Next Door Program

Provides basic case management services, and rental assistance to adults and families in York County who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk for eviction (NOTE: Referrals to rental assistance are limited as funds are limited). Offers community resource assistance and other services to help prevent homelessness.

What's Here

Advocacy
Homelessness Prevention Programs
Life Skills Education
Case/Care Management
Homelessness Issues
Rent Payment Assistance
At Risk for Homelessness
Prejob Guidance

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

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.

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

Tri-State Advocacy Project - Advocacy Services

Provides advocacy and benefits information to help individuals and families navigate the health care system.

What's Here

Advocacy
General Benefits and Services Assistance

YWCA Hanover - Safe Home

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.

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Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Issues
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
General Crime Victim Assistance
Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
General Abuse Prevention
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Advocacy
Volunteer Opportunities

Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County - Welfare Advocacy

Provides options, information, and advocacy to victims of domestic abuse within the welfare system and educates welfare personnel about domestic abuse.

What's Here

Advocacy
Welfare Rights Assistance
Eligible Benefits Applicants

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.

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

LGBT Center of Greater Reading - Referral/Resource Center

Provides support groups, clothing and toiletry closet, reference and referral advocacy, professional development training for those in the LGBTQ+ community and allies.

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LGBTQ2+ Community Centers
LGBTQ2+ Support Groups
Advocacy
LGBTQ2+ Issues

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

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

    Wyoming County Special Needs Association - Advocacy

    Provides advocacy on behalf of individuals and their families to ensure that they receive the benefits and services for which they are eligible and that organizations within the established service delivery system meet the collective needs of the client. Provides advocacy in schools and in the community. Service provided on case by case basis.

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    Autism Spectrum Disorder
    Advocacy
    Intellectual Disabilities
    Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

    Pennsylvania Tourette Syndrome Alliance - Advocacy Service

    Provides disability advocacy, doctor referrals, and information to persons affected by Tourette Syndrome. Provides non-legal advocacy services for education or employment, and training for family and extended family.

    What's Here

    General Health Education Programs
    Disease/Disability Information
    Specialized Information and Referral
    Advocacy
    Physician Referrals
    Health Related Advocacy Groups
    Tourette's Syndrome
    Employment Related Advocacy Groups
    Medical Information Services

    Erie Downtown Partnership - Business Development

    Works to revitalize Erie's downtown by improving its image, business climate, physical environment, and design. Addresses downtown concerns of economic development, design, and promotions.

    What's Here

    Business Issues
    Regional Economic Development
    Advocacy
    Business Assistance Services

    Youth Advocate Programs - Advocate Services

    Works with families to increase their ability to self manage and problem-solve.

    What's Here

    Family Resource Centers/Outreach
    Families With Children
    Family Life Education
    Advocacy

    Justice and Mercy - Education and Advocacy

    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.

    What's Here

    Mentoring Programs
    Inmates
    Ex-Offenders
    Criminal Justice/Legal System Reform Groups
    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
    Advocacy
    Military Transition Assistance Programs
    Veteran Employment Programs
    Social Services for Military Personnel
    Veteran Benefits Assistance
    Adults With Disabilities/Health Conditions
    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

    Advocacy
    Domestic Violence Issues
    Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
    Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
    Adult Child Abuse Survivor Counseling
    Adult Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Counseling

    Voice and Vision - Monitoring and Advocacy

    Provides monitoring, satisfaction-survey, and advocacy services for individuals and families receiving mental health, substance use, or intellectual disability supports. Through interviews, focus groups, and data collection, the service assesses access, service delivery, treatment quality, quality of life, recovery, and wellness outcomes. Feedback and findings are submitted to counties, state or insurance stakeholders, providers, individuals, and families with the goal of improving system performance and support services. Also offers advocacy support: assistance with understanding rights, file grievances or requests for change, and navigate support systems when needed.

    What's Here

    Advocacy

    Central Behavioral Health - Certified Peer Specialist

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

    What's Here

    Advocacy
    Mental Health Information/Education
    Wellness Programs
    Mentoring Programs

    Compass Mark, INC. - Family Services Advocate

    Identifies, supports and advocates for the unique needs and rights of children with incarcerated parents, moving past trauma to create futures of promise. Advocate will meet with the children and the caregiver to determine the child's needs and make the necessary referrals to community supports. The children and their caregivers will be supported in maintaining a connection with the incarcerated parent whenever possible. Also meets with the incarcerated parent, and offers Parenting Inside Out classes at Lancaster County Prison.

    What's Here

    Advocacy
    Children of Inmates/Ex-Offenders

    Montgomery County Association for the Blind - Social Services

    Provides comprehensive, direct social service support through professional staff with expertise in sight loss. Services include home visitation and case management, information about available services, assessment, referrals, home management assistance, and counseling.

    What's Here

    Advocacy
    Case/Care Management
    Blindness

    Congreso de Latinos Unidos - Latina Domestic Violence Program

    Legal advocacy and representation in relationship violence-related legal matters, including protection From Abuse, child custody, and child support.

    What's Here

    Legal Issues
    Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
    Advocacy
    Child Custody Orders
    Adult Protective Services

    The Abuse Network, Inc. - Abuse Prevention and Services

    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.

    What's Here

    In Person Crisis Intervention
    Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
    Domestic Violence Support Groups
    Older Adults
    Sexual Assault Hotlines
    Child Abuse Counseling
    Specialized Information and Referral
    Human Trafficking Hotlines
    Domestic Violence Shelters
    Domestic Violence Issues
    Comprehensive Information and Referral
    Anger/Violence Issues
    Domestic Violence Hotlines
    Advocacy
    Adult Child Abuse Survivor Counseling
    General Legal Aid
    Bullying Helplines
    General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
    Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
    LGBTQ2+ Helplines

    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

    Prescription Expense Assistance
    Language Translation
    Seasonal Workers
    Employment Related Transportation
    Recreational Activities/Sports
    Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
    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
    General Appliance Provision
    Advocacy
    Health/Disability Related Counseling
    Outreach Programs
    Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
    Cerebral Palsy

    Delaware County Advocacy & Resource Organization - Legislative Advocacy

    The organization speaks out at local, state, and national levels. It strives to inform families of upcoming legislation proposals and changes that directly impact individuals with disabilities.

    What's Here

    Advocacy