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Disability Rights Pennsylvania - Advocacy and Legal Assistance

Works to improve services and social systems, ensure civil rights, provide technical and training assistance, and to empower individuals with disabilities across Pennsylvania.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Pike County Area Agency on Aging - Information and Assistance

Provides assistance with senior benefit programs, Medicare & Supplementary programs, eligibility for low-income senior programs including home and community services, along with: home-delivered meals, prescription drug programs, health & Wellness programs, person-centered counseling, case management, senior activities, support groups and volunteering opportunities.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Area Agencies on Aging
Senior Community Service Employment Programs
Volunteer Opportunities
Older Adults
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Senior Centers

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

Huntingdon-Bedford-Fulton Area Agency on Aging - Client Assistance Program (CAP)

Assists individuals with disabilities who have difficulty understanding and obtaining the full benefits and services. Under federal and state laws, protection and advocacy programs provide legal representation and other advocacy services for all people with disabilities and endeavor to ensure full access to inclusive educational programs, financial entitlements, health care, accessible housing, and productive employment opportunities.

What's Here

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Disability Options Network and DON Services - DON Services

Provides non-medical home and community-based services for people with disabilities. Services are provided to promote consumer choice and independence and include personal care, and other activities of daily living under Community Health Choices (formerly the Waivers).

What's Here

Specialized Information and Referral
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Achieva - Advocacy and Family Support Services

Provides advocacy services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families. Offers individualized representation in accessing special education services, adult intellectual disabilities, waiver services, healthcare, transportation, and any other concerns of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

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Residential Placement Services for People With Disabilities
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Health Related Advocacy Groups
State Medicaid Waiver Programs
School System Advocacy
Guardianship Assistance

Achieva - Advocacy and Family Support Services

Provides advocacy services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families. Offers individualized representation in accessing special education services, adult intellectual disabilities, waiver services, healthcare, transportation, and any other concerns of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

What's Here

Residential Placement Services for People With Disabilities
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Health Related Advocacy Groups
State Medicaid Waiver Programs
School System Advocacy
Guardianship Assistance

ARC of Dauphin County - Advocacy Services

Provides IEP assistance, and overall guidance through the education process. Offers transition support through the complexities of the IDD/A system.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Home/Community Based Developmental Disabilities Programs

Disability Rights Pennsylvania - Advocacy and Legal Assistance

Works to improve services and social systems, ensure civil rights, provide technical and training assistance, and to empower individuals with disabilities across Pennsylvania.

What's Here

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

CPARC - Arc of Cumberland and Perry Counties - Advocacy Services and Family Education

Works to ensure that people with disabilities have the same rights, opportunities, and privileges as people without disabilities. Offers training, resources, education, and assistance for families of people with intellectual disabilities through adult advocacy, systems advocacy, education advocacy, and outreach.

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Disabilities Issues
Disability Awareness Training
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advocacy

Huntingdon-Bedford-Fulton Area Agency on Aging - Client Assistance Program (CAP)

Assists individuals with disabilities who have difficulty understanding and obtaining the full benefits and services. Under federal and state laws, protection and advocacy programs provide legal representation and other advocacy services for all people with disabilities and endeavor to ensure full access to inclusive educational programs, financial entitlements, health care, accessible housing, and productive employment opportunities.

What's Here

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Arc of Butler County - Advocacy

Provides advocacy for people with disabilities and their family members. This includes advocacy for early intervention, education, and the transition out of the public school system.

What's Here

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Center for Independent Living of South Central Pennsylvania - Advocacy for Disability Issues

Provides advocacy services for persons with disabilities and their families.

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Advocacy
Centers for Independent Living
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Disability Options Network and DON Services - DON Services

Provides non-medical home and community-based services for people with disabilities. Services are provided to promote consumer choice and independence and include personal care, and other activities of daily living under Community Health Choices (formerly the Waivers).

What's Here

Specialized Information and Referral
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Tikvah Ajmi - Mental Health Support Services

Supports adults living with a mental illness in their social, educational, employment, and spiritual development. Programs include cultural and educational trips, holiday gatherings, neighborhood dinners, peer led support groups, and virtual wellness sessions.

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Case/Care Management
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Mental Health Related Support Groups
Peer to Peer Networking
Early Intervention for Mental Illness

ARC of Fayette County - Educational and Legal Advocacy for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Provides advocacy for educational and legal issues to persons with intellectual developmental disabilities.

What's Here

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

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.

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General Benefits and Services Assistance
Disabilities Issues
Specialized Information and Referral
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Case/Care Management
Advocacy

Mental Health Partnerships - Parents Involved Network

Assists parents or caregivers of children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders. Helps parents find services and advocates on behalf of those with any of the public systems (i.e., mental health system, education, state/local child-servicing agencies) that serve children.

What's Here

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Caregiver Consultation and Support
Children and Youth With Emotional Disturbance
Mental Health Issues

Disability Options Network and DON Services - DON Services

Provides non-medical home and community-based services for people with disabilities. Services are provided to promote consumer choice and independence and include personal care, and other activities of daily living under Community Health Choices (formerly the Waivers).

What's Here

Specialized Information and Referral
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Washington County Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (BHDS) - Independent Monitoring for Quality (IM4Q)

Ensures that individuals enrolled in BHDS programs are treated with respect and dignity. The Independent Monitoring for Quality (IM4Q) interviews individuals enrolled in BHDS programs to learn about the overall quality of life for people who receive support through the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) in Pennsylvania. The key objective of IM4Q is to collect and provide information that might help improve the quality of life of people with disabilities.

What's Here

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Paralyzed Veterans of America - Keystone Paralyzed Veterans of America

Assists veterans in applying for Veteran's Administration benefits. Other programs include legislative advocacy, accessibility, spinal cord injury/disease research, bi-monthly newsletter, sports and recreation.

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Spinal Cord Injuries
Veteran Membership Organizations
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Social Services for Military Personnel

Pennsylvania Elks Home Service - Advocacy and Support for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

Offers information, referral, advocacy, and support services to individuals of any age who have a developmental disability. Services are provided by a nurse via home visits, phone, email, and virtual support..

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Home/Community Based Developmental Disabilities Programs
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Disability Options Network and DON Services - DON Services

Provides non-medical home and community-based services for people with disabilities. Services are provided to promote consumer choice and independence and include personal care, and other activities of daily living under Community Health Choices (formerly the Waivers).

What's Here

Specialized Information and Referral
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

The ARC of York and Adams Counties - Advocate Center

Offers protection and advocacy services. Attends IEP meetings. Provides support materials, resources on educational law, updates on current legislation, respite services, guidance on respite care for assisted living, resources on employment and transportation programs, and training workshops on a variety of subjects.

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Disability Awareness Training
Out of Home Respite Care
Transportation Advocacy Groups
Home/Community Based Developmental Disabilities Programs
Prevocational Training
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Disability Related Center Based Employment
School System Advocacy

Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties - The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties

Champions a life of inclusion, opportunity, and equity for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through advocacy, education, and support.

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Advocacy
Adult Day Programs
School System Advocacy
Home/Community Based Developmental Disabilities Programs
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Intellectual Disabilities