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Vision for Equality - Advocacy Services

Provides advocacy for people with disabilities and their families by monitoring and taking action to assure personal rights; acting as an impartial source of assistance for conflict resolution; evaluating the adequacy of policies, procedures and services; providing individual training and consultation; and providing referrals for legal information and services.

What's Here

Lawyer Referral Services
Patient Rights Assistance
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Personal Health Care Advocate Services

United Way of the Capital Region - Health Access Initiative for Healthy Community

Offers community health workers who assist individuals with securing health insurance, a primary medical home, or referral to free/low-cost care.

What's Here

General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Personal Health Care Advocate Services
Physician Referrals

Patient Care Advocates - Patient Care Advocates

Provides registered nurse geriatric care management, medical patient advocacy, medical record review, and long-distance family liaison services.

What's Here

Personal Health Care Advocate Services

Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Women Veterans Health Program

Promotes health, welfare, and dignity of women Veterans and their families by ensuring access to timely, sensitive, quality health care. Connects women Veterans to health care specifically designed around women's unique needs. The Women Veteran Program Manager is available as an advocate, adviser and navigator to connect women Veterans with the right services - including primary care, urgent care, gender specific care, and mental/behavioral health care.

What's Here

Mental Health Evaluation
Veterans
Veteran Support Groups
Personal Health Care Advocate Services
Specialized Information and Referral
General Health Education Programs
Obstetrics/Gynecology

United Way of the Capital Region - Health Access Initiative for Healthy Community

Offers community health workers who assist individuals with securing health insurance, a primary medical home, or referral to free/low-cost care.

What's Here

General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Personal Health Care Advocate Services
Physician Referrals

United Way of the Capital Region - Health Access Initiative for Healthy Community

Offers community health workers who assist individuals with securing health insurance, a primary medical home, or referral to free/low-cost care.

What's Here

General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Personal Health Care Advocate Services
Physician Referrals

Mental Health America of Southwestern Pennsylvania - Mental Health Advocacy

Provides advocacy for mental and behavioral health services consumers in Westmoreland County. Helps consumers navigate their rights in relation to treatment options, and can assist with problems and complaints pertaining to mental and behavioral health treatment.

What's Here

Health Related Advocacy Groups
Personal Health Care Advocate Services

Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania - Brain Injury Association

Provides education, advocacy, supports, and research to maximize the quality of life for those with brain injuries and their families. Offers a toll free Brain Injury Resource Line (BIRL). Brain STEPS school re-entry program provides training to educators and parents to make sure they understand the effects of brain injury, the resulting challenges, and the supports and interventions that will help students with brain injuries be successful in school.

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Condition Specific Rehabilitation Services
Brain Injuries
Medical Information Services
General Health Education Programs
Talklines/Warmlines
Personal Health Care Advocate Services

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

Mental Health Association of Washington County - Parent Advocate

Assists families in locating needed services for their child/children. The advocate can also help families work together with such child serving agencies as mental health/intellectual disabilities children and youth, drug and alcohol, and schools.

What's Here

Personal Health Care Advocate Services

Women's Services - Medical Advocacy

Provides immediate in-person support to sexual assault and domestic violence survivors receiving medical care. Medical Advocacy for victim of sexual and domestic violence. Provides training for health care providers to improve their response to domestic and sexual violence victims. Assists companies and organizations with drafting and implementing workplace domestic violence policies and procedures.

What's Here

Personal Health Care Advocate Services
Domestic Violence Issues
Advocacy

United Way of the Capital Region - Health Access Initiative for Healthy Community

Offers community health workers who assist individuals with securing health insurance, a primary medical home, or referral to free/low-cost care.

What's Here

General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Personal Health Care Advocate Services
Physician Referrals