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Bell Socialization Services - A.I.M (Always Include Me)

Structured day program of diverse individualized activities designed to enhance the quality of socialization and daily living skills of intellectually disabled individuals from various living situations. Persons age 18 or older. Open daily from 8am to 3:30pm, the Day Program supports individuals in increasing their independent living skills through a wide choice of physical, musical and social activities. Individuals are offered Community Participation Supports to experience community events through trips, volunteer opportunities, and other activities on a regular basis.

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Community Resources for Independence - Personal Care Assistance

Providing services to individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities who are in need of assistance.

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accessAbilities - Independent Living/Community Integration Skills

Helps individuals develop independent living skills that enable them to fulfill physical and social integration goals. Areas addressed may include socialization and decision-making skills, basic banking and budgeting, meal preparation, assistance with community integration, transportation as well as health and safety issues.

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Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry - Independent Living Skills Instructions

Serves individuals who are age 55 or older, and who are legally blind. It is designed to enable individuals to achieve or regain maximum independence within their homes and communities. Available services include: advocacy; counseling; information and referral; blindness skills training; rehabilitation teaching; orientation and mobility instruction; and, low vision services.

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Community Resources for Independence - Personal Care Assistance

Providing services to individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities who are in need of assistance.

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Lifesteps - Transition ...The Next Step

Prepares high school students and young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities, including autism, to reach personal potential in independent living, employment, and secondary education. Individuals may attend the program full or part time. The program allows for participation tailored to the students' needs by utilizing technology, simulations, hands-on practice and visual aids to develop pre-vocational, educational and daily living skills. This program offers individual and group community-based career exploration, vocational, recreational and social activities for individuals participating in a community integrated setting that reflects individual goals.

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Lifesteps - Transition ...The Next Step

Prepares high school students and young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities, including autism, to reach personal potential in independent living, employment, and secondary education. Individuals may attend the program full or part time. The program allows for participation tailored to the students' needs by utilizing technology, simulations, hands-on practice and visual aids to develop pre-vocational, educational and daily living skills. This program offers individual and group community-based career exploration, vocational, recreational and social activities for individuals participating in a community integrated setting that reflects individual goals.

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Center for Hearing and Deaf Services - Life Skills Development Program for the Deaf

Offers instruction and experiences that improve daily living skills and foster independence. Instruction is provided one-on-one or in peer group settings, depending on the client's needs.

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Center for Hearing and Deaf Services - Life Skills Development Program for the Deaf

Offers instruction and experiences that improve daily living skills and foster independence. Instruction is provided one-on-one or in peer group settings, depending on the client's needs.

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Bell Socialization Services - Community Residential Rehabilitation (CRR) Launch

Provides supervised, transitional group home and apartment structured environments for adult mental health consumers to learn community living skills with the goal of preparing them for independent living.

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Community Resources for Independence - Personal Care Assistance

Providing services to individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities who are in need of assistance.

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Pittsburgh Mercy - Behavioral Health - Fairweather Lodge

Provides a voluntary, employment-focused rehabilitation and residential program. Empowers people in recovery from mental illness through living, learning, and working together in the community. Members actively participate in groups, share responsibilities and decision making, and support each other in recovery. The program is limited to six residents. The goal for each member is to find, get, and keep a job that will help them reach and keep the next level of independence.

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VisAbility - Rehabilitation/Habilitative Services

Provides the necessary rehabilitative services needed for those with a visual impairment.

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VisionCorps - Youth Services

Provides vision services, orientation and mobility training, and enrichment activities to children and adolescents with vision loss. Offers age-appropriate activities to participants in three age groupings: birth to 5, 6 to 12, and 13 to 18. Provides information, consultation, and direct services to families, partnering agencies and school districts throughout the community.

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Community Resources for Independence - Veterans Services

Provides veterans with In-home personal care services, assistance with grocery shopping and meal preparations/feeding, assistance with personal hygiene routine and dressing, providing medication reminders, transportation and assistance with doctor's appointments, help with managing cleaning the home and laundry, community support services, access to wellness group activities, opportunities for social interaction, training sessions supporting independent living, assistive technology

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Community Resources for Independence - Personal Care Assistance

Providing services to individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities who are in need of assistance.

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Central Pennsylvania Supportive Services - Waiver Funded Services

Provides personal finances and home care training, transportation, companion services, social skills, and self care. Offers assistance for finding and keeping housing.

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Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry - Harrisburg Blindness & Visual Services

Services include: - Independent Living Services - Specialized Services - Vocational rehabilitation including counseling, guidance, pre-vocational training, job placement, and specialized blindness skills training - Orientation and mobility instruction (white cane usage) - Rehabilitation Teaching - Business Enterprise program that trains persons who are blind to work in food service - Transportation can be purchased by the agency for consumers when needed in conjunction with another service - Public education programs

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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).

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Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth, and Families - Transition Age Youth

Helps young adults in foster care (or young adults who have had experience in foster care for at least 30 days after their 14th birthday) transition to adulthood. Youth may be able to receive services to live independently and develop life skills while planning for the future. If a youth has aged out of the services after being in an out-of-home-care placement with the Office of Children, Youth and Families, they may reconnect with supports through the Transition Age Youth network. Services are provided by Education Liaisons and Transition Planning Caseworkers.

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Redeemer Health System - LifeAssess Program

Provides a comprehensive program of geriatric assessments, mental health evaluations, education, living skills, and rehabilitation that identifies and treats older adults who are at risk for depression, dementia, fall risk, and incontinence.

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United Cerebral Palsy of Northeastern Pennsylvania (UCP of NEPA) - Residential Services

Services for individuals, many of whom previously resided in institutional settings, in agency-operated homes with full-time care and supervision, and with support services provided in their own homes or apartments. Services include both Community Living Arrangements and Supported Independent Living.

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Intercommunity Action - Supported Independent Living

Helps adults recovering from mental health challenges to live in the community while developing independent living skills. Offers single or shared apartments and shared single-family houses.

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Office of Vocational Rehabilitation - Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services

Assists individuals who are blind or visually impaired gain the skills necessary to live and work independently in their communities.

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Disability Options Network and DON Services - Independent Living Skills Instruction

Offers instruction to assist individuals to achieve their independent living goals. Examples of areas of instruction are money management, basic computer skills, cooking, how to use public transit, resume building, etc.

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