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Provides Information and education to help people with MS. Emotional support resources for people with MS as well as family and carepartners, including support groups and ways to connect with others living with MS. Help through the complexities of finding a healthcare provider, benefits, insurance and access to coverage, and employment. Resources to face financial challenges and plan for the future . Wellness strategies that can make an impact on quality of life with MS including diet, exercise, emotional well-being and connection to local wellness resources. Assessment for personalized case management.

Provides an opportunity for individuals who have achieved significant progress to assist others in their recovery journeys with appropriate social networking, education and employment support, and to supplement existing treatment with providing ways to navigate the system to success.

Increases awareness among public and professional communities about the emotional changes that women experience during pregnancy and postpartum. Services include a helpline for non-emergency issues, referral to local resources, and online support groups.

Provides Certified Peer Specialists who are in recovery from their own mental health, substance abuse and/or criminal justice struggles to assist other adults seeking wellness and/or recovery themselves.

Provides peer support, exchange of information and resources, and recruitment of families for waiting children. Offers support and technical assistance to parent groups throughout Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania. Hosts adoptive family support group, Chat 'n' Chill.

An ARCIL peer helper is a person with a disability who is living independently and is able to share their experiences and offer their support to others. They work one on one with individuals, helping them make adjustments to live with their disability, learn problem solving skills, explore options and use community services more effectively.

Provides peer specialists going through similar trauma's for individuals during their mental health journey.

The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services of Roads to Freedom Center for Independent Living of North Central PA, offers:Resources/training related to language translation, housing, income benefits, mobility/transportation, education, communication, assistive technology, advocacy, budgeting, household management, mentoring, and socialization/recreation geared toward persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Sign Language Instruction. Assistance with obtaining an Interpreter/Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART). Instruction of the Pennsylvania Driver's Manual. Public awareness/sensitivity training regarding persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Information about Videophones/Video Relay Interpreting Services and resources on how to go about getting a videophone. Assistance with getting equipment via the TDDP such as a TTY, CapTel, amplified telephone, etc. A New Start program through Roads to Freedom, an Assistive Technology reuse/recycle program, may be able to provide donated equipment.

Provides substance use disorder prevention and intervention services, including a public information center on drug prevention, S.A.D.D. chapters, digest newsletter, and educational speakers.

Provides men, women, and young adults with peer specialists who have experienced some of the same challenges they are facing. Focuses on living with mental health or substance abuse disorders, rather than being overcome by them. Mentors clients on self-care and resiliency skills, setting achievable goals, building on personal strengths, and making informed decisions.

Provides peer specialists going through similar trauma's for individuals during their mental health journey.

Provides an opportunity for those who have served in the military to meet in a supportive and structured group environment where they can discuss the common challenges that they experience as they make the adjustment from military to civilian life.

Offers linkages to and referrals for primary care physicians, Trans competent therapists, staffing agencies, GED/college entry programs, and internship-to-paid position opportunities. Also offers support groups; peer coaching; life skills training; resume building; and mental coping exercises including mindfulness, anxiety and grounding exercises, use of tools to ease anxiety, and self-care.

Assistance adults with a serious mental illness and children with a serious mental illness or emotional disturbance connect with and navigate available services and resources that will enable them to achieve their recovery goals while building skills that prepare them to independently live, work and participate in their communities. Blended Case Management is designed to help individuals gain access to medical, social, educational, vocational, and obtain needed mental health services, ensuring coordination of care and monitoring service delivery.

Provides a peer-supported treatment program that Helps individuals living with or experiencing a mental illness through the recovery process to achieve an increased quality of life. The program utilizes trained Certified Peer Specialists who have lived experience and are succeeding in their own recovery from mental illness. The program allows for a comfortable and open relationship based on the idea that both individuals have lived experience and utilizes recovery oriented and strength based approaches to help individuals achieve their goals and maintain wellness.

Offers peer support groups for grieving children, adolescents, and their families. Also provides consultation, information and referral services, and education to community groups.

Provides peer specialists going through similar trauma's for individuals during their mental health journey.

Provides Certified Peer Specialists who are in recovery from their own mental health, substance abuse and/or criminal justice struggles to assist other adults seeking wellness and/or recovery themselves.

Provides peer specialists going through similar trauma's for individuals during their mental health journey.

NAMI's Peer-to-Peer program is a free 8-week educational course for adults with a mental illness.

Provides pregnancy tests, and education on pregnancy, adoption, parenting, child development education. Offers a 24-hour hotline, peer counseling, post-abortion counseling, and support groups.

Offers groups and discussions. Self-help groups bring people together who share common life experiences for support, education and mutual aid. Benefits of participating in a self-help group include: - Learning new information and strategies for confronting problems - Finding support from others - The opportunity to help others - Feeling empowered and more self-confident in coping with challenges

Provides classes, individual practitioner meetings, and community exploration related to meet a client's recovery goal (a commitment of 5 hours per week). Class sizes are limited to allow for focused work among participants.

Provides a team that includes both Certified Recovery Specialists (CRS) and Certified Family Recovery Specialists (CFRS). These professionals are in active recovery and utilize their shared experience to support the development and maintenance of the recovery programs for individuals. Through advocacy, community linkage, peer-to-peer coaching, and empowerment, a CRS/CFRS can help strengthen a recovery program at any stage. CRS services are mobile and flexible to meet the individualized need of each participant.

Provides a peer specialist for individuals experiencing mental illness.