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Provides Early Intervention Service (EIS) coordination for Allegheny County families. Connects children in need with intervention services provided at their home or day care location.

Provides Early Intervention Service (EIS) coordination for Beaver County families. Connects children in need with intervention services provided at their home or day care location.

Helps to coordinate services for children and adolescents between child-serving systems by assisting the team of involved providers in improving communications, developing common goals, and ensuring a positive working relationship among schools, public and private agencies, the child, and the family. Family members, advocates, and others involved may discuss their concerns, challenges, and expectations at the CASSP meeting.

Provides Early Intervention Service (EIS) coordination for Washington County families. Connects children in need with intervention services provided at their home or day care location.

Provides interim funds to otherwise financially stable families to help relieve the financial stress of their child’s illness or traumatic injury. Funds applied to non-medical bills such as rent, mortgage, utilities, groceries and household expenses, transportation and gas, home and vehicle modifications, specialty medical equipment, childcare expenses for siblings, and funeral expenses.

Provides a helpline that offers information and referral services to assist families of children and youth with disabilities.

Provide care managers to advocate for the individual and work with family members, legal professionals, and financial advisors to understand the individual's specific challenges. Offers support to navigate the health care system, understand health insurance benefits, and determine residential options. Provides education with obtaining referrals when needed.

Serves as a Pennsylvania Department of Education licensed approved private school that specializes in teaching students identified with multiple disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and Traumatic Brain Injury, including students who are medically fragile.

Offers summer day camps for children featuring arts and crafts, swimming, music, sports, games, archery, and more. Also offers a special needs inclusion program.

Offers year-round services that include summer camps for youth with autism and/or in need of social skills development, therapeutic riding lessons, extended school year programming, equine assisted learning, equine assisted teambuilding and wellness workshops, and other individualized offerings. Glade Run Adventures also serves students at St. Stephen's Academy and hosts Glade Run's Sensory Park and Playground, a public play space designed to meet the needs of children with autism and their families.

Offers the Home Services Program that provides information, advocacy and referral services for children and adults with disabilities, and their families, in a seven-county area. This program provides a vital link to needed community services for individuals and families who may not otherwise be able to access them.

Assists families in linking with the mental health system and to coordinate needed services for children/adolescents. Involves child and family centered Inter-agency Service Planning Team meetings where families meet with service providers, CASSP Coordinators, and others to plan for home, school, and community treatment options. For individuals needing a higher level of care, a case manager will assist the family in choosing a Residential Program that will best meet the needs of the child.

Assists young people with disabilities develop skills they need to pursue additional education after high school, enter the workforce or achieve independent living.

Provides a social gathering place where children with serious, chronic, or terminal illnesses or disabilities and their families can drop in to play or socialize with other people going through similar experiences.

Offers Early Intervention Services, providing evaluations, nutrition services, physical therapy, nursing services, occupational therapy, social work, speech therapy, service coordination, special instruction, and ancillary support services.

Assists families with the gasoline expenses associated with transporting a child with cancer or a life-threatening heart condition to treatments.

Offers short term Case/Care Management for families with children up to age 21 who are newly diagnosed with or are undergoing testing to diagnose any disability or health condition. Services are provided by Community Health Workers who specialize in health literacy, health education, and care coordination help to facilitate access to programs and providers.

Supports families of pediatric cancer patients throughout central and northeast Pennsylvania. Unlike other funds, 90% of the money donated to ThinkBIG goes directly towards supporting families. ThinkBIG does not pay the salary of patient care providers, provide funds to support renovations to the local children's hospital, or allocate money to pediatric cancer research.

Links families with other families and professionals in a supportive environment, and sharing current information on available resources.

Provides participants and their families with learning experiences to build their language and communication skills. Staffed by experts in Augmentative and Alternative Communication.

Offers a summer day camp for children with special needs with a variety of activities and programs to build social skills.

Offers a day off school camp for children of all abilities on days when schools are closed and families are looking for fun, safe and engaging coverage for their children. Two age groups available: elementary (ages 6 to 12) and teen (ages 13 to 21).

Operates a summer day camp for children with serious, chronic, or terminal illnesses or disabilities

Provides funds to families caring for an injured, ill, or disabled child to cover uninsured expenses such as electric bills, adaptive equipment, gas, water, transportation, and disease-related therapies and camps.

Offers early intervention servides providing evaluations, nutrition services, physical therapy, nursing services, occupational therapy, social work, speech therapy, service coordination, special instruction, and ancillary support services.