Advocacy for Special Healthcare Needs

Luzerne County Resource Guide

Resource Pennsylvania Office of Victim Advocate-Locate a Victim Service Agency

The Arc of Pennsylvania

Juvenile Law Center

AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania Kids As Self Advocates

Pennsylvania Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

Advocacy for Special Healthcare Needs

Description

Contact Information

The Pennsylvania Office of Victim Advocate is dedicated to representing, protecting and advancing the individual and collective rights and interests of crime victims.

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1-800-563-6399

The Arc of Pennsylvania promotes the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.

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1-570-763-5920

The Juvenile Law Center seeks to advance the rights

and well-being of children in jeopardy and serves as a nty-resource-guide/luzerne

resource for older youth and young adults in Pennsylvania who are aging out of the foster care

1-888-864-6393

system.

Founded in 1988, the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania is a nonprofit public-interest law firm providing free legal assistance to people living with HIV and AIDS and those affected by the epidemic.

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1-215-587-9377

Kids As Self Advocates is a national, grassroots project created by youth with disabilities for youth. Activities include representing the voice of youth living with disabilities and chronic health conditions by speaking to policy makers at public events and hearings, and educating communities, including students, teachers, administrators, medical students and physicians.

1-207-458-1009

Pennsylvania Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service matches clients to a Pennsylvania lawyer in a specific area of law which may include education and disability-related issues.

1-800-932-0311

The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation provides assistance with obtaining and maintaining employment to individuals with disabilities.

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1-800-541-0721 or 1814871-4551

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Special Kids Network

Disability Rights Pennsylvania

The Special Kids Network is a statewide referral service designed to serve families of children with chronic health or disabling conditions through information and service coordination.

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1-800-986-4550

Disability Rights Pennsylvania has helped tens of thousands of children and adults with disabilities access special education services, obtain needed health and mental health care, and gain access to employment and housing. They have also intervened to stop abuse, neglect and rights violations of

Pennsylvanians with disabilities.

Harrisburg: 1-800-692-7443 or 1-717-236-8110 Philadelphia: 1-215-2388070 Pittsburgh: 1-412-391-5225

Pennsylvania Client Assistance Program

This is an advocacy program for people with disabilities seeking services in employment and housing.



1-888-745-2357

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender National Help Center

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender National Help Center serves gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning people by providing free and confidential peer support and local resources.

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Youth Talkline: 1-8002467743

National Hotline: 1-8888434564

Pennsylvania Care Planning Council

The Pennsylvania Care Planning Council lists companies and individual providers on this website who help families deal with the crisis and burden of long term care.

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1-800-989-8137

Goodwill

Industries Goodwill works to enhance the dignity and quality of

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life of individuals and families by strengthening

communities, eliminating barriers to opportunity,

and helping people in need reach their full potential

through learning and the power of work.

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1-570-735-1360

The Advocacy Alliance

The mission is to promote mental well-being and support recovery for adults who have a mental illness; resiliency for children and adolescents who have emotional/behavioral disorders; everyday lives for individuals who have developmental disabilities; and independence for older adults and individuals with physical disabilities, by providing advocacy and culturally competent services.

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1-877-315-6855

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AHEDD

AHEDD's mission is to serve the community as a catalyst in the employment and development of people with disabilities.

1-866-902-4333

United States Department of Labor Disability Resources

The purpose of the United States Department of Labor

Disability Resources the welfare of wage

is to foster, promote, and develop earners, job seekers, and retirees

1-866-487-2365

of the United States. This organization seeks to

1-866-4-USA-DOL

improve working conditions, advance opportunities for

profitable employment, and assure work-related

benefits and rights.

Pennsylvania Department ofPennsylvanians can seek assistance and a range of

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services for themselves and their families from

Assistance Office Contact professionally trained staff members at county

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assistance offices.

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1-866-220-9320 1-570-826-2100

Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Mental Health and

Mental Health and

Developmental Services offers mental health,

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developmental, and early intervention services.

Services

1-800-816-1880 1-570-825-9441

Step By Step, Inc.

In Luzerne County, Step By Step, Inc. offers developmental disability services, vocational rehabilitation services, and behavioral and mental health services.

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Disability Rights and Special Needs Resources

Resource Pennsylvania Families, Inc.

Social Security Administration

Description

Pennsylvania Families, Inc. is the statewide family network that convenes families of children in childserving systems, connects them to information and resources to maximize their quality of life, and collaborates to improve community supports, services, and family outcomes.

The Social Security Administration offers a listing of local offices and resources where individuals can apply for Social Security benefits.

Contact Information 1-800-947-4941

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Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services

The Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services assists Pennsylvanians who are blind or visually impaired gain the skills necessary to live and work independently in their communities.

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1-717-787-7500

Bureau of Autism Services

This is a department within the Department of Human

Services specifically addressing the needs, issues and zens/autismservices/index.

concerns of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders in htm

Pennsylvania.

1-866-539-7689

Pennsylvania Association for The Pennsylvania Association for the Blind provides a

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span of services to help Pennsylvania's residents prevent, prepare for, and manage vision loss.

1-717-766-2020

National Runaway Safeline

The National Runaway Safeline is a toll-free,

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nationwide hot-line for runaways and troubled youth. org

Provides information and referral for shelter,

counseling, medical and legal services, and transportation back home.

1-800-786-2929

Kaleidoscope Family Solutions, Inc.

Kaleidoscope Family Solutions, Inc. is a Medicaid approved provider who supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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1-877-384-1729

Pennsylvania Elks Home Service Program

Since 1963, the Pennsylvania Elks Home Service Program has been helping to improve the quality of life for thousands of children and adults throughout Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Elks Home Service Program provides support and advocacy services to individuals of any age who have a developmental disability.

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For children under 21, call the Special Kids Network helpline at 1-800-986-4550.

For adults over 21, contact Program Director at 1- 814-781-7860

The Parent Education and Advocacy Leadership Center

The mission of the Parent Education and Advocacy Leadership Center is to educate and empower families to ensure that children, youth and young adults with disabilities and special health care needs lead rich, active lives as full members of their schools and communities.

1-866-950-1040

Resource

Assistive Technology

Description

Contact Information

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Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation

Caroline's Cart

Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Luzerne County Resource Guide

Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation is a statewide, non-profit organization that helps individuals with disabilities and older Pennsylvanians acquire the assistive technology devices and services they want.

1-888-744-1938

Caroline's Cart was created for special needs individuals. It provides caregivers a viable option to transport a special needs individual through a store while shopping, without having to maneuver a wheelchair and a traditional shopping cart at the same time.

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1-828-464-7388

See website for store locations.

The Free Library of Philadelphia's Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped serves Pennsylvania residents who have difficulty reading due to a physical impairment, a reading disability, or a vision challenge.

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1-215-686-5322

Resource The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The Salvation Army of Wilkes-Barre

Counseling for Special Healthcare Needs

Description

Contact Information

This organization offers a "behavioral health



treatment locator" through which the user can search

for a provider by address or zip code. The agency also offers a national helpline which provides free and

1-800-662-4357

confidential information in English and Spanish for TDD: 1-800-487-4889

individuals and family members facing substance

abuse and mental health issues. The hotline is

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Salvation Army of Wilkes-Barre offers casework services, community recreation and education programs, emergency financial assistance, food and nutrition programs, spiritual services, music and arts programs, and transitional housing.

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1-570-824-8741

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Early Childhood and Child Care

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Contact Information

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