Consumer advocates available to talk with consumers having difficulties with mental health system or needing help connecting to services in community or who just like to talk with someone who may have had similar experiences.

Provides direction for service provision to persons with chronic mentally illness. Involved in identifying service gaps/barriers and in responding through program development, facilitation of inter-organizational working relationships, and support of advocacy efforts to improve quality of lives of persons with chronic mental illness.

Advocates represent Association on Alzheimer's-related issues to federal, state, and local government and to health care and long-term care providers. The benefit is to increase federal research funding, growth in state-supported services, and improvement in quality of care for those in residential facilities.

* Develops a comprehensive county plan for mental health, developmental disability, and alcohol/substance abuse services. * Allocates funding to local agencies based on community priorities, treatment outcomes, and program performance.* Ensures coordination of services across levels of care and among community providers.* Assists in the systematic change to provide person/family-centered, strength-based, culturally competent, recovery-oriented, and evidence-based services.

Works in communities throughout the state to: improve health care provide quality education and after-school programs advocate for fair pay lobby for Social Security and a federal budget reflecting the group's values and priorities and encourage election reform

Works toward the goals of countering and reducing hatred by fighting Anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry here and abroad, combating international terrorism, probing the roots of hatred, advocating before congress, aiding victims of bigotry, developing educational programs, and serving as a public resource for government, media, law enforcement, and the general public.

Seeks to end animal cruelty and suffering by tackling issues for all animals' well-being. Pet overpopulation is a main thrust of American Humane Association's work. Assists animal shelters across the nation, rescues animals during natural disasters, provides humane education, protects animals in film and addresses legislative issues in Washington, DC.

* Helps with many things, such as:Setting goals. Money help, SNAP, rental aid, and Social Security. Training for jobs and finding jobs. Health care, Medicaid, and finding doctors. Helping with housing, finding a home and speaking to landlords. Becoming a US citizen. Legal help, going to court and speaking to lawyers. Wellness Assistance. Assistance reading and understanding important papers.

Brings together people from all religious backgrounds to work together for public policies benefitting low income individuals and addressing poverty's root causes.Organizes education and advocacy efforts promoting peace, human dignity and workers' rights and assists Catholic faith communities in raising awareness of these issues.

Provides legal services, advice and assistance to persons receiving care or alleged to be in need of care at inpatient and community based facilities for individuals with mental disabilities.

* Does not provide direct food assistance or services for individuals. Not an emergency food pantry or soup kitchen.* Distributes donated and purchased food and other items to member charitable organizations serving the needy, children, seniors, and ill.* Provides Food Safety Training.* Advocates for hunger issues.* Offers Foodlink Career Fellowship - A year-long culinary training program to secure a middle-skills job.* Coordinates fundraising events.* Creates publications, newsletters, and brochures.Member of Feeding America. Member of the Emergency Services and Family Stabilization Network.

Provides a protection and advocacy system for individuals and their families with chronic diseases or developmental and other disabilities. Offers legal assistance of issues including: disability, Medicaid and other insurance, permanency planning, and housing.

Promotes ethical humanistic beliefs and values to improve the human condition through programs, workshops, events and education. Call for more information.

A council that provides a strong voice for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families on a local level, working with and through the Developmental Disabilities Service Office to plan, develop and monitor family support services.

Professional staff and trained volunteers monitor permanency plans for foster children and families involved in family court system. Cases assigned by Family Court Judges as needed.

Offers advocacy and public information to assure reproductive freedom of choice and access to reproductive health care services.

Provides a protection and advocacy system for individuals and their families with chronic diseases or developmental and other disabilities. Offers legal assistance of issues including: disability, Medicaid and other insurance, permanency planning, and housing.

Provides a protection and advocacy system for individuals and their families with chronic diseases or developmental and other disabilities. Offers legal assistance of issues including: disability, Medicaid and other insurance, permanency planning, and housing.

Works to build awareness and the importance of quality early child care and education, and the funding issues related to child care, to parents, child care providers, business leaders and key stakeholders in the community.

Advocates for increased community awareness of the problem of child abuse and neglect develops improved access to information resources on child protection issues, provides training resources in the field of child protection offers a variety of professional publications offers professional expertise in evaluation, consultation and technical assistance to public and private child protection agencies.

Provides a protection and advocacy system for individuals and their families with chronic diseases or developmental and other disabilities. Offers legal assistance of issues including: disability, Medicaid and other insurance, permanency planning, and housing.

Provides advocacy to low-income consumers with utility issues and assists with getting help for common problems like denials of service, shutoffs, billing and service quality complaints, improving affordability through low income rates and energy efficiency programs, and receiving assistance to pay utility bills.No Financial Assistance