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Offers to educate businesses, the public, and legislature about issues important to people with disabilities. Staff aim to empower people with disabilities to assess their needs, identify potential risks, establish their own goals, evaluate available resources, and develop and implement a strategy to take control of their lives.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Provides peer support counseling, information and referral to services that help disabled individuals, skills training, advocacy for persons with disabilities and their families and disability awareness and leadership education. Working with individuals in their homes or in locations convenient to the individual.

Services

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Disease/Disability Registries
Centers for Independent Living
Specialized Information and Referral
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Services

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
School System Advocacy
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Adoption Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Consumer Law
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Protective/Restraining Orders
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
Advance Medical Directives
Discrimination Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance
Debt Management
Legal Information Services

- Advocates for the civil rights of individuals with disabilities.

- Coordinates public disability awareness activities including presentations to community groups.

- Assists individuals with hearing and speech disabilities access communication needs.

- Assists with independent living skills training (money management, assertiveness training, self-advocacy, etc.).

- Provides information and referral services.

- Provides peer mentoring for individual and group settings.

- Provides transition services such as moving qualified individuals from nursing facilities or other institutions to independent living.

- Assists youth with disabilities transition from high school to adult life.

- Provides personal assistant services.

- Operates a Community Advocacy Training program for youth and adults.

- Assists individuals with vision loss or blindness acquire assistive devices and skills training.

- Operates a medical equipment loan program.

- Provides mentoring for parents of youth with disabilities.

Services

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Centers for Independent Living
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Assistive Technology Equipment
Specialized Information and Referral
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Services

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
School System Advocacy
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Adoption Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Consumer Law
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Protective/Restraining Orders
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
Advance Medical Directives
Discrimination Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance
Debt Management
Legal Information Services

Committed to increasing access to quality health care, ensuring survivors and families are connected with the proper resources, educating healthcare and service providers regarding brain injury, and continuing to increase awareness and understanding of brain injury.

Support groups held around the state of Nebraska and in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Services include:

- Resource Facilitation: Works collaboratively with individuals and community service providers to develop a support system for individuals living with a brain injury, including but not limited to finding and sharing informational resources, making referrals to service providers, connecting individuals with peer support groups, and providing personalized case management services.

- Community Education: Works to educate individuals and communities and bring awareness to the impact of brain injury through educational presentations, brain injury training, and awareness campaigns. This includes educating families, communities, and organizations about the unique needs of individuals with brain injuries to help remove the stigma and confusion about brain injury, in additional to teaching ways to prevent or reduce the risk of brain injuries.

- Advocacy: Advocates for the brain injury community at the state government level by following legislative proceedings and speaking for or against bills as it benefits individuals affected by a brain injury.

Services

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Case/Care Management
The Blind Pension program was established in 1921 and is financed entirely by state funds. This program provides assistance for blind persons who do not qualify under the Supplemental Aid to the Blind law and who are not eligible for Supplemental Security Income benefits. Each eligible person receives a monthly cash grant of $541, as well as state funded medical assistance.

Services

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Recruits and supports citizens to act as advocates to speak out for and support those with developmental disabilities in long-term, one-on-one relationships.

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Discrimination Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Disability Rights Groups

Provides mental health education, support, and advocacy for individuals, family members, and communities.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Mental Health Associations
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Services

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
School System Advocacy
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Adoption Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Consumer Law
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Protective/Restraining Orders
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
Advance Medical Directives
Discrimination Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance
Debt Management
Legal Information Services
Protection of individuals with disabilities when their civil and human rights are denied, especially those who are most vulnerable or who learn, live, or work in isolated, segregated, or congregated settings.

Legal advocacy, investigation, and representation to eligible persons whose disability related cases meet priorities set by our Board of Directors.

Information and referral.

Engaging people with disabilities in advocacy through education, information and training that builds self-advocacy skills, awareness, and understanding.

Policy advocacy, including analysis, monitoring, and recommend changes to state and federal legislation.

Services

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Discrimination Assistance
Disability Rights Groups
Social Services include assisting individuals with epilepsy in the following areas: advocating for oneself, questions regarding insurance, Social Security, job-related issues, driving, education, information, technical assistance and referral.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Aging & Disability Resource Specialist Advocate: Visits senior sites providing information on assistive aids, adaptive equipment and transportation assistance. Additionally, the specialist will consult with community members and providers about services needed in their respective counties to gauge needs to be addressed through direct services, speaking engagements and workshops.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Social Services to assist individuals with epilepsy in the following areas: advocating for oneself, questions regarding insurance, Social Security, job-related issues, driving, education, information, technical assistance and referral.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
The NAD Law and Advocacy Center educates, advocates, and litigates on behalf of and to empower deaf and hard of hearing people.

Services

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
The Blind Pension program was established in 1921 and is financed entirely by state funds. This program provides assistance for blind persons who do not qualify under the Supplemental Aid to the Blind law and who are not eligible for Supplemental Security Income benefits. Each eligible person receives a monthly cash grant of $541, as well as state funded medical assistance.

Services

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Ensures that criminal acts within the psychiatric industry are reported to the proper authorities, acted upon, helps the abused individual file criminal or other complaints with the proper authorities and conducts investigations.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
The Blind Pension program was established in 1921 and is financed entirely by state funds. This program provides assistance for blind persons who do not qualify under the Supplemental Aid to the Blind law and who are not eligible for Supplemental Security Income benefits. Each eligible person receives a monthly cash grant of $541, as well as state funded medical assistance.

Services

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Aging & Disability Resource Specialist Advocate: Visits senior sites providing information on assistive aids, adaptive equipment and transportation assistance. Additionally, the specialist will consult with community members and providers about services needed in their respective counties to gauge needs to be addressed through direct services, speaking engagements and workshops.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Provides advocacy for individuals with disabilities.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Provides advocacy for individuals affected by mental illnesses including public and private policy and more effective options for mental health treatment.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
The Blind Pension program was established in 1921 and is financed entirely by state funds. This program provides assistance for blind persons who do not qualify under the Supplemental Aid to the Blind law and who are not eligible for Supplemental Security Income benefits. Each eligible person receives a monthly cash grant of $541, as well as state funded medical assistance.

Services

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Provides advocacy services to ensure individuals with epilepsy seizure disorders have access to educational programs, health care, accessible housing and more.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Helps individuals become better self-advocates.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Provides advocacy for individuals with disabilities.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities