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Provides financial assistance to kidney patients and education to those with and at risk for kidney disease. Programs address all stages of kidney health, including kidney disease awareness and prevention community outreach to individuals at high risk for kidney disease and treatment related support for those requiring renal dialysis and transplantation. Also advocates for patients' access to health information and education to quality care, including treatment choices and to affordable medication and health insurance coverage.

BIA of NYS provides understanding and prevention of brain injury through education, advocacy, research grants, and community support services. Provides a Family Help-Line and Resource Center for individuals with brain injury. Educates the public through media campaigns, and publications. Conducts educational conferences, seminars, and training programs designed for medical professionals, trial lawyers, family members and persons with brain injury. Call for more information.

Focuses on four key area: diminishing role of race in the criminal justice system. increasing fairness and African-American participation in all aspects of economic life. increasing equity in education and eliminating tolerance for schools that fail students. achieving full African-American civic engagement and participation in the democratic process.

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 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.

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.

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

Provides a formal communication link between Town Government and citizens with disabilities to establish an agenda of issues and problems confronting the disabled and develop solutions. Call for more information.

Provides support to individuals with genetic conditions and their families, educates the public and advocates for consumer-informed public policies.

Provides professional, school and public health services and education to prevent infant mortality and birth defects. Also offers information and referral, grant proposal program, volunteer/community service activities, as well as fundraising and special daily events.

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 dynamic group of student activists from Nassau and Suffolk counties that evaluates, directs and implements programs and services to create safer and more supportive schools for LGBT students and their allies.

Works with agencies to bring services to rural area. Center for information and application to Food Stamps, Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, EPIC, HEAP, and Access to Independence (services for persons with handicaps), Office of the Aging and Family Counseling of Cortland.

Speak one-on-one with a blood cancer Information Specialist who can assist you through blood cancer treatment, and financial and social challenges, and give up-to-date disease treatment and support information.

* 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.