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Offers assistance to individuals with development disabilities by helping them find housing that fits their personal needs. Services include peer role modeling, opportunities for self-help, personal empowerment, and growth.

Provides information and educational programs, support, and advocacy to individuals and their families who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Community presentations are available to health care providers and others who provide services to individuals with Multiple Sclerosis and their families.

Provides information and educational programs, support, and advocacy to individuals and their families who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Community presentations are available to health care providers and others who provide services to individuals with Multiple Sclerosis and their families.

Provides information and referral services for health and related topics to families of children, from birth to 21 years of age who have, or are suspected of having a serious or chronic healthcare condition.

Provides information and referral, family reimbursements, respite, advocacy, counseling, crisis intervention, home care, recreation, training, and transportation planning services for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Provides linkages for individuals with brain injuries received prior to age 22 and their families with community-based services and supports including understanding and navigating the current system of available services, accessing Medicaid Waiver Programs if qualified, training family members, service providers, and educators to understand the impact of brain injury and brain injury prevention, and making connections to community support groups about living with a brain injury or caring for an individual with a brain injury. Assistance is also provided to understanding the local school system’s special education process. This program is funded by the Office of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities (OMRDD).

Advocate for an enhanced quality of life and independence of persons with intellectual, developmental and other disabilities.

Provides legal assistance to individuals with disabilities with a focus on access to disability-related services and programs, and on the educational rights of children.

Provides legal assistance to individuals with disabilities with a focus on access to disability-related services and programs, and on the educational rights of children.

Lawyers provide free civil (non-criminal) advice, counseling, advocacy, and representation to low-income individual clients/groups.

SAIL offers individuals with disabilities, family members, and other interested parties assistance and advocacy related to benefit and entitlement programs, community services, and other local, state, or federal programs. Services include advocacy and assistance with Social Security applications and appeals, and applications and appeals concerning State and local resources (including Personal Care services, home health aide services, in-home nursing, homemaker services, public assistance, food stamps, early Intervention services, Family Health Plus, Medicaid, transportation, Medicaid waivers, etc.). Where necessary, assistance and advocacy is provided for informal appeals, fair hearings, and administrative law reviews. In addition, advocacy and assistance is provided for children of school age concerning the CSE process and meetings, as well as for issues involving IDEA, FAPE, transition planning, Work-Study, and other school-related services. Assistance and advocacy are also provided for individuals who choose to access services through VESID, CBVH, OMRDD, OMH, SOFA, DOT, Hospice, and other state and local agencies.

Advocate for an enhanced quality of life and independence of persons with intellectual, developmental and other disabilities.

Provides representation to clients who have been denied Social Security Disability (SSD) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits

Provides evaluation and service coordination for any child suspected of having a developmental delay or a diagnosed disability; provides special instruction, speech, occupational and physical therapy to meet the needs of early intervention eligible children.

Provides clinical services to individuals with disabilities and their families including treatment coordination during the eligibility process and while accessing additional agency services; advocacy with other agencies when additional services are needed; psychological services including assessments and therapy; social work; nursing services; nutrition services and rehabilitation counseling. As well as early identification assistance.

Provides assistance in gaining and appealing SSDI, SSI, as well as administers Pooled Trust accounts.

Provides assistance for children with disabilities who are having difficulty understanding or obtaining the full benefits and services to which they are entitled by law. Works with state and local agencies and parents to identify and resolve inter-agency issues and jurisdictional disputes that impede access to services for children and youth who are hard-to-place and hard-to-serve because of their multiple disabilities. The primary objectives is to ensure that individual children receive the most appropriate community-based or residential services; minimize delays in arranging services; resolve service disputes; and facilitate the development of specific services and programs designed to meet the needs of children and youth, particularly those with non-traditional and complex needs.

Provides information and educational programs, support, and advocacy to individuals and their families who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Community presentations are available to health care providers and others who provide services to individuals with Multiple Sclerosis and their families.

Provides assistance in gaining and appealing SSDI, SSI, as well as administers Pooled Trust accounts.

Assists with pursuing OPWDD eligibility status determination, self-advocacy, and person center planning, provides funding assistance for disability related services and supplies and recreation opportunities within the community for disability enrolled individuals and family members.

Provides representation to clients who have been denied Social Security Disability (SSD) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits

Provides advocacy, referral services, daily living skills and mobility training, low vision exams, and education on available financial and living aid assistance.

Resources available to help individuals receiving services and their families or personal representatives.

Works with individuals, community organization and government networks to promote inclusion of people with disabilities, heighten awareness, and understanding of disability-related issues and improve the implementation of existing laws that affect people with disabilities, such as advocating for parents with school-related issues, or interpreters for those with hearing impairments.