State & County Government Agencies
Resource, Consultation, Evaluation & Training Agencies
Beaver County Mental Health/Mental Retardation/Drug & Alcohol Program
Blair County Mental Retardation Services, Inc.
Carbon - Monroe - Pike Counties MH/MR Program
Chester County Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation
Crawford County MH / MR Program
Fayette County MH / MR Program
Forest - Warren Counties MR Program
Lancaster County MH / MR Program
Luzerne - Wyoming Counties Mental Health/Mental Retardation Program
Mercer County Mental Retardation Services
Montgomery County MH / MR / D & A Program
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Philadelphia Office of Mental Retardation
Washington County Mental Retardation & Developmental Disability Services
York - Adams Counties MH /MR Program
Allegheny Valley MH / MR Program (Pittsburgh)
Diversified Human Services, Inc. (Mon Valley)
Hall - Mercer Community MH and MR Center (Philadelphia)
Northern Southwest Community MH / MR / D&A Services (Pittsburgh)
Philadelphia Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Centers
Access Services
The ARC of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Inc.
The ARC of Westmoreland County
Burnley Workshop of the Poconos, Inc.
Bucks Association for Retarded Citizenz (BARC)
Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia -- A provider of Family Living Services
Center for Independent Living of Central Pennsylvania
Center for Independent Living of North Central Pennsylvania
Cerebral Palsy Association of Delaware County
Chester County Early Intervention Programs & Services
Community Resources for Independence -- Northwestern Pennsylvania's Center for Independent Living
Community Services Group - Lycoming & Clinton Counties Group
Delta Community Supports, Inc.
Dickinson Mental Health Center
Diversified Human Services, Inc.
The Early Learning Institute (Pittsburgh) -- Early Intervention Services
The Emmaus Community of Pittsburgh
Fayette Association for Retarded Citizens
Fitzmaurice Community Services, Inc.
Gateway Employment Resources, Inc.
Goodwill Industries of Mid-Eastern Pennsylvania
Goodwill Industries of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Inc.
The HART [Hanover Adams Rehabilitation & Training] Center
Intercommunity Action, Inc. (INTERAC)
JEVS - Jewish Employment & Vocational Service (Philadelphia)
Keystone Service Systems, Inc.
Lancaster County Special Offender Services -- Point of contact for one of the few programs in the Commonwealth designed specifically to work with individuals with mental retardation enmeshed in the criminal justice system.
Liberty Resources, Inc. -- The Philadelphia Center for Independent Living
LifeStyle Support Services, Inc.
MCAR, Inc. -- formerly the Mercer County ARC
Mercy Behavioral Health MR Services
Options - Delaware County Intermediate Unit -- School to Work Transition / Employment Services
Penn Employment Services (York County)
Pennsylvania Community Providers Association -- An Association representing mental health, mental retardation, and drug & alcohol agencies to promote quality community services for persons with mental illness, mental retardation, and addictive disease. The Association is comprised of over 235 community service provider organizations. Members promote quality community services for individuals with mental disabilities, addictive disease or specialized children's needs. Provider members are approved, certified, or licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Alliance of Specialized Mental Health and Mental Retardation Agencies
PEP - Programs Employing People
Residential Care Services, Inc. (Allegheny County)
Resources For Human Development (RHD)
Respite Care Providers in Pennsylvania -- A list compiled by the National Resource Center for Respite and Crisis Care Services
Threshold Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
United Cerebral Palsy of Schuylkill, Carbon and Northumberland Counties
United Community Independence Programs -- Serving Crawford, Venango, Clarion Counties, and Northwestern PA
Behavioral Healthcare Education at the Allegheny University of the Health Sciences [Philadelphia, East Falls campus] -- Provides course descriptions and schedules for continuing education courses, along with information about enrollment, etc. Many are specifically designed for people who support individuals with mental retardation and a mental illness. Courses are offered in Philadelphia and throughout the Commonwealth.
The PA Early Intervention Technical Assistance [E.I.T.A.] Project
The Institute On Disabilities, Pennsylvania's University Affiliated Program at Temple University
Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities Division of the PA Council for Exceptional Children
The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities -- Pennsylvania Resources List -- Names and addresses for virtually every key agency.
Penn State College of Medicine, Division of Human Genetics, Growth & Development
Pennsylvania Institute for Behavioral Healthcare -- A coalition of behavioral healthcare providers, professional associations, managed care organizations, consumer groups and behavioral healthcare systems whose mission is to provide opportunities for the education of professionals and the public in areas relating to the development and delivery of behavioral healthcare services and to provide a forum for communication among all those who participate in the behavioral healthcare environment.
Philadelphia Coordinated Health Care -- A resource for consultation, referrals, training and information on behavioral healthcare in a managed care environment.
The ARC of Allegheny County
The ARC of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Inc.
The ARC of Westmoreland County
Autism Support & Advocacy in Pennsylvania
Family Driven Support Services in Philadelphia
Kids R Kids -- A fantastic resource for parents, professionals and people who care about kids with special needs. A must see!!
LD (Learning Disability) Online - Finding Help: Pennsylvania State Resources
Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania
Parent-to-Parent Internet of PA
PIAT - Pennsylvania's Initiative for Assistive Technology
Pennsylvania Parents' Resource Network -- A newly formed group which, according to their Home Page "offer(s) FREE services to PARENT GROUPS who have formed or want to form, around the needs of their children with disabilities. Parents who join together in groups and networks find that there is strength in numbers when seeking emotional or self-help support or when seeking to change and improve systems' services for their children. THERE CAN BE POWER IN NUMBERS! We are a different kind of network for parents of children with developmental disabilities. We offer information, referral and links to other resources, but because parent groups often have short lives, you will find ideas that you can download to help your group."
Speaking For Ourselves -- A nationally renowned self-advocacy group with chapters throughout Pennsylvania.
Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania
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