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Resources

Advocacy

ADAPT 
A national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities.

Disability Pride Pennsylvania
Disability Pride is above all a celebration of inclusion and disabled people who are proud to be themselves! Disability Pride Pennsylvania's mission is to celebrate the pride that the disability community feels.

Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh 
2840 Liberty Ave. Ste. 205
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-391-2535

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)  
412-366-3788 Regional Office
888-264-7972 or 800-223-0500

Assistive Technology

JAN- Technology Topics 

PA Assistive Technology Foundation – PATF 
888-744-1938 V & TTY
Low interest loans for equipment, home modification, vehicle modification

TechOWL – Technology for Our Whole Lives  
(formerly Reused and Exchanged Equipment Partnership (REEP)

Rent a Trac-Fab Wheelchair

Technology for Students with Disabilities 

Benefits

COMPASS 
800-692-7462 voice
800-451-5886 TTY/TTD
8:30 a.m. and 4:45 p.m., Monday – Friday
COMPASS is an online site for Pennsylvania residents to apply for health and human service programs including: Medical Assistance; CHIP/AdultBasic; Cash assistance; Child Care Works; SNAP (food stamps); Energy Assistance (LIHEAP); School Meals; Home & Community Based Services; Long Term Care; and SelectPlan for Women

Medical Assistance
Apply online or by phone at 866-550-4355

Medicare
800-633-4227 V
877-486-2048 TTY

PA ABLE
A savings program that gives individuals with qualified disabilities, and their families and friends, a tax-free way to save for disability-related expenses, while keeping their benefits.

PA ABLE Accounts Tax Information
An IRS publication that includes guidance for veterans with disabilities. The publication also includes how ABLE Accounts works with other veterans benefits. 

PA ABLE IRS Contribution Form

Social Security Administration
800-772-1213 V
800-325-0778 TTY

Ticket to Work Program 

Discrimination/Legal Services

OLTL Consumer Hotline
800-757-5042
For complaints and comments on PA Waiver Services.

Employment

Client Assistance Program (CAP) 

Job Accommodation Network – JAN 
800-526-7234 V
877-781-9403 TTY
800-ADA-WORK (232-9675) for ADA information
304-293-7186
Free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues for employers, individual employees, and job seekers. JAN also has ADA information, individualized solutions, and webinars.

Office of Vocational Rehabilitation – OVR Allegheny County
531 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-565-5240 V
412-565-3678 TTY
800-442-6371
The office provides job placement, screening, training, counseling, and adaptive equipment.

Health Care

Caring for the Eyes of Children with Special Needs
Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) can be at a higher risk for a wide range of visual problems, affecting their ability to interact with their environment. This guide will teach readers everything about getting children the vision care they need. 

Community Health Choices 
Health choices if you use home and community-based services (HCBS) under one of the Medicaid Waivers (Aging Waiver, Attendant Care Waiver, Independence Waiver, OBRA Waiver and COMMCARE Waiver) or are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.

National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative 
This resource provides comprehensive healthcare materials and resources. 

Housing

Allegheny County Housing Authority
412-355-8940 V
412-335-2175 tty

Armstrong County Housing Authority
724-548-7671
 
Beaver County Housing Authority
724-775-1220

Butler County Housing Authority
724-287-6797
 
City of Pittsburgh Housing Authority
412-456-5000

East Side Grove: 
an “Elm Street Designated Community”
(724) 652-5144
 
Housing  Preservation Grant
Tinna Miller 724-652-5144 x194
Dollar for dollar matching funds (up to $3,000) for repairs and renovations for low-income rural homeowners or family members with a disability in Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence & Westmoreland Counties.

Lawrence County Housing Authority
724-656-5100
 
Mercer County Housing Authority
724.342.4000
 
McKeesport Housing Authority
412-673-6942
 
PA Housing Search
or 877-428-8844
 
Westmoreland County Housing Authority
724-832-7248

Independent Living Resources

Local Web Links

Beaver County

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Butler County

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Lawrence County

Transportation

Access
412-562-5353
800-654-5984 TDD
Paratransit for Allegheny County

Armstrong County Rural Transportation for Persons with Disabilities 
724-548-8696
800-245-8588

Go Westmoreland CountyTransit 
Includes ADA Transit and MATP
800-242-2706

MATP – Medical Assistance Transportation Program
888-547-MATP (6287)
412-350-4476 local
Non-emergency medical transport to MA reimbursable facilities/services

Voting

Click this link to register to vote:
Voter Registration Application

If you are not able to vote in person on Primary Election Day, click the HERE to learn more about voting by Absentee Ballot or to request an Absentee Ballot. 

Project Vote Smart 

Votes PA 

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