Website to assist in counseling, training and job skills. Includes information on living independently.
With the right training, preparation and workplace accommodations, people with disabilities can have rewarding careers. The Vocational Rehabilitation Services unit can help you prepare for, find and keep a job, and live as independently as possible.
The National Council on Aging is a respected national leader and trusted partner to help people aged 60+ meet the challenges of aging. They partner with nonprofit organizations, government, and business to provide innovative community programs and services, online help, and advocacy.
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The MSAA MRI Access Fund assists individuals who are uninsured or under insured acquire a cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam to help determine a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis or evaluate current MS disease progression. MSAA will work with eligible individuals, physicians, imaging centers and insurers to help fund the necessary MRI.
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The Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability programs are the largest of several Federal programs that provide assistance to people with disabilities. While these two programs are different in many ways, both are administered by the Social Security Administration and only individuals who have a disability and meet medical criteria may qualify for benefits under either program. Visit our site for more details.
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
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The service is free of charge to the MS community and can connect you to MS support groups, drug assistance programs, financial resources, education, information, counseling, transportation and much more.
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NORD is a patient advocacy organization dedicated to individuals with rare diseases and the organizations that serve them. NORD, along with its more than 260 patient organization members, is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research, and patient services.
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PATF's mission is to provide education and financing opportunities for people with disabilities and older Pennsylvanians, helping them to acquire assistive technology devices and services that improve the quality of their lives.
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The New England ADA Center is one of 10 regional ADA Centers comprising the ADA National Network. Since 1991, the ADA National Network has provided information, guidance and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), tailored to meet the needs of business, government and individuals at local, regional and national levels.
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ICD had transformed lives through career development for almost 100 years. ICD is a not-for-profit workforce development organization based in New York City. Our mission is to help people transform their lives through career development and employment.
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Family House’s four homes located in the Oakland and Shadyside areas offer the comforts of home and convenience to loved ones – often in times of great duress – at affordable rates. Whether patients are here for treatments, trauma care, or transplants, Family House staff and volunteers give families the peace-of-mind to focus on the care of those closest to them.
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The Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco’s (ILRCSF) mission is to ensure that people with disabilities are full social and economic partners, both within their families and in a fully accessible community.
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Patient Action Network (PAN) believes that high deductibles and co-pays should not prevent people with life-threatening, chronic and rare diseases from getting the medications and treatment they need. They offer the fastest, most dependable way to help patients pay for their out-of-pocket costs.
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The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services provides a wide range of services to eligible applicants. Some services can help you overcome or lessen your disability; others can directly help you prepare for a career. The services you receive will be arranged to meet your individual needs. Not everyone will need every service.
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National Disability Institute's Real Economic Impact (REI) Network is an alliance of organizations and individuals dedicated to a common mission: the economic advancement of people with disabilities.
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MSbucket.com is a website designed to offer information about valuable resources. They are partners with MSers and their families, healthcare providers, and communities and their goal is to contribute to the advancement of health education and helping people make informed choices to live better.
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Established in 1994, East Bay Innovations (EBI) is a private non-profit organization providing services to people throughout Alameda County. East Bay Innovations offers a variety of services to help persons with disabilities live and work independently in their communities.
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The Mission of the Financial Planning Association of San Francisco is to advance the financial planning profession in accordance with the highest ethical and professional standards by providing education, community, networking and leadership for their Bay Area members and through them the public they serve.
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The mission of the Financial Planning Association of New York is to foster the highest standards of ethics, knowledge and skills of its members, and to continually enhance the reputation and integrity of the financial planning process and profession with the general public.
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Operating under a whole-person philosophy, New York State (NYS) has successfully brought together its employment services systems to create a single approach to linking and coordinating employment supports, using the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant as the catalyst.
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
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The Nevada Disability Advocacy & Law Center (NDALC) is a private, statewide, nonprofit organization that serves as Nevada’s federally-mandated protection and advocacy system for human, legal and service rights for individuals with disabilities.
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The Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation’s (DETR) Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation is a state and federally funded program designed to help people with disabilities become employed and to help those already employed perform more successfully through training, counseling and other support methods.
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The mission at the Southern Nevada Senior Law Program is to provide free quality legal assistance and advocacy services to residents of Clark County age 60 and older and to enable them to remain independent, while protecting their assets and documenting their end-of-life wishes.
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The Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) administers over 20 different state student financial aid programs, including the HOPE Scholarship, Tennessee Promise, Tennessee Reconnect, Tennessee Student Assistance Award and the Dual Enrollment grant.
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The Division of Rehabilitation Services is responsible for the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services program, which provides a variety of individualized services to people with disabilities in preparation for their employment in the competitive labor market.
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The mission of Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands (LAS) is to advance, defend and enforce the legal rights of low-income and vulnerable people in order to secure for them the basic necessities of life.
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The Mount Bethel Family Resource Center (FRC) offers family support services for residents in crisis by helping families develop and maintain the type of stable environment necessary to produce self-sufficient, productive citizens.
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The Center for Independent Living of South Florida, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides services such as individual and systems advocacy, peer support, independent living skills training, and information and referral transition.
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The Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia is a private nonprofit organization governed by people with all types of disabilities from across Georgia and focused on identifying societal barriers to independent living.
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The National Library Service (NLS) is a free library service for residents of the United States who live with low vision, blindness, or a physical disability that makes reading regular print difficult.
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