Resources - Disability Rights Services
American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
http://www.aphsa.org/
National organization representing human service agencies. Information about broad array of community supports, including income supports, employment, and protective services.
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
http://www.bazelon.org/about/index.htm
National mental health advocacy organization. Extensive information about mental health rights, children's issues, aging issues, housing, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Civil Rights and the Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.bazelon.org/issues/disabilityrights/index.htm and http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/publicat.htm
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
http://www.c-c-d.org/
Coalition of approximately 100 national disability organizations. Information about national issues and events affecting the disability community.
Corporation for Supported Housing
http://csh.org/
National organization providing technical assistance about supportive housing for people with mental illnesses. Extensive publications and studies in the "Resources" section.
DisAbility.Gov (New Freedom Initiative)
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov
Links to information about government programs for people with disabilities, including employment, education, housing, transportation, health, income support, technology, community life, and civil rights.
Just Neighbors
http://www.justneighbors.net/
Multimedia curriculum to raise awareness of the root causes of poverty and homelessness as the first step in establishing community-based responses.
National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness
http://www.nrchmi.samhsa.gov/
Provides technical assistance on services for people who are homeless and have serious mental illnesses. Extensive online publications and training materials.
Trickle Up
http://trickleup.org/index.html?gclid=CJ281KaRh40CFQllHgodWnI4iw
Trickle Up's mission is to help very poor people worldwide take the first steps out of poverty by providing conditional seed capital, business training, and support services essential to the launch or expansion of a microenterprise.
National Council on Disability
http://www.ncd.gov/
Independent federal agency advising the President and Congress about disability issues. Numerous reports on disability issues.
WorkWORLD
http://www.workworld.org WorkWORLD™ is an online software program to help calculate the impact of work on benefit status.
Yahoo! Disability Links
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Disabilities/
Links to a wide variety of web sites concerned with disability issues.
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