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Helpline: 1-866-275-7273

Email: [email protected] 

Services available Monday- Friday from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

If you live in another state, click here to find the Protection and Advocacy office for your state.

What to Expect When You Call Us

  • You speak with a staff member about your issue.
  • Depending on the situation we may provide different kinds of help, such as:
    • Providing information and resources to help you address the issue.
    • Offering self-advocacy assistance to help you take action.
    • Investigating reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation.
    • Providing direct legal or advocacy support (most callers are helped without needing this).

Areas We Can Help

  • Abuse and Neglect
  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Communication
  • Community Integration
  • Education (Including college)
  • Employment
  • Housing
  • Medicaid and Healthcare
  • Service and Benefits Denial
  • Social Security
  • Transportation
  • Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Voting

Things We Do Not Do

There are certain things we cannot help with but we work with people and organizations that do. Please contact us if you need a referral for any other issues below.

  • Applications or appeals for Social Security or disability benefits (such as SSI or SSDI)
  • Applications for Medicaid benefits (We do help with reductions or denials of services.)
  • Housing issues that are not related to a disability (such as eviction for failure to pay rent)
  • Worker’s compensation
  • Divorce, child support and other family law matters
  • Wills, trusts and estate planning
  • Malpractice and personal injury
  • Criminal, probation or parole (P&A may assist a child with a disability who is facing juvenile court charges by working with the child’s attorney to get services in the community instead of being sent to the Department of Juvenile Justice).
  • Petitions to obtain guardianship of a person with a disability

Goals and Priorities

These goals will guide all our work during the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

Resources

Learn how to stand up and advocate for yourself.

Priorities for Case Assistance

We do not have the resources to provide case assistance for everyone. Here are our priorities for this year.