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Provides assistance to persons in need of help in negotiating a specific aspect of the mental health system. This may include housing issues, securing entitlements, welfare benefits, patient rights, employments issues, or other community support systems, as it pertains to an individual with a mental health challenge. The advocate’s role is to provide support and to help ensure that the consumer’s voice is heard and a recovery approach is followed.

Promotes health, welfare, and dignity of women Veterans and their families by ensuring access to timely, sensitive, quality health care. Connects women Veterans to health care specifically designed around women's unique needs. The Women Veteran Program Manager is available as an advocate, adviser and navigator to connect women Veterans with the right services - including primary care, urgent care, gender specific care, and mental/behavioral health care.

Provides advocacy for people with disabilities and their families by monitoring and taking action to assure personal rights; acting as an impartial source of assistance for conflict resolution; evaluating the adequacy of policies, procedures and services; providing individual training and consultation; and providing referrals for legal information and services.

Offers community health workers who assist individuals with securing health insurance, a primary medical home, or referral to free/low-cost care.

Offers community health workers who assist individuals with securing health insurance, a primary medical home, or referral to free/low-cost care.

Offers community health workers who assist individuals with securing health insurance, a primary medical home, or referral to free/low-cost care.

Offers community health workers who assist individuals with securing health insurance, a primary medical home, or referral to free/low-cost care.

Provides advocacy for mental and behavioral health services consumers in Westmoreland County. Helps consumers navigate their rights in relation to treatment options, and can assist with problems and complaints pertaining to mental and behavioral health treatment.

Provides education, advocacy, supports, and research to maximize the quality of life for those with brain injuries and their families. Offers a toll free Brain Injury Resource Line (BIRL). Brain STEPS school re-entry program provides training to educators and parents to make sure they understand the effects of brain injury, the resulting challenges, and the supports and interventions that will help students with brain injuries be successful in school.

Provides immediate in-person support to sexual assault and domestic violence survivors receiving medical care. Medical Advocacy for victim of sexual and domestic violence. Provides training for health care providers to improve their response to domestic and sexual violence victims. Assists companies and organizations with drafting and implementing workplace domestic violence policies and procedures.

Assists families in locating needed services for their child/children. The advocate can also help families work together with such child serving agencies as mental health/intellectual disabilities children and youth, drug and alcohol, and schools.

Provides registered nurse geriatric care management, medical patient advocacy, medical record review, and long-distance family liaison services.