Useful Web Links

• Many of our service providers also have web sites that you can access from the Service Providers

• Official Pennsylvania Web Site

• Pa. Department of Public Welfare

• Apply for social services in Pennsylvania

• Pa. Office of Medical Assistance Programs

• Accessible PA

• MH/MR Program Administrators Assoc. of Pa.

• Network of Care - Behavioral Health - Fayette
  

• PA CARES

Pandemic Influenza:

• PA Pandemic Preparedness

• Pandemic Flu Information

• H1N1 Website For PA

Emergency Preparedness:

• Fayette County Emergency Management Agency

• Department of Homeland Security

• Red Cross

• Federal Emergency Management Agency

• World Health Organization

• Ready.gov through Dept. of Homeland Security

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention

•  Disaster Material

•  Pennsylvania Emergency Preparedness Guide

Soldier-Family Resources:

• Pennsylvania National Guard - Behavioral Health Resource Guide
  Operation Enduring Freedom / Operation Iraqi Freedom

• National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• Military One Source

Top Website links for Children's Health Insurance:

• Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• American Academy of Peds

• National Governors' Assn.

• Families USA

• Act 62

Web sites/phone numbers focusing on Early Intervention and Mental Retardation Issues:

• Parent to Parent (1-800-986-4550)

• CONNECT Information Service (1-800-692-7288)

• Healthy Baby Helpline (1-800-986-BABY)

• Healthy Kids Helpline (-800-986-KIDS)

• Lead Information Helpline (1-800-440-LEAD)

• Office for Dispute Resolution (1-800-223-3353)

• Special Education ConsultLine (1-800-879-2301)

• Office of Developmental Programs Information Line (1-888-565-9435)

• Special Kids Network (1-800-986-4550)

• Best Buddies

• Down Syndrome WWW Page

• National Early Childhood and Technical Assistance System
  Family Village
  (a global community of disability-related resources)

• The National ARC

• The Pacer Center - Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights

• Parents Helping Parents - The Family Resource Center

• CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders)

Web sites focusing on Mental Health Issues:

• Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

• Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin.

• Mental Health Matters

• National Association of Mental Health

• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

• National Institute of Mental Health

• National Mental Health Services

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumer Association

• The Pennsylvania Health Law Project

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

• Mary Ellen Copeland

• US Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA)

• Coalition for Community Living

• Recovery Inc.

• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

• Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)

• International Center for Clubhouse Development

• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)

• National Empowerment Center

• National Mental Health Association (NMHA)