Resource Information
Accessing Home and Community-Based Services: A Guide for Self-Advocates
Resource Author/Owner/Service Provider
Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
Description
Accessing Home and Community-Based Services: A Guide for Self Advocates is a tool designed to help people with disabilities, families, and friends find and use available resources. This may include family and friends, community-based services, state funded waivers and programs, and other resources to help empower people with disabilities to live as independently as possible and make our own choices about what we need. It is a tool to inform about various resources and how to access them. It is also a reference about resources that, although you may not need or want them now, you can use in the future.
Publications
Websites
Categories
At-Home ServicesCommunity CareCommunity Living ProgramsDay Treatment ProgramsDisability RightsEmploymentEmployment SupportsHousing SupportsIndependent LivingLife Skill DevelopmentRespiteSelf-AdvocacySelf-Directed CareTransition PlanningTransitions to AdulthoodRelated Terms
HCBSMedicaid waiverperson-centered planningself-direction Return toyour search results Return to
all resources
Hotlines
In an Emergency, Call 911
Looking for help in
non-emergency situations?
Call 211 or
Call 311 in New York City
NY Connects
1-800-342-9871
Suicide Crisis Hotline
1-800-273-TALK (8255) Toll Free
1-800-799-4889 TTY
Child Abuse & Maltreatment Hotline
1-800-342-3720, Toll Free
1-800-638-5163, TTD/TTY
1-800-342-3720, NY Relay
Vulnerable Persons Central Register (VPCR) Hotline
1-855-373-2122 Toll Free
1-855-373-2123 TTD/TTY
Family/Youth Support and Peer Advocacy
Information and support for individuals and families with behavioral, emotional, physical and/or mental health challenges.
Financial Assistance
Help given to a person or organization in the form of money, loans, reduced taxes, etc.
Legal/Civil Rights/Protective Services
Information regarding the discrimination against people with physical/mental disabilities, as well as information on protective services.
Training and Technical Assistance
Planning, development, delivery, and evaluation of activities designed to achieve specific learning objectives and help resolve problems.
