Disability Rights Pennsylvania
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Location:
1800 JFK BoulevardSuite 900Philadelphia, PA 19107
- Map: maps.google.com
- Phone: 215-238-8070
- Fax: 215-772-3126
- Website: https://www.disabilityrightspa.org
- Email: drnpa-phila@drnpa.org
Disability Rights Pennsylvania (DRP) is an independent, statewide, non-profit corporation designated as the federally-mandated protection and advocacy agency in Pennsylvania.
As the protection and advocacy agency in Pennsylvania, DRP works to advance and protect the civil rights of adults and children with a wide range of disabilities to ensure their rights to live in their communities with the services they need, to receive a full and inclusive education, to live free of discrimination and abuse and neglect, and to have control and self-determination over their services.
Pittsburgh Office Location:
429 Fourth Avenue, Suite 701
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Telephone: 412-391-5225
Fax: 412-467-8940
Harrisburg Office Location:
301 Chestnut Street
Suite 300
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Telephone: 717-236-8110
Toll Free: 1-800-692-7443
TDD: 1-877-375-7139
Fax: 717-236-0192
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland, Wyoming, York
- Area of law: Disability, Disability discrimination law including employment, housing, post-secondary education, access to community services, health care, architectural barriers, abuse and neglect, and rights of persons in institutions
- Populations Served: Persons with Disabilities
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: Yes
- CLE credit for trainings: No
- CLE credit for pro bono: Yes
- CLE pro bono comments: Beginning in 2019, attorneys may receive one (1) CLE credit hour for every five (5) hours of pro bono service completed through Accredited Pro Bono CLE Providers. A maximum of three hours may be applied per compliance period.
- Mentoring or supervision offered: No
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No