Provides comprehensive domestic violence and sexual assault services. Programs: * Counseling * Emergency Shelter * Victim Advocacy * Danger Assessment Program * Rape Crisis Center

Works with individuals to develop their self-advocacy skills and to build a strong network of advocates with disabilities in central Ohio. This may include peer support.

Provides direct advocacy services to survivors and co-survivors of relationship and sexual violence who are deaf, deaf blind, and hard of hearing. Offers community, legal, social service and hospital advocacy. Clients are seen in safe community setting.

Life Essentials guardianship of person services include providing guardians for adults deemed mentally incompetent by the Probate Court.

Offers assistance to families who are facing difficulty navigating systems, such as education or child protective services. Advocates assist with mediation, negotiation, and navigation of systems on behalf of and in collaboration with families. Examples of situations advocates can help with include kinship care, child custody, and education issues. Note: advocates do not provide legal advice.

Advocate for persons who are experiencing mental health issues to help them access care and treatment to ensure the best quality of life.

Advocates for individuals with any significant disability who have been discriminated against or those whose rights have been violated.

Provides assistance for individuals with developmental disabilities who are having difficulty understanding and/or obtaining the full benefits and services to which they are entitled by law.

Program services for abused, neglected, or developmentallydisabled youth ages 0-21 years old. Provides a personal advocate for each youth who spends an average of 15 hours per week assisting the youth in educational, vocational employment and/or recreational programs; offers a positive adult role model. This program's services are offered for youth in their own homes as well as youth placed in agency's foster homes.

Offers individual advocacy.

Acts as a surrogate family member to ensure that the participant’s rights are not violated. "A Life Plan" is developed to help provide guidance to the Advocate as to what is important to know about the person served. Provides participants an opportunity to socialize one to one with the Advocate and/or in the community in meaningful recreation and leisure activities such as swimming, hiking, meals out, concerts, sporting events, vacations, and church programs. Advocates can participate in ISP or special meetings. Help ensure participants are living and working in appropriate settings.

Provides safe shelter wrapped around serviced for women and children who are victims of domestic violence. The shelter offers a full range of services, including case management, crisis intervention, advocacy, goal planning, referral and linkages, education, and life skills classes. We also share responsibility for the Domestic Violence Hotline. We are staffed 24/7 365 days a year. Call (937) 456-6891 for information or services.

Provides a variety of services to deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals and their families which enhances integration in to their local communities. The services include: advocacy, support services, case management, interpreting services, captioning services, information and referral, public awareness programs, sign choir, and sign language classes for families and community. Individuals and their families may be referred to deaf services by any community agency or individual, or may contact deaf services themselves.

We have two online support groups: 1. Parents of Children with Epilepsy 2. Adults with Epilepsy To enter the group, individuals should go to our website at www.https://www.ohioepilepsy.org/support-groups-online. Click on the group you want to join. You MUST answer the qualifying questions on Facebook to be admitted to the group. We will begin a telephonic depression program in December 2019. Call for more information

This program provides advocacy in various areas. Referrals to community programs in Franklin County; such as, general clothing provision, individual advocacy to community support groups, identification documents program, specialized information and referral services (specializing to help youth). Other services will be provided after reviewing an individual's situation on a case by case basis. We do not provide payment assistance, but only assistance to be referred to community programs.

Assists individuals with disabilities and their family members in accessing assistive technology devices and services through legal representation and self-advocacy.

Program provides individual and systems advocacy for persons with disabilities.

Program designed to help seniors find out what benefits they are qualified for.

Provides counseling for individuals staying in shelter and outreach counseling for non-residential individuals. Services include short term crisis intervention counseling, education, and case management.

Provides advocacy to victims of domestic violence. Services include intervention, prevention, and education. Program focuses on assisting persons from South Asia, East Asia, the Middle East, and some Eastern European countries.

As Mental Health America of Ohio, we continue to strengthen our presence at the Ohio Statehouse, actively speaking out on vital mental health care policies and informing policy decision makers. Our Board level Public Policy Committee, which includes representatives of other Ohio Mental Health America affiliates, establishes an annual mental health public policy action agenda for MHAOhio to execute.

Provides guidance to families of individuals with developmental disabilities to help resolve issues and navigate the developmental disability system. Offers support and resources to both individuals and family members. Assists with advocacy, planning, and support. NOTE: Service is not limited to school advocacy.

Provides information and referral service, placement and coordination, crisis intervention, advocacy, major unusual incident reporting and investigating, and service monitoring for agency clients. In addition, assists families with special expenses that may be involved with having a developmentally disabled family member at home.

The Long-term Care Ombudsman office is the voice for consumers of long-term care services. Ombudsmen serve as: mediators between clients and service providers; as a source of education and information; and advocates for consumer rights and needs improvements.

At the Guadalupe Center, we provide services including a food pantry, English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, nutrition classes, preventative health screenings, legal and immigration consultations and referrals, and comprehensive case management. To help the Hispanic community eliminate barriers to employment stability, counselors work with individuals to assess job skills and potentials, provide 30+ hours of classroom education to build job interviewing/application skills and better understand American workplace expectations, help in job placement, and provide follow-up/job retention support. Services also include English as a Second Language (ESL) and career development counseling.