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Guide to Self-Advocacy
- Guide to Self-Advocacy by the National Mental Health Consumer’s Self-Help Clearinghouse
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Information and Technical Assistance on the ADA
www.ada.gov
- Northwest ADA Center
www.dbtacnorthwest.org
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Read about the federal laws enforced by the EEOC, including the ADA
www.eeoc.gov/policy/ada.html
Brain Injury
- Alaska Brain Injury Network
www.alaskabraininjury.net
Consumer Law
- Alaska Division of Insurance
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/ins - Consumer Protection Unit of the Attorney General's Office
www.law.state.ak.us/department/civil/consumer/cpindex.html
Disability Information
- Federal government information on disability programs and services nationwide
www.usa.gov/disability-services
Employment
- Job Accommodation Network – workplace accommodations for people with disabilities
www.jan.wvu.edu
If you've been fired from your job and believe it was due to disability-based discrimination, contact the agencies below to see who best has jurisdiction to investigate:
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
https://www.eeoc.gov/how-file-charge-employment-discrimination - Anchorage Equal Rights Commission
https://www.muni.org/Departments/AERC/Pages/default.aspx - Alaska State Commission for Human Rights
https://humanrights.alaska.gov
General Help Resources in Alaska
- Alaska 211
www.alaska211.org
Guardianship
- Alaska Office of Public Advocacy
www.state.ak.us/admin/opa
- Alaska State Association for Guardianship and Advocacy (ASAGA)
https://asaga.info
HIPPA Violations
- Health Information Privacy - How to file a complaint
www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints
Housing
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Fair Housing Project – Alaska Legal Services
https://www.fairhousingalaska.org
- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation - Rental Assistance
https://www.ahfc.us/publichousing/rental-programs
- Filing a Building Code Complaint with the Municipality of Anchorage
http://www.muni.org/Departments/OCPD/development/BSD/Pages/CodeEnforcement.aspx
- Alaska Landlord and Tenant Act
A Summary of landlord and tenant rights and obligations under Alaska law
http://www.law.alaska.gov/pdf/consumer/LandlordTenant_web.pdf
Legal Services
- Alaska Legal Services Corporation
Private, nonprofit law firm that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income Alaskans
www.alsc-law.org
- Alaska Law Help
Helping Alaskans find answers to their legal problems
www.alaskalawhelp.org
- Alaska Court System Self Help Center: Family Law
http://courts.alaska.gov/shc/family/selfhelp.htm
Mental Health
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
www.nami.org
Miller Trusts
- State of Alaska Brochure on Miller Trusts
https://alaskalawhelp.org/resource/medicaid-qualifying-income-trust-miller-trust?ref=62Ry4
Public Assistance
- Alaska Division of Public Assistance
http://dhss.alaska.gov/dpa/Pages/default.aspx
Representative Payees
- Social Security's Representative Payment Program
www.ssa.gov/payee
Service Animals
- U.S. Department of Justice
Commonly Asked Questions About Services Animals
http://www.ada.gov/qasrvc.htm
Social Security
- Official Website for the U.S. Social Security Administration
www.ssa.gov
Ticket to Work
- Ticket To Work Program
Helping Social Security beneficiaries who want to go back to work, but are concerned about losing benefits
www.ssa.gov/work