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Other Resources
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Consumer Law
Disability Resources
- Federal government information on disability programs and services nationwide
- Information and Technical Assistance on the ADA
- Northwest ADA Center
- National Disability Rights Network – P&As in other states
Education
Employment
- Job Accommodation Network – workplace accommodations for people with disabilities
- DVR
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
- Anchorage Equal Rights Commission
- Alaska State Commission for Human Rights
General Help Resources in Alaska
Government Benefits
Social Security
- Official Website for the U.S. Social Security Administration
- Social Security Disability Benefits
- Create your my Social Security account to check your earnings records
- Social Security's Representative Payment Program
- Ticket to Work Program - Helping Social Security beneficiaries who want to go back to work, but are concerned about losing benefits
- Alaska's Congressional Delegation
Public Assistance
Guardianship & Family Law
HIPPA Violations
Housing
- Fair Housing Project – Alaska Legal Services
- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation - Rental Assistance
- Filing a Building Code Complaint with the Municipality of Anchorage
- Code Compliance for MatSu
- Alaska Landlord and Tenant Act - A Summary of landlord and tenant rights and obligations under Alaska law
- Long Term Care Ombudsman
- Assisted Living Licensing
Independent Living Resources
Legal Services
- Alaska Legal Services CorporationPrivate, nonprofit law firm that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income Alaskans
- Alaska Law Help Helping Alaskans find answers to their legal problems
- Alaska Native Justice Center
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Public Defender Agency
- Lawyer Referral Service
- Alaska Free Legal Answers