Information and Advocacy

Results: 8

• Disease/Disability Information (1)
  LH-2700.1700

  Disease/Disability Information

  LH-2700.1700
  
  Programs that provide information about the causes and origins, preventive measures, symptoms, screening/diagnostic procedures, and/or methods of treatment or management including the latest research for specific illnesses or disabling conditions.
• Gay Straight Alliances (1)
  PS-8200.2350

  Gay Straight Alliances

  PS-8200.2350
  
  Student-run clubs (typically in a middle school or high school, or on college/university campuses) which provide a safe place for students to meet, support one another, talk about issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity, and work to address homophobia and transphobia. Many GSAs function as a support group and provide safety and confidentiality to students who are struggling with their identity as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning. In addition to support, some GSAs work on educating themselves and the broader school community about sexual orientation and gender identity issues. They may bring in outside speakers to cover a particular topic such as LGBTQ history. They may organize a "Pride Week" or "LGBTQ Awareness Events" and offer a series of educational workshops, panels and pride celebrations. Other GSAs are activist clubs and have worked to get LGBTQ issues represented in the curriculum, LGBTQ related books in the library, and progressive non-discrimination policies implemented at a district level. All of these different types of GSAs also provide a social outlet for LGBTQ students and their straight allies. GSAs help to build community at schools and lessen the isolation that LGBTQ students might otherwise experience.
• Health Care Referrals (1)
  LH-2600

  Health Care Referrals

  LH-2600
  
  Programs that link people who are in need of medical care, nursing care, dental care or other types of health care services with qualified practitioners.
• Information and Referral (6)
  TJ-3000

  Information and Referral

  TJ-3000
  
  Programs whose primary purpose is to maintain information about human service resources in the community and to link people who need assistance with appropriate service providers and/or to supply descriptive information about the agencies or organizations which offer services. The information and referral process involves establishing contact with the individual, assessing the individual's long and short-term needs, identifying resources to meet those needs, providing a referral to identified resources, and, where appropriate, following up to ensure that the individual's needs have been met.
• Issue Advocacy (6)
  FP-0500.3500

  Issue Advocacy

  FP-0500.3500
  
  Programs that engage in a form of advocacy that focuses on marshaling public and legislative support for a particular social or political goal.
• LGBTQ2+ Advocacy Groups (3)
  TD-1600.3100-400

  LGBTQ2+ Advocacy Groups

  TD-1600.3100-400
  
  Organizations that support the passage and enforcement of laws and other social measures that protect and promote the rights and interests of individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, or otherwise as part of the gender and sexually expansive community.
• State Government Complaints/Ombudsman Offices (1)
  DD-1500.4150-800

  State Government Complaints/Ombudsman Offices

  DD-1500.4150-800
  
  Programs such as governmental, departmental or nonprofit ombudsman offices that provide assistance for people who want to register complaints about or have other issues which relate to the activities, actions or lack of action by public officials or civil service employees in state government offices or the agencies they regulate and/or fund. Also included are programs that handle complaints about the availability and quality of state government services. The program provides an objective, neutral and independent review of complaints; offers reasonable remedies when complaints are substantiated; and uses information from the complaints and the investigations they trigger to identify and resolve problems within the agency or department and improve services.
• Substance Use Disorder Referrals (3)
  RX-8470.8600

  Substance Use Disorder Referrals

  RX-8470.8600
  
  Programs that link people who are in need of drug and/or alcohol use disorder services with appropriate resources.