PA FAMILY NETWORK - VISION FOR EQUALITY
Services
The PA Family Network services are achieved by providing family workshops, networking opportunities and individual mentoring sessions throughout the Commonwealth, led by trained Family Advisors, all of whom have family members with disabilities.
Our Family Advisors are located in four (4) regions throughout the state of Pennsylvania: West, Central, Northeast, and Southeast.
To see who the Advisors are in your region, click here.
Our services are available everywhere in Pennsylvania. In addition, some of our Advisors speak Spanish so workshops and mentoring sessions are also offered in Spanish.
Service Area
Statewide
Address
Vision For Equality – PA Family Network 301 Chestnut Street Suite 403
Harrisburg, PA, 17101
Contact
844.723.2645
PAFamilyNetwork@visionforequality.org
https://www.visionforequality.org/pa-family-network/
History
The PA Family Network is supported by the Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) whose mission is to support Pennsylvanians with developmental disabilities to achieve greater independence, choice, and opportunity in their lives.
In 2016, ODP joined the national Community of Practice: Supporting Families throughout the Lifespan The Community of Practice initiative involves working to transform state policies, practices, and systems to better assist and support families that include a member with intellectual disabilities and/or autism.
The goal of the collaboration is to support families in ways that maximize their capacity to facilitate the achievement of self-determination, integration, and inclusion in all facets of community life for their family members.
The PA Family Network was created to support families and the major elements of the Community of Practice goals.
The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) is the professional organization for the chief administrator in each state responsible for the operation of Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities.
The community of Practice: Supporting Families Throughout the Lifespan – NASDDDS.