National Council on Disability
An independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities.
New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
President Bush's commission on mental health.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
An agency in the United States Department of Health & Human Services.
Department of Mental Health
The Massachusetts Department of Mental Health includes information, regulations, policies etc.
Committee for Public Counsel Services
CPCS provides attorneys in civil commitment and involuntary treatment cases.
Citizens for Juvenile Justice
Massachusetts public policy organization working to improve the juvenile justice system in the state.
Disability Law Center
The Massachusetts protection and advocacy program
Freedom Center
Northampton based advocacy organization run by and for people labelled with "serious mental illness."
Legal Services Programs in Massachusetts
Statewide legal services website with information and links to local programs and to on-line legal help.
M-Power
The state's largest consumer, survivor, ex-patient organization.
Massachusetts Association for Mental Health
MAMH is the state's oldest mental health advocacy organization.
Prisoners Legal Services (MCLS)
Civil legal services to people in Massachusetts prisons and jails.
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
MHLAC is a state funded legal advocacy program.
American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
Attorney David Ferleger
Includes disability rights information, maintained by one of the nation's pioneering disability rights lawyers.
Center for Law and Education
Includes information about education programs for children with disabilities
Center for Childrens Advocacy, UConn Law School
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Disability Rights International
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Association of Rights Protection and Advocacy
NARPA exists to expose abuse, to shed light on coercive and dangerous practices, and to promote real alternatives to a mental health system that even professionals agree is a disgrace.
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
NASMHPD's site includes a useful profile of state mental health services and programs.
National Disability Rights Network
NDRN (NAPAS) is the national organization representing the protection and advocacy system; its helpful site includes links to advocacy organizations in every state and territory.
National Empowerment Center
A support center for mental health consumers, survivors and ex-patients.
National Health Law Program
NHeLP's site includes lots of information about Medicaid.
People with Disabilities Foundation
Advocacy and educational services for people with disabilities.
Support Coalition International
SCI is a leading consumer, survivor, ex-patient organization.
The Arc
An organization advocating for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
Center for Public Representation
22 Green Street
Northampton, MA 01060
413-586-6024