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| Protection & Advocacy, Inc. (Soon to be Disability Rights California) - Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy |
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Protection and Advocacy, Inc., (PAI) is a nonprofit agency that advances the human and legal rights of persons with disabilities.
PAI operates the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy (OCRA) under a contract with California's Department of Developmental Services. OCRA provides clients' rights advocacy to individuals with developmental disabilities who are clients of California's 21 regional centers.
PAI began protecting the rights of Californians with disabilities in 1978. We now provide services to people with disabilities under seven federal programs--the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights (PADD) ACT; the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Act; the Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR) Act; the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) Act; the Assistive Technology (AT) Act of 1998; the Protection and Advocacy Traumatic Brain Injury (PATBI) act; and the Protection and Advocacy Voting Access (PAVA) act.
PAI operates the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy (OCRA) under a contract with California's Department of Developmental Services. OCRA provides clients' rights advocacy to individuals with developmental disabilities who are clients of California's 21 regional centers. Please click here for contact information for each local office. |
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| How to get help: |
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Contact this group by following the instructions below: |
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Each regional office has 4 intake types: TELEPHONE, APPOINTMENT, WALK-IN, and MAIL. Please contact your local office, it can be found here: http://www.pai-ca.org/OCRA/CRAlist.htm |
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Each office is open from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. |
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| Who We Serve: |
| See below for an explanation of restrictions on who we can serve. |
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| Counties Served:
All State
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Other Languages Spoken: French, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Spanish
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Interpreters can be provided for: As needed.
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Wheelchair Accessible: Y
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Access for the deaf: Call TTY: 877-669-6023
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PAI operates the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy (OCRA) under a contract with California's Department of Developmental Services. OCRA provides clients' rights advocacy to individuals with developmental disabilities who are clients of California's 21 regional centers.
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Other Requirements: For help, you must be:
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Person with Disabilities
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| Type of Help: |
| This group provides the following types of services based on your legal needs and its resources: |
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Full Legal Representation- Most legal matters associated with a developmental disability if resources are available, including -- but not limited to -- special education and public benefits.
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(Get more information about
types of services.)
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General contact information:
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