Advocacy Services Include:

• The Open Door Club, a self-advocacy group
• Family advocacy
• Individual advocacy

• Family And Individual Advocacy: Provides advocacy supports to children and adults with disabilities. Sponsored by a grant from the Hampshire County United Way, this program provides advocacy in a variety of areas including education, employment, housing as well as resource referral. This program often serves as a point of entry to the service system and individuals are referred to programs that will better meet their needs.
  518 Pleasant Street, Northampton, MA 01060
  413-582-7961
  
  
• Open Door Club: This program is a self-advocacy group for individuals with disabilities. This program is sponsored primarily by a grant from the Hampshire County United Way. BHN provides an advisor and Program Director to support the members in the group in running their own advocacy group. Meetings are held on Monday nights and include programs that are educational as well as social. Some recent events have included first aid training for members, a discussion on the voting process, a panel discussion with PVTA and a party. Members participate in regional, state and federal advocacy groups. Additionally, members have the opportunity to attend conferences about the self-advocacy movement.
  518 Pleasant Street, Northampton, MA 01060
  413-582-7961

Franklin/Hampshire		Holyoke/Chicopee
Area Services		Area Services
518 Pleasant Street		40 Bobala Road
Northampton, MA 01060		Holyoke, MA 0l040
Tel. 413-582-7961		Tel. 413-536-6162
Fax. 413-582-7963		Fax. 413-536-1355