Causes: Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations, Human Services

Mission: Protect and advocate for human and legal rights, interests and welfare of nevadans with disabilities. Promote, support and assist nevadans with disabilities in understanding and controlling those systems and processes which directly affect their lives. Foster the development availability and accessibility of services which increase the opportunities available to nevadans with disabilities to live their lives as fully, independently and productively as possible.

Programs: The organization's programs correspond to the grants received. The following is a list of the grants the organization received: paimi - protection and advocacy for individuals with mental illness - this fund is used to account for the expenditure and receipt of funds on an annual basis from the u. S. Department of health and human services, substance abuse and mental health services administration (dhhs/samhsa), pursuant to the protection and advocacy for individuals with mental illness act of 1986.Padd - protection and advocacy: developmental disabilities - this fund is used to account for the expenditure and receipt of funds received on an annual basis from the u. S. Department of health and human services, administration for community living (dhhs/acl) pursuant to title i, subtitle c of the developmental disabilities assistance and bill of rights act of 2000.Pair - protection and advocacy of individual rights - this fund is used to account for the expenditure and receipt of funds on an annual basis from the u. S. Department of education, pursuant to section 509 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 as amended. Cap - client assistance program - this fund is used to account for the expenditure and receipt of funds received on an annual basis from the u. S. Department of education pursuant to the rehabilitation act of 1973, as amended and of the services and benefits available to them under title i of the american with disabilities act. Wipa - work incentives planning and assistance program - this fund is used to account for the expenditure and receipt of funds received on an annual basis from the u. S. Social security administration pursuant to the ticket to work and work incentives improvement act (twwiia) of 1999.Pabss - protection and advocacy for beneficiaries of social security - this fund is used to account for the expenditure and receipt of funds received on an annual basis from the u. S. Social security administration pursuant to section 1150 of the social security act and the ticket to work and work incentives improvement act (twwiia) of 1999.Pava - protection and advocacy: voting access - this fund is used to account for the expenditure and receipt of funds received on an annual basis from the u. S. Department of health and human services, administration for community living (dhhs/acl) pursuant to title ii, subtitle d, section 291-292 of the help america vote act (hava) of 2002.Paat - protection and advocacy: assistive technology - this fund is used to account for the expenditure and receipt of funds received on an annual basis from the u. S. Department of health and human services, administration for community living (dhhs/acl) pursuant to section 5, assistive technology act of 2004.Patbi - protection and advocacy: traumatic brain injury - this fund is used to account for the expenditure and receipt of funds received on an annual basis from the u. S. Department of health and human services, administration for community living (dhhs/acl) pursuant to section 4, traumatic brain injury reauthorization act of 2014.Other contracts/projects sos-hava (1646) - this fund is used to account for the expenditure and receipt of funds received under a contract with the nevada secretary of state for a project to improve election polling place accessibility. Lris (596) - this fund is used to account for the expenditure and receipt of funds received under a contract with the state bar of nevada for their lawyer referral and information service (lris) grant program for elevating consumers' knowledge and understanding of their disability rights and for the provision of workshops in english and spanish.