
Welcome to
Protection & Advocacy System
We are advocates working together with people who have disabilities in promoting and protecting their legal and service rights
Board of Directors 2007-8
PLEASE NOTE!!!!Priorities for this year have changed dramatically which means the kind of cases we take have changed: Priorities for 2008
Legislative Alert- Final Report 2008 Legislature
Newsletters: Newsletters from 1998 to present

Self Advocacy and services for people with
disabilities: 
PABSS, Pre-employment, and Employment Issues:Working Disabled Incentives and
P&A for Beneficiaries
of Social Security (PABSS)
Medical Issues:Personal
Care Attendant Program for Adults (standards)
Personal Decision-making:Guardianship
brochure
(Guardianship brochure in Spanish) La tutela en
las personas con discapacidades
Housing: Issues
on housing discrimination
Find out more about visit-ability and housing
Education : (Special education resources)
DVR (Division of Vocational Rehabilitation): CAP Resources
PAAT: P&A
Assistive Technology Information
PAIR: P&A
for Individual Rights(PAIR)
PAIR in Spanish
PAIMI :P&A for
Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI)
HAVA : Help America Vote
Act
TANF: TANF Families At Risk
Of Losing Benefit
If you are a person with a disability or are taking care of a person with
a disability and have reached the five-year limit for receiving TANF benefits,
you may be eligible for a continuation of your TANF benefits.
Useful Links to Additional Resources
on Disability Issues
E mail us :
info@nmpanda.org
Write us:
Protection and Advocacy System
1720 Louisiana Blvd NE Suite 204
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110
Call Monday through Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
(505)-256-3100
1-800-432-4682 toll free from anywhere in New Mexico