Welcome to
Protection & Advocacy System
We are advocates working together with people who have disabilities in promoting and protecting their legal and service rights
About New Mexico's P and A
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
Newsletter :Newsletters from 1998 to present
Self Advocacy and services for people who
have disabilities:
PABSS, Pre-Employment and Employment: P&A for Beneficiaries of Social Security
and Working Disabled Incentives
Medical Services: Personal Care Attendant Program for Adults (standards)in
text form
Personal decision-making: Guardianship
brochure
(Guardianship brochure in Spanish) La tutela en
las personas con discapacidades
Housing: Housing discrimination information
Find out more about visit-ability and housing
Education:Resources
for special education
DVR (Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and Commission
for the Blind): CAP resources
(CAP) The Client Assistance Program helps individuals with problems in state
rehabilitation services
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 (accessibility in voting)
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