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


Brochure

Publications

Folleto (Brochure in Spanish)

PLEASE NOTE!!!!Priorities for this year have changed dramatically which means the kind of cases we take have changed: Priorities for 2008




Board of Directors 2007-8


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