Advocacy - Richmond, PAIMI, disAbility Law Center of Virginia
The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act funds this program to provide legal and advocacy services for people with mental illness who live in a hospital or other facility providing care and treatment for their illness. People who have problems while being taken to or from a facility, getting admitted to a facility, or within 90 days of leaving a facility may also be eligible for PAIMI services. Depending on federal funding levels, persons with mental illness who live in the community independently or with family or friends may also be eligible. PAIMI protects the right to: obtain appropriate services; make complaints about services or treatment; ask questions of anyone who is supposed to provide services or treatment; be safe from harm; make decisions about services received; keep records private; and have a written plan in place before leaving a mental health facility.
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Physical Address
1512 Willow Lawn Drive, Richmond, VA 23230
Hours
Monday: 08:30 AM - 04:00 PM; Friday: 08:30 AM - 04:00 PM
Fax
(804) 662-7431
Voice
Website
Application process
If you would like to request our services, you can use our online request portal at www.dlcv.org/get-help. That portal is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also call us Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM, and ask to speak with our advocate on duty. You can reach us at (800) 552-3962 (toll-free). We may not be able to respond as quickly as we normally do, but it is our intent to respond to all who contact us.
Languages
English
Spanish
Service area
VA
Agency info
disAbility Law Center of Virginia
The disAbility Law Center helps with disability-related problems like abuse, neglect, and discrimination. We also help people with disabilities obtain services and treatment. Individuals with problems, targeted in our program goals, may also receive advocacy services and/or legal representation. The disAbility Law Center of Virginia?s mission is to advance independence, choice and self-determination; protect legal, human and civil rights; and eliminate abuse, neglect and discrimination of people with disabilities through zealous and uncompromising legal advocacy and representation.