Looking out for our community

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Direct and Indirect Economic Assistance

• Emergency assistance for basic needs, including food, housing, transportation.

• Assistance to buy medicines, prosthesis and similar devices.

• Pensions

• Scholarships

• Funerary services

• Doctors fees

• Laboratory and imaging costs

• Wheel chairs, crutches, hospital beds and other physical disability needs

• Caretakers

• Transportation

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Health Care Referrals

• Hospitals and other institutions

• Nursing Homes (ABS has a nursing home directory)

• Medical Care (Doctors, nurses, nurse's aides)

• Discount pharmacies, health care programs (VRIM)

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Legal Referrals

• Wills, jobs and rental problems

• U.S. embassy liaison for federal benefits and citizen services

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Home Visits

• Physical Therapy

• Doctor and nurse welfare visits

• Shopping assistance

• Caretaker

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Finances

• Financial management for people with mental impairments or homebound

• Administration of social security benefits for the impaired

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Transportation

• Shuttle service to and from events and classes

• Transportation to and from medical appointments

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Psychological support 

(Provided by a licensed Social Worker)

• Advice and consultation on a wide variety of issues and problems

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