Links Page
Mental Health
The following listings are links to mental health organizations. Click on the link and you will leave the Chinook Clubhouse Homepage and enter the new site.-
International Center for Clubhouse Development (ICCD)
iccd.org/ -
Fountain House, New York
fountainhouse.org/ -
Mental Health Center of Boulder County, Inc.
mhcbbc.org/ -
NMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)A
nami.org -
NAMI Colorado (National Alliance for the Mentall Ill - Colorado Chapter
nami-co@nami.org -
Mental Health Association of Colorado
mhacolorado.org/ -
Medical Health Infosource
mhsource.com
Disability and Benifits
Sorting out benefits available to individuals with mental illness is often very difficult and confusing. The websites below should be useful. Click on the web address, and the site will open.(The Clubhouse has benifit specialists available to help)-
Old Age Pensions (OAP)
hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/isp/common/oastoc_e.shtm -
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
ssa.gov/pubs/11000.html -
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
ssa.gov/disability/ -
Temporary Assistance for NeedyFamilies(TANF)
acf.dhhs.gov/programs/opre/annual3.pdf -
Boulder County Housing Authority
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/human-social/agency/a125.htm -
Special Low Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB)
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Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB)
state.de.us/dhss/dss/textsite/qmb.html -
Boulder County Department of Social Services
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/human-social/agency/a124.htm -
Colorado State Resources
nichcy.org/stateshe/co.htm#disability.html
Free Rx Medications
Most drug companies have programs for supplying prescription drugs to indigents. Each company has its own basic criteria and required forms. Criteria is usually based on the following:- Income
- Disability
- Doctor's prescription
Given below are links to several websites from which searches can be made to obtain in order to obtain the free drugs. These drug assistance programs are supplied on a voluntary basis by the drug manufacturers and are not administered by local, state, or federal governments.
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RxAssist
http://www.rxassist.org/search.cfm -
PhRMA
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) provide a directory to make it easier to identify the programs available. It lists member company programs that provide drugs to physicians whose patients could not otherwise afford them.. The programs are listed by company; telling how to make a request.. for assistance, what prescription medicines are covered and telephone numbers. http://www.phrma.org
http://www.phrma.org/searchcures/dpdpap/ -
Cancer Supportive Care Program
Cancer Supportive Care Program for Total Supportive Care has a drug assistance program-from pharmaceutical companies. http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/
drug_assistance.html