Services that the P&A Program cannot provide
The following are examples of cases the P&A (Protection & Advocacy) Program cannot do. IMPORTANT: these limitations do NOT apply to DRC’s Disability & Aging Crime Victims Unit (DACVU), which provides advocacy and legal services to crime victims who are seniors or people with disabilities. These limitations ONLY apply to the P&A program at DRC:
- Workers Compensation cases
- Estate planning
- Social Security eligibility or appeals
- Criminal representation
- Divorce cases
- Will drafting
- Child custody or Child In Need Of Care cases
- Civil representation that does not relate to the legal or civil rights of an individual with a disability