Provides advocacy services to people with intellectual and development disabilities (IDD) and their families. Individualized representation in accessing special education services, adult intellectual disabilities, waiver services, disability healthcare, and other concerns of people with IDD and their families.

Provides advocacy services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families. Offers individualized representation in accessing special education services, adult intellectual disabilities, waiver services, healthcare, transportation, and any other concerns of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

Provides advocacy services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families. Offers individualized representation in accessing special education services, adult intellectual disabilities, waiver services, healthcare, transportation, and any other concerns of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

Provides services related to estate planning and elder law. Specializes in asset protection; wills and trust planning; powers of attorney; elder law; Medicaid application and qualification; long-term care planning; probate and estate administration; Medicaid crisis planning; special needs and disability planning; veterans’ benefits, including aid and attendance qualification; charitable planning; and business succession in conjunction with estate planning.

Provides comprehensive senior services which include information and referral/assistance, outreach, case/care management, escort, transportation, homemaker/chores, personal care, home repair and rehabilitation, and home delivered meals.

A trained care manager, along with medical practitioners, determines whether guardianship is appropriate for a vulnerable consumer, and secures court appointed guardianships.

Wills of deceased Dauphin County residents are probated by the Register of Wills. Personal Representatives for deceased residents are appointed by the Register of Wills. Inheritance taxes are collected by the Register of Wills. This office also handles applications for marriage licenses, adoption filings and guardianship filings.

The need for Guardianship for a senior citizen arises once it is determined that a senior is now unable to care for themselves and/or their property.
Often, an incident occurs that moves a family member, health care professional, social worker, or some other concerned person to initiate guardianship proceedings. There may be a concern that an individual is: being financially exploited (or is about to be exploited), unable to care for themselves, cannot perform the activities of daily life without assistance.

A team that makes medical and personal care decisions for incapacitated adults.

The Guardianship Program enhances the quality of life and protects the interests of our most vulnerable adult and aged community members. FSA NEPA provides services to persons age 18 years of age and over who have been declared incapacitated by the court in keeping with the Guardianship Act. Staff are involved in making decisions on behalf of individuals in regards to their financial resources and other issues regarding their physical health and safety.

Provides comprehensive guardianship services for individuals who have been determined by the Court to be incapacitated and no longer able to make their own life decisions. Through written and notarized Power of Attorney (POA) documents, individuals deemed incapable of making decisions on their own can give JFCS the responsibility and legal power to act on their behalf, according to the terms of the agreement.

Provides comprehensive Guardianship of Person Services to those individuals who have been determined by the court to be incapacitated and no longer able to make their own life decisions.
Jewish Family Service's duties as Guardian of Person include making daily decisions about the individual's personal affairs, maximizing his/her right to self determination, and enables:
Assertion of the rights and interests of the individual
. Respect for the wishes and preferences of the individual to the greatest extent possible.
The guardian makes an extensive assessment and encourages the participation of the individual, where applicable, in the development of a plan of supportive services to meet the person's needs and:

Encourages the individual to participate to maximum extent of his/her abilities in all decisions, to act on his/her behalf when he/she is able to do so and to develop or regain his/her capacity to manage his/her personal affairs to the maximum extent feasible
. Provides required documentation to the court in a timely fashion. In-person contact with the individual occurs once a month and more frequently as needed.

In addition to handling the processing of all Protection From Abuse applications and cases, the Family Courts are responsible for all Juvenile Delinquency cases, Children and Youth cases and Orphans Court cases.

The types of cases heard by the Family Court Judges involve custody, dependency, juvenile delinquency, foster care, adoptions, visitation, appointment of guardians, truancy, and estate and accounting matters.

Handles the financial, medical and private affairs of individuals who need assistance or are not able to handle their personal affairs. Services include power of attorney, guardianship, case management, estate management and planning, medical advocacy and decision making, placement in housing or nursing facility, counseling with families, paying bills, trustee services, and other ancillary services depending on need.

Guardianship services are provided to older persons who are unable to make or communicate responsible decisions concerning their own well-being, through court-appointment.

Assists clients with guardianship needs and services for elderly.

Organization dedicated to improving the quality of life and care of nursing home, personal care home and isolated older adults in the community through Community transportation services, Volunteer Visitation services, ombudsman/advocacy and guardianship services.

Provides free legal services to low-income older adults (age 60 and older) and/or clients family members. Services focus on advance planning for incapacity (including Powers of Attorney and Living Wills), simple estate planning, guardianship and related matters, Medical Assistance for long term care, settlement of estates with limited assets/small estates, and grand-parenting issues. Students also provide community presentations on elder law issues.

This York County Government Office for Row Officers oversees both the Clerk of Orphan's Court and the Register of Wills.

Orphan's Court:(717)771-9288 and Wills':(717) 771-9607

The duties of the Clerk of Orphans' Court include: filing petitions for incapacitated persons and petitions for the appointment of guardians for minors, petitions for adoptions (which records are confidential), the granting of marriage licenses, and records of births and deaths from 1893 through 1906.

Birth and death records of persons born after 1906 are on file with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records, New Castle, Pa 16103. Phone: (724) 656-3100. This office is also responsible in assisting the Judge of Orphans' Court during court proceedings as well as the documents pertaining to those proceedings.

As register of wills, this office has jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the granting of letters of testamentary and letters of administration to persons properly qualified and who meet the requirements of the fiduciaries act of 1949 as amended. This office is also an agent for the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to collect inheritance tax payments.