Advocacy means acting in support or a cause or proposal.
Advocacy means the assistance provided which supports, supplements, intervenes and/or links the client and their dependents with the appropriate service components to encourage self-determination, autonomy, physical and emotional safety, and to offer information that will support independence. This can be viewed as a combination of active listening and facilitating personal problem solving along with researching options of action, safety planning, community outreach and education; it may include medical, dental, financial, employment, legal and housing assistance.
Advocacy means advocacy on behalf of a specific client for the purpose of accessing needed services;
Examples of Advocacy in a sentence
Advocacy School social workers shall engage in advocacy that seeks to ensure that all students have equal access to education and services to enhance their academic progress.
Advocacy topics may necessitate outreach in certain industries or business-related information may be specific to a particular area, for which the Chamber will organize a Business Alliance meeting and invite property owners, managers, and City staff representatives as deemed necessary.
More Definitions of Advocacy
Advocacy means advocacy on behalf of an individual or family, and not on behalf of a cause or a group of people.
Advocacy means action to assist or represent a person or group of persons with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses in securing their rights, obtaining needed services, investigating complaints, and removing barriers to identified needs.
Advocacy means all of the following:
Advocacy means those activities undertaken on behalf of persons who are receiving or have received mental health services to protect their rights or to secure or upgrade treatment or other services to which they are entitled.
Advocacy means pleading an individual's cause or speaking or writing in support of an individual that may include representation before public or private entities on the behalf of one's self, another individual or a group of individuals.
Advocacy means pleading an individual’s cause or speaking or writing in support of an individual. To the extent permitted by State law or the rules of the agency before which an individual is appearing, a non-lawyer may engage in advocacy on behalf of another individual. Advocacy may—