Planned Lifetime
Assistance Network of Pennsylvania, also known as
PLAN of PA, is a non-profit organization whose mission
is to serve people with mental disabilities including mental
illness, mental retardation, brain injury, and autism.
PLAN of PA serves families in the greater Philadelphia
area.
PLAN was
founded in 1989 by a group of families with mentally
disabled family members and its board of directors still
includes a significant number of members who have a loved
one with a mental disability. PLAN was conceived as a
reflection of personal experiences and concerns of these
families.
PLAN of PA
helps answer the question asked by many families, "Who will
oversee the care of my mentally disabled family member when
I am no longer able to do so?"
PLAN aims to provide a caring support network for clients
whose primary caretakers are no longer able to realistically
handle the various demands associated with caring for
individuals with special needs or for clients who have no
family or friends to oversee their well-being.