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Founded in 1958, Good Shepherd Work Services is a provider of job opportunities for people with disabilities and workforce support to large and small businesses. Based in Allentown, Pa., it offers a list of services, comprising contract packaging, direct mail and fulfillment services, temporary employment, recycling services and more to businesses. In addition, the agency provides vocational evaluation and training services to people with disabilities. Good Shepherd Work Services assists individuals with various disabilities in areas, including vocational evaluation, vocational services and sheltered employment. The beneficiaries include people with mental health issues, mental retardation, autism, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, brain injuries and visual impairment. The agency is a part of Good Shepherd rehabilitation network offering a continuum of care for people with physical and cognitive disabilities and specializing in assistive and rehabilitation technology.

Alliance for the Mentally Ill, also known as the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), works to create awareness on mental illnesses throughout Virginia. The organization focuses on improving the quality of life of individuals with various mental illnesses. It offers a range of support and educational services for families. The organization provides online information on schizophrenia, depression, and obsessive compulsive, panic and bipolar disorders. Alliance for the Mentally Ill administers a variety of community outreach and public education programs. The organization accepts donations from individuals and institutions and offers advocacy services. Alliance for the Mentally Ill provides various membership opportunities.