| Official State Web Site |
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| Connect with your state's official website to find all manner of state agencies and information, including how to contact your governor and/or your representatives in the Senate and House: |
| www.ca.gov/ |
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| State Department of Education: Special Education |
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| Special Education Division
California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Suite 2401 |
| Sacramento CA 95814 |
| (916) 445-4602 |
| cmaben@cde.ca.gov |
| www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se |
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| State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind) |
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| School and District Accountability Division
California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Suite 6208 |
| Sacramento CA 95814 |
| (916) 319-0582 |
| cmaben@cde.ca.gov |
| www.cde.ca.gov/ |
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| Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2 |
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Part C Coordinator
Children and Family Services Branch
Department of Developmental Services
1600 9th Street, Room 330, MS 3-8
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| Sacramento CA 95814 |
| (800) 515-2229 |
| (916) 654-2773 |
| ringraha@dds.ca.gov |
| www.dds.ca.gov/EarlyStart/Home.cfm |
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| Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5 |
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| Special Education Division
Administrative Services Unit
Department of Education
1430 N Street, Suite 530 |
| Sacramento CA 95814 |
| (916) 327-3547 |
| www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/ |
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| State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency |
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| Department of Rehabilitation
2000 Evergreen Street |
| Sacramento CA 95815-3832 |
| (916) 263-8987 |
| (916) 263-7477 (TTY) |
| www.dor.ca.gov |
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| Coordinator for Transition Services |
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| Transition Services and Work Ability
Special Education Division
California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Suite 2401 |
| Sacramento CA 95814 |
| cpittman@cde.ca.gov |
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| State Mental Health Agency |
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| Department of Mental Health
1600 9th Street, Room 151 |
| Sacramento CA 95814 |
| (800) 896-4042 (in CA) |
| (916) 654-2309 |
| dmh.dmh@dmh.ca.gov |
| www.dmh.ca.gov |
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| State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth |
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| Children and Family Services
California Department of Mental Health
1600 9th Street, Room 100 |
| Sacramento CA 95814 |
| (916) 651-2024 |
| zoey.todd@dmh.ca.gov |
| www.dmh.cahwnet.gov |
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| Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities |
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| (providing services and support for infants, children, and adults with developmental disabilities)
Department of Developmental Services
California Health and Human Services Agency
1600 9th Street, Room 240 |
| Sacramento CA 95814 |
| (916) 654-1897 |
| www.dds.ca.gov |
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| Councils on Developmental Disabilities |
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| California State Council on Developmental Disabilities
1507 21st Street, Suite 210 |
| Sacramento CA 95814 |
| (866) 802-0514 |
| (916) 322-8481 |
| council@scdd.ca.gov |
| www.scdd.ca.gov |
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| Protection and Advocacy Agency |
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| Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
100 Howe Avenue, Suite 185N |
| Sacramento CA 95825-8219 |
| (800) 776-5746 (In CA) |
| (916) 488-9950 |
| legalmail@pai-ca.org |
| www.pai-ca.org |
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| Client Assistance Program |
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| Client Assistance Program
Department of Rehabilitation
2000 Evergreen Street, 1st Floor |
| Sacramento CA 95815 |
| (800) 952-5544 |
| (916) 558-5390 |
| (866) 712-1085 (TTY) |
| (916) 558-5392 (TTY) |
| smentkow@rehab.cahwnet.gov |
| www.dor.ca.gov |
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| Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs |
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| Children's Medical Services Branch
1515 K Street, Room 400Sacramento CA 95825 |
| (916) 327-1400 |
| mdalsey@dhs.ca.gov |
| www.dhs.ca.gov/pcfh/cms/ccs/ |
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| State CHIP Program |
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| (health care for low-income uninsured children)
Healthy Families Program
P.O. Box 138005 |
| Sacramento CA 95813-8005 |
| (800) 880-5305 (in CA) |
| www.healthyfamilies.ca.gov/ |
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| Telecommunications Relay Services |
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| (800) 735-2922 (V) |
| (800) 735-2929 (TTY); 711 (TTY) |
| (800) 854-7784 (Speech to Speech) |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind |
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| Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth & Adults
6160 Cornerstone Court, East |
| San Diego CA 92121 |
| (800) 432-7619 (V/TTY) |
| (858) 623-2777 |
| (858) 646-0784 (TTY) |
| ckirscher@allient.edu |
| www.hknc.org |
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| Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center |
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| DBTAC - Pacific ADA Center
555 12th Street, Suite 1030 |
| Oakland CA 94607 |
| (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY) |
| (510) 285-5600 (V/TTY) |
| adatech@adapacific.org |
| www.adapacific.org |
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University of Southern California's University
Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (USC UCEDD at CHLA)
P.O. Box 27980
Mailstop #53
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| Los Angeles CA 90027-0980 |
| (323) 361-2300 |
| (213) 480-4192 TTY/TDD |
| uscucedd@chla.usc.edu |
| www.uscucedd.org/ |
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| Technology-Related Assistance |
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| California Assistive Technology System
Department of Rehabilitation
2000 Evergreen Street |
| Sacramento CA 95815 |
| (916) 274-6325 (V/TTY) |
| www.dor.ca.gov |
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| Disability-Specific Organizations |
| Attention Deficit Disorder |
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To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 150
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| Landover MD 20785 |
| (800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet) |
| (301) 306-7070 |
| www.chadd.org |
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| Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543 |
| Pottstown PA 19464-0543 |
| (484) 945-2101 |
| www.add.org |
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| Autism |
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| To identify an autism group in your state, contact:
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300 |
| Bethesda MD 20814 |
| (800) 3-AUTISM |
| (301) 657-0881 |
| www.autism-society.org |
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| Blind/Visual Impairments |
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| American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300 |
| New York NY 20814 |
| (800) 232-5463 |
| (212) 502-7600 |
| afbinfo@afb.net |
| www.afb.org |
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| (serving L.A., Orange, Ventura & San Bernardino Counties)
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles
5777 W. Century Boulevard, Suite 820 |
| Los Angeles CA 90045 |
| (800) 564-0445 |
| (310) 670-2870 |
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| pietsch@epilepsy-socalif.org |
| sos@epilepsy-socalif.org |
| www.epilepsy-socalif.org |
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| Mental Health |
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| Mental Health Association in California
1127 11th Street, Suite 925 |
| Sacramento CA 95814 |
| (916) 557-1167 |
| rselix@mhac.org |
| www.mhac.org |
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| Speech, Language, and Hearing |
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| California Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CSHA)
(representing speech-language pathologists and audiologists)
825 University Avenue |
| Sacramento CA 95825-6724 |
| (916) 921-1568 |
| CSHA@CSHA.org |
| www.CSHA.org |
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| Spina Bifida |
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| Spina Bifida Association of Greater San Diego
P.O. Box 232272 San Diego CA 92193-2272 |
| (619) 491-9018 |
| sbaofgsd@hotmail.com |
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| Organizations for Parents |
| Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) |
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| Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF)
2212 6th Street |
| Berkeley CA 94710 |
| (800) 348-4232 |
| (510) 644-2555 |
| dredf@dredf.org |
| www.dredf.org |
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| Parents Helping Parents of Santa Clara
1400 Parkmoor, Suite 100 |
| San Jose CA 95126 |
| (408) 727-5775 |
| (408) 748-8339 (TTY) |
| info@php.com |
| www.php.com |
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| Rowell Family Empowerment of Northern California, Inc.
962 Maraglia St. |
| Redding CA 96002 |
| (530) 226-5129 |
| (877) 227-3471 |
| www.rfenc.org |
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| Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK), San Diego
3180 University Ave.
Ste. 430 |
| San Diego CA 92104 |
| (866) 609-3218 |
| (619) 794-2947 |
| taskca@yahoo.com |
| www.taskca.org |
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| Community Parent Resource Center |
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| Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled
P.O. Box 2884 |
| San Gabriel CA 91778 |
| (626) 307-3837 |
| cpad@cpad.org |
| www.cpad.org |
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| (Serving Watts County)
Parents of Watts
10828 Lou Dillon Avenue |
| Los Angeles CA 90059 |
| (323) 566-7556 |
| pow90059@yahoo.com |
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| Other Disability Organizations |
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| (Serving Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne Counties)
Family Resource Network
5250 Claremont Avenue, Suite 239 |
| Stockton CA 95207 |
| (800) 847-3030 (in 5 county region) |
| (209) 472-3674 |
| frnfamilies@aol.com |
| www.frcn.org/ |
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| Independent Living |
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| To find the contact information for the Statewide
Independent Living Council (SILC) in your state, contact:
Independent Living Research Utilization Project
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000 |
| Houston TX 77019 |
| (713) 520-0232 (V) |
| (713) 520-5136 (TTY) |
| ilru@ilru.org |
| www.ilru.org |
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| To find the contact information for centers for
independent living (CILs) in your state, contact:
National Council on Independent Living
1710 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, 5th Floor |
| Washington DC 20036 |
| (202) 207-0334 (V) |
| (202) 207-0340 (TTY) |
| ncil@ncil.org |
| www.ncil.org |
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