California State Resources (continued)

Juno Duenas, Executive Director
Support for Families of Children with Disabilities
2601 Mission Street, Suite 606
San Francisco, CA 94110-3111
(415) 282-7494 (Program office)
(415) 920-5040 (Family Resource Center)
E-mail: info@supportforfamilies.org
Web: www.supportforfamilies.org

Marta Anchondo, Executive Director
Brenda Smith, Deputy Director
Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK)
100 W. Cerritos Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92805
(714) 533-8275; (866) 828-8275
E-mail: taskca@yahoo.com
Web: www.taskca.org

Brenda Smith, Deputy Director
Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK), San Diego
4550 Kearny Villa Road, Suite 102
San Diego, CA 92123
(858) 874-2386; (858) 874-2387
E-mail: taskca@yahoo.com
Web: www.taskca.org

Community Parent Resource Center
Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled
P.O. Box 2884
San Gabriel, CA 91778
(626) 307-3837
E-mail: cpad@jackstorm.net
Web: www.cpad.org

(serving E. Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley, reaching out to Latino and Chinese Families)
Irene Martinez, Project Director
Fiesta Educativa, Inc.
163 S. Avenue 24, Suite 201
Los Angeles, CA 90031-2299
(323) 221-6696
E-mail: imartinez@fiestaeducativa.org
Web: www.fiestaeducativa.org

Foster Youth Resources for Education (FYRE)
2212 Sixth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 644-2555; (800) 348-4232
E-mail: shenderson@dredf.org
Web: www.dredf.org

(Serving most of LA County)
Theresa Cooper, Executive Director
Loving Your Disabled Child (LYDC)
3704 7th Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90018
(323) 373-0323
E-mail: info@lydc.org
Web: www.lydc.org

(Serving Watts County)
Alice Harris, Executive Director
Parents of Watts
10828 Lou Dillon Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90059
(323) 566-7556
E-mail: pow90059@yahoo.com

(Serving Orange and Los Angeles County)
Hung Nguyen, President
Vietnamese Parents of Disabled Children Association, Inc.
7526 Syracuse Avenue
Stanton, CA 90680
(714) 527-9216
E-mai: hgnguyen@vpdca.org
Web: http://www.vpdca.org/

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Brenda J. Davis, President
California State PTA
2327 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 440-1985
E-mail: info@capta.org
Web: www.capta.org

Other Parent Organization
Fuerza, Inc.
340 E. McWood Street
West Covina, CA 91790
(800) 200-4323
E-mail: fuerz@fuerzainc.org
Web: www.fuerzainc.org

Other Disability Organizations

Suzanne Fisher, Executive Director
California Association of School Psychologists
1400 K Street, Suite 311
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 444-1595
E-mail: memberservices@casponline.org
Web: www.casponline.org

Michael Pelfini, President and CEO
Easter Seals Bay Area
180 Grand Avenue, Suite 300
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 835-2131, ext. 126
E-mail: mpelfini@esba.org
Web: www.eastersealsbayarea.org

(Serving Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne Counties)
Ann Cirimele, Executive Director
Family Resource Network
5250 Claremont Avenue, Suite 239
Stockton, CA 95207
(209) 472-3674; (800) 847-3030 (in 5 county region)
Email: frnfamilies@aol.com

Independent Living

To find out 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)
E-mail: ilru@ilru.org
Web: www.ilru.org

To find out 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)
E-mail: ncil@ncil.org
Web: www.ncil.org