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Hawaii State Disability Resources

National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities
Official State Web Site
 
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.hawaii.gov/portal/
State Department of Education: Special Education
 
Student Support Services Branch
Hawaii Department of Education
637 18th Avenue, Room C-101B
Honolulu   HI   96816
(808) 733-4400
paul_ban@notes.k12.hi.us
www.doe.k12.hi.us
State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
 
Federal Compliance and Project Management Office
Hawaii Department of Education
P.O. Box 2360
Honolulu   HI   96804
(808) 586-3447
robert_campbell@notes.k12.hi.us
www.doe.k12.hi.us
Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2
 
Early Intervention Section
Department of Health
1350 S. King Street, Suite 200
Honolulu   HI   96814
(808) 594-0006
sue.brown@doh.hawaii.gov
www.hawaii.gov/health/family-child-health/eis
Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
 
Special Education
Office of Curriculum Instruction and Student Support
Special Education Services Branch
Student Support & Special Education Sections
637 18th Avenue, Building C
Honolulu   HI   96816
(808) 733-4838
Michael_Fahey@notes.k12.hi.us
 
State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
 
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Human Services
601 Kamokila Boulevard, Room 515 
Kapolei   HI   96707
(808) 692-7719
jcordova@dhs.hawaii.gov
 
Coordinator for Transition Services
 
Special Education Section, Student Support Services Branch
Hawaii Department of Education
637 18th Avenue, Room C-102
Honolulu   HI   96816
(808) 733-4832
maxine_nagamine@notes.k12.hi.us
http://sssb.k12.hi.us/
Office of State Director for Career and Technical Education
 
Career and Technical Education
University of Hawaii
Lower Campus Road, Lunalilo Portable 1
Honolulu   HI   96822
(808) 956-7461
kjones@hawaii.edu
www.hawaii.edu/cte
State Mental Health Agency
 
Behavioral Health Administration
Department of Health
1250 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu   HI   96813
(808) 586-4416
mrhill@mail.health.state.hi.us
www.hawaii.gov/health
 
 
Adult Mental Health Division
1250 Punchbowl Street, Room 256 
Honolulu   HI   96813
(808) 586-4770
thomas.hester@doh.hawaii.gov
www.amhd.org
State Mental Health Representative for Children
 
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division
Department of Health
3627 Kilauea Avenue, Suite 101 
Honolulu   HI   96816
(808) 733-9339
www.hawaii.gov/health
Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities
 
Developmental Disabilities Division
Hawaii State Department of Health
1250 Punchbowl, #463
P. O. Box 3378
Honolulu   HI   96801
(808) 586-5842
david.fray@doh.hawaii.gov
 
Councils on Developmental Disabilities
 
State Council on Developmental Disabilities
919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Suite 113
Honolulu   HI   96814
(808) 586-8100
waynette.cabral@doh.hawaii.gov
www.hiddc.org
Protection and Advocacy Agency
 
Hawaii Disability Rights Center
900 Fort Street Mall, Suite 1040
Honolulu   HI   96813
(800) 882-1057 (V/TTY) (in HI)
(808) 949-2922 (V/TTY);
info@HawaiiDisabilityRights.org
www.HawaiiDisabilityRights.org
Client Assistance Program
 
Contact Hawaii Disability Rights Center.
 
Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
 
Children with Special Health Needs Branch
Department of Health
741 Sunset Avenue
Honolulu   HI   96816
(800) 235-5477 (HKISS) Neighbor Islands
(808) 733-9070
(808) 594-0066 Hawaii Keiki Information Service
patricia.heu@doh.hawaii.gov
http://hawaii.gov/health/family-child-health/cshcn/index.html
State CHIP Program
 
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
Med-QUEST Division
P.O. Box 3490
Honolulu   HI   96811-3490
(808) 587-3521
www.med-quest.us/
State Agency for People with Disabilities
 
Disability and Communication Access Board
919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 101
Honolulu   HI   96814-4920
(808) 586-8121 (V/TTY)
dcab@doh.hawaii.gov
www.hawaii.gov/health/dcab
Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired
 
Ho'opono Services for the Blind, a branch of Hawaii's Vocational Rehabilitation Division
1901 Bachelot Street
Honolulu   HI   96817
(808) 586-5311
develand@dhs.hawaii.gov
 
Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
 
Disability and Communication Access Board
919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 101
Honolulu   HI   96814-4920
(866) 552-3572 - Videophone
kristine.pagano@doh.hawaii.gov
www.hawaii.gov/health/dcab/
Telecommunications Relay Services
(808) 643-8255 (V)
(808) 643-8833 (TTY); 711 (TTY)
(800) 229-5746 (Speech to Speech)
 
 
 
State Education Agency Rural Representative
 
Office of Information Technology Services
P.O. Box 2360
Honolulu   HI   96804
(808) 586-3218 (V/TTY)
http://doe.k12.hi.us
Regional ADA Technical Assistance Center
 
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
University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
 
Center on Disability Studies
University of Hawaii at Manoa
1776 University Avenue, UA 4-6
Honolulu   HI   96822
(808) 956-5011
www.cds.hawaii.edu/
Technology-Related Assistance
 
Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii
414 Kuwili Street, Suite 104
Honolulu   HI   96817-5050
(800) 645-3007
(808) 532-7110 (V/TTY)
jodi@atrc.org
www.atrc.org
 
Aloha Special Technology Access Center, Inc. (Aloha STAC)
710 Green Street
Honolulu   HI   96813
(808) 523-5547
astachi@yahoo.com
http://alohastac.org
State Mediation System
 
Hawaii Department of Education
Special Education Section
637 18th Avenue
Honolulu   HI   96816
(808) 733-4832
http://doe.k12.hi.us
Special Format Library
 
Hawaii State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
402 Kapahulu Avenue 
Honolulu   HI   96815
(800) 559-4096
(808) 733-8444
(808) 733-8444 (TTY)
olbcirc@librarieshawaii.org
www.librarieshawaii.org/locations/oahu/lbph.htm

Disability-Specific Organizations
Attention Deficit Disorder
 
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
Landover   MD   20785
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
(301) 306-7070
www.chadd.org
 

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543

Pottstown   PA   19464-0543
(484) 945-2101
www.add.org
Autism
 

Autism Society of Hawaii
P.O. Box 2995

Honolulu   HI   96802
(808) 944-4774
www.autismhawaii.org
Blind/Visual Impairments
 
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300 
New York   NY   10001
(800) 232-5463
(212) 502-7600
afbinfo@afb.net
www.afb.org
Brain Injury
 

Brain Injury Association of Hawaii
2201 Waimano Home Road, Hale F 

Pearl City   HI   96782
(808) 454-0699
biahi@verizon.net
 
Cerebral Palsy
 

United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii
414 Kuwili Street, Suite 105

Honolulu   HI   96817
(808) 532-6744
ucpa@ucpahi.org
www.ucpahi.org
Deafness/Hard of Hearing
 
Hawaii Services on Deafness
1833 Kalakaua Avenue, Suite 905
Honolulu   HI   96815
(808) 946-7300 (V/TTY)
reimers@hsod.org
www.hsod.org
 
Kapiolani Deaf Center and Gallaudet University Regional Center
4303 Diamond Head Road
Manono Building #102 
Honolulu   HI   96816
(808) 734-9210 (V/TTY)
coryell@hawaii.edu
www.kcc.hawaii.edu
Down Syndrome
 

Hawaii Down Syndrome Congress
419 Keoniana Street #804

Honolulu   HI   96815
(808) 949-1999
hawaiidownsyndrome@hawaii.rr.com
www.hawaiidownsyndrome.com
Epilepsy
 

Epilepsy Foundation of Hawaii
501 Sumner Street, PH4

Honolulu   HI   96817-5003
(808) 528-3058
director-efh@hawaiiepilepsy.com
www.hawaiiepilepsy.com/efh
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
 

The Arc in Hawaii
3989 Diamond Head Road

Honolulu   HI   96816
(808) 737-7995
info@thearcinhawaii.org
www.thearcinhawaii.org
Learning Disabilities
 

Learning Disabilities Association of Hawaii
200 N. Vineyard Boulevard, Suite 310 

Honolulu   HI   96817
(800) 533-9684 (in HI)
(808) 536-9684 (V/TTY);
LDAH@LDAHawaii.org
www.ldahawaii.org
Mental Health
 

Mental Health Association in Hawaii
1124 Fort Street Mall #205 

Honolulu   HI   96813
(808) 521-1846
info@mentalhealth-hi.org
www.mentalhealth-hi.org
 
 

NAMI Hawaii
770 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 613

Honolulu   HI   96813
(808) 591-1297
namihawaii@hawaiiantel.net
 

Hawaii Families as Allies
99-209 Moanalua Road, Suite 305

Aiea   HI   96701
(866) 361-8825
(808) 487-8785
hfaa@hfaa.net
http://hfaa.net
Speech, Language, and Hearing
 

Hawaii Speech-Language-Hearing Association
P.O. Box 235888

Honolulu   HI   96823
(808) 528-4742
hsha_membership@yahoo.com
www.hsha.org

Organizations for Parents
Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
 
Hawaii Parent Training and Information Center
200 N. Vineyard Boulevard, Suite 310
Honolulu   HI   96817
(800) 533-9684 (in HI)
(808) 536-9684 (V/TTY)
(808) 536-2280 (V/TTY)
LDAH@LDAHawaii.org
www.ldahawaii.org
Partners in Policymaking
 
Hawaii Council on Developmental Disabilities
54 High Street, 3rd Floor 
Wailuku, Maui,   HI   96793
(808) 984-8218
mauimatsu@yahoo.com
www.hiddc.org
Parent-To-Parent
 
Special Parent Information Network (SPIN)
919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Suite 101
Honolulu   Hawaii   96814
(808) 586-8126 (V/TTY)
spin@doh.hawaii.gov
www.spinhawaii.org
Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
 
Hawaii State Parent Teacher Student Association
P.O. Box 22878
Honolulu   HI   96823-2878
(808) 593-2042
hi_office@pta.org
www.hawaiiptsa.org

Other Disability Organizations
 
Easter Seals Hawaii
710 Green Street
Honolulu   HI   96813
(888) 241-7450
(808) 536-1015 (V/TTY)
www.eastersealshawaii.org
 
VSA arts of Hawaii-Pacific
University of Hawaii Department of Education
Waianae   HI   96792
(808) 697-1202
mail@vsartshawaiipacific.org
http://vsartshawaiipacific.org
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)
ilru@ilru.org
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)
ncil@ncil.org
www.ncil.org

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