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Missouri 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.mo.gov/
 
State Department of Education: Special Education
 
Division of Special Education Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 751-4444
heidi.atkinslieberman@dese.mo.gov
www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/
State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
 
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 751-4104
becky.kemna@dese.mo.gov
www.dese.mo.gov
Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2
 
Special Education Services Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480 
Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 522-8762
(866) 583-2392 (First Steps)
joyce.jackman@dese.mo.gov
www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/
Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
 
Special Education Compliance Section Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 751-0699
margaret.strecker@dese.mo.gov
www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/
State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
 
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Department of Education 3024 Dupont Circle
Jefferson City   MO   65109-0525
(573) 751-3251
www.vr.dese.mo.gov
Coordinator for Transition Services
 
Special Education Effective Practices Section Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City   MO   65102-0480
(573) 751-7661
barb.gilpin@dese.mo.gov
www.dese.mo.gov
Office of State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities
 
Career Education Special Needs Civil Rights Compliance and Title IX Coordinator Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 522-1775
shawn.brice@dese.mo.gov
www.dese.mo.gov/divcareered/civil_rights_compliance.htm
State Mental Health Agency
 
Department of Mental Health 1706 East Elm P.O. Box 687
Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 751-3070
(800) 364-9687
www.dmh.mo.gov
State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth
 
Missouri Department of Mental Health P.O. Box 687
Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 751-0142
patsy.carter@dmh.mo.gov
www.dmh.mo.gov
Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities
 
Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities 1706 E. Elm P.O. Box 687
Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 751-8676
(800) 207-9329
www.dmh.mo.gov
Councils on Developmental Disabilities
 

Missouri Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities 1706 E. Elm P.O. Box 687

Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 751-8611
(800) 500-7878
susan.pritchard-green@dmh.mo.gov
www.mpcdd.com
Protection and Advocacy Agency
 
Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services 925 S. Country Club Drive
Jefferson City   MO   65109
(573) 659-0678
(800) 392-8667
mopasjc@earthlink.com
www.moadvocacy.org
Client Assistance Program
 
Contact Protection and Advocacy Agency.
 
Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
 
Special Health Care Needs Department of Health and Senior Services 930 Wildwood Drive P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 751-6246
(800) 451-0669
www.dhss.mo.gov
State CHIP Program
 

(health care for low-income uninsured children) MO HealthNet for Kids (MHK) Missouri Department of Social Services 221 West High Street  P.O. Box 1527

Jefferson City   MO   65102-1527
(888) 275-5908
http://www.dss.mo.gov/mhk/index.htm
Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired or Deaf-Blind
 
Rehabilitation Services for the Blind Family Support Division 615 Howerton Court P.O. Box 2320
Jefferson City   MO   65102-2320
(573) 751-4249
(800) 592-6004
janice.m.phillips@dss.mo.gov
www.dss.mo.gov/fsd/rsb/index.htm
 
Missouri School for the Blind 3815 Magnolia Avenue
St. Louis   MO   63110
(314) 776-4320
(800) 622-5672
www.msb.k12.mo.us
Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
 
Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 1103 Rear Southwest Boulevard
Jefferson City   MO   65109
(573) 526-5205 (V/TTY)
mcdhh@mcdhh.mo.gov
www.mcdhh.mo.gov
 
Missouri School for the Deaf 505 E. 5th Street
Fulton   MO   65251-1799
(573) 592-4000
www.msd.k12.mo.us
Telecommunications Relay Services
 
(800) 735-2466 (V)
(800) 735-2966 (TTY); 711 (TTY)
(877) 735-7877 (Speech to Speech)
 
Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center
 
ADA and I.T. Center DBTAC - Great Plains ADA Center University of Missouri/Columbia 100 Corporate Lake Drive
Columbia   MO   65203
(573) 882-3600 (V/TTY)
(800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
ada@missouri.edu
www.adaproject.org
University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
 
UMKC Institute for Human Development Health Sciences Building 2220 Holmes Street, 3rd Floor
Kansas City   MO   64108
(816) 235-1770
(800) 444-0821 (V)
(800) 452-1185 (TTY)
www.ihd.umkc.edu
 
Missouri Developmental Disability Resource Center (MODDRC) UMKC Institute for Human Development A University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities 2220 Holmes, 3rd Floor
Kansas City   MO   64108
(800) 444-0821
moddrc@umkc.edu
www.moddrc.org
Technology-Related Assistance
 
Missouri Assistive Technology 4731 South Cochise, Suite 114
Independence   MO   64055-6975
(816) 373-5193
(800) 647-8557
matpmo@swbell.net
www.at.mo.gov
State Mediation System
 
Special Education Compliance Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 751-4909
margaret.strecker@dese.mo.gov
www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/
Special Format Library
 
Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped P.O. Box 387
Jefferson City   MO   65102-0387
(573) 751-8720
(800) 392-2614 (in MO)
(800) 347-1379 (TTY/ in MO)
wolfner@sos.mo.gov
www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/
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
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
www.chadd.org
 
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) P.O. Box 543
Pottstown   PA   19464-0543
(484) 945-2101
www.add.org
Autism
 
Autism Alliance of Greater Kansas City P.O. Box 45664
Kansas City   MO   64171
(816) 842-2452
robin@autismalliancekc.org
www.autismalliancekc.org; www.kcautismservices.com
 
Autism and Children's Services Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities 1706 E. Elm P. O. Box 687
Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 751-4054
(800) 364-9687
debra.fiasco@dmh.mo.gov
http://missouri.networkofcare.org
Blind/Visual Impairments
 
American Foundation for the Blind 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York   NY   10001
(212) 502-7600
(800) 232-5463
afbinfo@afb.net
 www.afb.org
Brain Injury
 

Brain Injury Association of Missouri 10270 Page Avenue, Suite 100

St. Louis   MO   63132
(314) 426-4024
(800) 377-6442
info@biamo.org
www.biamo.org
 
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Division of Community & Public Health Special Health Care Needs 930 Wildwood
Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 751-6246
info@dhss.mo.gov
www.dhss.mo.gov/SHCN/HeadInjury
Cerebral Palsy
 
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater St. Louis 8645 Old Bonhomme Road
St. Louis   MO   63132-3999
(314) 994-1600
forkoshr@ucpstl.org
www.ucpa.org
Epilepsy
 
Epilepsy Foundation of the St. Louis Region 7100 Oakland Avenue
St. Louis   MO   63117
(314) 645-6969
(800) 264-6970
darla@stl-epil.org
www.stl-epil.org
Learning Disabilities
 
Learning Disabilities Association of Missouri P.O. Box 3303
Springfield   MO   65808-3303
(417) 864-5110
(800) 473-4965
ldamo@cland.net
www.ldamo.org
Mental Health
 
Mental Health Association of Greater St. Louis 1905 S. Grand Boulevard
St. Louis   MO   63104-1542
(314) 773-1399
housejeh@aol.com; mhagstl@aol.com
www.mhagstl.org
 
National Alliance on Mental Illness Missouri 1001 Southwest Boulevard, Suite E
Jefferson City   MO   65109
(573) 634-7727
(800) 374-2138
namimockj@aol.com; namimochildren@aol.com
 
Special Health Care Needs
 
Family Voices of Missouri, Inc. 811 N. Fremont Avenue
Springfield   MO   65802
(417) 619-2609
fvmo@mchsi.com
www.familyvoices.org/states.php?state=mo
Speech, Language, and Hearing
 
Missouri Speech-Language-Hearing Association Central Office 2000 E. Broadway, PMB-296
Columbia   MO   65201
(888) 729-6742
msha@showmemsha.org
www.showmemsha.org
Spina Bifida
 
Spina Bifida Association of Greater St. Louis 8050 Watson Road, Suite 115
St. Louis   MO   63119
(314) 843-2244
(800) 784-0983
sbastl@charter.net
www.sbastl.com
Tourette Syndrome
 
Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. 42-40 Bell Boulevard
Bayside   NY   11361-2820
(718) 224-2999
ts@tsa-usa.org
www.tsa-usa.org
Organizations for Parents
Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
 
Missouri Parents Act (MPACT) 8301 State Line Road, Suite 204
Kansas City   MO   64114
(816) 531-7070
(800) 743-7634 (V/TTY)
msavage@ptimpact.com
www.ptimpact.com
Partners in Policymaking
 
Missouri Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities P.O. Box 687
Jefferson City   MO   65102
(573) 751-8611
(800) 500-7878 (in MO)
susan.pritchard-green@dmh.mo.gov
www.mpcdd.com
Parent-To-Parent
 
Sharing Our Strengths (a program of the Missouri Developmental Disability Resource Center) UMKC Institute for Human Development A University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities 2220 Holmes
Kansas City   MO   64108
(800) 773-8652
stjohnj@UMKC.edu
www.sharingourstrengths.com
Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
 
Missouri Congress of Parents and Teachers 2100 I-70 Drive, S.W.
Columbia   MO   65203
(573) 445-4161
(800) 328-7330
office@mopta.org
www.mopta.org
Other Parent Organization
 
Special Health Care Needs Family Partnership c/o Miller County Health Center P.O. Box 2
Tuscumbia   MO   65082
(573) 369-2359
(866) 809-2400
sladej@lpha.dhss.mo.gov
www.dhss.mo.gov/FamilyPartnership
Other Disability Organizations
 
Easter Seals Missouri, Inc. 13975 Manchester Road
Manchester   MO   63011
(636) 779-2299
cbyrd@mo.easterseals.com
www.mo.easterseals.com
 
AbilityArts PO Box 1763
Columbia   MO   65205
(573) 875-2782
(866) 872-2787
director@abilityarts.org
www.abilityarts.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) 207-0034 (V)
(202) 207-0340 (TTY)
ncil@ncil.org
www.ncil.org

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