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| 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: |
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| www.nebraska.gov/index.phtml |
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| State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind) |
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| Special Populations Office
Nebraska Department of Education
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 94987 |
| Lincoln NE 68509-4987 |
| (402) 471-2471 (V/TTY) |
| www.nde.state.ne.us |
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| Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5 |
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| Special Populations Office
Nebraska Department of Education
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 94987 |
| Lincoln NE 68509-4987 |
| (402) 471-4319 |
| jan.thelen@nde.ne.gov |
| www.nde.state.ne.us |
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| Nebraska ChildFind, Rights, Resources, & Referrals for Children with Disabilities: Birth through 21 |
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| Nebraska ChildFind
5143 S. 48th Street, Suite C |
| Lincoln NE 68516-2204 |
| (888) 806-6287 (in NE) |
| (402) 471-2447 |
| smiller@atp.ne.gov |
| www.childfind.ne.gov |
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| State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency |
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| Vocational Rehabilitation
Nebraska Department of Education
301 Centennial Mall South, 6th Floor
P. O. Box 94987 |
| Lincoln NE 68509-4987 |
| (402) 471-3649 |
| frank.lloyd@vr.ne.gov |
| www.vocrehab.state.ne.us |
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| Office of State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities |
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| School Counseling
Nebraska Department of Education
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 94987 |
| Lincoln NE 68509-4987 |
| (402) 471-4811 |
| donna.vrbka@nde.ne.gov |
| www.nde.state.ne.us/CARED/ |
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| State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth |
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| Division of Behavioral Health Services
DHHS Division of Behavioral Health
P.O. Box 98925 |
| Lincoln NE 68509-8925 |
| (402) 471-7820 |
| (402) 440-2434 (cell) |
| susan.adams@hhss.ne.gov |
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| Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities |
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| Division of Developmental Disabilities
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
P.O. Box 98947 |
| Lincoln NE 68509-8947 |
| (402) 471-8715 |
| rene.ferdinand@hhss.ne.gov |
| www.hhs.state.ne.us/ |
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| State CHIP Program |
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| (health care for low-income uninsured children)
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Finance and Support
(Kids Connection)
P.O. Box 95026 |
| Lincoln NE 68509-5026 |
| (877) 632-5437 |
| (402) 471-0122 |
| deb.scherer@dhhs.ne.gov |
| www.dhhs.ne.gov |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired |
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| Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
4600 Valley Road, Suite 100 |
| Lincoln NE 68510 |
| (402) 471-2891 |
| pearl.vanzandt@ncbvi.ne.gov |
| www.ncbvi.ne.gov |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
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| Nebraska Department of Education
ESU #9
P.O. Box 2047 |
| Hastings NE 68901 |
| (800) 311-2065 (Parent Number) |
| (402) 463-5611 |
| rfleisch@esu9.org |
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| Telecommunications Relay Services |
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| (800) 833-0920 (V)
(800) 833-7352 (TTY/ASCII); 711 (TTY)
(888) 696-0629 (Fast ASCII)
(888) 272-5527 (Speech to Speech)
(888) 272-5528 (Spanish) |
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| Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center |
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| ADA and I.T. Center
DBTAC - Great Plains ADA Center
University of Missouri/Columbia
100 Corporate Lake Drive |
| Columbia MO 65203 |
| (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY) |
| (573) 882-3600 (V/TTY); |
| ada@missouri.edu |
| www.adaproject.org |
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| University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities |
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| Munroe-Meyer Institute
UCEDD
985450 Nebraska Medical Center |
| Omaha NE 68198-5450 |
| (402) 559-5702 |
| www.unmc.edu/mmi |
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| Technology-Related Assistance |
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| Nebraska Assistive Technology Partnership
3901 N. 27th Street, Suite 5 |
| Lincoln NE 68516-2204 |
| (888) 806-6287 (V/TTY) |
| (402) 471-0734 (V/TTY) |
| atp@atp.ne.gov |
| www.atp.ne.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 |
| 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
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| Pottstown PA 19464 |
| (484) 945-2101 |
| www.add.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 10001 |
| (800) 232-5463 |
| (212) 502-7600 |
| afbinfo@afb.net |
| www.afb.org |
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| Epilepsy |
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| Sioux Land Epilepsy Support Group Inc.
4230 Hickory Lane, Suite 414 |
| Sioux City IA 51106 |
| (712) 281-1741 |
| slf197@cableone.net |
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| Mental Health |
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| Nebraska Family Support Network
3568 Dodge Street, Suite #2 |
| Omaha NE 68131-3222 |
| (800) 245-6081 |
| (402) 345-0791, Ext. 204 |
| nfsn@nefamilysupport.org |
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| Speech, Language, and Hearing |
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| Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association
455 S. 11th Street, Suite A |
| Lincoln NE 68508-2105 |
| (402) 476-9573 |
| angie@nslha.org |
| www.nslha.org |
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| Organizations for Parents |
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| The Ollie Webb Center Pilot Parents
1941 S. 42nd Street, Suite 122 |
| Omaha NE 68105 |
| (402) 346-5220 |
| www.olliewebbinc.org |
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| Other Disability Organizations |
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| 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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