| 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.state.nj.us/ |
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| Office of State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities |
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| Office of Career and Technical Education
New Jersey Department of Education
100 Riverview Plaza
P. O. Box 500 |
| Trenton NJ 08625-0500 |
| (609) 633-0665 |
| marie.barry@doe.state.nj.us |
| www.state.nj.us/education |
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| Councils on Developmental Disabilities |
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| New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities
20 W. State Street, 7th floor
P. O. Box 700 |
| Trenton NJ 08625-0700 |
| (609) 292-3745 |
| alison.lozano@njddc.org |
| www.njddc.org |
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| Protection and Advocacy Agency |
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| New Jersey Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
210 S. Broad Street, 3rd Floor |
| Trenton NJ 08608 |
| (800) 922-7233 (in NJ) |
| (609) 292-9742 |
| (609) 633-7106 (TTY) |
| advocate@njpanda.org |
| www.njpanda.org |
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| Client Assistance Program |
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| Contact Protection and Advocacy, Inc. |
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| Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs |
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| Special Child Health and Early Intervention Services
Division of Family Health
Public Health Services Branch
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
P.O. Box 364 |
| Trenton NJ 08625-0364 |
| (609) 984-0755 |
| gloria.rodriguez@doh.state.nj.us |
| www.state.nj.us/health |
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| State CHIP Program |
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| (health care for low-income uninsured children)
New Jersey Family Care
P.O. Box 4818 |
| Trenton NJ 08650-4818 |
| (800) 701-0710 |
| www.njfamilycare.org |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired |
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| Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
New Jersey Department of Human Services
153 Halsey Street, 6th Floor
P.O. Box 47017 |
| Newark NJ 07101 |
| (973) 648-2324 |
| www.state.nj.us/humanservices/cbvi/home/ |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
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| Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
New Jersey Department of Human Services
P. O. Box 074 |
| Trenton NJ 08625-0074 |
| (800) 792-8339 (V/TTY in NJ only) |
| (609) 984-7281 (V/TTY) |
| (866) 771-7947 VP (Video Phone) |
| ira.hock@dhs.state.nj.us |
| www.state.nj.us/humanservices/ddhh/home/ |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind |
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| New Jersey Association of the Deaf-Blind
24K World Fair Drive |
| Summerset NJ 08873 |
| (732) 805-1912 (V/TTY) |
| www.njadb.org |
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| Telecommunications Relay Services |
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| (800) 852-7897 (V) |
| (800) 852-7899 (TTY); 711 (TTY) |
| (800) 229-5746 (Speech to Speech - English) |
| (866) 260-9470 (Speech to Speech - Spanish) |
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| State Education Agency Rural Representative |
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| Special Education
High Point Regional High School
299 Pigeon Hill Road |
| Sussex NJ 07461 |
| (973) 875-3102 |
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| University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities |
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| The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Liberty Plaza
335 George Street, 3rd Floor
P.O. Box 2688 |
| New Brunswick NJ 08903-2688 |
| (732) 235-9300 |
| deborah.spitalnik@umdnj.edu |
| http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/boggscenter |
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| Technology-Related Assistance |
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| Assistive Technology Advocacy Center
New Jersey Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
210 S. Broad Street, Third Floor |
| Trenton NJ 08608 |
| (800) 922-7233 (in NJ) |
| (609) 292-9742 |
| (609) 633-7106 (TTY) |
| advocate@njpanda.org |
| www.njpanda.org |
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| State Mediation System |
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| Office of Special Education Programs
New Jersey Department of Education
100 Riverview Plaza
P.O. Box 500 |
| Trenton NJ 08625-0500 |
| (609) 984-1286 |
| www.state.nj.us/education/ |
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| Special Format Library |
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| New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped
2300 Stuyvesant Avenue |
| Trenton NJ 08618 |
| (800) 792-8322 |
| (609) 530-3239 |
| njlbh@njstatelib.org |
| www.njlbh.org/ |
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| Disability-Specific Organizations |
| Attention Deficit Disorder |
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| 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 |
| Pottstown PA 19464-0543 |
| (484) 945-2101 |
| www.add.org |
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| The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation
P.O. Box 1149 |
| Ridgewood NJ 07451-1149 |
| (877) 444-1149 |
| (201) 444-4141 |
| www.djfiddlefoundation.org |
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| New Jersey Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community (COSAC)
1450 Parkside Avenue, Suite 22 |
| Ewing NJ 08638 |
| (800) 4-AUTISM (in NJ) |
| (609) 883-8100 |
| information@njcosac.org |
| www.njcosac.org |
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| POAC Parents of Autistic Children
One Bethany Road, Suite 72 |
| Hazlet NJ 07730 |
| (732) 888-1000 |
| www.poac.net |
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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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| National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
254 Spruce Street |
| Bloomfield NJ 07003 |
| (866) 632-1940 |
| (973) 743-0075 |
| nfbnj@yahoo.com |
| www.nfbnj.org |
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| Brain Injury |
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| Brain Injury Association of New Jersey
1090 King George Post Road, Suite 708 |
| Edison NJ 08837 |
| (800) 669-4323 (in NJ only) |
| (732) 738-1002 |
| info@bianj.org |
| www.bianj.org |
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| Cerebral Palsy |
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| Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey
1005 Whitehead Road Extension, Suite 1 |
| Ewing NJ 08638 |
| (888) 322-1918 |
| (609) 882-4182 |
| info@cpofnj.org |
| www.cpofnj.org |
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| Epilepsy |
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Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey
1 AAA Drive
Suite 203
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| Trenton NJ 08691 |
| (800) 336-5843 |
| (609) 392-4900 |
| ejoice@efnj.com |
| www.efnj.com |
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| Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities |
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| The Arc of New Jersey
985 Livingston Avenue |
| North Brunswick NJ 08902-1843 |
| (732) 246-2525 |
| info@arcnj.org |
| www.arcnj.org |
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| Learning Disabilities |
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| Learning Disabilities Association of New Jersey
P.O. Box 492 |
| Towaco NJ 07082 |
| (973) 265-4303 |
| ldanj@optonline.net |
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| Mental Health |
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| Mental Health Association in New Jersey
88 Pompton Avenue, Suite 1 |
| Verona NJ 07044 |
| (973) 571-4100 |
| info@mhanj.org |
| www.mhanj.org |
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| Special Health Care Needs |
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| Family Voices of New Jersey, at SPAN
35 Halsey Street, 4th floor |
| Newark NJ 07102 |
| (800) 654-SPAN, ext. 110 |
| (973) 642-8100 |
| span@spannj.org |
| www.spannj.org |
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| Speech, Language, and Hearing |
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| New Jersey Speech-Language Hearing Association
203 Towne Centre Drive |
| Hillsborough NJ 08844 |
| (908) 359-5308 |
| info@njsha.com |
| www.njsha.org |
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| Spina Bifida |
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| Spina Bifida Association of Tri-State Region
84 Park Avenue, Suite G-106 |
| Flemington NJ 08822 |
| (908) 782-7475 |
| info@sbatsr.org |
| www.sbatsr.org |
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| Tourette Syndrome |
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| Tourette Syndrome Association of New Jersey, Inc.
50 Division Street, Suite 205 |
| Somerville, NJ 08876 Somerville, NJ 08876 08876 |
| (732) 972-4459 (TSANJ Helpline) |
| (908) 575-7350 |
| njtsa@aol.com |
| www.tsanj.org |
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| Organizations for Parents |
| Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) |
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| Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN)
35 Halsey Street, 4th Floor |
| Newark NJ 07102 |
| (800) 654-7726 (In NJ) |
| (973) 642-8100 |
| span@spannj.org |
| www.spannj.org |
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| Community Parent Resource Center |
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| Highlands Parent Center of the Association for Special Children & Families
1810 Macopin Road |
| West Milford, NJ 07480 NJ West Milford, NJ 07480 |
| (973) 728-0999 (Helpline) |
| (973) 728-8744 |
| ascfamily@hotmail.com |
| www.ascfamily.org |
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| Parent Teacher Association (PTA) |
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| New Jersey Congress of Parents and Teachers
900 Berkeley Avenue |
| Trenton NJ 08618-5322 |
| (609) 393-5004 |
| nj_office@pta.org |
| www.njpta.org |
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| Other Disability Organizations |
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| New Jersey Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
(free help to those seeking to find or start a local or national support group)
375 E. McFarlan Street |
| Dover NJ 07801 |
| (800) 367-6274 (in NJ) |
| (973) 989-1122 |
| ed@selfhelpgroups.org |
| www.njgroups.org |
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| Independent Living |
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| 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 |
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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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