| 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.usvitourism.vi/official_business#government |
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| Department of Education: Special Education |
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| Department of Education
State Office of Special Education
1834 Kongens Gade
Charlotte Amalie |
| St. Thomas VI 00802-6746 |
| (340) 776-5802 |
| (340) 719-7682 (St. Croix Office) |
| cjohns@usviosep.org |
| www.usviosep.org |
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| Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 3 |
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| Infant and Toddlers Program
Department of Health
Elaine Co. Complex, Lower Level
Est. Contant #78-1, 2, 3
Lower Level |
| St. Thomas VI 00802 |
| (340) 777-8804, ext. 2623 |
| (340) 774-9290 (TDD) |
| birthto3usvi@viaccess.net |
| www.healthvi.org/index.php?page_id=98 |
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| Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5 |
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| Contact Department of Education: Special Education. |
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| Vocational Rehabilitation Agency |
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| Division Disabilities and Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Department of Human Services
Knud Hansen Complex, Building A
1303 Hospital Ground
Charlotte Amalie |
| St. Thomas VI 00802 |
| (340) 774-0930 |
| www.dhs.gov.vi/disabilities/index.html |
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| Office of Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities |
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| Career, Technical and Adult Education
Department of Education
1834 Kongens Gade
Charlotte Amalie |
| St. Thomas VI 00802-6746 |
| (340) 776-3484 |
| (340) 776-3488 (Fax) |
| ejcorneir@excite.com |
| www.doe.vi/11.html |
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| Mental Health Agency |
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| Division of Mental Health, Alcoholism and Drug Dependency Services
Barbel Plaza South, 1st Floor |
| St. Thomas VI 00801 |
| (340) 774-4888, ext. 2610 |
| ray.fonseca@usvi-doh.org |
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| Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth |
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| Contact Mental Health Agency. |
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| Monitoring and Improvement Planning |
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| Office of Special Education
Department of Education
1834 Kongens Gade
Charlotte Amalie |
| St. Thomas VI 00802 |
| (340) 719-7682 |
| anduzes@yahoo.com |
| www.usviosep.org/ |
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| Councils on Developmental Disabilities |
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| Contact Vocational Rehabilitation Agency. |
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| Protection and Advocacy Agency |
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| Disability Rights Center of the Virgin Islands
63 Cane Carlton |
| Fredericksted, St. Croix VI 00840 |
| (340) 772-1200 |
| (340) 772-4641 (TTY) |
| (340) 772-0609 (Fax) |
| amelia@drcvi.org |
| www.drcvi.org |
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| Client Assistance Program |
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| Contact Protection and Advocacy Agency. |
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| Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs |
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| Maternal Child Health and Children with Special Health
Care Needs Program
Virgin Islands Department of Health
2C Estate Contant, AQ Building, 2nd Floor
Charlotte Amalie |
| St. Thomas VI 00802 |
| (340) 776-3580 |
| www.healthvi.org/index.php |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
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| Contact Department of Education: Special Education. |
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| Telecommunications Relay Services |
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| 711 (TTY) |
| (800) 229-5746 (Speech to Speech - English) |
| (866) 260-9470 (Speech to Speech - Spanish) |
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| University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities |
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| Virgin Islands University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
University of the Virgin Islands
2 John Brewers Bay |
| St. Thomas VI 00802-9990 |
| (340)693-1322 (St. Thomas) |
| (340) 692-1919 (St. Croix) |
| yhabtes@uvi.edu |
| www.uvi.edu/sites/uvi/Pages/VIUCEDD-Home.aspx?s=CO |
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| Mediation System |
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| Contact Department of Education: Special Education. |
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| Organizations for Parents |
| Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) |
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| Virgin Islands Family Information Network on Disabilities
(V.I.FIND)
#2 Nye Gade
P.O. Box 11670 |
| St. Thomas VI 00802 |
| (340) 774-1662 |
| (340) 692-2323 (St. Croix) |
| (340) 779-4333 (St. John) |
| vifind@islands.vi |
| www.taalliance.org/ptis/vifind/ |
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| Other Disability Organizations |
| Independent Living |
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| To find out the contact information for the Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) in the Virgin Islands, 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 the Virgin Islands, 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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Reprinted with the permission of the National Dissemination Center.
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