| 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.wv.gov/ |
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| State Department of Education: Special Education |
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| Office of Special Programs, Extended and Early Learning
Department of Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 6, Room 304 |
| Charleston WV 25305-0330 |
| (800) 642-8541 |
| (304) 558-2696 |
| lboyer@access.k12.wv.us |
| http://wvde.state.wv.us/ose |
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| State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind) |
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| West Virginia Department of Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East |
| Charleston WV 25305 |
| (304) 558-2699 |
| http://wvachieves.k12.wv.us/ |
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| Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities under Part C of IDEA: Ages Birth To 3 |
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| West Virginia Birth to Three
Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health
Bureau of Public Health
350 Capitol Street, Room 427 |
| Charleston WV 25301 |
| (800) 642-9704 |
| (304) 558-5388 |
| pamroush@wvdhhr.org |
| www.wvdhhr.org/birth23 |
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| Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5 |
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| Office of Special Programs, Extended and Early Learning
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 6, Room 304 |
| Charleston WV 25305-0330 |
| (304) 558-2696 |
| vhuffman@access.k12.wv.us |
| http://wvde.state.wv.us |
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| State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency |
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| Division of Rehabilitation Services
State Capitol Complex
P.O. Box 50890 |
| Charleston WV 25305-0890 |
| (304) 766-4601 |
| debbie.lovely@wvdrs.org |
| www.wvdrs.org |
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| Coordinator for Transition Services |
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| Office of Special Programs, Extended and Early Learning
West Virginia Department of Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 6, Room 304 |
| Charleston WV 25305-0330 |
| (304) 558-2696 |
| kruddle@access.k12.wv.us |
| http://wvde.state.wv.us/ose/ |
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| Office of State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities |
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| Division of Technical and Adult Education Services
West Virginia Department of Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 6, Room B-221 |
| Charleston WV 25305-0330 |
| (304) 558-2696 |
| shopkins@access.k12.wv.us |
| http://wvde.state.wv.us |
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| State Mental Health Agency |
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| Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities
Department of Health and Human Resources
350 Capitol Street, Room 350 |
| Charleston WV 25301-3702 |
| (304) 558-0298 |
| jbianconi@wvdhhr.org |
| www.wvdhhr.org/bhhf |
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| State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth |
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| Division for Childrens Services
Office of Behavioral Health Services
Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities
Department of Health and Human Resources
350 Capitol Street, Room 350 |
| Charleston WV 25301-3702 |
| (304) 558-3633 |
| davidmajic@wvdhhr.org |
| www.wvdhhr.org |
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| Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities |
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| Division of Developmental Disabilities
Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities
Department of Health and Human Resources
350 Capitol Street, Room 350 |
| Charleston WV 25301-3702 |
| (304) 558-0627 |
| www.wvdhhr.org |
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| Councils on Developmental Disabilities |
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| West Virginia Developmental Disabilities Council
110 Stockton Street |
| Charleston WV 25312 |
| (304) 558-0416 |
| (304) 558-2376 (TTY) |
| swiseman@wvdhhr.org |
| www.wvddc.org |
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| Client Assistance Program |
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| Client Assistance Program
West Virginia Advocates
1207 Quarrier Street, 4th Floor |
| Charleston WV 25301 |
| (800) 950-5250 (in WV) |
| (304) 346-0847 (V/TTY) |
| WVAinfo@wvadvocates.org |
| www.wvadvocates.org |
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| Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs |
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| Children with Special Health Care Needs
Office of Maternal Child and Family Health
Bureau for Public Health
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
350 Capitol Street, Room 427 |
| Charleston WV 25301-3714 |
| (304) 558-5388 |
| www.wvdhhr.org |
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| State CHIP Program |
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| (health care for low-income uninsured children)
WV CHIP |
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| (877) 982-2447 |
| www.wvchip.org |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing or Deaf-Blind |
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| West Virginia Department of Education
State Capitol Complex
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 6, Room 304 |
| Charleston WV 25305-0330 |
| (800) 642-8541 |
| (304) 558-2696 |
| acarey@access.k12.wv.us |
| raking@access.k12.wv.us |
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| Telecommunications Relay Services for Individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or with Speech Impairments |
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| (800) 982-8772 (V) |
| (800) 982-8771 (TTY); 711 (TTY) |
| (800) 229-5746 (Speech to Speech - English) |
| (866) 260-9470 (Speech to Speech - Spanish) |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired |
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| Office of Special Programs, Extended and Early Learning
Department of Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 6, Room 304 |
| Charleston WV 25305-0330 |
| (800) 642-8541 |
| (304) 558-2696 |
| acarey@access.k12.wv.us |
| http://wvde.state.wv.us/ose/ |
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| Regional ADA Technical Assistance Center |
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| DBTAC: Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
TransCen, Inc.
451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 700 |
| Rockville MD 20850 |
| (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY - DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV) |
| (301) 217-0124 (V/TTY) |
| adainfo@transcen.org |
| www.adainfo.org |
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| University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities |
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| West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities
959 Hartman Run Road |
| Morgantown WV 26505 |
| (304) 293-4692 |
| wvuced@hsc.wvu.edu |
| www.cedwvu.org/ |
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| Technology-Related Assistance |
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| Rehab Technology Department
Division of Rehabilitation Services
P.O. Box 1004 |
| Institute WV (304) 766-4600 |
| 25112 |
| www.wvdrs.org |
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| Disability-Specific Organizations |
| Attention Deficit Disorder - To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either: |
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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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| Autism |
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| West Virginia Autism Training Center
Marshall University
One John Marshall Drive |
| Huntington WV 25755-2430 |
| (800) 344-5115 (in WV) |
| (304) 696-2332 |
| www.marshall.edu/coe/atc |
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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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| American Foundation for the Blind Technology
949 Third Avenue, Suite 200 |
| Huntington WV 25701 |
| (304) 523-8651 |
| techctr@afb.net |
| www.afb.org |
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| Brain Injury |
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| Brain Injury Association of West Virginia, Inc.
P.O. Box 574 |
| Institute WV 25112 |
| (800) 356-6443 (in WV) |
| (304) 766-4892 |
| www.BIAUSA.org/WVirginia |
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| Speech, Language, and Hearing |
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| West Virginia Speech-Language-Hearing Association
325 Jones Avenue |
| Oak Hill WV 25901 |
| (304) 465-3058 |
| president@wvsha.org |
| www.wvsha.org |
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| Organizations for Parents |
| Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) |
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| West Virginia Parent Training and Information Project (WVPTI)
1701 Hamill Avenue |
| Clarksburg WV 26301 |
| (800) 281-1436 (In WV) |
| (304) 624-1436 (V/TTY) |
| wvpti@aol.com |
| www.wvpti.org |
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| Parent-To-Parent |
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| West Virginia Parent-Educator Resource Center (PERC) Project
509 W. Martin Street |
| Martinsburg WV 25401 |
| (304) 263-5717 |
| bcperc@yahoo.com |
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| Parent Teacher Association (PTA) |
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| West Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers
P.O. Box 3557 |
| Parkersburg WV 26103-3557 |
| (304) 420-9576 |
| wv_office@pta.org |
| www.wvpta.net/ |
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| Parent-Educator Resource Center |
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| West Virginia Department of Education
Office of Special Programs, Extended and Early Learning
1900 Kanawha Boulevard E, Building 6, Room 304 |
| Charleston WV 25305 |
| (800) 642-8541 (in WV) |
| (304) 558-2696 |
| bpeterso@access.k12.wv.us |
| http://wvde.state.wv.us |
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| Other Disability Organizations |
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| Easter Seals West Virginia
1305 National Road |
| Wheeling WV 26003-5780 |
| (800) 677-1390 |
| (304) 242-1390 (V/TTY) |
| www.wv.easterseals.com |
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| Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D)
Regional Unit of the Virginias and Carolinas
3500 Remson Court |
| Charlottesville VA 22901 |
| (866) 877-7323 |
| (434) 293-4797 |
| www.rfbd.org/ruvc |
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| West Virginia Family Support Program
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Bureau of Behavioral Health and Health Facilities
Division of Developmental Disabilities
350 Capitol Street, Room 350 |
| Charleston WV 25301-3702 |
| (304) 558-3616 |
| cassandratoliver@wvdhhr.org |
| www.wvdhhr.org/bhhf/famsup1.asp |
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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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