NICHCY: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilitites

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State Agencies 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.state.nj.us/ State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind) New Jersey Department of Education 100 Riverview Plaza P.O. Box 500 Trenton   NJ   08625-0500 (609) 292-4442 suzanne.ochse@doe.state.nj.us www.state.nj.us/education Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5 Office of Special Education Programs New Jersey Department of Education 100 Riverview Plaza P. O. Box 500 Trenton   NJ   08625-0500 (609) 984-4950 special.education@doe.state.nj.us www.state.nj.us/education Coordinator for Transition Services Office of Special Education Programs New Jersey Department of Education Riverview Executive Plaza Building 100 Route 29 P.O. Box 500 Trenton   NJ   08625 (609) 633-6431 robert.haugh@doe.state.nj.us www.state.nj.us/education State Mental Health Agency Division of Mental Health Services New Jersey Department of Human Services 50 E. State Street, Capital Center P. O. Box 727 Trenton   NJ   08625-0727 (800) 382-6717 (609) 777-0702 dmhsmail@DHS.state.nj.us www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dmhs/home/ Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities Division of Developmental Disabilities New Jersey Department of Human Services P.O. Box 726 Trenton   NJ   08625-0726 (609) 631-2200 (800) 832-9173 kenneth.ritchey@dhs.state.nj.us www.state.nj.us/humanservices/ddd/home/ Protection and Advocacy Agency 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 Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs 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 Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired 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/ Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind New Jersey Association of the Deaf-Blind 24K World Fair Drive Summerset   NJ   08873 (732) 805-1912 (V/TTY) www.njadb.org State Education Agency Rural Representative Special Education High Point Regional High School 299 Pigeon Hill Road Sussex   NJ   07461 (973) 875-3102 University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities 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 State Mediation System 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/ State Department of Education: Special Education Office of Special Education Programs New Jersey Department of Education 100 Riverview Plaza P. O. Box 500 Trenton   NJ   08625-0500 (609) 633-6833 Roberta.Wohle@doe.state.nj.uss www.state.nj.us/education Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2 Department of Health and Senior Services Division of Family Health Services Early Intervention System 50 E. State Street P. O. Box 364 Trenton   NJ   08625-0364 (800) 322-8174 (Childfind Birth-21) (609) 777-7734 terry.harrison@doh.state.nj.us www.state.nj.us/health/fhs/eis/index.shtml State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services New Jersey Department of Labor 135 E. State Street P.O. Box 398 Trenton   NJ   08625-0398 (609) 292-5987 (609) 292-2919 (TTY) thomas.jennings@dol.state.nj.us http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/dvrs/DVRIndex.html Office of State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities 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 State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth Division of Child Behavioral Health Services 50 E. State Street, 4th Floor P.O. Box 717 Trenton   NJ   08625-0717 (609) 292-4741 nadezhda.robinson@dcf.state.nj.us www.state.nj.us/dcf/behavioral Councils on Developmental Disabilities 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 Client Assistance Program Contact Protection and Advocacy, Inc.     State CHIP Program (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 Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing 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/ Telecommunications Relay Services     (800) 852-7897 (V) (800) 852-7899 (TTY); 711 (TTY) (800) 229-5746 (Speech to Speech - English) (866) 260-9470 (Speech to Speech - Spanish) Regional ADA Technical Assistance Center DBTAC - Northeast ADA Center Cornell University 201 Dolgen Hall Ithaca   NY   14853-3901 (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY/Spanish) (607) 255-6686 (V/TTY/Spanish) dbtacnortheast@cornell.edu www.dbtacnortheast.org Technology-Related Assistance 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 Special Format Library 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/ Back to Top

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 (800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet) (301) 306-7070 www.chadd.org Autism National autism organizations are listed at the end of NICHCY's autism page, http://www.nichcy.org/Disabilities/Specific/Pages/autism.aspx. Autism New Jersey PO Box 55120 Trenton   NJ   08638 (609) 588-8200 (800) 4-AUTISM information@autismnj.org http://www.autismnj.org POAC (Parents of Autistic Children) 1999 Route 88 East Brick   NJ   08724 (732) 785-1099 info@poac.net www.poac.net ASPEN-Asperger Syndrome Education Network 9 Aspen Circle Edison   NJ   08820 (732) 321-0880 info@ASPENnj.org www.aspennj.org Parents of Blind Children-New Jersey 23 Alexander Avenue Madison   NJ   07940 (973) 377-0976 blindchildren@verizon.net www.blindchildren.org Brain Injury 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 Epilepsy Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey 1 AAA Drive Suite 203 Trenton   NJ   08691 (800) 336-5843 (609) 392-4900 ejoice@efnj.com www.efnj.com Learning Disabilities Learning Disabilities Association of New Jersey P.O. Box 492 Towaco   NJ   07082 (973) 265-4303 ldanj@optonline.net NAMI New Jersey 1562 Route 130 North Brunswick   NJ   08902 (732) 940-0991 info@naminj.org www.naminj.org/ Speech, Language, and Hearing New Jersey Speech-Language Hearing Association 203 Towne Centre Drive Hillsborough   NJ   08844 (908) 359-5308 info@njsha.com www.njsha.org Tourette Syndrome 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 Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) P.O. Box 543 Pottstown   PA   19464-0543 (484) 945-2101 www.add.org The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation P.O. Box 1149 Ridgewood   NJ   07451-1149 (877) 444-1149 (201) 444-4141 www.djfiddlefoundation.org FACES Autism Support Network PO Box 2341 Ventnor   NJ   08406 (609) 412-3750 facesgroup@comcast.net http://www.faces-autismsupport.org Blindness/Visual Impairment 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 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 Cerebral Palsy 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 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities The Arc of New Jersey 985 Livingston Avenue North Brunswick   NJ   08902-1843 (732) 246-2525 info@arcnj.org www.arcnj.org Mental Health Mental Health Association in New Jersey 88 Pompton Avenue, Suite 1 Verona   NJ   07044 (973) 571-4100 info@mhanj.org www.mhanj.org Special Health Care Needs 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 Spina Bifida 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 Back to Top

Organizations for Parents Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) 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 Parent-To-Parent New Jersey Statewide Parent-to-Parent 35 Halsey Street Newark   NJ   07102 (800) 372-6510 (908) 537-4673 Parent2Parent@spannj.org www.spannj.org/familywrap/parent2parent.htm Other Parent Organizations Special Parent Assistance & Resource Center (SPARC) UCP of Hudson County, Inc. 721 Broadway Bayonne   NJ   07002 (201) 656-3779 SPARKLEOFUCP@yahoo.com www.geocities.com/sparcofucp Community Parent Resource Center Association for Special Children & Families PO Box 494 Hewitt   NJ   07421 (973) 728-8744 ascfamily@hotmail.com www.ascfamily.org Parent Teacher Association (PTA) New Jersey Congress of Parents and Teachers 900 Berkeley Avenue Trenton   NJ   08618-5322 (609) 393-5004 nj_office@pta.org www.njpta.org New Jersey Parents Caucus 236 S. Salem Street Randolph   NJ   07869 (973) 989-8866 kathyw@njparentcaucus.org www.newjerseyparentscaucus.org Back to Top

Other Disability Organizations Alliance for the Betterment of Citizens with Disabilities 127 Route 206, Suite 18 Hamilton   NJ   08610 (609) 581-8375 lowell@abcdnj.org www.abcdnj.org Family Support Center of New Jersey 2516 Route 35 North Manasquan   NJ   08736 (800) 372-6510 (in NJ) (732) 528-8080 jacqui.moskowitz@fscnj.org www.fscnj.org 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 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 Easter Seals New Jersey 1 Kimberly Road East Brunswick   NJ   08816-1076 (800) 486-0027 (732) 257-6662 essnj@nj.easterseals.com www.eastersealsnj.org New Jersey Mentor Rehabilitative and Support Services for Persons with Acquired Brain Injury 505 S. Lenola Road Blason Office Plaza II, Suite 217 Moorestown   NJ   08057 (856) 235-5505 paula.blum@thementornetwork.com www.thementornetwork.com VSA arts of New Jersey 703 Jersey Avenue New Brunswick   NJ   08901 (732) 745-3885 (732) 745-3913 (TTY) info@vsanj.org www.vsanj.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) 207-0334 (V) (202) 207-0340 (TTY) ncil@ncil.org www.ncil.org Back to Top

The offices listed on NICHCY state sheets are primarily state-level offices. Even if an office is not close to your home, they can usually put you in touch with resources in your community, as well as provide you with information and assistance about disability issues in your state. If you find that an address or number has changed or is incorrect, please e-mail us at nichcy@aed.org and let us know.

A Note About Age of Eligibility:
Each state sets eligibility ages for services to children and youth with disabilities. For current information, please contact the office listed under Department of Education: Special Education for the state of interest.

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Esta página de recursos le ayudará a saber qué clase de ayuda hay en su estado para las personas con discapacidades y sus familias, cuáles organizaciones y agencias podrá contactar para mayor información, y ¡mucho más! Las oficinas identificados tienden a ser oficinas a nivel estatal, no local, pero usualmente pueden ponerle en contacto con recursos dentro de su comunidad. También pueden proveerle información y asistencia sobre los asuntos relacionados a la discapacidad en su estado.

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