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.tx.us/ State Department of Education: Special Education Special Programs, Monitoring, and Interventions Texas Education Agency 1701 N. Congress Avenue Austin   TX   78701-1494 (512) 463-9414 (800) 252-9668 sped@tea.state.tx.us www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 3 Department of Assistive & Rehabilitative Services Division for Early Childhood Intervention Services 4900 N. Lamar Boulevard Austin   TX   78751-2399 (512) 424-6754 (800) 628-5115 (Information & Referral) careline@dars.state.tx.us www.dars.state.tx.us/ State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services 4800 N. Lamar Austin   TX   78751 (800) 628-5115 http://www.dars.state.tx.us/ Coordinator for Transition Services Division of IDEA Coordination Texas Education Agency 1701 N. Congress Avenue Austin   TX   78701 (512) 463-9414 http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/cte/index.html Department of State Health Services Department of State Health Services 1100 W. 49th Street Austin   TX   78756 (512) 458-7375 www.dshs.state.tx.us/ Councils on Developmental Disabilities Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities 6201 E. Oltorf, Suite 600 Austin   TX   78741-7509 (512) 437-5432 (800) 262-0334 tcdd@tcdd.state.tx.us www.txddc.state.tx.us/ Client Assistance Program Contact Protection and Advocacy Agency.     State CHIP Program (health care for low-income uninsured children) TexCare     (800) 647-6558 www.texcarepartnership.com/CHIP-CHIP-Page.htm Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired or Deaf-Blind Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 1100 W. 45th Street Austin   TX   78756 (512) 454-8631 (800) 872-5273 (to leave a message) (512) 206-9451 (TTY) daughertyb@tsbvi.edu www.tsbvi.edu/ Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing IDEA Coordination Texas Education Agency 1701 N. Congress Avenue Austin   TX   78701-1494 (512) 463-9414 brent.pitt@tea.state.tx.us www.tea.state.tx.us/deaf Education Resource Center on Deafness (ERCOD) Statewide Resources, Information, and Referral 1102 S. Congress Avenue Austin   TX   78704-1728 (512) 462-5329 (800) 332-3873 (V/TTY) ercod@tsd.state.tx.us www.tsd.state.tx.us/ State Education Agency Rural Representative Special Programs, Monitoring, and Interventions Texas Education Agency Division of Special Education 1701 N. Congress Avenue Austin   TX   78701-1494 (512) 463-9414 sped@tea.state.tx.us www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Center for Disability Studies University of Texas at Austin Pickle Research Campus 10100 Burnett Road, Building 137, Suite 1.154 Austin   TX   78759 (512) 232-0740 (800) 828-7839 (512) 232-0762 (TTY) txcds@uttcds.org http://tcds.edb.utexas.edu/ Technology-Related Assistance Contact University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities - Center for Disability Studies.     Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities Committee on People with Disabilities P.O. Box 12428 Austin   TX   78711 (512) 463-5742 (512) 463-5746 (TTY) 711 (Relay Service) aenglish@governor.state.tx.us www.governor.state.tx.us/disabilities State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind) NCLB Program Coordination Texas Education Agency 1701 N. Congress Avenue Austin   TX   78701 (512) 463-9414 www.tea.state.tx.us/nclb Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5 Division of IDEA Coordination Texas Education Agency 1701 N. Congress Avenue Austin   TX   78701-1494 (512) 463-9414 (800) 252-9668 (Parent Information Line) www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed Department of Aging and Disability Services 701 W. 51st Street Austin   TX   78751 (512) 438-3030 (800) 874-9426 (TTY) mail@dads.state.tx.us www.dads.state.tx.us/ Career and Technology Education Division of Curriculum Texas Education Agency 1701 N. Congress Avenue, Room 3-121 Austin   TX   78701 (512) 463-9581  www.tea.state.tx.us/Cate State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Services Program Purchased Health Services Unit Department of State Health Services 1100 W. 49th Street Austin   TX   78756-3179 (800) 252-8023 (Program Hotline) (888) 963-7111 cshcn@dshs.state.tx.us www.dshs.state.tx.us/cshcn/ Protection and Advocacy Agency Advocacy, Inc. 7800 Shoal Creek Boulevard, Suite 171-E Austin   TX   78757 (512) 454-4816 (800) 252-9108 (In TX) infoai@advocacyinc.org www.advocacyinc.org/ Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Services Program Purchased Health Services Unit Department of State Health Services 1100 W. 49th Street, MC 1938 Austin   TX   78714-9347 (512) 458-7355 (800) 252-8023 cshcn@dshs.state.tx.uss www.dshs.state.tx.us/cshcn/ Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services 4900 N. Lamar Austin   TX   78756 (800) 628-5115 www.dars.state.tx.us/ Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Texas School for the Deaf 1102 S. Congress Avenue Austin   TX   78704-1728 (512) 462-5300 (V/TTY) http://www.tsd.state.tx.us/ Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services P. O. Box 12904 Austin   TX   78711-2904 (512) 407-3250 (V); (512) 407 3251 (TTY) david.myers@dars.state.tx.us www.dars.state.tx.us/ Telecommunications Relay Services     (800) 735-2988 (V) (800) 735-2989 (TTY),711 (TTY) (800) 735-2991 (ASCII) (877) 826-6607(Speech to Speech) Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center DBTAC - Southwest ADA Center Independent Living Research Utilization 2323 S. Shepard Boulevard, Suite 1000 Houston   TX   77019 (713) 520-0232 (V/TTY) (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY) dlrp@ilru.org www.dlrp.org Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University Department of Educational Psychology 4225 Texas A&M University College Station   TX   77843-4225 (979) 845-4612 cdd@tamu.edu http://cdd.tamu.edu/ Special Format Library Talking Book Program Texas State Library and Archives Commission P.O. Box 12927 Austin   TX   78711-2927 (512) 463-5458 (800) 252-9605 tbp.services@tsl.state.tx.us www.texastalkingbooks.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 201 Landover   MD   20785 (301) 306-7070 (800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet) 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 Society of Greater Houston PO Box 2871 Houston   TX   77252-2871 (713) 513-7575 ghcasapres@aol.com http://www.houstonchapterasa.org Brain Injury Brain Injury Association of Texas 316 W. 12th Street, Suite 405 Austin   TX   78701 (512) 326-1212 (800) 392-0040 (in TX) info@biatx.org www.biatx.org/ Epilepsy Epilepsy Foundation of Texas - Houston/Dallas/ Ft. Worth     (888) 548-9716 www.eftx.org/ Learning Disabilities Learning Disabilities Association of Texas 1011 W. 3lst Street Austin   TX   78705 (512) 458-8234 (800) 604-7500 (in TX) contact@ldat.org www.ldat.org/ Mental Health America of Texas 1210 San Antonio, Suite 200 Austin   TX   78701 (512) 454-3706 Lynn@mhatexas.org www.mhatexas.org/ Texas Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health 7800 Shoal Creek Road 243-S Austin   TX   78752 (512) 407-8844 (866) 893-3264 PattiDerr@txffcmh.org www.txffcmh.org/ Tourette Syndrome Tourette Syndrome Association of Texas 3919 River Forest Richmond   TX   77469 (281) 238-8096 TouretteTexas@aol.com www.tourettetexas.org/ Attention Deficit Disorders Association - Southern Region (ADDA-SR) 12345 Jones Road, Suite 287-7 Houston   TX   77070 (281) 897-0982 addaoffice@pdq.net www.adda-sr.org/ Blind/Visual Impairments American Foundation for the Blind 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300 New York   NY   10001 (212) 502-7600 (800) 232-5463 afbinfo@afb.net www.afb.org/ Cerebral Palsy United Cerebral Palsy of Texas 1016 La Posada, Suite 145 Austin   TX   78752 (512) 472-8696 (800) 798-1492 (in TX) pfryer@ucpmemphis.org www.ucptexas.org/ Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities The Arc of Texas, Suite 100 8001 Centre Park Drive Austin   TX   78754 (512) 454-6694 (800) 252-9729 secretary@thearcoftexas.org www.thearcoftexas.org/ Mental Health Council of Families for Children P.O. Box 14259 Austin   TX   78714-2591 info@counciloffamilies.org www.counciloffamilies.org/ NAMI Texas Fountain Park Plaza III 2800 South IH 35, Suite 140 Austin   TX   78704 (512) 693-2000 (800) 633-3760 www.namitexas.org/ Speech, Language and Hearing Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association 918 Congress Avenue, Suite 200 Austin   TX   78701 (512) 494-1127 (888) 729-8742 www.txsha.org/ Back to Top

Organizations for Parents Parent Training and Information Centers (PTI) (Serving San Antonio, Houston, and the Lower Rio Grande Valley) Team Project Partners Resource Network, Inc. 3311 Richmond, Suite 334 Houston   TX   77098 (713) 524-2147 (877) 832-8945 (in TX) prnteam@sbcglobal.net www.partnerstx.org/ (Serving Amarillo, Lubbock, Abilene, San Angelo, and El Paso) PEN Project 1001 Main Street, Suite 804 Lubbock   TX   79401 (806) 762-1434 (877) 762-1435 (in TX) wtxpen@sbcglobal.net www.partnerstx.org/ Parents Supporting Parents Network at The Arc in the Rio Grande Valley 601 N. Texas Boulevard Weslaco   TX   78596 (956) 447-8408 (888) 857-8668 www.pspofrgv.org/ Parent-To-Parent Texas Parent to Parent 3710 Cedar Street, Box 12 Austin   TX   78705 (512) 458-8600 (866) 896-6001 Laura@txp2p.org www.txp2p.org/ Other Parent Organizations Family to Family Network 13150 FM 529, Suite 106 Houston   TX   77041 (713) 466-6304 f2fnetwork@sbcglobal.net www.texasprojectfirst.org/ (Serving Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Wichita Falls, Southeast and East Texas) PATH Project 1090 Longfellow Drive, Suite B Beaumont   TX   77706-4819 (409) 898-4684 (800) 866-4726 (in TX) partnersresource@sbcglobal.net www.partnerstx.org/ Community Parent Resource Centers CDIC - Community Parent Resource Center 1101 E. Schuster El Paso   TX   79902 (915) 217-2747 gilda@elprc.org (Serving Houston independent school districts: South, South central & Central) Special Kids, Inc. (SKI) P.O. Box 266958 Houston   TX   77207 (713) 734-5355 speckidsinc@yahoo.com www.specialkidsinc.org/ Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Texas PTA 408 W. 11th Street Austin   TX   78701-2113 (512) 476-6769 (800) 825-5782 txpta@txpta.org www.txpta.org/ Family Support Network, Texas A&M University 4225 Texas A&M University College Station   TX   77843-4225 (979) 845-4612 fsn@tamu.edu http://fsn.tamu.edu/ Back to Top

Other Disability Organizations Easter Seals North Texas 1555 Merrimac Circle, Suite 102 Ft. Worth   TX   76107 (817) 759-7900 (888) 288-8324 (in TX) mail@easterseals-fw.org www.fortworth.easterseals.com/ Independent Living Texas State Independent Living Council (SILC) 5555 N. Lamar, Suite K103 Austin   TX   78766 (512) 371-7353 (877) 371-7353 texsilc@texas.net www.txsilc.org/ Disability Policy Consortium 1016 La Posada Drive, Suite 145 Austin   TX   78752 (512) 371-1783 info@dpctexas.org toni@dpctexas.org www.dpctexas.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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