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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.

All State Organizations
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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.georgia.gov
State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Georgia Department of Education
1854 Twin Towers East
Atlanta   GA   30334
(404) 657-4209
ckeith@doe.k12.ga.us
www.doe.k12.ga.us
Programs for Infants and Young Children: Ages Birth through 5
Bright from the Start
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
10 Park Place South
Atlanta   GA   30303
(404) 656-5957
http://decal.ga.gov/
State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Georgia Department of Labor
1700 Century Circle, Suite 300
Atlanta   GA   30345-3020
(404) 486-6364
dru.fentem@dol.state.ga.us
www.vocrehabga.org
Office of State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities
Vocational Education Special Needs Unit
Georgia Department of Education
1752 Twin Towers East
Atlanta   GA   30334
(404) 656-3042
dfleming@doe.k12.ga.us
State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth
Department of Human Resources
Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases
2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 23.420
Atlanta   GA   30303-3171
(404) 657-5681
dmorgan@dhr.state.ga.us
http://mhddad.dhr.georgia.gov/portal/site/DHR-MHDDAD/
Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities
Office of Developmental Disabilities
Division of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases
Department of Human Resources
2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 22.108
Atlanta   GA   30303-3142
(404) 463-8037
srhall1@dhr.state.ga.us
http://mhddad.dhr.georgia.gov/
Protection and Advocacy Agency
The Georgia Advocacy Office
150 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 430
Decatur   GA   30030
(800) 537-2329 (in GA only)
(404) 885-1234 (V/TTY)
info@thegao.org
www.thegao.org
Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Office of Children with Special Needs
Department of Human Resources
Division of Public Health
Family Health Branch
2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 11-227
Atlanta   GA   30303
(888) 651-8224
(404) 657-2726
www.health.state.ga.us/programs
Telecommunications Relay Services
(800) 255-0135 (V)
(800) 255-0056 (TTY);   711 (TTY)  
(800) 229-5746 (Speech to Speech-English)
(866) 260-9470 (Speech to Speech-Spanish)
State Education Agency Rural Representative
Division for Exceptional Students
Georgia Department of Education
1870 Twin Towers East
Atlanta   GA   30334-9048
(404) 656-3963
www.gadoe.org
Technology-Related Assistance
Georgia Department of Labor
Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Tools for Life, Georgia Assistive Technology Act Program
1700 Century Circle, Suite 300
Atlanta   GA   30345
(800) 497-8665
(404) 638-0390
(404) 486-6333 (TTY)
info@gatfl.org
www.gatfl.org
Special Format Library
Georgia Library for Accessible Services
1150 Murphy Avenue, S.W.
Atlanta   GA   30310
(800) 248-6701
(404) 756-4619
glass@georgialibraries.org; scone@georgialibraries.org
www.georgialibraries.org
State Department of Education: Special Education
Division for Exceptional Students
Georgia Department of Education
1870 Twin Towers East
Atlanta   GA   30334-9048
(404) 656-3963
www.gadoe.org
Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2
Babies Can't Wait Program/
Children And Youth with Special Needs
Division of Public Health
Department of Human Resources
2 Peachtree Street, 11.217
Atlanta   GA   30303-3186
(800) 229-2038
(404) 657-2726
dlcheatham@dhr.state.ga.us
www.health.state.ga.us/programs/bcw
Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 6
Division for Exceptional Students
Georgia Department of Education
1870 Twin Towers East
Atlanta   GA   30334-5060
(404) 657-9965
jstevens@doe.k12.ga.us
www.doe.k12.ga.us
Coordinator for Transition Services
Contact Vocational Rehabilitation Agency.
   
State Mental Health Agency
Division of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases
Department of Human Resources
2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 22.224
Atlanta   GA   30303-3142
(404) 657-2260
gbskinner@dhr.state.ga.us
www.mhddad.dhr.georgia.gov
State Program for Brain and Spinal Injuries
Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission
2 Peachtree Street NW, 26.426
Atlanta   GA   30303
(888) 233-5760
(404) 656-5960
clyoung@dhr.state.ga.us
www.bsitf.state.ga.us
Councils on Developmental Disabilities
Georgia Council On Developmental Disabilities
2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 26th Floor
Atlanta   GA   30303
(888) 275-4233
(404) 657-2126
(404) 657-2133 (TDD)
eejacobson@dhr.state.ga.us
www.gcdd.org
Client Assistance Program
Georgia Client Assistance Program
123 N. McDonough Street
Decatur   GA   30030
800) 822-9727 (in GA only)
(404) 373-2040 (V/TTY)
www.vocrehabga.org/lev3j.html
State CHIP Program
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
PeachCare for Kids
P.O. Box 2583
Atlanta   GA   30301-2583
(877) 427-3224
www.peachcare.org
Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind
Georgia Sensory Assistance Project
Georgia State University
Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education (EPSE)
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta   GA   30302-3979
(800) 597-2356 (V/TTY)
(404) 413-8316
kheller@gsu.edu
http://education.gsu.edu/georgiadeafblindproj
Regional ADA Technical Assistance Center
Burton Blatt Institute
Syracuse University
1419 Mayson Street
Atlanta   GA   30324
(800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
(404) 541-9001
sedbtacproject@law.syr.edu
www.sedbtac.org
State Mediation System
Division for Exceptional Students
Georgia Department of Education
1870 Twin Towers East
Atlanta   GA   30334-9048
(404) 656-3963
www.gadoe.org
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Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:

Cherokee/Cobb County, North Atlanta & Central Georgia CHADD
350 Weatherstone Place
Woodstock   GA   30188
(770) 517-6963
NorthAtlantaCHADD@yahoo.com
www.chaddonline.org/chapters/chadd108.html
Autism
To identify an autism group in your state, contact:
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300 
Bethesda   MD   20814
(800) 3-AUTISM
(301) 657-0881
www.autism-society.org
Brain Injury
Brain Injury Association of Georgia/Brain Injury Resource Foundation
1441 Clifton Road, NE #114-A 
Atlanta   GA   30322
kparsatl@hotmail.com
www.birf.info
Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta
4355J Cobb Parkway, Suite 213 
Atlanta   GA   30339
(404) 320-3233
contactus@atlantadsaa.org
www.atlantadsaa.org
Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association of Georgia
2566 Shallowford Road, Suite 104, PMB 353
Atlanta   GA   30345
(404) 303-7774
ldaga@bellsouth.net
www.ldag.org

NAMI-Georgia
3050 Presidential Drive, Suite 202 
Atlanta   GA   30340
(800) 728-1052
(770) 234-0855
NAMI-GA@nami.org
www.namiga.org
Special Health Care Needs
Family Voices of Georgia
2460 LeHaven Drive
Tucker   GA   30084
(770) 256-2988
www.familyvoices.org
Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida Association of Georgia, Inc.
1448 McLendon Drive, Suite B
Decatur   GA   30033
(770) 939-1044
info@spinabifidaga.org
www.spinabifidaga.org

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543
Pottstown   PA   19464-0543
(484) 945-2101
www.add.org
Blind/Visual Impairments
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
United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia, Inc.
3300 Northeast Expressway, Building #9
Atlanta   GA   30341
(770) 676-2000
dwilush@ucpga.org
www.ucpga.org
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia
6065 Roswell Road, NE, Suite 515 
Atlanta   GA   30328
(800) 527-7105 (In GA)
(404) 527-7155
epilepsy@epilepsyga.org
www.epilepsyga.org
Mental Health
National Mental Health Association of Georgia
100 Edgewood Avenue, N.E., Suite 502
Atlanta   GA   30303
(404) 527-7175
ellyn@mhageorgia.org
www.nmhag.org

Georgia Parent Support Network
1381 Metropolitan Parkway 
Atlanta   GA   30310
(800) 832-8645
(404) 758-4500
sue.smith@gpsn.org
www.gpsn.org
Speech, Language, and Hearing
Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association
20423 State Road 7, Suite F6-491
Boca Raton   FL   33498
(800) 226-4742
execdir@gsha.org
www.gsha.org
Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome Association of Georgia
P.O. Box 6147 
Athens   GA   30606
(706) 248-9784
tsageorgia@bellsouth.net
www.georgiatourette.org
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Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Parent Training and Information Center
3805 Presidential Parkway, Suite 207 
Atlanta   GA   30340
(800) 229-2038
(770) 451-5484
info@parenttoparentofga.org
www.parenttoparentofga.org
Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
114 Baker Street, N.E. 
Atlanta   GA   30308-3366
(404) 659-0214
gapta@bellsouth.net
www.georgiapta.org
Parent-To-Parent
Contact the Parent Training and Information Center.
   
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Easter Seals North Georgia
1200 Lake Hearn Drive, Suite 250 
Atlanta   GA   30319
(404) 214-2006
ddavidson@esng.easterseals.com

Georgia Children's Network (GCN)
1105 Rock Pointe Look
Woodstock   GA   30188
(770) 442-8357
carolsadler@bellsouth.net
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GA-ChildrensNetwork

VSA arts of Georgia
Healey Building
57 Forsyth Street, N.W., Suite R1
Atlanta   GA   30303
(404) 221-1270, ext. 207
www.vsaartsga.org
Independent Living
Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, Inc.
755 Commerce Drive, Suite 415 
Decatur   GA   30030
(888) 288-9780
(770) 270-6860
(770) 270-5671
ppuckett@silcga.org
www.silcga.org

Easter Seals Southern Georgia
1906 Palmyra Road 
Albany   GA   31701
(229) 439-7061
benglish@swga-easterseals.org
www.southerngeorgia.easterseals.com

Fragile Kids Foundation
3350 Riverwood Parkway, Suite 1400 
Atlanta   GA   30339
(770) 951-6111
help@fragilekids.org
http://fragilekids-org.doodlekit.com/home

(for the development and special needs of the extremely premature infant)
Emory-Children's Center
2015 Uppergate Drive

Atlanta   GA   30322
www.emoryhealthcare.org/departments/childcenter/neo_natal.html

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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