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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.discovernd.com/ State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind) Standards and Achievement Department of Public Instruction 600 E. Boulevard Avenue, Department 201 Bismarck   ND   58505-0440 (701) 328-1838 ggallagher@nd.gov www.dpi.state.nd.us Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5 Office of Special Education Department of Public Instruction 600 E. Boulevard Avenue, Department 201 Bismarck   ND   58505-0440 (701) 328-2277 (701) 328-4920 (TTY) nskorheim@nd.gov www.dpi.state.nd.us/speced/index.shtm Coordinator for Transition Services Office of Special Education North Dakota Department of Public Instruction 600 E. Boulevard Avenue Bismarck   ND   58505-0440 (701) 328-2277 gsteevens@nd.gov www.dpi.state.nd.us/transitn/ State Mental Health Agency Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Developmental Disabilities Division Disabilities Determination Services 1237 W. Divide Avenue, Suite 1C Bismarck   ND   58501-1208 (701) 328-8920 (800) 755-2719 (In ND) sohoej@nd.gov www.nd.gov/dhs/services/mentalhealth/ Councils on Developmental Disabilities State Council on Developmental Disabilities North Dakota Department of Human Services State Capitol 600 E. Boulevard Bismarck   ND   58504 (701) 328-8953 sowalt@nd.gov http://ndcpd.misu.nodak.edu/uapdis/home.html Client Assistance Program North Dakota Client Assistance Program 1237 W. Divide Avenue, Suite 3 Bismarck   ND   58501-1208 (701) 328-8947 (800) 207-6122 (in ND) cap@nd.gov www.nd.gov/cap State CHIP Program (health care for low-income uninsured children) Healthy Steps Department 325 600 E. Boulevard Avenue Bismarck   ND   58505-0250 (800) 755-2604 somooa@nd.gov www.nd.gov/dhs/services/medicalserv/index.html Telecommunications Relay Services     (800) 366-6889 (V) (800) 366-6888 (TTY); 711 (TTY) (877) 366-3709 (Speech to Speech) Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind North Dakota School for the Deaf 1401 College Drive North Devils Lake   ND   58301 (701) 665-4401 (877) 630-6214 sherri.nelson@sendit.nodak.edu www.nd.gov/deafblind/ Regional ADA Technical Assistance Center DBTAC - Rocky Mountain ADA Center Meeting the Challenge, Inc. 3630 Sinton Road, Suite 103 Colorado Springs   CO   80907 (719) 444-0268 (V/TTY) (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY) technicalassistance@mtc-inc.com www.adainformation.org Technology-Related Assistance North Dakota Interagency Program for Assistive Technology 3509 Interstate Boulevard Fargo   ND   58103 (701) 365-4728 (V/TTY) (800) 265-4728 (V/TTY) jlee@ndipat.org www.ndipat.org Special Format Library North Dakota State Library Talking Book Services 604 E. Boulevard Avenue, Department 250 Bismarck   ND   58505-0800 (701) 328-1408 (800) 843-9948 (in ND) (800) 892-8622 (TTY, in ND) tbooks@nd.gov http://library.nd.gov/DisabilityServices.html State Department of Education: Special Education Office of Special Education Department of Public Instruction 600 E. Boulevard Avenue, Department 201 Bismarck   ND   58505-0440 (701) 328-2277 (701) 328-4920 (TTY) brutten@state.nd.us www.dpi.state.nd.us/speced/index.shtm Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2 Developmental Disabilities Division North Dakota Department of Human Services 1237 W. Divide Avenue, Suite 1A Bismarck   ND   58501 (701) 328-8936 (800) 755-8529 (In ND) sobald@nd.gov www.nd.gov/dhs/services/disabilities/earlyintervention/ State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Vocational Rehabilitation Division North Dakota Department of Human Services 1237 W. Divide Avenue, Suite 1B Bismarck   ND   58501 (701) 328-8950 (701) 328-8968 (TTY) (800) 755-2745 (In ND) nmckenzie@nd.gov www.nd.gov/dhs/rcs/individual/ State Board of Career and Technical Education State Board of Career and Technical Education 15th Floor, Capitol Tower 600 E. Boulevard Avenue Bismarck   ND   58505-0610 (701) 328-3178 gfreier@nd.gov www.nd.gov/cte Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities Disability Services Division Developmental Disabilities Unit North Dakota Department of Human Services 1237 W. Divide Avenue, Suite 1A Bismarck   ND   58501-1208 (701) 328-8930 (800) 755-8529 (in ND) dhsds@nd.gov www.nd.gov/dhs/services/disabilities/ Protection and Advocacy Agency North Dakota Protection and Advocacy Project 400 E. Boulevard Avenue, Suite 409 Bismarck   ND   58501 (701) 328-2950 (800) 472-2670 (in ND) (ND Relay 711) panda@nd.gov http://www.ndpanda.org Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs Children's Special Health Services Department of Human Services State Capitol 600 E. Boulevard Avenue, Department 325 Bismarck   ND   58505-0269 (701) 328-2436 (800) 755-2714 (in ND) dhscshs@nd.gov www.nd.gov/dhs/ Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing North Dakota School for the Deaf 1401 College Drive North Devils Lake   ND   58301 (701) 662-9000 www.discovernd.com/ndsd Programs for the Blind or Visually Impaired North Dakota Vision Services – School for the Blind 500 Stanford Road Grand Forks   ND   58203 (701) 795-2708 (800) 421-1181 csuminsk@nd.gov www.ndvisionservices.com State Education Agency Rural Representative North Dakota Department of Public Instruction State Capitol 600 E. Boulevard Avenue, Department 201 Bismarck   ND   58505-0440 (701) 328-4525 plaubach@nd.gov www.dpi.state.nd.us University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities Minot State University 500 University Avenue West Minot   ND   58707 (701) 858-3580 (800) 233-1737 ndcpd@minotstateu.edu www.ndcpd.org State Dispute Resolution System Department of Public Instruction-Special Education 600 E. Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 201 Bismarck   ND   58505-0440 (701) 328-2277 tmonicken@nd.gov www.dpi.state.nd.us 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 (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 North Dakota 628 6th Avenue Alice   ND   58031 (701) 281-8254 nd-northdakota@autismsocietyofamerica.org http://www.AutismND.org Red River Valley Asperger Network PO Box 281 West Fargo   ND   58078 (701) 566-1675 http://www.rrvasperger.org Brain Injury Brain Injury Association of North Dakota Open Door Center 209 2nd Street S.E. Valley City   ND   58072 (701) 845-1124 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities The Arc, Upper Valley The Arc of North Dakota 2500 DeMers Avenue P.O. Box 12420 Grand Forks   ND   58208-2420 (701) 772-6191 thearc@arcuv.com www.thearcuppervalley.org Special Health Care Needs Family Voices of North Dakota, Inc. 312 2nd Avenue P.O. Box 163  Edgeley   ND   58433 (888) 522-9654 (701) 493-2634 fvnd@drtel.net www.fvnd.org Tourette Syndrome Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. 42-40 Bell Boulevard Bayside   NY   11361-2820 (718) 224-2999 ts@tsa-usa.org www.tsa-usa.org Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) P.O. Box 543 Pottstown   PA   19464-0543 (484) 945-2101 www.add.org Great Plains Autism Spectrum Disorder Treatment Program NDCPDC Minot State University 500 University Ave W. Minot   ND   58707 (800) 233-1737 ndcpd@minotstateu.edu 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 Epilepsy Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota 1600 University Avenue, Suite 300 St. Paul   MN   55104 (800) 779-0777 (651) 287-2300 info@efmn.org www.efmn.org Mental Health Mental Health America of North Dakota 523 N. 4th Street P.O. Box 4106  Bismarck   ND   58502-4106 (701) 391-8824 shelgeland@mhand.org www.mhand.org Speech, Language, and Hearing North Dakota Speech-Language-Hearing Association P.O. Box 12775 Grand Forks   ND   58208-2775 (701) 780-2439 lhoff@altru.org www.minotstateu.edu/ndslha/ Back to Top

Organizations for Parents Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) Pathfinder Family Center 1600 2nd Avenue, S.W., Suite 30 Minot   ND   58701-3459 (800) 245-5840 (in ND) (701) 837-7500 (701) 837-7501 (TTY) ndpath01@srt.com www.pathfinder-nd.org/ Partners in Policymaking The Arc of Bismarck 1211 Park Avenue Bismarck   ND   58504 (888) 258-7949 (in ND) (701) 258-7949 711 TDD Relay joyce@apsimail.com www.arcofbismarck.org/partners Parent-To-Parent Family to Family Support Network University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Center for Rural Health P.O. Box 9037, Room 4107 Grand Forks   ND   58202-9037 (888) 434-7436 (701) 777-2359 NDF2F@medicine.nodak.edu http://medicine.nodak.edu/crh Back to Top

Other Disability Organizations Easter Seals Goodwill of North Dakota, Inc. 211 Collins Avenue P.O. Box 1206 Mandan   ND   58554 (800) 247-0698 (701) 663-6828 ghauge@esgwnd.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 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 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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