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.sc.gov State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind) Office of Federal Programs South Carolina Department of Education 1429 Senate Street, Room 512 Columbia   SC   29201 (803) 734-8105 nbusbee@ed.sc.gov www.ed.sc.gov Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5 Office of Exceptional Children South Carolina Department of Education 1429 Senate Street, 8th Floor Columbia   SC   29201 (803) 734-8224 njenkins@ed.sc.gov www.ed.sc.gov Coordinator for Transition Services Francis Marion University P.O. Box 100547 Columbia   SC   29501-0547 (864) 661-1551 cnixon@fmarion.edu http://ed.sc.gov/ Coordinator for Career and Technology Education for Students with Disabilities Office of Career and Technology Education South Carolina Department of Education 1429 Senate Street, Room 912A Columbia   SC   29201 (803) 734-8410 jcouch@ed.sc.gov www.ed.sc.gov State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth Division of Children, Adolescents and Their Families Department of Mental Health 2414 Bull Street, Room 304 Columbia   SC   29202 (803) 898-8350 lkj40@scdmh.org www.state.sc.us/dmh/caf/index.htm Councils on Developmental Disabilities Developmental Disabilities Council Office of the Governor Edgar A. Brown Building 1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 453 Columbia   SC   29201 (803) 734-0465 clang@oepp.sc.gov www.scddc.state.sc.us Client Assistance Program Office of the Governor Client Assistance Program 1205 Pendleton Street, Room 447 Columbia   SC   29201 (803)734-0285 (800) 868-0040 (in SC) (803)734-1147 (TTY) mbutler@oepp.sc.gov www.govoepp.state.sc.us/cap/ State CHIP Program (health care for low-income uninsured children) Partners for Healthy Children P.O. Box 100101 Columbia   SC   29202 (888) 549-0820 www.dhhs.state.sc.us/dhhsnew/InsideDHHS/Bureaus/BureauofHealthServices andDeliverySystems/SC%20Healthy%20Connections20Kids 20SCHIP.asp State School for the Deaf and the Blind South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind 355 Cedar Springs Road Spartanburg   SC   29302-4699 (864) 585-7711 sgoolsby@scsdb.org www.scsdb.org Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program (An outreach program administered by South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind. Distributes telecommunications equipment and alerting devices to legal permanent state residents who are deaf, hard of hearing, speech impaired, deaf-blind, or blind/low vision with hearing loss.) South Carolina Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program (SC TEDP) 101 Executive Center Drive, Suite 120 Saluda Building Columbia   SC   29210 (803) 896-8337 (V); (803) 896-8334 (TTY) (877) 225-8337 (V) (877) 889-8337 (TTY) SCTEDP@scsdb.org www.scsdb.org/outreach/SCTEDP_2007.htm University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities University of South Carolina USC School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Center for Disability Resources (UCEDD) Columbia   SC   29208 (803) 935-5248 richardf@cdd.sc.edu http://uscm.med.sc.edu/cdrhome State Mediation System Deputy General Counsel Office of General Counsel South Carolina Department of Education 1429 Senate Street, Room 1015 Columbia   SC   29201 (803) 734-8783 bdrayton@ed.sc.gov www.ed.sc.gov State Department of Education: Special Education South Carolina Department of Education Office of Exceptional Children 1429 Senate Street, Room 808 Columbia   SC   29201 (803) 734-8224 (899) 628-0910 - toll free help line sdurant@ed.sc.gov www.ed.sc.gov Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2 Department of Health and Environmental Control/BabyNet 1751 Calhoun Street P.O. Box 101106 Columbia   SC   29201 (803) 898-0784 (800) 868-0404 babynet@dhec.sc.gov www.scdhec.gov/babynet State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department 1410 Boston Avenue P.O. Box 15 West Columbia   SC   29171-0015 (803) 896-6500 www.scvrd.net University of South Carolina, School of Medicine Center for Disability Resources Columbia   SC   29208 (803) 530-6732 jdjunkins@msn.com http://uscm.med.sc.edu/cdrhome/ State Mental Health Agency Department of Mental Health P. O. Box 485 Columbia   SC   29202 (803) 898-8319 jhm03@scdmh.org www.state.sc.us/dmh State Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Department of Disabilities and Special Needs 3440 Harden Street Extension P.O. Box 4706 Columbia   SC   29240 (803) 898-9769 sdelaney@ddsn.sc.gov www.state.sc.us/ddsn Protection and Advocacy Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. 3710 Landmark Drive, Suite 208 Columbia   SC   29204 (803) 782-0639 (866) 275-7273 (In SC) (866) 232-4525 (TTY) info@protectionandadvocacy-sc.org www.protectionandadvocacy-sc.org Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs Division of Children with Special Health Care Needs Department of Health and Environmental Control P.O. Box 101106 Columbia   SC   29201 (803) 898-0784 www.scdhec.gov/health/mch/cshcn/projects.htm Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired South Carolina Commission for the Blind P.O. Box 2467 Columbia   SC   29202-2467 (803) 898-8822 ljohnston@sccb.sc.gov www.sccb.state.sc.us Telecommunications Relay Services     (800) 735-2905 (V) (800) 735-7293 (ASCII); 711 (TTY) (877) 735-7277 (Speech to Speech) (800) 735-8583 (SC Relay) Regional ADA Technical Assistance Center Burton Blatt Institute Syracuse University 1419 Mayson Street Atlanta   GA   30324 (404) 541-9001 (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY) sedbtacproject@law.syr.edu www.sedbtac.org Technology-Related Assistance South Carolina Assistive Technology Program USC School of Medicine, CDR Columbia   SC   29208 (803) 935-5263 (803) 935-5340 youngs@cdd.sc.edu www.sc.edu/scatp Special Format Library South Carolina State Library Talking Book Services P.O. Box 821 Columbia   SC   29202-0821 (803) 734-4611 (800) 922-7818 (803) 734-7298 (TTY) pdavenport@statelibrary.sc.gov www.statelibrary.sc.gov 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. South Carolina Autism Society 806 12th Street West Columbia   SC   29169 (803) 750-6988 (800) 438-4790 scas@scautism.org www.scautism.org Brain Injury Brain Injury Alliance of South Carolina 800 Dutch Square Boulevard, Suite B-225 Columbia   SC   29210 (803) 731-9823 scbraininjury@bellsouth.net www.biausa.org/SC Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities The Arc of South Carolina 1823 Gadsden Street Columbia   SC   29201 (803) 748-5020 thearc@arcsc.org www.arcsc.org Mental Health Association in South Carolina 1823 Gadsden Street Columbia   SC   29201 (803) 779-5363 jjay@mha-sc.org www.mha-sc.org Speech, Language, and Hearing South Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Association 701 Gervais Street, Suite 150-206 Columbia   SC   29201 (888) 729-3717 scsha@scsha.com www.scsha.com Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) PO Box 7557 Wilmington   DE   19803-9997 (800) 939-1019 info@add.org www.add.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 Epilepsy Epilepsy Foundation South Carolina 652 Bush River Road, Suite 211 Columbia   SC   29210 (803) 798-8502 epilepsy@epilepsysc.org www.epilepsysc.org Mental Health Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health of South Carolina P.O. Box 1266 Columbia   SC   29202 (803) 779-0402 (866) 779-0402 info@fedfamsc.org www.fedfamsc.org NAMI of South Carolina P.O. Box 1267 Columbia   SC   29202 (803) 733-9591/9592 (800) 788-5131 namisc@namisc.org www.namisc.org Tourette Syndrome (Serving Georgia and South Carolina) Tourette Syndrome Association of Georgia P.O. Box 6147 Athens   GA   30606 (706) 248-9784 tsageorgia@bellsouth.net www.georgiatourette.org Back to Top

Organizations for Parents Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) PRO-Parents of South Carolina 652 Bush River Road, Suite 203 Columbia   SC   29210 (803) 772-5688 (V/TTY) (800) 759-4776 (In SC) PROParents@proparents.org www.proparents.org Parent Teacher Association (PTA) South Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers 1826 Henderson Street Columbia   SC   29201-2619 (800) 743-3782 (803) 765-0806 office@scpta.org www.scpta.org Community Parent Resource Center Family Resource Center for Disabilities and Special Needs, Inc. 1575 Savannah Highway, Suite 6 Charleston   SC   29407 (843) 266-1318 bevmccarty@frcdsn.org www.frcdsn.org Back to Top

Other Disability Organizations Center for Disability Resources Library School of Medicine Library University of South Carolina Columbia   SC   29208 (803) 733-1501 wilsons@med.sc.edu http://uscm.med.sc.edu/CDR/index.htm Family Connection of South Carolina, Inc. 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 103-B Columbia   SC   29204 (803) 252-0914 (800) 578-8750 (in SC) (843) 556-5010 (Charleston) (864) 331-1340 (in Greenville) info@familyconnectionsc.org www.familyconnectionsc.org Independent Living Disability Action Center, Inc. 1115 Belleview Street Columbia   SC   29201 (803) 779-5121 (V) (803) 779-0949 (TTY) www.dacsc.org 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 South Carolina 3020 Farrow Road Columbia   SC   29203 (803) 256-0735 (800) 951-4090 deanna.lewis@eastersc.org www.sc.easter-seals.org Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, RFB&D Regional Unit of the Virginias and Carolinas 4840 Forest Drive, Suite 21-164 Columbia   SC   29206 (802) 463-1400 lainabinet@rfbdruvc.org www.rfbd.org disAbility Resoure Center 7944 Dorchester Road, Suite 5 North Charleston   SC   29418 (843) 225-5080 (866) 874-7730 info@drcilc.org www.drcilc.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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