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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.

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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.virginia.gov/cmsportal2/ State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind) Department of Education P.O. Box 2120 Richmond   VA   23218-2120 (804) 225-2979 patricia.wright@doe.virginia.gov www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/sess Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 2 through 5 Special Education Instructional Services Virginia Department of Education P.O. Box 2120 Richmond   VA   23218-2120 (800) 292-3820 (804) 225-2675 phyllis.mondak@doe.virginia.gov www.doe.virginia.gov Office of Career and Technical Education Office of Career and Technical Education Services Virginia Department of Education P.O. Box 2120 Richmond   VA   23218-2120 (804) 225-2847 elizabeth.russell@doe.virginia.gov www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/CTE State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth Child and Family Services Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services P.O. Box 1797 Richmond   VA   23218 (804) 786-3710 www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities Office of Mental Retardation Services Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services P.O. Box 1797 Richmond   VA   23219 (804) 786-5850 lee.price@co.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov Protection and Advocacy Agency Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA) 1910 Byrd Avenue, Suite 5 Richmond   VA   23230 (800) 552-3962 (In VA) (804) 225-2042 (V/TTY) www.vopa.state.va.us/ Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs Children with Special Health Care Needs Program Division of Child and Adolescent Health Virginia Department of Health 109 Governor Street, 8th Floor Richmond   VA   23219 (804) 864-7706 nancy.bullock@vdh.virginia.gov www.vahealth.org/specialchildren/ Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired or Deaf-Blind Education Services Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired 397 Azalea Avenue Richmond   VA   23227-3600 (804) 371-3140 glen.slonneger@dbvi.virginia.gov www.vdbvi.org Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 1602 Rolling Hills Drive, Suite 203 Richmond   VA   23229-5012 (800) 552-7917 (V/TTY) (804) 662-9502 (V/TTY) frontdsk@vddhh.virginia.gov www.vddhh.org Regional ADA Technical Assistance Center DBTAC: Mid-Atlantic ADA Center TransCen, Inc. 451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 700 Rockville   MD   20850 (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY) (301) 217-0124 (V/TTY) adainfo@transcen.org www.adainfo.org Technology-Related Assistance Virginia Assistive Technology System 8004 Franklin Farms Drive Richmond   VA   23229 (800) 552-5019 (804) 662-9995 (V/TTY) ken.knorr@drs.virginia.gov www.vats.org Mediation Coordinator Virginia Department of Education P.O. Box 2120  Richmond   VA   23218-2120 (804) 786-0711 arthur.stewart@doe.virginia.gov www.doe.virginia.gov/ State Department of Education: Special Education Division of Special Education and Student Services Department of Education P.O. Box 2120 Richmond   VA   23218-2120 (800) 292-3820 (804) 225-3252 doug.cox@doe.virginia.gov www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/sess Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 3 Child and Family Services Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services P.O. Box 1797 Richmond   VA   23218 (800) 234-1448 (Central Directory for Early Intervention Services) (804) 786-3710 maryann.discenza@co.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov www.infantva.org State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Education Services Manager Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services 8004 Franklin Farms Drive Richmond   VA   23229 (800) 552-5019 (804) 662-7081 (804) 662-7000 (800) 464-9950 (TTY) jim.rothrock@drs.virginia.gov; erica.lovelace@drs.virginia.gov www.vadrs.org State Mental Health Agency Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services P.O. Box 1797 Richmond   VA   23218 (804) 786-3921 james.reinhard@co.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov State Health Department: Child and Adolescent Health  Division of Child and Adolescent Health Virginia Department of Health 109 Governor Street, Eighth Floor Richmond   VA   23219 (804) 864-7685 joanne.boise@vdh.virginia.gov www.vahealth.org/childadolescenthealth/index.htm Councils on Developmental Disabilities Virginia Board for People with Disabilities Ninth Street Office Building 202 N. Ninth Street, 9th Floor Richmond   VA   23219 (800) 846-4464 (In VA) (804) 786-0016 (V/TTY); www.vaboard.org Client Assistance Program Contact Protection and Advocacy Agency.     State CHIP Program (health care for low-income uninsured children) FAMIS P.O. Box 1820 Richmond   VA   23218-1820 (866) 873-2647 www.famis.org Together We Can: Virginia's Deaf-Blind Project Partnership for People with Disabilities Virginia Commonwealth University 700 E. Franklin Street, 10th Floor P.O. Box 843020 Richmond   VA   23284-3020 (804) 828-8252 www.twc-deafblind.state.va.us Telecommunications Relay Services     (800) 828-1140 (V) (800) 828-1120 (TTY); 711 (TTY) (800) 229-5746 (Speech to Speech - English) (866) 260-9470 (Speech to Speech - Spanish) University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Partnership for People with Disabilities Virginia Commonwealth University 700 E. Franklin Street, 10th Floor P.O. Box 843020 Richmond   VA   23284-3020 (800) 828-1120 (804) 828-3876 (V/TTY) forelove@vcu.edu www.vcu.edu/partnership State Dispute Resolution System Virginia Department of Education Complaints, Mediation, Due Process P.O. Box 2120 Richmond   VA   23218-2120 (804) 225-2013 judy.douglas@doe.virginia.gov www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/dueproc/ Special Format Library Virginia Library and Resource Center Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired 395 Azalea Avenue Richmond   VA   23227 (800) 552-7015 (V/TTY) (804) 371-3661 (V/TTY); barbara.mccarthy@dbvi.virginia.gov www.vdbvi.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 Commonwealth Autism Service 2201 W. Broad Street, Suite 107 Richmond   VA   23220 (804) 355-0300 (800) 649-8481 information@autismva.org www.autismva.org Visual Impairment American Foundation for the Blind Information Center 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300 New York   NY   10001 (212) 502-7600 (800) 232-5463 afbinfo@afb.net www.afb.org Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy of Virginia 5825 Arrowhead Drive, Suite 201 Virginia Beach   VA   23462 (757) 497-7474 cerebralpalsy@cerebralpalsyofvirginia.org www.cerebralpalsyofvirginia.org/ Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities The Arc of Virginia 2025 E. Main Street, Suite 107 Richmond   VA   23223 (888) 604-2677 (804) 649-8481 jtrosclair@arcofva.org www.arcofva.org Mental Health Mental Health America of Virginia 3212 Cutshaw Avenue, Suite 315 Richmond   VA   23230 (866) 400-6428 (804) 225-5591 director@mhav.org; programs@mhav.org www.mhav.org Speech, Language, and Hearing Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia, Inc. 3126 W. Cary Street, #436 Richmond   VA   23221 (888) 729-7428 shavoffice@shav.org www.shav.org Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) P.O. Box 543 Pottstown   PA   19464-0543 (484) 945-2101 www.add.org Virginia Autism Resource Center 4100 Price Club Boulevar Richmond   VA   23112 (877) 667-7771 (804) 674-8888, ext. 5161 info@varc.org www.grafton.org Brain Injury Brain Injury Association of Virginia 1506 Willow Lawn Drive, Suite 112 Richmond   VA   23230 (804) 355-5748 (800) 334-8443 (in VA) info@biav.net www.biav.net Epilepsy Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia UVA Medical Center P.O. Box 800659 Charlottesville   VA   22908 (800) 332-1000 (National Answer Place line) (804) 796-9935 (Richmond) (757) 438-2398 (Tidewater) (434) 924-8669 (Charlottesville) srb3m@virginiainfo.edu www.efva.org Learning Disabilities Learning Disabilities Association of Virginia 3914 Monument Avenue Richmond   VA   23230-3902 (804) 358-5474 jlokerso@vcu.edu www.ldavirginia.org NAMI Virginia P.O. Box 8260 Richmond   VA   23226 (804) 285-8264 namiva@comcast.net www.namiva.org Tourette Syndrome Tourette Syndrome Association of Greater Washington 33 University Boulevard East Silver Spring   MD   20901-2485 (877) 295-2148 (301) 681-4133 TSAGW@aol.com www.TSAGW.org Back to Top

Organizations for Parents Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC) 100 N. Washington Street, Suite 234 Falls Church   VA   22046 (703) 923-0010 (800) 869-6782 (804) 819-1999 (Richmond) partners@peatc.org www.peatc.org/ Parent Resource Center Division of Special Education and Student Services Virginia Department of Education P.O. Box 2120 Richmond   VA   23218-2120 (804) 371-7421 (800) 422-2083 judy.hudgins@doe.virginia.gov www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/sess Parent-To-Parent Parent to Parent of Virginia P.O. Box 38341 Richmond   VA   23231 (804) 795-1481 PTPofVA@aol.com www.ptpofva.com Other Parent Organization The Arc of Virginia Family Involvement Project 2025 E. Main Street, Suite 107 Richmond   VA   23223 (888) 604-2677 ext. 103 (804) 649-8481 ext. 103 dholloway@arcfip.org www.arcfip.org Virginia Federation of Families (a program of the Arc of VA) 2025 E. Main Street, Suite 107 Richmond   VA   23223 (804) 649-8481, ext. 102 (888) 604-2677 vhardy-murrell@medhomeplus.org www.medicalhomeplus.org Parent Ombudsman Ombudsman Division of Special Education and Student Services Virginia Department of Education P.O. Box 2120 Richmond   VA   23218-2120 (800) 422-2083 (804) 371-7420 Gloria.Dalton@doe.virginia.gov www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/sess Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Virginia PTA 1027 Wilmer Avenue Richmond   VA   23227 (804) 264-1234 info@vapta.org www.vapta.org Back to Top

Other Disability Organizations Easter Seals Virginia 8003 Franklin Farms Drive, Suite 100 Richmond   VA   23229 (866) 874-4153 (804) 287-1007 www.va.easterseals.com VSA arts of Virginia Plant Zero Building Zero E. 4th Street, Studio 50 Richmond   VA   23224 ehickey@vsava.org http://vsava.blogspot.com/ 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 Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) Regional Unit of the Virginias and Carolinas 3500 Remson Court Charlottesville   VA   22901 (866) 877-7323 (434) 293-4797 ceure@rfbd.org www.rfbd.org/ruvc 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

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Publication of this Web resource page is made possible through Cooperative Agreement #H326N030003 between AED and the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education (Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education (OSEP). The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of Education, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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