A publication of the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

Kentucky State Resources

Complete update · 6/2007
Partial update · 3/3/2008

The offices listed on this state sheet 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.

State Agencies and Organizations

Age of Eligibility

Each state sets eligibility ages for services to children and youth with disabilities. For current information concerning this state, please contact the office listed under Department of Education: Special Education.

United States Senators
Honorable Jim Bunning (R)
316 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-4343
(202) 228-1373 (Fax)
E-mail Web Form: http://bunning.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Email
Web: http://bunning.senate.gov

Honorable Mitch McConnell (R)
361-A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2541
(202) 224-2499 (Fax)
E-mail Web Form: http://mcconnell.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm
Web: http://mcconnell.senate.gov

United States Representatives
To find the contact information for your representative in the House of the U.S. Congress, visit the House’s Web site at: www.house.gov, or call: (202) 225-3121; (202) 225-1904 (TTY).

Governor
Honorable Steve Beshear
700 Capitol Street, Suite 100
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-2611
E-mail Web Form: http://governor.ky.gov/contact.htm
Web: http://governor.ky.gov/

Official State Web Site
Web: http://kentucky.gov/

State Department of Education: Special Education
R. Larry Taylor, Director
Division of Exceptional Children's Services
Kentucky Department of Education
Capitol Plaza Tower, 8th Floor
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4970
E-mail: larry.taylor@education.ky.gov
Web: www.education.ky.gov

State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Pauline Carr, Director
Division of Federal Program and Instructional Equity
Kentucky Department of Education
Capital Plaza Tower, 8th Floor
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-3791
E-mail: pauline.carr@education.ky.gov
Web: www.education.ky.gov

Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2
Kirsten Hammock, Part C Coordinator
Early Childhood Development Branch
Department for Public Health
Division of Adult and Child Health Improvement
275 E. Main Street, HS 2WC
Frankfort, KY 40621
(502) 564-3756
E-mail: kirsten.hammock@ky.gov
Web: http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/firststeps.htm

Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
Dr. Kim Townley, Division Director
Division of Early Childhood Development
Department of Education
500 Mero Street, Capital Plaza Tower
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-8341
E-mail: kim.townley@education.ky.gov
Web: www.kidsnow.ky.gov

State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Ralph Clark, Executive Director
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Education Cabinet
Department of Workforce Investment
209 St. Clair
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4440
E-mail: ralph.clark@ky.gov
Web: http://ovr.ky.gov

Coordinator for Transition Services
Lisa Durham, Consultant
Division for Exceptional Children Services
Kentucky Department of Education
500 Mero Street, CPT 8th floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4970
E-mail: lisa.durham@education.ky.gov
Web: www.education.ky.gov

Division of Career and Technical Education
Donnalie Stratton, Program Consultant
Pathways to Careers and Special Programs
Capitol Plaza Tower, Room 2113
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-3775
E-mail: donnalie.stratton@education.ky.gov
Web: www.education.ky.gov

State Mental Health Agency
John Burt, Commissioner
Department for Mental Health/Mental Retardation Services
Cabinet for Health and Family Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-B
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
(502) 564-4527
E-mail: john.burt@ky.gov
Web: http://mhmr.ky.gov

Donna Hillman, Division Director
Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Cabinet for Health and Family Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-D
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
(502) 564-4456
E-mail: donna.hillman@ky.gov
Web: http://mhmr.ky.gov/kdmhmrs/default.asp

(Early Childhood Mental Health: Ages 0-5)
Beth J. Armstrong, M.S., MHMR Program Administrator
Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-D
Frankfort, KY 40621
(502) 564-4456
E-mail: beth.armstrong@ky.gov
Web: http://mhmr.ky.gov/mhsas/dtx.asp

Sue Smith, Program Coordinator
Opportunities for Family Leadership (OFL)
DMHMRS
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-B
Frankfort, KY 40621
(502) 564-4527
E-mail: SusanA.Smith@ky.gov
Web: http://mhmr.ky.gov/mhsas/ofl.asp

State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth
Beth J. Armstrong, M.S., MHMR Program Administrator
Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-D
Frankfort, KY 40621
(502) 564-4456
E-mail: beth.armstrong@ky.gov
Web: http://mhmr.ky.gov/mhsas/systemofcare.asp

Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities
Betsy Dunnigan, Acting Director
Division of Mental Retardation Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4W-C
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
(502) 564-7700
E-mail: betsy.dunnigan@ky.gov
Web: http://mhmr.ky.gov/mr/

State Coordinator for the Americans with Disabilities Act
Norb Ryan, Kentucky ADA Coordinator
500 Mero Street
Capital Plaza Tower, 2nd Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-3850
E-mail: NorbJ.Ryan@ky.gov
Web: http://ada.ky.gov

Councils on Developmental Disabilities
Pat Seybold, Executive Director
Kentucky Developmental Disabilities Council
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-F
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
(502) 564-7842
E-mail: pat.seybold@ky.gov
Web: www.kcdd.org

Protection and Advocacy Agency
Marsha Hockensmith, Director
Protection and Advocacy
100 Fair Oaks Lane, Third Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-2967; (800) 372-2988 (V/TTY in KY)
E-mail Web Form: www.kypa.net/contact/question.html
Web: www.kypa.net/drupal/node

Client Assistance Program
Gerry Gordon-Brown, Director
Client Assistance Program
209 St. Clair, 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-8035; (800) 633-6283 (in KY)
E-mail: Gerry.Gordon-Brown@ky.gov

Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Eric Friedlander, Executive Director
Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs
982 Eastern Parkway
Louisville, KY 40217
(502) 595-4459, ext. 271; (800) 232-1160
E-mail: eric.friedlander@ky.gov
Web: www.chs.ky.gov/commissionkids

State CHIP Program
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
KCHIP
Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Office of the Secretary
275 E. Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40621
(877) 524-4718; (800) 648-6056 (TTY)
(800) 662-5397 (Spanish)
E-mail: chs.kchip@ky.gov
Web: http://chfs.ky.gov/dms/KCHIP.htm

Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Stephen Johnson, Executive Director
Office for the Blind
Department of Workforce Investment
P.O. Box 757
Frankfort, KY 40602-0757
(502) 564-4754; (502) 564-2929 (TTY)
E-mail: stephen.johnson@ky.gov
Web: http://blind.ky.gov

Cathy Johnson, Director
Outreach Services
Kentucky School for the Blind
1867 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
(502) 897-1583, ext. 232
E-mail: cathy.johnson@ksb.kyschools.us
Web: www.ksb.k12.ky.us

Programs for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Bobbie Beth Scoggins, Executive Director
Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
632 Versailles Road
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 573-2604 (V/TTY)
(800) 372-2907 (V/TTY, in KY only)
E-mail: kcdhh@kcdhh.ky.gov
Web: www.kcdhh.ky.gov

Telecommunications Relay Services for Individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or with Speech Impairments
(800) 648-6057 (V)
(800) 648-6056 (TTY/ASCII); 711 (TTY)
(888) 244-6111 (Speech to Speech)

Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind
Diane Haynes, State Coordinator
University of Kentucky
College of Education
Department of Special Education Rehabilitation Counseling
229 Taylor Education Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0001
(502) 897-1583, ext. 279
E-mail: diane.haynes@ksb.kyschools.us

State Education Agency Rural Representative
Kevin Noland, Deputy Commissioner of Operations and Support
Department of Education
500 Mero Street, Capitol Plaza Tower, 1st Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4474
E-mail: kevin.noland@education.ky.gov
Web: www.education.ky.gov

Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center
Shelley Kaplan, Project Director
DBTAC - Southeast ADA Center
Project of the Burton Blatt Institute - Syracuse University
490 10th Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 385-0636; (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
E-mail: sedbtacproject@law.syr.edu
Web: www.sedbtac.org

Technology-Related Assistance
Chase Forrester, Director
Kentucky Assistive Technology Service (KATS) Network
Charles McDowell Center
8412 Westport Road
Louisville, KY 40242
(502) 429-4484 (V/TTY); (800) 327-5287 (V/TTY, in KY)
E-mail: katsnet@iglou.com
Web: www.katsnet.org

University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Harold L. Kleinert, Executive Director
Human Development Institute
Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
126 Mineral Industries Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0051
(859) 257-1714
E-mail: hklein@uky.edu
Web: www.ihdi.uky.edu

State Mediation System
Kevin C. Brown, Assistant General Counsel
Office of Legal and Legislative Services
Department of Education
500 Mero Street - 1st Floor Capital Plaza Tower
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4474
E-mail: Kevin.Brown@education.ky.gov
Web: www.education.ky.gov

Special Format Library
Barbara Penegor, Librarian
Kentucky Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
537 Coffee Tree Road
Frankfort, KY 40602-0818
(502) 564-8300; (800) 372-2968
E-mail: barbara.penegor@ky.gov
Web: www.kdla.ky.gov/collectionsktbl.htm

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)
Web: www.chadd.org

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543
Pottstown, PA 19464-0543
(484) 945-2101
Web: www.add.org

Autism
To identify an autism group in your state, contact:
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-0881; (800) 3-AUTISM
Web: www.autism-society.org

Blind/Visual Impairments
Jaclyn Packer, Ph.D., Director of Information Center
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600; (800) 232-5463
E-mail: afbinfo@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org

Brain Injury
Melinda Mast, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of Kentucky
7410 New Lagrange Road, Suite 100
Louisville, KY 40222
(502) 493-0609; (800) 592-1117 (in KY)
E-mail: melinda.mast@biak.us
Web: www.biak.us

Down Syndrome
Gail T. Lowe, Coordinator
Down Syndrome InfoSource, Inc.
P.O. Box 221316
Louisville, KY 40252-1316
(502) 412-3759; (888) 999-3759
E-mail: gail619@bellsouth.net

Epilepsy
Kathy Stewart, Executive Director
Epilepsy Council of Greater Cincinnati, Inc.
3 Centennial Plaza
895 Central Avenue, Suite 550
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 721-2905; (877) 804-2241
E-mail: ecgc@fuse.net
Web: www.epilepsyfoundation.org/cincinnati/

Debbie McGrath, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana
501 E. Broadway, Suite 380
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 584-8817; (866) 275-1078
E-mail: dmcgrath@efky.org
Web: www.efky.org

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Patty Dempsey, Executive Director
The Arc of Kentucky
706 E. Main, Suite A
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 875-5225; (800) 281-1272
E-mail: arcofky@aol.com
Web: http://arcofky.org/

Learning Disabilities
Tim Woods, Executive Director
Learning Disabilities Association of Kentucky, Inc.
2210 Goldsmith Lane, Suite 118
Louisville, KY 40218
(502) 473-1256
E-mail: LDAofky@yahoo.com
Web: www.LDAofky.org

Mental Health
Sheriall A. Cunningham, Executive Director
Mental Health America of Kentucky
120 Sears Avenue, Suite 213
Louisville, KY 40207
(502) 893-0460; (888) 705-0463
E-mail: mhaky@mhaky.org
Web: www.mhaky.org

David Olds, Executive Director
Mental Health Association of Northern Kentucky
605 Madison Avenue
Covington, KY 41011
(859) 431-1077
E-mail: mhanky@mhanky.org
Web: www.mhanky.org

Sheila A. Schuster, Ph.D., Executive Director
Kentucky Mental Health Coalition
120 Sears Avenue, Suite 212
Louisville, KY 40207
(502) 894-0222
E-mail: drs@advocacyaction.net
Web: www.advocacyaction.net

Carol Carrithers, Executive Director
NAMI Kentucky
10510 LaGrange Road, Building 103
Louisville, KY 40223
(502) 245-5284; (800) 257-5081
E-mail: ccarrithers@bellsouth.net
Web: http://www.nami.org/MSTemplate.cfm?Site=NAMI_Kentucky

Carol Cecil, Executive Director
Kentucky Partnership for Families and Children
207 Holmes Street, First Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 875-1320; (800) 369-0533
E-mail: kpfc@kypartnership.net
Web: www.kypartnership.net

Deborah Anderson, Administrator
Opportunities for Family Leadership
Division of Mental Health
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-B
Frankfort, KY 40621
(502) 564-4527
E-mail: deborah.anderson2@ky.gov
Web: http://mhmr.chs.ky.gov

Speech, Language, and Hearing
Peter Faoro, Executive Director
Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association
535 W. Second Street, Suite 103
Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 252-3776; (800) 837-2446
E-mail: KSHAoffice@aol.com
Web: www.kysha.org

Spina Bifida
Kelly Davenport, President
Patty Dissell, Executive Director
Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky
Kosair Charities Centre
982 Eastern Parkway, Box 18
Louisville, KY 40217
(502) 637-7363; (866) 340-7225
E-mail: sbak@sbak.org
Web: www.sbak.org

Tourette Syndrome
Linda Saunders, Program Manager
Tourette Syndrome Association Mid-South Regional Office
(Serving Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia)
423 Summertrees Drive
Auburn, AL 36832
(334) 502-0055
E-mail: tsamidsouth@bellsouth.net
Web: http://tsa-usa.org/TSANatlLocal/Chapters/Midsouth.htm

Organizations Especially for Parents

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Paulette Logsdon, Director
Kentucky Special Parent Involvement Network (KY-SPIN)
10301-B Deering Road
Louisville, KY 40272
(502) 937-6894; (800) 525-7746
E-mail: spininc@kyspin.com
Web: www.kyspin.com

Community Parent Resource Center
(Serving Jefferson County)
Susan Lawrence, Parent Outreach Director
FIND of Louisville
101 Whitherspoon Street
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 587-6500
E-mail: find@councilonmr.org
Web: www.councilonmr.org

Parent-To-Parent
Susan Lawrence, Parent Outreach Coordinator
Parent Outreach: Parents Supporting Parents
1146 S. Third Street
Louisville, KY 40203
(502) 584-1239
E-mail: slawrence@councilonmr.org
Web: www.councilonmr.org

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Kentucky PTA
P.O. Box 654
Frankfort, KY 40602-0654
(502) 226-6607
E-mail: ky_office@pta.org
Web: www.kypta.org

Other Disability Organizations

Dawn Vermey, CIRS, 2-1-1 Information & Referral Specialist
United Way 2-1-1
2480 Fortune Drive #250
Lexington, KY 40509
(859) 313-5465
E-mail: dawn.moore@uwbg.org
Web: www.uwbg.org

Kerry Gillihan, President/CEO
Easter Seals Kentucky
2050 Versailles Road
Lexington, KY 40504
(859) 254-5701; (800) 888-5377
Web: www.cardinalhill.org

Sharon Fields, Executive Director
June Wilson, Office Manager
Kentucky Disabilities Coalition
P.O. Box 1589
Frankfort, KY 40602
(502) 875-1871 (V/TTY); (800) 977-7505 (in KY)
E-mail: kdcdisabilities@yahoo.com
Web: www.geocities.com/kydisabilitiescoalition

Dennie W. Baldwin, Executive Director
Kentucky Education Rights Center, Inc.
1323 Moores Mill Road
Midway, KY 40347
(859) 983-9222
E-mail: kerc@edrights.com
Web: www.edrights.com

Ginny Miller, Executive Director
VSA arts of Kentucky
515 E. 10th Street
Bowling Green, KY 42101
(270) 781-0872 (V/TTY); (877) 417-9594
E-mail: vsaky@bellsouth.net
Web: www.vsartsky.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)
E-mail: ilru@ilru.org
Web: www.ilru.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)
E-mail: ncil@ncil.org
Web: www.ncil.org

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