Family Resources
Are you looking for help with your child’s health insurance coverage?
First stop: healthcare.gov (CuidadoDeSalud.gov)
Our work at the Catalyst Center focuses on helping to create strategies that improve coverage and financing of care for children with special health care needs at the policy level. We apologize that we cannot offer direct benefits counseling or advocacy to individuals. However, one or more of the organizations and resources listed below may be able to help you.
If you would like to request that your organization be added to this list, please e-mail us!
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Alabama
Family Voices of Alabama
Family Voices in Alabama provides individualized information and support and other state specific resources. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center and Parent to Parent Center (P2P) in Alabama.
Parent Connection Network of Alabama
The Parent Connection Network of Alabama is a statewide network of families willing to share experiences. The organization believes that when parents are informed, connected, and supported by other families who have been there too, they are better able to meet any challenges that may arise.
Parent Connection Program
The Alabama Parent Connection Program facilitates family-to-family support and family involvement with policy development and decision-making at all levels.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP)
The Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) is part of the nationwide federally mandated protection and advocacy (P&A) system. ADAP’s mission is to provide quality, legally based advocacy services to Alabamians with disabilities in order to protect, promote and expand their rights. ADAP’s vision is one of a society where persons with disabilities are valued and exercise self-determination through meaningful choices, and have equality of opportunity.
Alabama Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
See also General resources
Alaska
Stone Soup Group
Stone Soup Group is a federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center. It offers resources to help families with the cost of meeting their child’s special needs in Alaska. It is also the Alaksa Family Voices State Affiliate Organization.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Law Center of Alaska
The mission of the Disability Law Center of Alaska is to provide protection and advocacy services to Alaskans who experience disabilities, through legal representation, education and strategic advocacy.
Alaska Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
See also General resources
Arizona
Raising Special Kids
Raising Special Kids is the Arizona Family Voices State Affiliate Organization, federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center, and Parent-to-Parent (P2P) center. Raising Special Kids is a comprehensive parent center serving families of children with disabilities and special health care needs in Arizona. As a parent-led nonprofit organization, they provide information, training, and support to assist families in meeting a range of challenges linked to raising a child with special needs. Their workshops offer training in a many topics including advocacy, effective communication, positive parenting, supportive relationships, and special education. News and information of interest to families experiencing disability is shared through a quarterly newsletter, weekly electronic notices, and social media communities. All programs and services are provided to families free of charge.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Arizona Center for Disability Law
The Arizona Center for Disability Law advocates for the legal rights of persons with disabilities to be free from abuse, neglect and discrimination and to gain access to services, maximizing independence and achieving equality.
Arizona Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Pilot Parents of Southern Arizona
Pilot Parents of Southern Arizona provides a wide variety of programs and services that support families of children with disabilities, such as peer-to-peer support, parent training and information, books and videos addressing disabilities and related topics available for parent and professional checkout, and a quarterly newsletter.
See also General resources
Arkansas
Arkansas Disability Coalition
Arkansas Disability Coalition works for equal rights and opportunity for Arkansans with disabilities through public policy change, cross-disability collaboration, and the empowerment of people with disabilities and their families. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Arkansas.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Center of Arkansas
The Disability Rights Center of Arkansas is a private non-profit agency with offices in Little Rock, Arkansas. Since 1977 the Governor of Arkansas has designated DRC the independent rights protection and advocacy system for persons with disabilities in Arkansas. It carries out activities under several federal programs to provide a range of services to advocate for and protect the rights of persons with disabilities throughout the state.
Arkansas Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Partners for Inclusive Communities
Partners for Inclusive Communities conducts research and provides education, training, technical assistance, information, and services to people with disabilities, their families, students, and professionals involved with disability related programs.
Arkansas Catalyst Consortium
The purpose of this program is to enhance State capacity and infrastructure to be more oriented to the needs of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families. It is the federally funded Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Arkansas.
See also General resources
California
Family Voices of California (FVCA)
Family Voices of California is a statewide collaborative of locally-based Council Member Agencies working to ensure quality health care for children and youth with special health care needs. They build the capacity of the Family Resource Centers Network of California to provide families with the information and support they need to make informed decisions about the health care of their children. FVCA provides information and a forum for parent centers and families to advocate for improved public and private policies, builds partnerships between professionals and families, and serves as a vital resource on health care. FVCA is a State Affiliate Organization of Family Voices and a federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center.
Parents Helping Parents
Parents Helping Parents provides an array of services to parents of CSHCN that includes: Parent-to-Parent Support, Peer Counseling, Support and Information Groups, Integrated Playgroups, Information, and Referral & Guidance. It is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in California.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights California
Disability Rights California’s mission is to advance the rights of Californians with disabilities. The organization believes people with disabilities have the right to family, social, and intimate relationships. They are financially secure, can make life choices, and have opportunities for satisfying work, recreation, spiritual lives, and community service.
California Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
The California Endowment
The California Endowment is a private, statewide health foundation that was created in 1996 as a result of Blue Cross of California’s creation of WellPoint Health Networks, a for-profit corporation. This conversion set the groundwork for their mission: to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians.
California Health Care Foundation (CHCF)
CHCF is an independent philanthropy committed to improving the way health care is delivered and financed in California and helping consumers make informed health care and coverage decisions.
United Advocates for Children of California (UACF)
United Advocates for Children and Families (UACF) serves to improve the quality of life for all children and youth with mental, emotional, and behavioral challenges and to eliminate institutional discrimination and social stigma. UACF provides training, technical assistance, parent-to-parent support and public policy advocacy. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in California.
See also General resources
Colorado
Family Voices of Colorado
Family Voices of Colorado provides information referral, advocacy support information, private health insurance advocacy, training, and policy work to ensure that children’s health is addressed amidst change in public and private health care systems. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Colorado.
Parent to Parent of Colorado (P2P-CO)
P2P-CO is a parent-initiated, parent-controlled, organized group that builds inclusive communities, takes effective and constructive group action, and supports each other on the journey of parenting their sons and daughters with special health care needs or disabilities. It is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Colorado.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
The Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People
The Legal Center is an independent public interest non-profit specializing in civil rights and discrimination issues. They protect the human, civil and legal rights of people with mental and physical disabilities, people with HIV, and older people throughout Colorado.
Colorado Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Coalition for the Medically Underserved
This organization provides a forum for health care discussion and has provided a comprehensive list of forty-three organizations that help the medically underserved.
JFK Partners
JFK Partners promotes the independence, inclusion, contribution, health, and well-being of people with developmental disabilities and special health care needs and their families through consumer, community, and university partnerships.
PEAK Parent Center
PEAK Parent Center is Colorado’s Parent Training and Information Center. PEAK is a statewide organization of parents of children with disabilities reaching out to assist other parents and professionals.
Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health – Colorado Chapter
The mission of the Colorado Federation is to be an advocate for children, youth and families impacted by mental health issues while striving to improve and strengthen related systems, programs and polices across the state of Colorado. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Colorado.
See also General resources
Connecticut
Parents Available to Help (PATH)
PATH is a network of families providing informational and emotional support to others who have a child with developmental or health related needs. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center, and Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Connecticut.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
The Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
P&A is an independent State agency created to safeguard and advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities in Connecticut. Part of a nationwide network of protection and advocacy systems, the Office operates under both State and federal legislative mandates to provide information, referral, and advocacy services, pursue legal and administrative remedies on behalf of people with disabilities who experience disability-related discrimination, investigate allegations of abuse and neglect that arise in specific service settings or that affect individuals with particular disabilities, and provide education, information and training on disability rights to policy makers, advocacy groups and members of the public.
Connecticut Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC)
CPAC is a statewide nonprofit organization that offers information and support to families of children with any disability or chronic illness, age birth through 21.
NAMI Connecticut
The mission of NAMI Connecticut is to improve the quality of life for all those impacted by mental illness, through support, education, and advocacy. In addition to their support groups and affiliated chapters, NAMI Connecticut offers a toll-free Helpline (800) 215-3021 for people living with mental illness, families and professionals; educational programs geared toward those with mental illness – including children – and their families; a bi-monthly member e-newsletter, and a robust public policy program with legislative advocacy training and support. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Connecticut.
See also General resources
Delaware
Family Voices of Delaware
Family Voices of Delaware assists families of CYSHCN and the professionals who serve them through direct information and referral, parent matching, support groups, conferences, topical calls, resource guides, listserves, newsletters, and surveys. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization, the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center, the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program, and the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Delaware.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.
is a nonprofit law firm dedicated to equal justice for all, improving lives since 1946. It provides civil legal services at no cost to help people become safe and meet their basic needs for food, income and housing. It helps people with special needs, such as low income and/or disabilities, or who are age 60 and over. It also offers immigration law and other services to protect victims of crime, abuse and neglect.
Delaware Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Parent Information Center of Delaware
Parent Information Center of Delaware is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information, support, and learning opportunities to students and to families who have children with disabilities or special needs. It strives to promote partnerships between families, educators, policy makers, and the community.
University of Delaware Center for Disabilities Studies
The mission of the Center for Disabilities Studies is to enhance the lives of individuals and families in Delaware through education, prevention, service, and research related to disabilities.
See also General resources
D.C.
Advocates for Justice and Education
The mission of Advocates for Justice and Education (AJE) is to educate parents, youth, and the community about the laws governing public education, specifically for children with special needs.
It seeks to empower youth and parents to be effective advocates on behalf of their children to ensure that they receive an appropriate education. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center and Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in D.C.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
University Legal Services for the District of Columbia
University Legal Services is a private, non-profit organization that serves as the District of Columbia’s federally mandated protection and advocacy system for the human, legal and service rights of people with disabilities. Services provided by ULS under the protection and advocacy grants include information and referral; education and training; investigation of reported or suspected instances of abuse or neglect; legal counsel; technical assistance, and litigation services; and technical assistance regarding legislative and policy concerns. All services are offered free of charge to eligible individuals in accordance with ULS’ available resources and policies.
District of Columbia Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs
HSCSN/NET is an innovative care management network coordinating health, social, and education services for the pediatric Supplemental Security Income and SSI-eligible populations of Washington, DC.
Total Family Care Coalition
Total Family Care Coalition (TFCC) focuses on keeping families first! Their mission is to “keep families together for a better community” by teaching families and youths how to advocate in finding community services and resources for sustaining a better quality of life. TFCC’s vision as the leading provider of family advocacy and support for the District of Columbia is to help families that have emotional, behavioral, and mental health difficulties. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in the District of Columbia.
See also General resources
Florida
Family Network on Disabilities of Florida, Inc.
Family Network on Disabilities of Florida, Inc. is a statewide network of families and individuals who may be at-risk, have disabilities, or have special needs. Its mission is to ensure through collaboration that Floridians have full access to family-driven support, education, information, resources and advocacy. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center and Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Florida.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Florida
Disability Rights Florida is the designated protection and advocacy system for individuals with disabilities in the State of Florida. Disability Rights Florida has authority and responsibility under eight federal grants. Established in 1987, Disability Rights Florida is a statewide, not-for-profit corporation.
Florida Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
See also General resources
Georgia
Parent to Parent of Georgia
Parent to Parent of Georgia provides support and information to parents of children with disabilities. It is also the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center and the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Georgia.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Georgia Advocacy Office
Georgia Advocacy Office’s mission is to organize its resources and follow its values and legal mandates in ways which substantially increase the number of people who are voluntarily standing beside and for people in Georgia who have significant disabilities and mental illness.
Georgia Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Fragile Kids Foundation
Fragile Kids Foundation serves Georgia’s medically fragile children through three focused programs.
Parents Educating Parents & Professionals, Inc.
Parents Educating Parents & Professionals, Inc is dedicated to improving the quality of life dream for all families of children, youth, and adults with disabilities.
Georgia Parent Support Network, Inc.
Georgia Parent Support Network is dedicated to providing support, education, and advocacy for children and their families with mental illness, emotional disturbances, and behavioral differences. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Georgia.
See also General resources
Hawaii
Hilopa’a Family to Family Health Information Center
Hilopa’a is a Family to Family Health Information Center providing information and referral, consultation, and training to families of children and youth with special health care needs and their professional partners across the country.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Hawaii Disability Rights Center
The mission of the Corporation is to protect and promote the human, civil and legal rights of individuals with disabilities through the provision of information and advocacy.
Hawaii Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
See also General resources
Idaho
Idaho Parents Unlimited Inc. (IPUL)
IPUL is a statewide organization founded to provide support, information, and technical assistance to parents of children and youth with disabilities. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Idaho.
Families Together
Families Together provides families with resources and support that build and maintain strong, healthy, informed, and actively involved family members who can work together to improve the life long outcomes for their child or their sibling with a disability. It is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Idaho.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Idaho
DisAbility Rights Idaho assists people with disabilities to protect, promote and advance their legal and human rights, through quality legal, individual, and system advocacy.
Idaho Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Idaho Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Inc.
Idaho Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health is a family-run nonprofit organization that actively promotes and seeks solutions for mental health well being for children and youth. They work with government, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations for the needs of children with emotional, behavioral, and mental disorders and their families. They are a chapter of the National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Idaho.
See also General resources
Illinois
Family Voices of Illinois
Family Voices aims to achieve family-centered care for all children and youth with special health care needs and/or disabilities. Through this national network, Family Voices provides families tools to make informed decisions, advocates for improved public and private policies, builds partnerships among professionals and families, and serves as a trusted resource on health care. Family Voices of Illinois is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Illinois.
The Arc of Illinois F2FHIEC
The Arc of Illinois is a statewide health information resource for families of children and youth with special needs. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Illinois.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Equip for Equality
The mission of Equip for Equality is to advance the human and civil rights of children and adults with physical and mental disabilities in Illinois. It is the only statewide, cross-disability, comprehensive advocacy organization providing self-advocacy assistance, legal services, and disability rights education while also engaging in public policy and legislative advocacy and conducting abuse investigations and other oversight activities.
Illinois Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Family Matters Parent Training & Information Center
Family Matters Parent Training & Information Center assists the access to knowledge about early intervention services for children from birth to three years of age, has information about special education services for school aged children, helps with transition issues for students who will be leaving the educational system and are preparing for the world of work or adult services, and provides information about resources, best practices, specific disabilities, parent-to-parent connections, and training opportunities and conferences.
Family Resource Center on Disabilities (FRCD)
FRCD is a coalition of Illinois parents and professional organizations working to improve services for all children with disabilities.
See also General resources
Indiana
Family Voices of Indiana
Family Voices Indiana is a statewide, family-led organization that provides information, education, training, outreach, and peer support to families of children and youth with special health care needs and the professionals who serve them. As the Family-to-Family Health Information Center, they are staffed by experienced family leaders who have children with special health care needs, and expertise in navigating federal, state and local public and private health care systems.
About Special Kids, Inc.
A.S.K. is place for families and professionals in Indiana to go to “ASK” questions about children with special needs and to access information and resources about a variety of topics, such as health insurance, special education, community resources, and medical homes. it is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Indiana.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services
IPAS was created in 1977 by state law (IC. 12-28-1-6 as amended) to protect and advocate the rights of people with disabilities and is Indiana’s federally designated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) system and client assistance program. It is an independent state agency, which receives no state funding and is independent from all service providers, as required by federal and state law.
Indiana Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Indiana Resource Center for Families with Special Needs
Indiana Resource Center for Families with Special Needs provides parents, families, and service providers in Indiana with the information and training necessary to help assure effective educational programs and appropriate services for children and young adults with disabilities.
Indiana Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
The Indiana Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health (IFFCMH) is the only statewide not-for-profit organization dedicated exclusively to the field of children’s mental health. The mission of IFFCMH is to create and grow networks of support, education, intervention, leadership and advocacy, thereby empowering families to facilitate growth and development for their children who have emotional, behavioral or mental challenges while also creating and maintaining a positive environment for all family members. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Indiana.
See also General resources
Iowa
ASK Family Resource Center
The ASK Family Resource Center is an exciting new concept; a “one-stop-shop” for children and adults with disabilities and their families. ASK is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Iowa.
University of Iowa-Child Health Speciality Clinics (CHSC)
The Child Health Specialty Clinics (CHSC) mission is to improve the health, development, and well-being of children and youth with special health care needs in partnership with families, service providers, communities, and policymakers.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Iowa
Disability Rights IOWA is a federally funded program that protects and advocates for the human and legal rights of individuals with disabilities and/or mental illness. Disability Rights IOWA supports people with disabilities to secure their rights and full participation as citizens through a program of self-advocacy education, information and referral, non-legal advocacy, and legal and systems advocacy.
Iowa Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Iowa COMPASS
Iowa COMPASS is Iowa’s free, statewide information and referral service for people with disabilities, their families, service providers, and other members of the community.
Iowa Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Inc.
Iowa Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health is a statewide family advocacy organization that assists parents of children who: have behavioral, emotional, mental or social disorders, are receiving mental health system services, are receiving special education services, or are in the juvenile justice system. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Iowa.
See also General resources
Kansas
Families Together, Inc.
Families Together, Inc. is a parent training and information center (PTI) serving families in Kansas with a son or daughter with a disability. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization, the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center, and Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Kansas.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Center of Kansas
The Disability Rights Center of Kansas (DRC), is a public interest legal advocacy agency empowered by federal law to advocate for the civil and legal rights of Kansans with disabilities. DRC is the Official Protection and Advocacy System for Kansas and is a part of the national network of federally mandated and funded protection and advocacy systems. As such, DRC advocates for the rights of Kansans with disabilities under state or federal laws (ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, Federal Medicaid Act, Kansas Act Against Discrimination, etc.)
Kansas Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
See also General resources
Kentucky
Kentucky Family to Family Health Information Center
Kentucky Family to Family Health Information Center‘s mission is to enhance the quality of life for Kentucky’s children with special health care needs through direct service, leadership, education and collaboration. It is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Kentucky.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Kentucky Protection and Advocacy
Protection and Advocacy (P&A) is an independent state agency that was designated by the Governor as the protection and advocacy agency for Kentucky. P&A’s staff includes professional advocates and attorneys. Tgey are advocates working together with people who have disabilities to promote and protect their legal rights. Through their information and referral services, they try to answer questions about the rights of the citizens of Kentucky under disability laws.
Kentucky Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Kentucky Special Parent Involvement Network (KY-SPIN, Inc.)
KY-SPIN aims to empower and support individuals with disabilities and their families to effectively advocate for and access needed information, resources, and support networks in order to enhance the quality of their lives.
See also General resources
Louisiana
Bayou Land Families Helping Families
Bayou Land Families Helping Families provides information and referral, education and training, and peer-to-peer support to individuals with disabilities or special needs and their families. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center for Louisiana.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Advocacy Center
The Advocacy Center is Louisiana’s protection and advocacy system. Among the diverse services offered are legal representation, information and referral, outreach and training.
Louisiana Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Families Helping Families of Louisiana Centers
Families Helping Families of Louisiana is a group of families who are committed to reaching out to other families who have members with special needs. It is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Louisiana.
See also General resources
Maine
Maine Parent Federation, Inc.
The Maine Parent Federation, Inc. is a statewide organization that provides information, advocacy, education, and training to benefit all children. It promotes individual aspirations and community inclusion for people with disabilities. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center, the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program, and the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Maine.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Center
The Disability Rights Center (DRC) is Maine’s protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities. It is a non-profit agency independent of state and federal government.
Maine Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Maine CITE
Maine CITE is a statewide project designed to help make assistive and universally designed technology more available to Maine children and adults who have disabilities.
See also General resources
Maryland
Parents’ Place of Maryland
Parents’ Place of Maryland provides education, information, technical assistance, and supportive activities for the parents of children with disabilities throughout Maryland. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Maryland.
Seeking Equality, Empowerment, and Community (SEEC)
SEEC is an innovative nonprofit agency providing individualized, community-based supports to people with developmental disabilities to help them realize their version of The American Dream: a safe and happy home, good health, gratifying employment, enriching leisure activities, educational opportunities, and positive social relationships. it is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Maryland.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Maryland Disability Law Center (MDLC)
Maryland Disability Law Center is the designated Protection and Advocacy agency for the State of Maryland, mandated to advance the civil rights of people with disabilities. It is a non-profit legal services organization. It uses an array of strategies, including information and referral, direct representation, abuse and neglect investigations, technical assistance, community outreach and training.
Maryland Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Kennedy Krieger Institute is an internationally recognized facility located in Baltimore, Maryland dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents with pediatric developmental disabilities through patient care, special education, research, and professional training.
Maryland Coalition of Families for Children’s Mental Health
The Maryland Coalition of Families is the statewide voice for children’s behavioral health and is dedicated to building a family-driven network of information and support and improving services in all systems of care for children, youth and their families. It envisions all children, youth, and their families receiving quality behavioral health care that is responsive to their needs and cultures. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Maryland.
See also General resources
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Family Voices at Federation for Children with Special Needs
The Federation is a center for parents and parent organizations to work together on behalf of children with special needs and their families. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Massachusetts.
Family TIES of Massachusetts
Family TIES of Massachusetts is a statewide information and parent-to-parent support project for families of children with special needs and chronic illness. It is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Massachusetts.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Law Center, Inc.
The Disability Law Center (DLC) is the Protection and Advocacy agency for Massachusetts. DLC is a private, non-profit organization responsible for providing protection and advocacy for the rights of Massachusetts residents with disabilities. DLC receives federal, state and private funding but is not part of the state or federal government.
Massachusetts Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Parent Professional Advocacy League
Parent Professional Advocacy League is the Massachusetts state chapter of the Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health. It provides hope for children with mental health needs and their families through education, advocacy, outreach, and support. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Massachusetts.
Health Care for All – Massachusetts
HCFA seeks to create a consumer-centered health care system that provides comprehensive, affordable, accessible, culturally competent, high quality care and consumer education for everyone, especially the most vulnerable. They work to achieve this as leaders in public policy, advocacy, education and service to consumers in Massachusetts.
Institute for Community Inclusion
The Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston supports the rights of children and adults with disabilities to participate in all aspects of the community. Composed of practitioners, researchers, and teachers, it forms partnerships with individuals, families, and communities. It advocates for personal choice, self-determination, and social and economic justice.
Michigan
Michigan Family-to-Family Health Information Center
Michigan Family to Family Health Information Center (F2F HIC) is part of a federal initiative which funds F2Fs in every state, providing information and education on disability and health-related issues to families of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and the professionals who serve them. They provide families with the tools to make informed decisions. They encourage and help build partnerships between professionals and families to improve quality of services for children and youth with special health care needs.
Parent to Parent of Southwest Michigan
Parent to Parent of Southwest Michigan is a non-profit community organization offering services at no cost to families who have children with disabilities or special needs.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc.
The mission of MPAS is to advocate and protect the legal rights of people with disabilities.
Michigan Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Advocacy and Resource Center (ARC)
The ARC is committed to providing service, community education, and advocacy to ensure that persons with disabilities have the opportunity to develop their full potential and lead lives of dignity and purpose. The ARC is dedicated to improving the quality of life for persons with developmental disabilities.
HOPE Network
Hope Network is about helping people. Its mission is to “enhance the dignity and independence of persons who have a disability and/or are disadvantaged.”
Association for Children’s Mental Health (ACMH)
ACMH provides information, support, resources, referral, and advocacy for children and youth with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders and their families. ACMH envisions all Michigan children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges and their families living in a safe, welcoming community with access to needed services and supports. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Michigan.
See also General resources
Minnesota
Family Voices of Minnesota
Family Voices of Minnesota is a non-profit, parent-run organization that serves families of children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities (CYSHCN). It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Minnesota. Family Voices of Minnesota’s programs and services promote family and youth involvement and leadership in policy development and program design, implementation, and evaluation. They provide families support, information, seasoned wisdom, and tools to assist them in navigating the health system, making informed health care decisions for their child, building strong partnerships with professionals, and advocating for improved public and private policies related to services for CYSHCN and their families.
PACER Center
PACER Center expands opportunities and enhances the quality of life for children and young adults with disabilities and their families. PACER is staffed primarily by parents of children with disabilities and works in coalition with 18 disability organizations. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Minnesota.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Minnesota Disability Law Center
As part of Legal Aid, the Minnesota Disability Law Center (MDLC) addresses the unique legal needs of Minnesotans with disabilities. MDLC provides free civil legal assistance to individuals with disabilities statewide on legal issues related to their disabilities.
Minnesota Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Partners in Policymaking
The goal of Partners in Policymaking is to educate participants to be active partners with those who make policy. They will become partners in policymaking. The idea is to develop partnerships that are based on positive relationships. In today’s political climate of radical change, Partners graduates must work harder than ever to prevent the loss of basic rights for people with disabilities. Partners graduates can change the future by influencing public policy today.
Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health (MACMH)
MACMH’s mission is to promote positive mental health for all infants, children, adolescents and their families. MACMH provides referrals and trainings that build understanding of the multiple systems that serve children and how parents can navigate them effectively and trains professionals by presenting current research as evidence-proven techniques that can be put directly into practice. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Minnesota.
See also General resources
Mississippi
University of Southern Mississippi – Family-to-Family Health Information Center
Mississippi’s Family-to-Family Health Information and Education Center is a family-focused, family-managed resource center that EMPOWERS families of children with special health care needs to be partners in decisions concerning the health of their children. It is the Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Mississippi.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Mississippi
Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) is a private, non-profit corporation with a federal mandate to protect and advocate for the rights of individuals with disabilities across the state of MS. DRMS has been providing advocacy services for almost thirty years, free of charge, to Mississippians with disabilities and has helped improve the lives of thousands of Mississippi’s most vulnerable population by championing their rights. DRMS is the only disability advocacy agency in MS that has attorneys on staff to pursue legal remedies if necessary. The mission of DRMS is to promote, protect and advocate for the legal and human rights of all persons with disabilities and to assist them with full inclusion in home, community, education and employment.
Mississippi Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
University of Southern Mississippi – Institute for Disability Studies
The Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) is Mississippi’s Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service. Housed at The University of Southern Mississippi, IDS strives to meet its federal mission to enhance the quality of life across the life span for citizens with disabilities and their families, regardless of culture, ethnicity, or socioeconomic background.
Mississippi Families as Allies, Inc.
Families As Allies is an organization run by families of children with emotional and behavioral challenges for families of children with these challenges. It offers telephone listen, support and information sharing services, family partner services, family network meetings, family training and community organizing events, and public education and outreach. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Mississippi.
See also General resources
Missouri
Missouri Family-to-Family Resource Center
The Missouri Family-to-Family Resource Center serves individuals with disabilities and/or special health care needs, their families, and professionals who support them. They provide practical information and tools to help families navigate their life course and connect families with others who share similar experiences. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Missouri.
Sharing Our Strengths
Sharing Our Strengths (SOS) is a division of the Missouri Developmental Disability Resource Center (MODDRC). The MODDRC is a network of support options, providing information, peer support, and volunteer opportunities, so that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families are well informed, hopeful, connected within their communities, and are aware that they are not alone in their experience with disability. SOS serves as Missouri’s parent to parent/peer support provider. Any SOS or MODDRC service can be accessed at any time by individuals, families, or professionals, and as often as needed. It is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Missouri.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services
MO P&A is a federally mandated system in the state of Missouri which provides protection of the rights of persons with disabilities through legally-based advocacy.
Missouri Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Missouri Parents Act (MPACT)
MPACT is a statewide parent training and information center serving all disabilities. Their mission is to ensure that all children with special needs receive an education that allows them to achieve their personal goals.
See also General resources
Montana
Parents, Let’s Unite for Kids
Parents, Let’s Unite for Kids provides information, support, training, and assistance to aid children at home, school, and as adults. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Montana.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Montana
Disability Rights Montana is the federally-mandated civil rights protection and advocacy system for Montana. They have the legal authority to represent almost any person with a disability.
Montana Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
The University of Montana Rural Institute
The Rural Institute Center for Excellence in Disability Education, Research, and Service, is part of the national network of programs funded by the Federal Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) committed to increasing and supporting the independence, productivity, and inclusion of persons with disabilities into the community.
See also General resources
Nebraska
Parent Training Information (PTI) Nebraska
PTI Nebraska is a statewide resource for families of children with disabilities and special health care needs. The mission of PTI Nebraska is to provide training, information, and support to parents in Nebraska who have a child, birth through twenty-six, with special needs. Resources are provided for parents, other family members, school personnel, and interested others. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Nebraska.
The Arc of Omaha at the Ollie Webb Center
The Arc of Omaha’s mission is to enrich the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families through support, programs and advocacy. It is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Nebraska.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Nebraska
Disability Rights Nebraska was created to assist individuals with disabilities and their families in protecting and advocating for their rights. From its beginning, NAS has promoted the principles of equality, self-determination, and dignity of persons with disabilities.
Nebraska Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Answers4Families
The Answers4Families project (Nebraska Network for Children and Families) provides information, dialogue, education, and support to Nebraskans with special needs by providing Internet resources.
Nebraska Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
Nebraska Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health is a Family Run organization, Statewide collaboration around common issues and concerns affecting families and their organizations in each of the state’s six administrative regions, and a network of Family and Youth voices to help create the best system of care for children with mental, emotional and behavioral health challenges in Nebraska. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Nebraska.
See also General resources
Nevada
Family TIES of Nevada
Family TIES provides one place for families in Nevada touched by disability or special health care conditions to become empowered to create visions for independent lives. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization, the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center, and the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Nevada.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Nevada Disability Advocacy & Law Center
The Nevada Disability Advocacy & Law Center (NDALC) is a private, statewide non-profit organization that serves as Nevada’s federally-mandated protection and advocacy system for human, legal, and service rights for individuals with disabilities.
Nevada Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Parents Encouraging Parents (PEP)
PEP is Nevada’s statewide parent information and training center for families who have children with disabilities. It offers information and referral, a lending library, quarterly newsletter, conflict resolution support, training workshops, advocacy and mentor support, and individual assistance. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Nevada.
See also General resources
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Family Voices
New Hampshire Family Voices is a resource for information about your child’s special health care needs. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center for New Hampshire.
NH Family Ties
New Hampshire Family Ties is a parent-to-parent support program that provides emotional support, insight and understanding to parents when they learn their child has special needs, or when their child may be going through a transitional period
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disabilities Rights Center
The Disabilities Rights Center (DRC) is New Hampshire’s designated Protection and Advocacy agency and authorized by federal statute “to pursue legal, administrative and other appropriate remedies” on behalf of individuals with disabilities. DRC is a statewide organization independent from state government or service providers.
New Hampshire Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Parent Information Center
The Parent Information Center (PIC) is a recognized leader in building strong family/school partnerships. PIC provides information, support, and educational programs for parents, family members, educators, and the community. PIC is a pioneer in promoting effective parent involvement in the special education process.
Granite State Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
The Granite State Federation of Families (GSFF) is a nonprofit membership-driven organization that provides leadership in the field of children’s mental health. GSFF provides family and youth support and training. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in New Hampshire.
See also General resources
New Jersey
Statewide Parent Advocacy Network, Inc. (SPAN)
SPAN, New Jersey’s “one stop” for families of children, birth to 21, strives to provide the best support and training to families and professionals who need assistance and keep people informed about important events in education, health care, and all the other areas of life that impact families of children with special health care needs and the professionals who work with them. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in New Jersey, and facilitates the Statewide Community of Care Consortium for Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs, bringing together over 100 state, county, local, and non-profit agencies working to improve services and outcomes for NJ’s CYSHCN.
New Jersey Statewide Parent to Parent
Parent-to-Parent, a collaboration with the Family Support Center of NJ, is a statewide network of parents supporting families of children with developmental delays, disabilities, and special health and mental health needs housed at the Statewide Parent Advocacy Network. It is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in New Jersey.
New Jersey Alliance of Family Support Organizations (NJAFSO)
NJAFSO is the alliance of NJ’s network of county Family Support Organizations, family-led, community-based, non-profit agencies whose mission is to provide support, advocacy, and education to families and caregivers of children with emotional, behavioral and mental health needs.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs. Get information about the network of county Special Child Health Services Case Management Units that provide case management support to families of CSHCN.
Early Intervention
The New Jersey Early Intervention System (NJEIS), under the Division of Family Health Services, implements New Jersey’s statewide system of services for infants and toddlers, birth to age three, with developmental delays or disabilities, and their families.
New Jersey Aging and Disability Resource Center (NJADRC)
NJADRC is a “doorway” to services for seniors and people with disabilities.
New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities
The NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities, funded by the federal government with matching funds from the state, engages in advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change that contribute to a coordinated, consumer and family-centered, consumer- and family-directed comprehensive system that includes needed community services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that promote self determination for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. It facilitates NJ’s Partners in Policymaking program and the Statewide and Regional Family Support Planning Councils.
New Jersey Division on Developmental Disabilities (DDS)
The Division serves as a single point of entry for people with disabilities that need information and/or services within the human services system. DDS administers programs that allow people with different types of disabilities to live more independently in the community, and in many cases, avoid the need to move into an institution. These programs include home and community-based service programs, as well as other resource programs. It also publishes (online and hard copy) New Jersey Resources 2011, a comprehensive guide about services across New Jersey for people with disabilities across systems.
Disability Rights New Jersey
Disability Rights New Jersey is a private, non-profit, consumer-directed organization established to advocate for and advance the human, civil and legal rights of citizens of New Jersey with disabilities, promote public awareness and recognition of individuals with disabilities as equally entitled members of society, advise and assist persons with disabilities, family members, attorneys and guardians in obtaining and protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities, and provide education, training and technical assistance to individuals with disabilities, the agencies that serve them, advocates, attorneys, professionals, courts and others regarding the rights of individuals with disabilities.
New Jersey Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
The Boggs Center, NJ’s University Center of Excellence on Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) provides community and student training and technical assistance, conducts research and model demonstrations, disseminates educational materials, and responds to requests for information.
NJ Citizen Action
NJ Citizen Action facilitates the NJ for Healthcare Coalition, and operates a free Consumer Health Helpline at 1-888-NJ GET WELL (1-888-654-3893).
Mainstreaming Medical Care
Mainstreaming Medical Care, a project of the Arc of NJ, promotes quality health care for children and adults with developmental disabilities through advocacy on statewide committees assigned to make recommendations on health care for people with developmental disabilities, presentations on managed care and women’s health issues to large or small groups of families, staff and consumers; information and referral services to families, staff and consumers on how people with disabilities should access health care services from the current health care system; an annual medical care conference; and the Healthy Times newsletter for health care professionals and caregivers.
The Family Support Center of New Jersey
The Family Support Center is a “One-Stop-Shop” clearinghouse, offering you the most up-to-date information on all types of disabilities, as well as national, state, and local support programs and services for individuals and families seeking such information.
Mercer County Family Support Organization
Mercer County FSO brings compassion and cultural sensitivity to working with families. They are dedicated to ensuring that all families are well-educated and effectively able to navigate systems of service that can be complicated and challenging. Mercer County FSO facilitates support with other parents, provides education and training, and offers referrals and information to caregivers with the goal of empowering families to utilize the system of care and resources effectively for their children and improving the quality of family life. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in New Jersey.
Children’s Specialized Hospital’s Health Insurance Education
This resource, created by Children’s Specialized Hospital in NJ, helps families select a health plan that best meets the needs of their children with special health care needs. The site includes tips from other families, definitions of common health insurance terms, and other helpful resources.
See also General resources
New Mexico
Parents Reaching Out
Parents Reaching Out is a statewide nonprofit organization that works with parents, caregivers, educators and other professionals to promote healthy, positive, and caring experiences for New Mexico families and children. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization, the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center, and Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in New Mexico.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights New Mexico (DRNM)
Disability Rights New Mexico is a private, non-profit organization whose mission is to protect, promote and expand the rights of persons with disabilities. It is the designated protection and advocacy program for New Mexico, and as such it has authority under federal law to pursue legal, administrative and other remedies on behalf of persons with disabilities.
New Mexico Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Abrazos Family Support Services – Southwest Communication Resources
Abrazos provides a variety of specialized health and developmental services that support families to meet the special needs of their infants, children, and adult family members. This includes: developmental assessment and evaluation, developmental intervention and service coordination, case management for Medicaid eligible pregnant women and babies, and respite care. They serve families living in the central New Mexico communities of Bernalillo and Sandoval Counties.
New Mexico Family Network
New Mexico Family Network provides information and assistance to families of children and adolescents with neurobiological, emotional and behavioral differences (“Clients”) through a variety of programs and advocacy efforts throughout New Mexico. In addition to directly serving Clients, the Agency seeks to make individuals and families who are not yet Clients (“client population”) aware of the Agency and services it provides. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in New Mexico.
See also General resources
New York
Parent to Parent of New York State
Parent to Parent of New York State is a statewide organization known for supporting families of individuals with special needs. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization, the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center, and the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in New York.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs
The New York State Justice Center assures that the state maintains the nation’s highest standards of health, safety and dignity and supports service providers.
Formerly: The Commision on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities. The Commission, which served New Yorkers with disabilities, was dissolved on June 30, 2013 and its responsibilities, programs, and function were transferred to the New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs.
New York Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
The Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at the Rose F. Kennedy University Center For Excellence In Developmental Disabilities
The Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine provides a broad spectrum of clinical services for infants, children, adolescents, and, despite its name, adults, with problems that include physical, developmental, language, and learning disabilities.
Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.
Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. provides information and referral, case management and support, individual and systemic advocacy, parent and professional training, and library and information services to New York City parents and caregivers of children with disabilities and special needs and to the professionals who work with them.
Sinergia
Sinergia provides service coordination, information, and support to families and individuals in need. Second, it provides families and individuals with the means of self-empowerment, ultimately enabling them to become their own advocates and directly assist other families.
Families Together in New York State
Families Together is a non-profit, family-run organization that strives to establish a unified voice for families of children and youth with social, emotional and behavioral challenges. Their mission is to ensure that every family has access to needed information, support and services. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in New York.
See also General resources
North Carolina
The Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center (ECAC)
ECAC has grown from an all volunteer parent organization to a full service Parent Training & Information Center serving families in North Carolina with more than twenty-five full and part-time staff and offices throughout NC. All services are provided at no charge to parents and families. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in North Carolina.
Family Support Network of North Carolina (FSN-NC)
FSN-NC promote and provide support for families with children who have special needs. It is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in North Carolina.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights North Carolina
Disability Rights North Carolina is an independent, private not for profit organization. Designated by the Governor on July 1, 2007 to ensure the rights of all state citizens with disabilities through individual advocacy and system change, Disability Rights NC (formerly Carolina Legal Assistance) is part of a national system of federally mandated independent disability agencies. While it receives federal money, Disability Rights NC is completely independent of state government. It is also independent from the disability service system in order to be free of any conflicts of interests, which would undermine the capacity to advocate vigorously on behalf of the human and legal rights of people with disabilities.
North Carolina Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
TelAbility
TelAbility is an innovative, community oriented, interdisciplinary program that uses telecommunications to improve the lives of children with disabilities. Using real time video-conferencing and internet technologies, TelAbility provides comprehensive, coordinated, family centered care to children with disabilities across North Carolina and offers education, training, and peer support for people who care for them.
North Carolina Families United
NC Families United is a family support and advocacy organization that links families to State and community partners for the purpose of improving the lives of children, youth, and families with emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in North Carolina.
See also General resources
North Dakota
Family Voices of North Dakota, Inc.
Family Voices of North Dakota is a Health Information and Education Center for families who have children with special health care needs: disability, chronic illness, physical, or mental health conditions. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization, the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center, and the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in North Dakota.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
North Dakota Protection and Advocacy Project
P&A is an independent state agency established in 1977 to advance the human and legal rights of people with disabilities. P&A strives to create an inclusive society that values each individual.
North Dakota Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
North Dakota Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
ND Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health is a parent-run organization focused on the needs of children and youth with emotional, behavioral or mental disorders and their families that provides support, advocacy, and education. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in North Dakota.
See also General resources
Ohio
Family Voices of Ohio
Family Voices of Ohio activities focus on assisting families to partner in decision making for their children and at the policy level. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Ohio.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Ohio
Disability Rights Ohio provides legal advocacy and rights protection to a wide range of people with disabilities. This includes assisting individuals with problems such as abuse, neglect, discrimination, access to assistive technology, special education, housing, employment, community integration, voting and rights protection issues with the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
Ohio Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Special Needs Resource Directory of Southwest Ohio
The directory, developed by the Center for Infants and Children with Special Needs at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, includes information on issues related to advocacy, assistive technology, community services, dental care, education, employment, estate and future planning, financial assistance, guardianship, home health care, mental health, MR/DD services, nutrition resources, summer programming, therapies, transition issues, transportation, and wish-granting organizations.
Ohio Federation for Children’s Mental Health (OFFCMH)
The Ohio Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health (OFFCMH) is a non-profit organization focused on the issues of children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs and their families. It works to develop and implement policies, legislation, funding mechanisms, and service systems that utilize the strengths of families. Its emphasis on advocacy offers families a voice in the formation of national policy, services and supports for children with mental health needs and their families. OFFCMH is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Ohio.
See also General resources
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Family Network
The Oklahoma Family Network is Oklahoma’s Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program advocating for family-centered care for those who are raising children with special health care needs. It is also the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Oklahoma.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Redlands Partners
Known as the Redlands Partners, the Center for Learning and Leadership (The Center), the Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council (ODDC) and the Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc. (ODLC) are considered sibling agencies because they are related under one law. Each agency functions under specific authority granted through the DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ASSISTANCE AND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT. Known as the DD Act, this law defines the core responsibilities of these three organizations. Each is required to develop and conduct its work in such a way that the opportunities for INDEPENDENCE, PRODUCTIVITY and INCLUSION of people with developmental disabilities will be favorably affected. The programs must work to address the interests and concerns of constituents, pay attention to what changes for people at each stage of life–from birth through old age, and be conscious of how culture plays a role in people’s opportunities, interests and experiences in the community.
Oklahoma Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
See also General resources
Oregon
Oregon Family to Family Health Information Center
The Oregon Family to Family Health Information Center (F2F HIC) provides information to families who are navigating the complex world of special health care needs. The Oregon F2F HIC is a network of parents who have firsthand experience raising a child or youth with a chronic health condition, developmental delay or disability, or emotional/behavioral challenges. Services include a toll-free number throughout Oregon that parents, caregivers and others can call for support, resources, and information regarding special needs. The Oregon F2F HIC also provides informational workshops, a monthly newsletter, and a website clearinghouse of federal and state programs related to special needs.
Oregon Health and Science University
As Oregon’s only academic health center, OHSU has a special place in the life of Oregonians. It is a unique health and education resource for the state, and its goal is to improve the health and well being of all Oregonians.
FACTOregon: Family & Community Together
Formed in 2002, FACT (formerly the Family Action Coalition Team) is a family leadership organization for individuals and their families experiencing disabilities, working collaboratively to facilitate positive change in policies, systems, and attitudes, through family support, advocacy, and partnerships. FACT includes the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Oregon.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Oregon
Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) promotes Opportunity, Access and Choice for individuals with disabilities by assisting them with legal problems directly related to their disabilities. It does this in a variety of ways, which include promoting awareness among people with disabilities of their rights under the law, providing information, tools and referrals that empower individuals to advocate on their own behalf, investigating and, when appropriate, addressing reports of abuse and/or neglect, representing individuals in cases where legal expertise is needed, pursuing policy changes that benefit many people with disabilities, both now and into the future, and litigation when necessary.
Oregon Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
See also General resources
Pennsylvania
Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership Center (PEAL)
The PEAL Center serves families of children with disabilities and special health care needs. It provides information and training on education in Western and Central Pennsylvania, and on healthcare needs and support services statewide for parents and friends of children with disabilities, educators, health care and community service providers, and advocates. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Pennsylvania.
Parent to Parent
Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania is a network created by families for families of children and adults with special needs. They connect families in similar situations with one another so that they may share experiences, offer practical information and/or support. It is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Pennsylvania.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
The mission of the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania is to advance, protect, and advocate for the human, civil, and legal rights of Pennsylvanians with disabilities.
Pennsylvania Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Parent Education Network
PEN is Pennsylvania’s statewide Parent Training and Information Center. Much of the information included in this site is designed to support Pennsylvania parents of children with special needs, but information and links are included on federal special education, national disability issues and resources, special education legal links, transportation, and travel that will also pertain to parents and individuals with disabilities in other states.
See also General resources
Puerto Rico
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Infórmese sobre programas de Título V de Salud Maternal, Infantil y Adolescente en su estado y lea sobre participación familiar en programas para niños con necesidades especiales. Esta página web incluye recursos que ofrecen más información sobre Título V en su estado, y una lista de programas adicionales del estado.
Oficina del Procurador de las Personas con Impedimentos
Oficina del Procurador de las Personas con Impedimentos guarantees the protection of rights for people with disabilities in order to achieve effective integration and participation in all areas of society.
Oficina del Procurador de las Personas con Impedimentos arantizar la protección de los derechos de las personas con impedimentos para que alcancen una integración y participación efectiva en todos los ámbitos de nuestra sociedad.
Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Parent Information Network (RIPIN)
The Rhode Island Parent Information Network (RIPIN) is a statewide, nonprofit agency that provides information, training, support, and advocacy to parents seeking help for their children. RIPIN is home to many projects that provide services to families with children in RI, including families of children with special needs. Projects include Family Voices, the Early Intervention Parent Consultant Program, the Family Health Parent Consultants, and the Parent Training and Information Center. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Rhode Island.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Rhode Island Disability Law Center
Rhode Island Disability Law Center (RIDLC) provides free legal assistance to persons with disabilities. Services include individual representation to protect rights or to secure benefits and services; self-help information; educational programs; and administrative and legislative advocacy. The agency administers eight federally funded advocacy programs, each of which has its own eligibility criteria.
Rhode Island Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Parent Support Network of Rhode Island
The Parent Support Network is an organization of families supporting families with children, youth, and young adults who experience or are at risk for serious behavioral, emotional, and/or mental health challenges. PSN seeks to strengthen and preserve families and reduce family isolation by promoting positive mental health and well-being, and building a culturally and linguistically competent system of care, through advocacy, education, training, and increased public awareness. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Rhode Island.
See also General resources
South Carolina
Family Connection of South Carolina
Family Connection of South Carolina is a support network for families who have children with developmental delays, disabilities, or chronic illnesses. As the statewide Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program with offices in several cities, Family Connection helps thousands of children in South Carolina reach their potential by providing parent-to-parent connections, linking families to community resources, and sponsoring a number of educational and support programs. Programs are free and confidential. As parents of children with special needs, Family Connection parents know the value of talking with another parent. It is also the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in South Carolina.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc.
Established in 1977 as the protection and advocacy system for the State of South Carolina, P&A is a member of the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) and is mandated by state and federal law to protect the rights of people with disabilities in South Carolina.
South Carolina Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Parents Reaching Out to Parents of South Carolina, Inc.
Parents Reaching Out to Parents of South Carolina, Inc. provides information and training about special education law to families of children with disabilities and special needs. This is not income based.
Federation of Families of South Carolina
The Federation of Families of South Carolina is a nonprofit organization established to serve the families of children with any degree of emotional, behavioral or psychiatric disorder. The services and programs offered by the Federation are designed to meet the individual and varying needs of families around the state. Through support networks, educational materials, publications, conferences/workshops and other activities, the Federation provides many avenues of support for families of children with emotional, behavioral or psychiatric disorders. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in South Carolina.
See also General resources
South Dakota
South Dakota Parent Connection, Inc.
South Dakota Parent Connection, Inc. is a Parent Training and Information Center formed by parents, educators, and services personnel to provide information and training to parents of children with disabilities or special needs throughout the state of South Dakota. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in South Dakota.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
South Dakota Advocacy Services
South Dakota Advocacy Services’ mission is to protect and advocate the rights of South Dakotans with disabilities through legal, administrative, and other remedies.
South Dakota Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
South Dakota Voices for Children
The mission of South Dakota Voices for Children is to improve the lives of children through policy and program advocacy.
See also General resources
Tennessee
Tennessee Disability Coalition
The Coalition is an alliance of organizations and individuals in Tennessee that have joined to promote the full and equal participation of men, women, and children with disabilities in all aspects of life. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Tennessee.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee
Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee (DLAC) advocates for the rights of Tennesseans with disabilities to ensure that they have an equal opportunity to be productive and respected members of our society.
Family Information Notebook (FIN)
The FIN Project is an information exchange system for use among caregivers and health care, educational, faith-based, recreational, and other community systems that care for a child with special health care needs.
Tennessee Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
See also General resources
Texas
Texas Parent to Parent Network
Texas Parent to Parent provides peer support, resource, and referral information and advocacy. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization, the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center, and the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Texas.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Texas
Disability Rights Texas is the federally designated legal protection and advocacy agency (P&A) for people with disabilities in Texas. Its mission is to help people with disabilities understand and exercise their rights under the law, ensuring their full and equal participation in society.
Texas Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Partners Resource Network (PRN)
PRN is the non-profit agency awarded three PTI Projects, which now cover the entire state of Texas. These projects operate independently, but do share some central administrative functions. All the projects share the common purpose of empowering parents of children and youth with disabilities in their roles as parents, decision makers, and advocates for their children.
See also General resources
Utah
Family Voices Health Information Center
Utah Family Voices is all about supporting families of the disabled, and is run by parents of special needs children. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Utah.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disibility Law Center
Since 1979, the Disability Law Center (DLC) has helped thousands of Utahns with disabilities and their families. The DLC has broad statutory powers to safeguard the human and civil rights of persons with disabilities. It provides self-advocacy assistance, legal services, disability rights education, and public policy advocacy on behalf of the more than 400,000 Utah residents with disabilities. Its services are available statewide and without regard for ability to pay.
Utah Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Utah Parent Center (UPC)
The mission of the PPC is to help parents help their children with disabilities to live included, productive lives as members of the community.
Allies With Families
Allies with Families offers practical support and resources for parents and their children with emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Utah.
See also General resources
Vermont
Vermont Family Network
The organization provides information, support, advocacy, and promotes family-centered policies and practices. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization, the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center, and the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Vermont.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Vermont
Disability Rights Vermont is a statewide agency dedicated to advancing the rights of people with disabilities and mental health issues. It supports human and civil rights by investigating complaints of abuse and neglect (physical or sexual assault, verbal & physical abuse, restraint and seclusion, forced treatment, and harassment), and complaints of violations of individual rights (the right to refuse treatment, right to privacy, access to medical records, confidentiality, etc.) Disability Rights Vermont is separate and independent from all state agencies, hospitals, and community mental health centers.
Vermont Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Vermont Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Inc.
The Vermont Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health exists to support families and children where a child or youth, age 0-22, is experiencing or at risk to experience emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Vermont.
See also General resources
Virginia
Partnership for People with Disabilities at Virginia Commonwealth University
The mission of Partnership for People with Disabilities is to partner with people with disabilities and others to build communities where all people can live, learn, work, and play together. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Virginia.
Parent to Parent of Virginia
The Virginia Parent to Parent support program connects veteran parents (called Parent Partners or Family Navigators) of children with disabilities with parents that have children with disabilities just learning of their diagnosis, moving to a new community, transitioning from one system to the next, or who just need help figuring out next steps. Parent Partners provide emotional, informational and systems navigational support.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy
The Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA) helps with disability-related problems like abuse, neglect, and discrimination. It also helps people with disabilities obtain services and treatment. All callers receive help with these problems. Individuals with problems, targeted in its program goals, may also receive advocacy services and/or legal representation.
Virginia Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
The Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center assists the families of children with disabilities through education, information, and training.
NAMI Virginia
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Virginia provides support, education, and advocacy for individuals and families in Virginia affected by mental illness. Along with their community-based affiliates, they provide education, support, information, training, and resources, and engage in systems change policy advocacy. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Virginia.
See also General resources
Washington
PAVE
PAVE is a parent directed organization that works with families, individuals with disabilities, professionals, and community members in all walks of life and with all types of disabilities. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Washington.
Washington State Parent to Parent Support Programs
Washington State Parent to Parent provides emotional support and information to families of children with special needs and/or disabilities. It is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Washington.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Washington
Disability Rights Washington (DRW) is a private non-profit organization that protects the rights of people with disabilities statewide. Its mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self-determination of people with disabilities. It works to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights. It provides free advocacy services to people with disabilities.
Washington Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
See also General resources
West Virginia
West Virginia Parent Training and Information (WVPTI)
WVPTI is a statewide cross disability, parent/professional, private nonprofit group. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in West Virginia.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
West Virginia Advocates
West Virginia Advocates, Inc. (WVA) is the federally mandated protection and advocacy system for people with disabilities in West Virginia. WVA is a private, nonprofit agency. Their services are confidential and free of charge.
West Virginia Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Mountain State Parent, Child, and Adolescent Network
The Mountain State Parents Child and Adolescent Network (MSP-CAN) promotes reforms in the service delivery system through a continuum of interrelated activities that educate and support parent, inform practitioners, and administrators and policy makers. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in West Virginia.
See also General resources
Wisconsin
Family Voices of Wisconsin
Family Voices of Wisconsin is a network of families who have children with special health care needs and/or disabilities and those who work on their behalf. It focuses its efforts on working with its partners to support the voice of families to inform and influence public policy on behalf of children and families. It is the Family Voices State Affiliate and the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Wisconsin.
Parent to Parent of Wisconsin
Parent to Parent of Wisconsin provides the one-to-one connection for parents new to having a child with special needs, experiencing a time of stress or simply seeking support, resources, and information with another parent who has been there. It is the Parent-to-Parent (P2P) program in Wisconsin.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Disability Rights Wisconsin
Disability Rights helps people across Wisconsin gain access to services and opportunity through its advocacy and legal expertise. It regularly challenges systems and society to create positive change and improve the lives of people with disabilities.
Wisconsin Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
Advocacy and Benefits Counseling (ABC) for Health
ABC for Health is a Wisconsin-based, nonprofit, public interest law firm dedicated to ensuring health care access for children and families, particularly those with special needs or who are at risk. ABC for Health’s mission is to provide health care consumers with the information, advocacy tools, legal services, and expert support they need to navigate through America’s complex and confusing health care financing system.
Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training & Support, Inc. (WI FACETS) – Parent Training & Information Center
WI FACETS is a nonprofit organization serving Wisconsin children and adults with disabilities, their families and those who support them.
Wisconsin Family Ties
Wisconsin Family Ties works to create greater understanding, respectful acceptance, and support in the community with families that include children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral, and mental disorders. It is the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Wisconsin.
See also General resources
Wyoming
UPLIFT
UPLIFT encourages success and wellness for families, children, youth, and young adults with or at risk of emotional, behavioral, or learning disorders, disabilities, and other special health care needs. It is the federally-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center and the Statewide Family Network (SFN) in Wyoming.
Parents Helping Parents of Wyoming, Inc.
Parents Helping Parents of Wyoming, Inc is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1990. Governed by a board of directors, the majority who are parents or family members of children with disabilities, PHP ‘s mission is to help families become more active in their children’s learning and education, to serve and support children with and without disabilities through advocacy, education, and referral.
Title V Information
Learn about Title V Maternal and Child Health programs in your state and read about family participation in children with special health care needs programs. This site includes the contacts for more information about Title V in your state, and a list of additional state programs.
Wyoming Protection & Advocacy System, Inc.
The mission of Wyoming Protection & Advocacy System, Inc. is to establish, expand, protect and enforce the human and civil rights of persons with disabilities through administrative, legal, and other appropriate remedies.
Wyoming Consumer Assistance Programs
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
General Resources
Consumer Assistance Programs at https://localhelp.healthcare.gov/
Consumer Assistance Programs help people access health insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. They can also assist individuals who encounter difficulties using the health benefits they have. On this site, you can enter your zip code to find a list of resources in your area.
The Morgan Project
The M.O.R.G.A.N. Project, a 501(c)3, was created by two parents as a tribute to their son with complex health needs. The mission of this national, community-based organization of volunteers is to promote awareness, facilitate support, and enhance the quality of life for families with children with special health care needs. Visit this site to learn about financial resources, used equipment exchanges, research and clinical studies, support groups, links to additional resources, and more.
Healthy Young America
Healthy Young America, created by Young Invincibles, a national organization dedicated to representing the interests of 18 – 34 year olds, provides answers to frequently asked insurance-related questions targeted to this age group.
The Arc: For people with intellectual and developmental disabilties
The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes. Learn more and connect to the Arc chapter in your state.
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
NDRN is the nonprofit membership organization for the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems (linked into state information above) and Client Assistance Programs (CAP). CAPs, many of which are housed within P&A offices, provide information and assistance to individuals seeking or receiving vocational rehabilitation (VR) services under the Rehabilitation Act, including assistance in pursuing administrative, legal and other appropriate remedies. Collectively, the P&A/CAP network is the largest provider of legally based advocacy services to people with disabilities in the United States.
The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF)
The National Patient Safety Foundation, a central voice for patient safety, is an independent, 501(c)(3) organization working to improve the safety of care provided to patients. The Patients and Consumers section has key facts, tips and tools, and links for additional information.
The Early Intervention Family Alliance (EIFA)
The Early Intervention Family Alliance is a national group of family leaders dedicated to improving outcomes for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. The EIFA works to assure meaningful family involvement in the development of Part C policies and their implementation at community, state and federal levels.
The Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR)
The Center for Parent Information and Resources serves as a central resource of information and products to the community of Parent Training Information (PTI) Centers and the Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs), so that they can focus their efforts on serving families of children with disabilities. CPIR is also the new home for English and Spanish legacy materials from the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY).
Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF)
En Español (Recursos Generales)
The Patient Advocate Foundation provides mediation and arbitration services to patients to remove obstacles to healthcare including medical debt crisis, insurance access issues and employment issues for patients with chronic, debilitating and life-threatening illnesses.
Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University (MCH Library)
The MCH Library includes Knowledge Paths on maternal and child health-related topics. Each Path includes selections of recent, high quality resources and tools to learn more about the topic, locate training resources, develop programs, and stay abreast of new developments. Families raising children and youth with special health care needs may be especially interested in the Knowledge Paths about Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs , Community Services Locator
An Online Directory for Finding Community Services for Children and Families , Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) Services in Medicaid , Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Challenges in Children and Adolescents , Health Insurance and Access to Care for Children and Adolescents , Autism Spectrum Disorder, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health, and Spanish-Language Health Resources.
