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State Agencies and Organizations
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United States Senators |
Honorable
Senator Claire McCaskill
Contact Claire's office at
tours@mccaskill.senate.gov or call
202-224-6154 for advice.
E-mail Web Form:
Web:
http://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/?p=home |
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Honorable
Senator Roy Blunt (R)
260 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5721
Fax: (202) 224-8149
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Web Form:
- Web:
http://www.blunt.senate.gov/public/
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United States Representatives
To find the contact information for your
representative in the House of the U.S. Congress, visit
the House’s Web site at: www.house.gov, or call: (202)
225-3121; (202) 225-1904 (TTY). |
Governor
Honorable Jay Nixon
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 720
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-3222
E-mail Web Form:
Web:
http://governor.mo.gov/ |
Official State Web Site
Web:
http://www.mo.gov/ |
State Department of
Education: Special Education
Division of Special Education
Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education
PO Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Telephone: 573-751-4212
Fax: 573-751-8613
TDD: 800-735-2966
Web:
http://dese.mo.gov/se/index.html/ |
State Coordinator for NCLB (No
Child Left Behind)
Federal Programs, Early
Childhood, School Improvement, and Accreditation
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573)
751-4104
Web:
www.dese.mo.gov
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Programs for Infants and
Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2
Debby Parsons, Coordinator
Special
Education Services
Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City,
MO 65102
(573) 522-8762; (866) 583-2392 (First
Steps)
Web:
www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/ |
Programs for Children with
Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
Effective Practices Section
Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson
City, MO 65102
(573) 751-0187
Web:
www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/ |
State Vocational
Rehabilitation Agency
Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Education
3024 Dupont Circle
Jefferson City, MO 65109-0525
(573) 751-3251
Web:
www.vr.dese.mo.gov |
Coordinator for Transition
Services
Special Education Effective
Practices Section
Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson
City, MO 65102-0480
(573) 751-0625
Web:
www.dese.mo.gov |
Office of State
Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with
Disabilities
Career Education
Special Needs
Civil Rights Compliance and Title IX
Coordinator
Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 522-1775
Web Site: |
State Mental Health Agency
Dr. Ron Dittemore, Interim Director
Department of Mental Health
1706 East Elm
P.O.
Box 687
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-3070;
(800) 364-9687
Web:
www.dmh.mo.gov |
State Mental Health
Representative for Children and Youth
Missouri Department of Mental Health
P.O. Box 687
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-0142
Web:
www.dmh.mo.gov |
Programs for People with
Developmental Disabilities
Division
of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
1706 E. Elm
P.O. Box 687
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-8676; (800) 207-9329
Web:
www.dmh.mo.gov |
Councils on Developmental
Disabilities
Missouri Planning
Council for Developmental Disabilities
1706 E. Elm
P.O. Box 687
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573)
751-8611; (800) 500-7878 (In MO)
Web:
http://moddcouncil.org/ |
Protection and Advocacy Agency
Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services
925 S. Country Club Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65109
(573) 659-0678; (800) 392-8667
Web:
www.moadvocacy.org |
Client Assistance Program
Contact Protection and Advocacy Agency listed above |
Programs for Children with
Special Health Care Needs
Special Health
Care Needs
Department of Health and Senior Services
930 Wildwood Drive
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO
65102
(573) 751-6246; (800) 451-0669
Web:
www.dhss.mo.gov |
State CHIP Program
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
MC+ for Children
Missouri Department of Social
Services
(888) 275-5908
Web:
http://mochip.org/
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Programs for Children and Youth
who are Blind or Visually Impaired or Deaf-Blind
Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
Family
Support Division
615 Howerton Court
P.O. Box 2320
Jefferson City, MO 65102-2320
(573) 751-4249; (800)
592-6004
Web:
www.dss.mo.gov/fsd/rsb/index.htm |
Missouri School for the Blind
3815 Magnolia Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314)
776-4320; (800) 622-5672
E-mail:
webmsb@msb.k12.mo.us
Web:
www.msb.k12.mo.us |
Programs for Children and Youth
who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Missouri
Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1103 Rear
Southwest Boulevard
Jefferson City, MO 65109
(573)
526-5205 (V/TTY)
Web:
www.mcdhh.mo.gov |
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Missouri School for the Deaf
- Barbara Garrison,
Superintendent
505 E. 5th Street
Fulton, MO
65251-1799
(573) 592-4000
Web:
www.msd.k12.mo.us
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Telecommunications Relay
Services for Individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing,
or with Speech Impairments
(800) 735-2466
(V)
(800) 735-2966 (TTY); 711 (TTY)
(877) 735-7877
(Speech to Speech) |
State Education Agency Rural
Representative
Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson
City, MO 65102
(573) 751-4212
Web:
www.dese.mo.gov |
Regional ADA & IT
Technical Assistance Center
Great
Plains ADA Center
100 Corporate Lake Drive
Columbia, MO 65203
1-800-949-4232 (V/TTY)
573-882-3600 (V/TTY)
573-884-4925 (FAX)
Web:
http://www.gpadacenter.org/ |
University Centers for
Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
UMKC Institute for Human Development
Health Sciences
Building
2220 Holmes Street, 3rd Floor
Kansas
City, MO 64108
(816) 235-1770; (800) 444-0821 (V)
(800) 452-1185 (TTY)
Web:
www.ihd.umkc.edu |
Technology-Related Assistance
Missouri Assistive Technology
4731 South Cochise,
Suite 114
Independence, MO 64055-6975
(816)
373-5193; (800) 647-8557
Web:
www.at.mo.gov |
State Mediation System
Special Education Compliance
Missouri
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
P.O.
Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-4909
Web:
www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/ |
Special Format Library
Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
P.O. Box 387
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0387
(573) 751-8720; (800) 392-2614 (in MO)
(800)
347-1379 (TTY/ in MO)
Web:
www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/ |
Disability-Specific Organizations
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Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or
locality, contact either: |
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 150
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050
(Voice mail to request information packet)
Web:
www.chadd.org |
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O.
Box 543
Pottstown, PA 19464-0543
(484) 945-2101
Web: www.add.org |
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Autism |
Autism Alliance of Greater
Kansas City
P.O. Box 45664
Kansas City, MO 64171
(816) 842-2452
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Children's Services
Division
of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
1706 E. Elm
P.O. Box 687
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-4054
Web:
www.dmh.mo.gov/mrdd |
Blind/Visual Impairments
American
Foundation for the Blind - Midwest
401 N. Michigan
Avenue, Suite 350
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 396-4420
Web: www.afb.org |
Brain Injury
Brain Injury Association
of Missouri
10270 Page Avenue, Suite 100
St.
Louis, MO 63132
(314) 426-4024; (800) 377-6442
Web: www.biamo.org |
Missouri Department of Health
and Senior Services
Division of Community & Public
Health
Special Health Care Needs
930 Wildwood
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-6246
Web:
http://health.mo.gov/index.php |
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Cerebral Palsy
United
Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater St. Louis
8645 Old Bonhomme Road
St. Louis, MO 63132-3999
(314) 994-1600
Web: Northwest
http://ucpnwmo.org/
- Heartland:
http://www.ucpheartland.org/
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Epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation
of the St. Louis Region
7100 Oakland Avenue
St.
Louis, MO 63117
(314) 645-6969; (800) 264-6970
Web:
http://www.epilepsy.com/index.php |
Learning Disabilities
Learning
Disabilities Association of Missouri
Web:
https://www.ldastl.org/index.php/ |
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Mental Health
Mental Health Association of St.
Louis
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1905 South Grand
Boulevard
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St. Louis, MO 63104
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Web:
http://mha-em.org/about-mha
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National Alliance on Mental
Illness Missouri
1001 Southwest Boulevard, Suite E
Jefferson City, MO 65109
(573) 634-7727; (800)
374-2138Web:
http://www.nami.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=310
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Special Health Care Needs
Family
Voices of Missouri
811 N. Fremont Avenue
Springfield, MO 65802
(417) 619-2609
Web:
http://www.familyvoices.org/ |
Speech and Hearing
Missouri
Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Central Office
901 Missouri Boulevard, PMB 355
Jefferson City, MO
65109-1759
(888) 729-6742
Web:
www.showmemsha.org |
Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida
Association of Greater St. Louis
8050 Watson Road,
Suite 115
St. Louis, MO 63119
(314) 843-2244;
(800) 784-0983
Web:
http://www.sbstl.com/aboutus.htm |
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Organizations
Especially for Parents |
Parent
Training and Information Center (PTI)
Missouri Parents Act (MPACT)
8301 State Line Road,
Suite 204
Kansas City, MO 64114
(816) 531-7070;
(800) 743-7634 (V/TTY)
Web:http://ptimpact.org/
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Parent-To-Parent
Jane St. John, Parent to Parent/Peer Support
Specialist
Sharing Our Strengths
(a program of the
Missouri Developmental Disability Resource Center)
UMKC Institute for Human Development
A University
Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
2220 Holmes
Kansas City, MO 64108
(800) 773-8652
E-mail:
stjohnj@UMKC.edu
Web:
www.sharingourstrengths.com |
Partners in Policymaking
Missouri Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities
1706 E Elm Street, PO
Box 687
Jefferson City, MO
65102
United States
Phone:
(573) 751-8611 |
Parent
Teacher Association (PTA)
Missouri
Congress of Parents and Teachers
2100 I-70 Drive,
S.W.
Columbia, MO 65203
(573) 445-4161; (800)
328-7330
Web:
www.mopta.org |
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Other Parent Organization
Missouri
Department of Health and Senior Services
PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570
- Telephone: 573-751-6246
or
(toll-free) 800-451-0669
Fax: 573-751-6237
Web:http://health.mo.gov/living/families/shcn/familypartnership/index.php
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Other Disability
Organizations |
Easter
Seals Missouri, Inc.
13975 Manchester Road
Manchester, MO 63011
(636) 779-2299
Web:
www.mo.easterseals.com |
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Independent
Living |
To find out the contact
information for the Statewide
Independent Living
Council (SILC) in your state, contact:
Independent Living Research Utilization Project
The
Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
2323 South
Sheppard, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77019
(713)
520-0232 (V); (713) 520-5136 (TTY)
E-mail:
ilru@ilru.org
Web:
www.ilru.org |
To
find out the contact information for centers for
independent living (CILs) in your state, contact:
National Council on Independent Living
1710 Rhode
Island Avenue, NW, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 207-0034 (V); (202) 207-0340 (TTY)
E-mail:
ncil@ncil.org
Web:
www.ncil.org |
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For
those interested in HBOT available in Missouri: |
McDonagh Medical Center
2800 Kendallwood
Pkwy
Kansas City MO 64119
(816)
453-5940 |
Center for
Innovations in Special Education
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St.
Louis Children's Hospital
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The Developmental Disabilities
Resource Center (DDRC)
1-800-444-0821 |
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Additional
Resources |
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Civil Rights |
The
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Early Childhood |
Special
Education First Steps Program
573-751-0187 I highly recommend that you call
either your local office or this state number to
find the number for your local office. If you have
a disability of any kind you are eligible for a case
manager through your local regional center. This
case manager is a must in coordinating services and
resources. |
North
American Riding for the Handicapped Association,
Inc.
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SCHIP program - Insurance for children not eligible
for Medicaid |
Judevine Center
for Autism Southwest Missouri Project |
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Institute for
Human Development |
Missouri Assistive
Technology Project |
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Learning
Disabilities Association of Missouri (LDA-MO)
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Missouri
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education:
Division of Special Education |
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Missouri Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education |
Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental
Disabilities |
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Missouri
Department of Mental Health |
Missouri Families
for Effective Autism Treatment |
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Missouri
Developmental Disabilities Resource Center |
Missouri Planning
Council for Developmental Disabilities |
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Missouri Parents
Act (MPACT) |
Ozark Independent
Living |
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Missouri
Protection & Advocacy |
Sharing Our Strengths (SOS) Support Matching Network |
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People
First of Missouri |
Spina Bifida Association of Greater St. Louis |
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Special Olympics
Missouri |
St. Louis Arc |
