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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STATE RESOURCES:
UCP AFFILIATES
UCP affiliates provide direct services to individuals and families with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. In fact, 65% of the people UCP affiliates serve have a disability other than cerebral palsy. Below you will find the UCP affiliates for Washington, DC:
UCP of Washington DC & Northern Virginia
1818 New York Avenue, NE, Suite 101
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 526-0146
Fax: (202) 526-0519
E-mail: webmaster@ucpdc.org
Web: http://www.ucpdc.org
UCP of Washington DC & Northern Virginia
3135 8th Street NE
Washington DC 20017
Phone: (202) 269-1500
Fax: (202) 526-0159
E-mail: webmaster@ucpdc.org
Web: http://www.ucpdc.org
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STATE RESOURCES
AGING
Office on Aging
441 4th Street, NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 676-3900
ADA
Regional ADA Technical Assistance Agency
ADA and IT Information Center for the Mid Atlantic Region
451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 607
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 217-0124 (V/TTY); (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY/Toll Free)
E-mail: adainfo@transcen.org
Web: http://www.adainfo.org
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
University Legal Services Assistive Technology Program for the District of Columbia (ULS/ATPDC)
300 I Street, NE, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 547-0198
TDD: (202) 547-2657
Fax: (202) 547-2662
E-mail: atpdc@uls-dc.org
Web: http://www.atpdc.org
DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
ADAPT
Capitol Area ADAPT
Marcie Roth
Phone: (410) 828-8274; (410) 821-1157
Fax: (410) 828-6706
E-mail: marcie@erols.com
Autism
D C Chapter Autism Society of America (DCASA)
5167 - 7th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20011
Phone: (202) 526-3369
Web: http://expage.com/page/dcautismsocietyofamerica
Brain Injury
Brain Injury Association – National Office
105 North Alfred
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (703) 236-6000; (800) 444-6443 (Toll Free)
E-mail: familyhelpline@biausa.org
Web: http://www.biausa.org
Cerebral Palsy
The Cerebral Palsy Ability Center (CPAC)
2445 Army-Navy Drive, 3rd Floor
Arlington, VA 22206
Phone: (703) 920-0600
Fax: (703) 685-2819
E-mail: cpac@cpabilitycenter.org
Web: http://www.cpabilitycenter.org
Cystic Fibrosis
Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Cystic Fibrosis Chapter
6917 Arlington Road, Suite 308
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (301) 657-8444; (877) 657-8444 (Toll Free)
Fax: (301) 652-9571
E-mail: metro-dc@cff.org
Web: http://www.cff.org/metrodc.htm
Developmental Disabilities
State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
DC Developmental Disabilities Council
Department of Human Services/801 East Building
2700 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, S.E.
Washington, DC 20032
Phone: (202) 279-6085
Web: http://www.dc.gov/agencies
Down Syndrome
D.C. Down Syndrome Association
5402 8th Street NE
Washington DC 20011
Phone: (202) 462-3375
Easter Seals
Easter Seal Society for Disabled Children & Adults, Inc.
Metro. DC, Northern VA, & MD
4041 Powder Mill Road
Calverton, MD 20705
Phone: (301) 931-8700; (800) 886-3771 (Toll Free)
Fax: (301) 931-8690
Web: http://www.nca-md.easter-seals.org
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation of the Chesapeake Region
300 East Joppa Road, Suite 1103
Towson, MD 21286
Phone: (410) 828-7700; (800) 492-2523 (Toll Free)
E-mail: lkingham@epilepsy-foundation.org
Web: http://www.epilepsy-foundation.org
Goodwill
Goodwill Industries Greater Washington
2200 South Dakota Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20018
Phone: (202) 636-4225
Fax: (202) 526-3994
E-mail: dmgi@dcgoodwill.org
Web: http://www.dcgoodwill.org
Healthcare
Family Voices Washington DC
Gail Johnson
Phone: (301) 470-0256
With assistance from partners that include Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCS) and Advocates for Justice and Education (the local PTI), Family Voices has recently established a Chapter in our nation's capital. Other partners include the district's Title V/CSHCN program. The new Chapter expects to help the SCIHP program and Title V support more active family involvement in program and policy development. Everyone involved looks forward to a productive start-up in 2001!
Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Health Services for Children with Special Needs Clinic
D.C. General Hospital, Building 10
19th & Massachusetts Avenue, S.E.
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 675-5214
CHIP Program (health care for low-income uninsured children)
DC Healthy Families Insurance Program
4601 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: (888) 557-1116 (Toll Free)
Web: http://www.dchealth.dc.gov
Hearing Impairments
Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Jo Constance Bond, Supervisor
Ward 5, CWI Unit & One Stop Center
DC Rehabilitation Services Administration
810 1st Street, N.E., 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 442-8629
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
3417 Volta Place NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 337-5220
E-mail: AGBELL2@aol.com
Web: http://www.AGBELL.org
Better Hearing Institute
Hearing Helpline
P.O. Box 1840
Washington, DC 20013
Phone: (703) 750-9302; (800) 327-9335 [(800) EAR-WELL] (Toll Free)
E-mail: mail@betterhearing.org
Web: http://www.betterhearing.org
Deaf-REACH
3521 12th Street NE
Washington, D.C. 20017
Phone: (202) 832-6681 (V/TTY)
Fax: (202) 832-8454
E-mail: info@deaf-reach.org
Web: http://www.deaf-reach.org/index.html
District of Columbia Association of the Deaf
E-mail: info@dcdeaf.org
Web: http://www.dcdeaf.org
Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association of Washington, DC
1848 Columbia Road, NW, #45
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 265-8869; (410) 396-0518
Mental Health
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
1101 15th Street NW, #1212
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 467-5730
Fax: (202) 467-0409
Web: http://www.BAZELON.org
Mental Health Association of DC
1628 16th Street NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 265-6363
Fax: (202) 337-5331
E-mail: info@mhadc.org
Web: http://www.mhadc.org
NAMI DC
422 8th Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003-2832
Phone: (202) 546-0646
E-mail: namidc@aol.com
Web: http://dc.nami.org
State Mental Health Agency
Community Service Agency
Department of Mental Health
821 Howard Road, S.E.
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 698-2525
State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth
DC Commission on MH Services
Child Youth Services Administration
4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 240
Washington, D.C. 20008
Phone: (202) 282-0300
Mental Retardation
The Arc of the District of Columbia, Inc.
900 Varnum Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017
Phone: (202) 636-2950
Web: http://www.dcarc.org
Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Institute
801 Buchanan Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20017
Phone: (202) 281-2774
E-mail: mward@kennedyinstitute.org
Web: http://www.kennedyinstitute.org
State Mental Retardation Program
Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities Administration
Commission on Social Services
Department of Human Services
429 O Street, N.W., #202
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 673-7678
TTY: (202) 673-3580
American Association on Mental Retardation
444 North Capitol Street NW, #846
Washington DC 20001
Phone: (202) 387-1968; (800) 424-3688 (Toll Free)
Fax: (202) 387-2193
Web: http://www.AAMR.org
Multiple Sclerosis
National Capital MS Chapter
2021 K Street, NW, Suite 715
Washington, DC 20006-1035
Phone: (202) 296-5363
E-mail: information@msandyou.org
Web: http://www.MSandYOU.org
Speech and Hearing
DC Speech-Hearing Association (DCSHA)
P.O. Box 29590
Washington, DC 20017
Phone: (202) 877-1000
Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida Association of the National Capital Area
P.O. Box 523415
Springfield, VA 22152-5415
Phone: (703) 455-4900
Web: http://www.sbanca.com
Chesapeake-Potomac Spina Bifida Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 1750
Annapolis, MD 21404
Phone: (888) 733-0988 (Toll Free)
Fax: (410) 295-9744
Web: http://www.chesapeakespinabifida.org/contact.htm
Spina Bifida Association of America
4590 MacArthur Boulevard NW, Suite 250
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 944-3285; (800) 621-3141 (Toll Free)
E-mail: sbaa@sbaa.org
Web: http://www.sbaa.org
Spinal Cord Injury
SCI Network of Metropolitan Washington, NSCIA
Plaza West 9
51 Monroe Street
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 424-8335
Fax: (301) 424-8858
E-mail: stevetowle@cs.com
Web: http://www.spinalcordinjury.net
TASH
Mid-Atlantic TASH Chapter
Web: http://www.midatlantic.tash.org
Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome Association of Greater Washington
33 University Boulevard, East
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Phone: (301) 681-4133
E-mail: TSAGW@aol.com
Web: http://www.TSAGW.org
UCP
UCP of Washington DC & Northern Virginia
1818 New York Avenue, NE, Suite 101
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 526-0146
Fax: (202) 526-0519
E-mail: webmaster@ucpdc.org
Web: http://www.ucpdc.org
UCP of Washington DC & Northern Virginia
3135 8th Street NE.
Washington DC 20017
Phone: (202) 269 - 1500
Fax: (202) 526 - 0159
E-mail: webmaster@ucpdc.org
Web: http://www.ucpdc.org
Visual Impairments
Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Visual Impairment Unit
DC Rehabilitation Services Administration
810 1st Street, N.E., 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 442-8628
Special Format Library
District of Columbia Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
901 G Street, N.W., Room 215
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 727-2142
TTY: (202) 727-2145
E-mail: dc1alyons@hotmail.com
Web: http://dclibrary.org/lbph
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 502-7600
TTY: (212) 502-7662
E-mail: afbinfo@afb.org
Web: http://www.afb.org
American Council of the Blind
1155 15th Street NW, #1004
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 467-5081; (800) 424-8666 (Toll Free)
Fax: (202) 467-5085
E-mail: info@ACB.org
Web: http://www.ACB.org
EARLY INTERVENTION
Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 3
DC Early Intervention Program
717 14th Street, N.W., Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 727-5371
EDUCATION
Chief State School Officer
District of Columbia Public Schools
The Presidential Building
415 12th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 724-4222
Fax: (202) 724-8855
Web: http://www.k12.dc.us
Office of State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities
Vocational Transition Services Unit
Walker Jones Elementary School
1st and K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 724-3878
State Department of Adult Education
Public Schools Vocational and Adult Education
1709 3rd Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 576-6308
Fax: (202) 576-7899
E-mail: NRC%bell@mercury.k12.dc.us
Department of Education: Special Education
Division of Special Education
DC Public Schools
825 North Capitol Street, N.E., Suite 6100
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 442-4800
Web: http://www.k12.dc.us
State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Division of Special Education
DC Public Schools
825 North Capitol Street, N.E., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 442-4800
Web: http://www.k12.dc.us
Branch of Exceptional Education/BIA
Mail Stop 3512, MIB Code 523
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 202040-4000
Phone: (202) 208-4975
Fax: (202) 273-0030
State GED Administration
DC Public Schools Vocational and Adult Education
1709 Third Street, NE, Room 215
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 576-6308
EMPLOYMENT
Mayor's Committee on Persons with Disabilities
810 First Street, NE
Room 10015
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 442-8673
Fax: (202) 442-8742
D.C. Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Rehabilitation Services Administration
Department of Human Services
810 First Street, NE, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 442-8663
State Job Training Partnership Act
Department of Employment Services
500 C Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 724-7100
EXCEL! Networking Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 2734
Merrifield, VA 22116
Web: http://www.excelability.org
FEDERAL AGENCIES
Health Care Financing Administration
Region 3
Phone: (215) 861-4140
Office for Civil Rights National Office
Department of Education -- Switzer Building
330 C Street, SW
Washington DC 20202
Phone: (202) 205-5413
Washington EEOC Field Office
1400 L Street, N.W., Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: (202) 275-7377
TTY: (202) 275-7518
VA Regional Office
1120 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20421-1111
National Council on Disability
1331 F Street, NW, Suite 850
Washington DC 20004
Phone: (202) 272-2004
TTY: (202) 272-2074
Fax: (202) 272-2022
Web: http://www.ncd.gov
HOUSING
Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April of Washington, DC
4614 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Phone: (202) 362-1611
Fax: (202) 244-9551
E-mail: cinadc@aol.com
Web: http://www.rebuildingtogetherdc.org
Washington D.C. Metro Area Habitat for Humanity Affiliates
DC Habitat for Humanity
P.O. Box 43565
Washington, DC 20010-9998
Phone: (202) 882-4600
Fax: (202) 882-9343
E-mail: info@dchabitat.org
Web: http://www.dchabitat.org
Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia
4451 First Place South
Arlington, VA 22204
Phone: (703) 521-9890
Fax: (703) 521-9893
E-mail: hfhnv@aol.com
Web: http://www.hfhnv.org/habitat_w/files/intro.htm
Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County
18247-D Flower Hill Way
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
Phone: (301) 990-0014
Fax: (301) 990-7536
E-mail: office@habitat-mc.org
Web: http://habitat.montgomery.md.us
Habitat for Humanity of Prince George's County
P.O. Box 72
Mt. Rainier, MD 20712
Phone: (301) 779-1912
E-mail: pghabitat@juno.com
Web: http://www.mith.umd.edu/pghabitat
INDEPENDENT LIVING
D.C. Center For Independent Living
1400 Florida Avenue NE, Suite 3
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 388-0033 (V/TTY)
Fax: (202) 398-3018
E-mail: info@dccil.org
D.C. Center for Independent Living (Satellite)
2110 Mississippi Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20020
Phone: (202) 889-5802
Fax: (202) 889-1159
E-mail: info@dccil.org
Disability Rights Center
2500 Q Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 342-9439
Fax: (202) 337-4939
E-mail: crippower@aol.com
LEGAL
Protection and Advocacy Agency
University Legal Services: Protection and Advocacy
220 I Street, N.E., Suite 130
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 547-0198
TTY: (202) 547-2657
E-mail: jbrown@uls-dc.com
Web: http://www.dcpanda.org
Client Assistance Program
University Legal Service: Protection and Advocacy
220 I Street, NE, Suite 130
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 547-0198
TTY: (202) 547-2657
Fax: (202) 547-2083
Web: http://www.dcpanda.org
National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems (NAPAS)
900 2nd Street, NE, Suite 211
Washington DC 20002
Phone: (202) 408-8514
Fax: (202) 408-9520
Web: http://napas.org
Center for Law and Education: DC Office
1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 510
Washington DC 20009
Phone: (202) 986-3000
Fax: (202) 986-6648
Web: http://www.CLEWEB.org
OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Community Options
1130 17th Street NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 721-0120
Fax: (202) 711-0124
E-mail: Moreinfo@comp.org
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
Academy for Educational Development
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009-1202
Phone: (202) 884-8200; (800) 695-0285 (Toll Free)
E-mail: NICHCY@aed.org
Web: http://www.nichcy.org
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20542
Phone: (202) 707-5100; 800-424-8567 (Toll Free)
TTY: (202) 707-0744
Fax: (202) 707-0712
Web: http://www.loc.gov/nls
National Organization on Disability
910 16th Street NW, #600
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 293-5960
TTY: (202) 293-5968
Fax: (202) 293-7999
E-mail: ABILITY@NOD.org
Web: http://www.nod.org
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
1629 K Street NW, Suite 802
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 966-0375
(202) 775-7485
VSA Arts Programs
1300 Connecticut Avenue NW, #700
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 628-2800; (800) 933-8721 (Toll Free)
Fax: (202) 737-0725
TDD: (202) 737-0645
E-mail: info@vsarts.org
Web: http://www.vsarts.org
WVSA arts Connection
1100 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 296-9100
TDD: (202) 261-0201
Fax: (202) 261-0200
E-mail: info@wvsarts.org
Web: http://www.wvsarts.org
Organization of Chinese Americans, Inc.
1001 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 707
Washington DC 20036
Phone: (202) 223-500
Urban League
3501 14th Street
Washington DC 20010
Phone: (202) 265-8200
Aspira Association, Inc.
1444 I Street, NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 835-3600
Fax: (202) 835-3613
E-mail: rblackburn@aspira.org
Web: http://www.aspira.org
Children's Defense Fund
25 East Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 628-8787
Web: http://www.ChildrensDefense.org
Citizen's Commission on Civil Rights
2000 M Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 659-5565
E-mail: citizens@accr.org
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
504 C Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 543-1771
Japanese American Citizens League
1001 Connecticut Avenue NW, 704
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 296-8082
League of United Latin American Citizens
1133 Twentieth Street NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 408-0060
E-mail: scalvarez@ucdavis.edu
MALDEF
1518 K Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 628-4074
MANA, (a national latina organization)
1725 K Street NW, Suite 501
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 833-0060
E-mail: hermana2@aol.com
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 150
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 942-9000
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
1275 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 682-1300
Web: http://www.naacp.org/legal
National Health Information Center
P.O. Box 1133
Washington, DC 20013
Phone: (800) 336-4797 (Toll Free)
E-mail: nhicinfo@health.org
Web: http://nhic-nt.health.org
National Immigration, Refuge and Citizenship
220 I Street NE, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 544-0004 x16
National Urban Coalition
2120 L Street NW, Suite 510
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 986-1460
The Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
5335 Wisconsin Avenue N.W., Suite 825
Washington, DC 20015
Phone: (202) 448-1450
E-mail: info@dcqualitytrust.org
Web: http://www.dcqualitytrust.org
PARENT ORGANIZATIONS
Parent Training Information Project
Advocates for Justice and Education, Inc.
2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue S.E., Suite 301
Washington, D.C. 20020
Phone: (202) 678-8060; (888) 327-8060 (Toll Free)
Web: http://www.AJE-DC.org
Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
D.C. Congress of Parents and Teachers
Hamilton School
6th Street & Brentwood Parkway, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 543-0333
Fax: (202) 543-4306
E-mail: dc_pres@pta.org
The National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)
P.O. Box 39
1201 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 822-8405
Fax: (202) 822-4050
E-mail: ferguson@ncea.com
Web: http://www.NCPIE.org
Parents' Special Education Service Center
Phone: (202) 471-4272
E-mail: parenttips@shs.net
C.O.P.E. - Fathers Program
300 -I Street, N.E., Suite 112
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 543-6482; (800) 515-COPE, ext. 2673 (Toll Free)
RESPITE
DC Children's Trust Fund (202) 624-5555 www.dcchildrenstrustfund.org
Family and Child Care Referral, Inc. (202) 723-2051
Nursing Enterprises, Inc. (202) 832-0100
UCP of Washington and Northern Virginia (202) 269-1500
SPORTS/RECREATION
Special Olympics District of Columbia
900 2nd Street, N.E., Suite 200
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 408-2640
Fax: (202) 408-2646
Web: http://www.specialolympicsdc.org
Nation's Capital Handicapped Sports
P.O. Box 1546
Olney, MD 20830-1546
Phone/Fax: (301) 208-8949
STATE GOVERNMENT
United States House of Representatives
Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
1424 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-8050
TTY: (202) 225-1904
Official State Web Site
Web: http://www.dc.gov/index.asp
D.C. Department of Human Services
Web: http://www.dhs.washington.dc.us
TRANSITION
Coordinator for Transition Services
DC Rehabilitation Services Administration
810 1st Street, N.E., 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 442-8469
TRANSPORTATION
Disabled Dealer Mid-Atlantic Region
27 Cottonwood Street
Allentown, PA 18104
Phone: (888) 651-0666 (Toll Free)
Fax: (610) 391-1489
E-mail: ddmmar@enter.net
UNIVERSITY CENTERS FOR EXCELLENCE IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Georgetown University
Center for Child and Human Development
3307 M Street, NW, Suite 401
Washington, DC 20007-3935
Phone: (202) 687-8807
Fax: (202) 687-8899
TTY: (202) 687-5503
E-mail: gucdc@georgetown.edu
Web: http://www.georgetown.edu/gucdc
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