A publication of the National Dissemination
Center for Children with Disabilities
North Carolina State Resources
Complete update · 10/2007
Partial update · 2/19/2008
The offices listed on this state sheet are primarily
state-level offices. Even if an office is not close to your home, they can usually
put you in touch with resources in your community, as well as provide you with
information and assistance about disability issues in your state. If you find that
an address or number has changed or is incorrect, please e-mail us at
nichcy@aed.org and let us know.
State Agencies and Organizations
Age of Eligibility
Each state sets eligibility ages for services to children
and youth with disabilities. For current information concerning this
state, please contact the office listed under Department
of Education: Special Education.
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United States Senators
Honorable Elizabeth Dole (R)
555 Dirksen Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-6342
(202) 224-1100 (Fax)
E-mail Web Form: http://dole.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInformation.ContactForm
Web: http://dole.senate.gov
Honorable Richard Burr (R)
217 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3154
(202) 228-2981 (Fax)
E-mail Web Form: http://burr.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Web: http://burr.senate.gov/
United States Representatives
To find the contact information for your representative in the House of the
U.S. Congress, visit the House’s Web site at: www.house.gov, or call: (202) 225-3121;
(202) 225-1904 (TTY).
Governor
Honorable Michael F. Easley
Office of the Governor
20301 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-0301
(919) 733-5811
(800) 662-7952 (in NC)
E-mail Web Form: www.governor.state.nc.us/email.asp?to=1
Web: www.governor.state.nc.us
Official State Web Site
Web: www.ncgov.com/
State Department of Education:
Special Education
Mary Watson, Director
Exceptional Children Division
Department of Public Instruction
6356 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6356
(919) 807-3969/3971
E-mail: mwatson@dpi.state.nc.us
Web: www.ncpublicschools.org/ec
State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Dr. Belinda Black, State Coordinator
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
6307 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6307
(919) 807-3827
E-mail: bblack@dpi.state.nc.us
Web: www.ncpublicschools.org/nclb
Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through
3
Deborah Carroll, Ph.D., Early Intervention Branch Head
Women's and Children's Health Section
Division of Public Health
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
1916 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1916
(919) 707-5520
E-mail: deborah.carroll@ncmail.net
Web: www.ncei.org/ei/index.html
Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
See State Department of Education: Special Education listed above.
State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Linda S. Harrington, Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Department of Health and Human Services
2801 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2801
(919) 855-3500; (919) 855-3579 (TTY)
E-mail: linda.harrington@ncmail.net
Web: http://dvr.dhhs.state.nc.us
Coordinator for Transition Services
Freda Lee, Consultant for Intellectual Disabilities, Secondary Education and Transition Services
Exceptional Children Division
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
6356 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6356
(919) 807-3989
E-mail: flee@dpi.state.nc.us
Web: www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/
Office of State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with
Disabilities
William Hatch, Coordinator
Career and Technical Education
Department of Public Instruction
6359 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6359
(919) 807-3872
E-mail: whatch@dpi.state.nc.us
Web: www.ncpublicschools.org
State Mental Health Agency
Mike Moseley, Director
Division of Mental Health
Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
Department of Health and Human Services MSC: 3001
Raleigh, NC 27699-3001
(919) 733-7011
E-mail: mike.moseley@ncmail.net
Web: www.ncdhhs.gov/mhddsas/index.htm
State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth
Flo Stein, Chief
Community Policy Management
Division of Mental Health
Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
Department of Health and Human Services
3007 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-3007
(919) 733-4670
E-mail: flo.stein@ncmail.net
Web: www.ncdhhs.gov
Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities
Vivian Leon, Program Consultant
Best Practice Team
Developmental Disability Services Team
Division of Mental Health
Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
Department of Health and Human Services
3005 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-3005
(919) 715-2774
E-mail: vivian.leon@ncmail.net
Web: www.ncdhhs.gov
Councils on Developmental Disabilities
Holly Riddle, Executive Director
North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities
3801 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 250
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 420-7901 (V/TTY); (800) 357-6916
E-mail: holly.riddle@ncmail.net
Web: www.nccdd.org
Protection and Advocacy Agency
Vicki Smith, Executive Director
Disability Rights North Carolina
2626 Glenwood Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27608
(919) 856-2195; (800) 235-4210
E-mail: vicki.smith@disabilityrightsnc.org
Web: http://disabilityrightsnc.org/
Client Assistance Program
Kathy Brack, Director
Client Assistance Program
2806 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2806
(919) 855-3600 (V/TTY)
E-mail: Kathy.Brack@ncmail.net
Web: http://cap.state.nc.us
Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Carol Tant, Head
Children and Youth Branch
Women’s and Children’s Health Section
Division of Public Health
Department of Health and Human Services
1928 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1928
(919) 707-5610; (800) 737-3028 (CSHCN Helpline)
E-mail: carol.tant@ncmail.net
Web: www.ncdhhs.gov
State CHIP Program
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
North Carolina Health Choice
P.O. Box 30111
Durham, NC 27702-3111
(800) 422- 4658
Web: www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dma/cpcont.htm
Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired, Deaf or Hard of Hearing, or Deaf-Blind
Dwight Pearson, Director
Office of Education Services
Department of Health and Human Services
2302 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2302
(919) 855-4430
E-mail: dwight.pearson@ncmail.net
Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Debbie Jackson, Director
Division of Services for the Blind
Department of Health and Human Services
2601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2601
(919) 733-9822
E-mail: debbie.jackson@ncmail.net
Web: www.ncdhhs.gov/dsb
Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Jan Withers, Director
Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Department of Health and Human Services
2301 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2301
(919) 874-2212; (800) 851-6099
E-mail: jan.withers@ncmail.net
Web: http://dsdhh.dhhs.state.nc.us/
Telecommunications Relay Services for Individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or with Speech Impairments
(800) 735-8262 (V)
(800) 735-2962 (TTY); 711 (TTY)
(877) 735-8261 (Speech to Speech)
Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind
Margaret Richardson, Chairperson
Deaf-Blind Multihandicapped Association of North Carolina
2435 Thomashire Court
Charlotte, NC 28262
(704) 549-5775
E-mail: mar444mar@aol.com
Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center
Shelley Kaplan, Project Director
DBTAC - Southeast ADA Center
Project of the Burton Blatt Institute - Syracuse University
490 10th Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 385-0636; (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
E-mail: sedbtacproject@law.syr.edu
Web: www.sedbtac.org
University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Greg Olley, Director
Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning
CB# 7255
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7255
(919) 966-5171
E-mail: greg.olley@cdl.unc.edu
Web: www.cdl.unc.edu
Technology-Related Assistance
Tammy Koger, Director
North Carolina Assistive Technology Program
Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
1110 Navaho Drive, Suite 101
Raleigh, NC 27609-7322
(919) 850-2787 (V/TTY)
E-mail: tkoger@ncatp.org
Web: www.ncatp.org
State Mediation System
Kate Neale, Consultant for Dispute Resolution
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Exceptional Children Division
6356 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6356
(919) 807-3979
E-mail: kneale@dpi.state.nc.us
Web: www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/
Special Format Library
Francine I. Martin, Librarian
North Carolina Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
State Library of North Carolina
Department of Cultural Resources
1811 Capital Boulevard
Raleigh, NC 27635
(919) 733-4376; (888) 388-2460
(919) 733-1462 (TTY)
E-mail: nclbph@ncmail.net
Web: http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/lbph/lbph.htm
Disability-Specific Organizations
Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 150
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
Web: www.chadd.org
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543
Pottstown, PA 19464-0543
(484) 945-2101
Web: www.add.org
Autism
Jill Hinton Keel, Director
Autism Society of North Carolina
505 Oberlin Road, Suite 230
Raleigh, NC 27605-1345
(919) 743-0204; (800) 442-2762 (in NC)
E-mail: jhkeel@autismsociety-nc.org
Web: www.autismsociety-nc.org
Blind/Visual Impairments
Jaclyn Packer, Ph.D., Director of Information Center
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600; (800) 232-5463
E-mail: afbinfo@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org
Brain Injury
Sandra Farmer, President
Brain Injury Association of North Carolina
P.O. Box 10912
Raleigh, NC 27605
(919) 833-9634; (800) 377-1464 (in NC)
E-mail: bianc@bianc.net
Web: www.bianc.net
Epilepsy
Pat Gibson, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of North Carolina, Inc.
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Mead's Hall, Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1078
(336) 716-2320; (800) 451-0694
E-mail: pgibson@wfubmc.edu
Web: www.efa.org
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Dave Richard, Executive Director
The Arc of North Carolina
343 E. Six Forks Road, Suite 320
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 782-4632; (800) 662-8706
E-mail: drichard@arcnc.org
Web: www.arcnc.org
Learning Disabilities
John Wilson, President
Learning Disabilities Association of North Carolina
9650 Strickland Road, Suite 103-224
Raleigh, NC 27615-1937
(919) 493-5362
E-mail: ldanc@mindspring.com
Web: www.ldanc.org
Mental Health
John Tote, Executive Director
Mental Health Association in North Carolina
1331 Sunday Drive
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 981-0740
E-mail: johntote3@aol.com
Web: www.mha-nc.org
Deborah Dihoff, Executive Director
NAMI - North Carolina
309 W. Millbrook Road, Suite 121
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 788-0801; (800) 451-9682 (in NC)
E-mail: mail@naminc.org
Web: www.naminc.org
Speech, Language, and Hearing
G. Peyton Maynard, Executive Director
North Carolina Speech, Hearing and Language Association
P.O. Box 28359
Raleigh, NC 27611-8359
(919) 833-3984
E-mail: ncshla@bellsouth.net
Web: www.ncshla.org
Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida Association of North Carolina
3915 Grace Court
Indian Trail, NC 28079
(800) 847-2262
E-mail: sbanc@mindspring.com
Web: www.sbanc.org
Tourette Syndrome
Linda Saunders, Program Manager
Tourette Syndrome Association Mid-South Regional Office
(Serving Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia)
423 Summertrees Drive
Auburn, AL 36832
(334) 502-0055
E-mail: tsamidsouth@bellsouth.net
Web: http://tsa-usa.org/TSANatlLocal/Chapters/Midsouth.htm
Organizations Especially for Parents
Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Connie Hawkins, Executive Director
Mary LaCorte, PTI Project Director
ECAC, Inc. (Exceptional Children's Assistance Center)
907 Barra Row, Suite 102/103
Davidson, NC 28036
(704) 892-1321(V/TTY); (800) 962-6817 (In NC only)
E-mail: ecac@ecacmail.org
Web: www.ECAC-parentcenter.org
Community Parent Resource Centers
(Serving Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, McDowell and Alexander Counties)
Vickie Dieter, Executive Director
HOPE Parent Resource Center
300 Enola Road
Morganton, NC 28655
(828) 438-6540
E-mail: vbdieter@charter.net
(Serving Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania and Yancey Counties)
Janet Price-Ferrell, Director
F.I.R.S.T.
P.O. Box 802
Asheville, NC 28802
(828) 277-1315
E-mail: janet@FIRSTwnc.org
Web: www.FIRSTwnc.org
Parent-To-Parent
Irene Zipper, Director
Family Support Network of North Carolina
Central Directory of Resources, CB #7340
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7340
(919) 966-2841; (800) 852-0042
E-mail: cdr@med.unc.edu
Web: www.fsnnc.org
Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Debra J. Horton, President
North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers
3501 Glenwood Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27612-4934
(919) 787-0534; (800) 255-0417
E-mail: office@ncpta.org
Web: www.ncpta.org
Other Parent Organizations
Amber Alsobrooks, Program Development Coordinator
First in Families of North Carolina
3803 Computer Drive, Building B, Suite 205
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 571-8092, ext. 18; (866) 740-4135
E-mail: amber@fifnc.org
Web: www.fifnc.org
Jennifer K. Rothman, Program Director
NAMI NC Young Families
309 W. Millbrook Road, Suite 121
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 788-0801, ext. 2; (800) 451-9682
E-mail: jrothman@naminc.org
Gail M. Cormier, Executive Director
North Carolina Families United, Inc.
Federation of Families Children's Mental Health
c/o The Center for Youth, Family and Community Partnerships
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Foundation Place
3305 Green Street, Suite 200
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 217-9712
Web: www.ncfamiliesunited.org
Other Disability Organizations
Connie Cochran, President
Easter Seals UCP North Carolina
2315 Myron Drive
Raleigh, NC 27607-3357
(919) 783-8898; (800) 662-7119
E-mail: ccochran@eastersealsucp.com
Web: http://nc.eastersealsucp.com
Eleanor Boyd, NC State Director
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D)
(recorded textbooks for students who are visually impaired or have dyslexia or other learning disabilities. "Learning Through Listening")
25 Birnham Lane
Durham, NC 27707
(919) 599-4104
E-mail: eboyd@rfbdvanc.org
Web: www.rfbd.org
Dr. Joshua Alexander, Program Director
Juliellen Simpson-Vos, Project Director
(For medical information, telehealth and community resources for children with special needs in North Carolina)
TelAbility
1101 Weaver Dairy Road, Suite 202
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 843-0427
E-mail: jsimpvos@med.unc.edu
Web: www.TelAbility.org
Independent Living
To find out the contact information for the Statewide
Independent Living Council (SILC) in your state, contact:
Independent Living Research Utilization Project
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77019
(713) 520-0232 (V); (713) 520-5136 (TTY)
E-mail: ilru@ilru.org
Web: www.ilru.org
To find out the contact information for centers for
independent living (CILs) in your state, contact:
National Council on Independent Living
1710 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 207-0334 (V); (202) 207-0340 (TTY)
E-mail: ncil@ncil.org
Web: www.ncil.org
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