A publication of the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

Utah State Resources

Complete update · 1/2008
Partial update · 3/5/2008

The offices listed on this state sheet are primarily state-level offices. Even if an office is not close to your home, they can usually put you in touch with resources in your community, as well as provide you with information and assistance about disability issues in your state. If you find that an address or number has changed or is incorrect, please e-mail us at nichcy@aed.org and let us know.

State Agencies and Organizations

Age of Eligibility

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

United States Senators
Honorable Orrin G. Hatch (R)
104 Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5251
(202) 224-6331 (Fax)
E-mail Web Form: www.senate.gov/ ~hatch/ index.cfm?Fuseaction= Offices.Contact
Web: www.senate.gov/~hatch

Honorable Robert F. Bennett (R)
431 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5444
(202) 228-1168 (Fax)
E-mail: senator@bennett.senate.gov
Web: http://bennett.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 Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Utah State Capitol Complex
East Office Building, Suite E220
P.O. Box 142220
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2220
(801) 538-1000
(801) 538-1528 (Fax)
Web: www.utah.gov/governor

Official State Web Site
Web: www.utah.gov/

State Department of Education: Special Education
Nan Gray, Director
Special Education Services
State Office of Education
250 East 500 South
P.O. Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
(801) 538-7757
E-mail: nan.gray@schools.utah.gov
Web: www.schools.utah.gov

State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
No Child Left Behind Program
Student Achievement and School Success
State Office of Education
P.O. Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
(801) 538-7500
Web: www.schools.utah.gov

Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2
Susan Ord, EIP Director
BabyWatch
Early Intervention Program
Utah Department of Health
P.O. Box 144720
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4720
(801) 584-8226; (800) 961-4226
E-mail: sord@utah.gov
Web: www.utahbabywatch.org

Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
Connie Nink, 619 Coordinator
Utah State Office of Education
250 East 500 South
P.O. Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
(801) 538-7948
E-mail: connie.nink@schools.utah.gov
Web: www.schools.utah.gov/sars/preschool.htm

State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Don Uchida, Executive Director
Utah State Office of Rehabilitation
P.O. Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
(801) 538-7530 (V/TTY)
Web: www.usor.utah.gov

Coordinator for Transition Services
Susan Loving, Specialist in Transition
Utah State Office of Education
SPECIAL EDUCATION
250 East 500 South
P.O. Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
(801) 538-7645
E-mail: susan.loving@schools.utah.gov
Web: www.schools.utah.gov

State Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Mark I. Payne, LCSW, Director
Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
120 North 200 West, Room 209
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
(801) 538-3939
E-mail: dsamhwebmaster@utah.gov
E-mail: mpayne@utah.gov
Web: www.dsamh.utah.gov

State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth
Kristen Reisig, Program Administrator - Pediatric/Children
Children, Youth and Families Team
Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
120 North 200 West, Room 209
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
(801) 538-3941
E-mail: kreisig@utah.gov
Web: www.dsamh.utah.gov

Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities
George Kelner, Director
Division of Services for People with Disabilities
Department of Human Services
120 North 200 West, Suite 411
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
(801) 538-4200
E-mail: gkelner@utah.gov
Web: www.dspd.utah.gov

Councils on Developmental Disabilities
Claire Mantonya, Executive Director
Utah Developmental Disabilities Council
155 South 300 West, Suite 100
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801) 533-3965
E-mail: clairemantony@utah.gov
Web: www.utahddc.org

Protection and Advocacy Agency
Disability Law Center
205 North 400 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
(801) 363-1347; (800) 662-9080 (In UT) (V/TTY)
E-mail: info@disabilitylawcenter.org
Web: www.disabilitylawcenter.org

Therese E. Yanan, Executive Director/Attorney
Native American Disability Law Center
3535 E. 30th Street, Suite 201
Farmington, NM 87402
(505) 566-5880; (800) 862-7271 (intake/client only)
E-mail: tyanan@napap.org

Client Assistance Program
Nancy Friel, Director
Client Assistance Program
Contact Disability Law Center, under Protection and Advocacy Agency, listed above.

Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Holly Williams, Bureau Director
Utah Department of Health
Community and Family Health Services
Children with Special Health Care Needs
44 North Medical Drive
P.O. Box 144610
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4610
(801) 584-8239; (800) 829-8200
E-mail: hollywilliams@utah.gov
Web: http://health.utah.gov/cfhs

State CHIP Program
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
Utah CHIP
P.O. Box 16520
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
(877) 543-7669
Web: www.utahchip.org/

Services for Children with Birth Defects
Amy Nance, Study Coordinator
Utah Birth Defect Network
Department of Health
P.O. Box 144697
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4697
(801) 257-0566, ext. 204; (866) 818-7096
E-mail: aenance@utah.gov
Web: http://health.utah.gov/birthdefect

Programs for Individuals who are Blind or Visually Impaired: Ages 16 and Above
Bill Gibson, Director
Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
250 North 1950 West, Suite B
Salt Lake City, UT 84116-7902
(801) 323-4343
E-mail: bgibson@utah.gov
Web: www.usor.utah.gov/dsbvi.htm

Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind
Linda Rutledge, Superintendent
Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
742 Harrison Boulevard
Ogden, UT 84404
(801) 629-4700 (V); (801) 624-4701 (TTY)
Web: www.usdb.org

Darla Fowers, Project Director
State Deafblind Project
742 Harrison Boulevard
Ogden, UT 84404
(801) 629-4732; (801) 629-4701 (TTY)
E-mail: darlaf@usdb.org
Web: www.usdb.org

Programs for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Marilyn Call, Executive Director
Robert G. Sanderson Community Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Utah State Office of Rehabilitation
5709 South 1500 West
Taylorsville, UT 84123
(801) 263-4861 (V); (800) 860-4860 (in UT)
(801) 263-4860 (TTY)
E-mail: mcall@utah.gov
Web: www.deafservices.utah.gov

Telecommunications Relay Services for Individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or with Speech Impairments
(888) 735-5906 (V)
(800) 346-4128 (V/TTY); 711 (TTY)
(800) 346-4128 (TTY)
(888) 346-5822 (Speech to Speech)

Regional ADA Technical Assistance Center
Jana Copeland, Ph.D., Director
DBTAC - Rocky Mountain ADA Center
Meeting the Challenge, Inc.
3630 Sinton Road, Suite 103
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
(719) 444-0268 (V/TTY); (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
E-mail: technicalassistance@mtc-inc.com
Web: www.adainformation.org

University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Dr. Sarah Rule, Director
Center for Persons with Disabilities
Utah State University
6800 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-6800
(435) 797-1981
E-mail: sarah.rule@usu.edu
Web: www.cpd.usu.edu

Technology-Related Assistance
Martin E. Blair, Program Director
Utah Assistive Technology Program
Center for Persons with Disabilities
Utah State University
6855 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-6855
(435) 797-3824
E-mail: martin.blair@usu.edu
Web: www.uatpat.org

Utah Center for Assistive Technology
1595 West 500 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84104-5238
(801) 887-9380 (V); (888) 866-5550
E-mail: pminer@utah.gov
Web: www.usor.utah.gov/ucat

State Mediation System
Lisa Arbogast, Coordinator/State Compliance Officer
Utah State Office of Education
250 East 500 South
P.O. Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
(801) 538-7568
E-mail: lisa.arbogast@schools.utah.gov
Web: www.schools.utah.gov

Special Format Library
Bessie Oakes, Library Program Manager
Utah State Library Division
Program for the Blind and Disabled
250 North 1950 West, Suite A
Salt Lake City, UT 84116-7901
(801) 715-6789; (800) 662-5540 (in UT)
(800) 453-4293 (all states, except Utah)
(801) 715-6721 (TTY)
E-mail: blind@utah.gov
Web: http://blindlibrary.utah.gov

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
Helen Post, Executive Director
Autism Information Resources at the Utah Parent Center
2290 East 4500 South, Suite 110
Salt Lake City, UT 84117
(801) 272-1051; (800) 468-1160 (V/TTY)
Web: www.utahparentcenter.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
Ron Roskos, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of Utah, Inc.
1800 South West Temple, Suite 203
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
(801) 484-2240; (800) 281-8442 (in UT)
E-mail: biau@sisna.com
E-mail: ron48sr@sisna.com
Web: www.biau.org

Cerebral Palsy
Shelly Petty, Executive Director/CEO
Cerebral Palsy of Utah
Foundations for Independence
3550 South 700 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84119
(801) 266-1805
E-mail: shelly@ffiutah.org
Web: www.ffiutah.org

Epilepsy
Epilepsy Association of Utah
1995 West 9000 South Level B
West Jordan, UT 84088
(801) 566-5949
E-mail: info@epilepsyut.org
Web: www.epilepsyut.org

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Douglas L. Hathaway, Executive Director
The Arc of Utah
155 South 300 West, Suite 201
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801) 364-5060; (800) 371-5060 (In UT)
E-mail: execdirector@arcutah.org
Web: www.arcutah.org

Mental Health
Dr. Mack Gift, Executive Director
Mental Health Association in Utah
1800 South West Temple, Suite 501
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
(801) 596-3705
E-mail: mhaut@xmission.com
Web: www.mhaut.org

Lori Cerar, Executive Director
Allies with Families
450 East 1000 North, Suite 311
North Salt Lake, UT 84054
(801) 433-2595; (877) 477-0764
E-mail: allies@allieswithfamilies.org
Web: www.allieswithfamilies.org

Sherri Wittwer, Executive Director
NAMI-Utah
450 South 900 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
(801) 323-9900
E-mail: sherriwittwer@msn.com
Web: www.namiut.org

Prader-Willi Syndrome
Lisa Thornton, President
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Utah
2652 E. Nottingham Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
(801) 582-0998
Web: www.pwsausa.org/ut

Special Health Care Needs
Gina Pola-Money, Director
Family Voices of Utah
Family to Family Health Information & Education Center
44 N. Medical Drive
P.O. Box 144650
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4650
(801) 584-8236; (800) 829-8200
(801) 808-4220 (cell)
E-mail: utahfamilyvoices@juno.com
Web: www.familyvoices.org
Web: www.medhomeportal.org

Speech, Language, and Hearing
Sheryl Spriet, President
Utah Speech-Language-Hearing Association
1379 31st Street
Ogden, UT 84403
(801) 402-5462
E-mail: president@ushaonline.net
E-mail: syspriet@ihc.com
Web: www.ushaonline.net/

Organizations Especially for Parents

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Helen Post, Executive Director
Jennie Gibson, Associate Director
Utah Parent Center
2290 East 4500 South, Suite 110
Salt Lake City, UT 84117
(801) 272-1051 (V/TTY); (800) 468-1160 (In UT)
E-mail: upcinfo@utahparentcenter.org
Web: www.utahparentcenter.org

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Marilyn Simister, President
Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers
5192 S. Greenpine Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84123
(801) 261-3100; (866) 782-8824
E-mail: kids@utahpta.org
Web: www.utahpta.org

Other Parent Organization
Phoebe Blackham, Executive Director
State Family Council of Utah
Alpine, UT 84004
(801) 756-3995

Other Disability Organizations

Mark Smith, Information Specialist
Tory Toone, Information Specialist
Access Utah Network (Statewide Information and Referral for Disability Issues)
155 South 300 West, Suite 100
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801) 533-4636 (SLC area); (800) 333-8824 (outside SLC)
E-mail: accessut@utah.gov
Web: www.accessut.org

Jody Wells, Director of Program Services
Turn Community Services
638 E. Wilmington Avenue
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
(801) 486-3778 (V/TTY); (800) 388-1991 (In Utah)
E-mail: turn@turn.nu
Web: www.turn.nu

Ruth Lubbers, Executive Director
Art Access/VSA arts of Utah
230 South 500 West #125
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801) 328-0703 (V/TTY)
E-mail: ruth@accessart.org
Web: www.accessart.org

Carol Ruddell, Project Director
Work Ability Utah
Utah Department of Health
Division of Health Care Financing
c/o Office of Rehabilitation
1595 West 500 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
(801) 887-9388
E-mail: cruddell@utah.gov
Web: www.workabilityutah.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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