RESOURCES and LINKS

Advocacy Organizations

Area Boards of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities
Central Office
2000 "O" Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: (916) 322-8481
Fax: (916) 443-4957
TDD: (916) 324-8420
E-mail: council@scdd.ca.gov
Website: http://www.scdd.ca.gov/

Area Board Roster, with contact information: http://www.scdd.ca.gov/area_board_roster.htm

Child Care Law Center
221 Pine Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: 415/394-7144
Fax: 415/394-7144
Email: info@childcarelaw.org
Website: http://www.childcarelaw.org/

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
2212-6th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
Telephone: 510/644-2555
Fax: 510/841-8645
Email: dredf@dredf.org
Website: http://www.dredf.org/

Family Voices
2340 Alamo SE, Ste. 102
Albuquerque, NM 87107
Telephone: 505/872-4774 or 888/835-5669
Fax: 505/872-4780
Email: kidshealth@familyvoices.org
Website: http://www.familyvoices.org/

Protection and Advocacy, Inc. (PAI)
449-15th Street, Suite 401
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: 800/776-5746
Fax: 510/839-5780
Email: legal@pai-ca.org
Website: http://www.pai-ca.org

Advocacy Links

California Association of Family Empowerment Centers (CAFEC)- Advocacy Page
http://www.cafec.org/advocacy.htm

Family Empowerment Centers provide family education, empowerment, and parent-professional collaborative activities for families of children with disabilities ages 3-22 years old. This is their advocacy page.

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
http://www.copaa.org/index.html

COPAA is an organization of attorneys, advocates and parents whose primary mission is to secure high quality educational services for children with disabilities. You can search for an attorney/advocate in your area on this site. Their Resources page is particularly comprehensive.

Disability Rights Advocates
http://www.dralegal.org/

Disability Rights Advocates is a national and international non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities. Its site provides information on the court cases it is involved in, and its special projects.

US Department of Justice - Information and Technical Assistance on ADA
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

This page provides information and assistance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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The resources on these pages are for your information. These listings are not necessarily comprehensive, nor are they an endorsement. If you find that any information is incorrect, if you would like to offer feedback or if you know of additional resources that may be helpful to include, please contact us.

Last updated June 28, 2007