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The Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
703-923-0010
Provides services and support for families and professionals, easy-to-understand, research-based information and training; and opportunities for strategic partnerships and advocacy for systemic improvement
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The Arc Michigan
(517) 487-5426
The mission of The Arc Michigan is to ensure that people with Developmental Disabilities are valued in order that they and their families can participate fully in and contribute to their community.
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The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF)
1-855-698-4223
The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides medical grants to help children gain access to health-related services not covered, or not fully covered, by their parents’ commercial health insurance plan. Families can receive up to $5,000 annually per child ($10,000 lifetime maximum per child), and do not need to have insurance through UnitedHealthcare to be eligible.
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Pacer Center
952-838-9000
The mission of PACER Center (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights) is to expand opportunities and enhance the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their families, based on the concept of parents helping parents.
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Mississippi Coast Special Needs Soccer Association
228-860-3903
The goal of Mississippi Coast Special Needs Soccer Association is to promote a fun, safe and enjoyable environment for all children and adults, including individuals who use wheelchairs or walkers, who are blind or deaf, who have ADD, ADHD, Autism, Down Syndrome, and other diagnosis. We want to enrich the lives of the players and families while promoting the development of new skills including teamwork and socialization with their peers and volunteers through the game of soccer.
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The Arc Mississippi
601-355-0220
The Arc of Mississippi was founded in 1961 and is an affiliate of The Arc of the United States, the world’s largest grassroots advocacy organization for citizens of all ages with cognitive, intellectual, and developmental disabilities, and their families. The Arc of Mississippi works to include all children and adults with cognitive, intellectual, and developmental disabilities in every community. We focus on Abilities, respect, choice for all and encourage active citizenship and inclusion in every community.
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Boone County Family Resources
573.874.1995
Their mission is to effectively and efficiently use agency and other available resources to enable Boone County residents with developmental disabilities to progress toward normal living and to develop, as far as possible, their capacity, performance, and relationship with other persons.
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Camden County Developmental Disability Resources
(573) 317-9233
Camden Co. Developmental Disability Resources (CCDDR) was created to provide for the employment, residential, and related service needs for Camden Co. persons with developmental disabilities.
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Parents, Let’s Unite for Kids - PLUK
800-222-7585
PLUK is a private, nonprofit organization formed in 1984 by parents of children with special needs in the state of Montana for the purpose of information, support, training and assistance to aid their children at home, school and as adults. PLUK is an organization of parents and other caring individuals who serve families and individuals with disabilities of any age and at no cost.
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Child Development Center
406-549-6413
The Child Development Center (CDC) provides services to families in western Montana whose children are considered to be “at risk” for delays in development or have a diagnosed developmental disability. CDC works with each family to promote the development of their child from birth through age 21.
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Easter Seals Nebraska
402-345-2200
Easter Seals Nebraska provides services to help ensure all people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to live, learn, work and play.
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Mosaic
877-366-7242
Mosaic is a faith-based organization serving people with intellectual disabilities. They foster opportunities and partnerships that create meaningful lives, in caring communities, giving a voice to the needs of the people they serve.
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Community Bridges
603-225-4153
Community Bridges advances the integration, growth and interdependence of people with disabilities in their home communities in ways that promote their ability to have positive control over the lives they have chosen for themselves. Community Bridges is a leader in the development of and advocacy for innovative approaches in supporting families.
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Easter Seals New Hampshire
603-623-8863
Easter Seals provides exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our communities.
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Programs for Parents, Inc.
973.297.1114
Programs for Parents (PfP) is a not-for-profit organization which works to ensure that children get the best possible start in life. They support children, families and child care providers, in Essex County, through advocacy and action; offering education, referrals, sharing best practices and access to available financial resources.
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The Molly Bear Foundation, Inc.
(609) 228-8575
The Molly Bear Foundation, Inc. was created by Sean and Erin Brown, parents of Molly Elizabeth, out of a desire to support families raising children with Trisomy 18. The goal of the Molly Bear Foundation is to provide supplemental financial assistance to families raising children with Trisomy 18.
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Family Voices
505-872-4774
Family Voices is a nonprofit, family-led organization promoting quality health care for all children and youth, particularly those with special health care needs, working to improve health care programs and policies and ensuring that health care systems include, listen to, and honor the voices of families.
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Abrazos Family Support Services
(505) 867-3396
Abrazos Family Support Services provides a variety of specialized educational, health, developmental and parent support services that help families to meet the special needs of their infants, children, and adult family members with disabilities. Their services are available to individuals and families who live in Bernalillo and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico.
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