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Camphill Special School
610.469.9236
Camphill Special School’s mission is to create wholeness for children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities through education and therapy in extended family living so that they may be better understood and their disabilities moderated, that they may more fully unfold their potential, and that they more fully and meaningfully participate in life
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Mom’s House
(814) 535-4848
Free childcare and support for solo moms who are attending school
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Family to Family of Rhode Island
(401) 456-4732
Family to Family of Rhode Island is a network created by families for families of children and adults with special needs. They offer opportunities for families to connect with one another to share experiences, information, and support. Family to Family of Rhode Island is sponsored by Family Voices of RI and the Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities.
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Looking Upwards, Inc.
(401)-847-0960
Looking Upwards is a private, nonprofit agency offering a wide array of services to adults with developmental disabilities and children with special healthcare needs.
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Able South Carolina
864.235.1421
Able SC is a Center for Independent Living (CIL), an organization not about “helping” people with disabilities, but built on the central concept of self-empowerment. They empower people with disabilities to live active, self-determined lives: advocacy, service and support.
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Easter Seals South Carolina
803-256-0735
Providing exceptional services to ensure children with disabilities or special needs have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play in their communities since 1934.
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South Dakota Parent Connection (SDPC)
1-800-640-4553
The mission of South Dakota Parent Connection (SDPC) is to connect families caring for children (birth to 26) with the full range of disabilities or special health care needs to information, training and resources in an environment of support, hope and respect.
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Special Spaces
865-249-6079
Special Spaces was founded in July 2004 on the precedent that children battling life-threatening illnesses need their own special space. This is a place of hope and inspiration, and a special space to find peace and comfort.
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Tennessee Voices for Children, Inc. (TVC)
615-269-7751
TVC attempts to become knowledgeable about changes and policies and laws that will affect children, to speak out forcefully on these issues, and to educate our legislators and other public officials about the impact their decisions will have on children and families.
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The Lindsay Foundation
The Lindsay Foundation is a non-profit organization whose primary goal is to assist families with resources necessary to provide medical treatment, therapies and rehabilitative equipment in order to improve the quality of life for their children with special needs.
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Achievement Center of Texas
(972) 414-7700
The Achievement Center of Texas provides day care, day habilitation (life skills training), arts exploration, educational assistance and community inclusion for children and young adults with special needs.
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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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