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State Protection and Advocacy Agencies Developmental Disabilities

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ALABAMA
Reuben W. Cook, Executive Director
Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program
The University of Alabama
Box 870395
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0395

(205) 348-4928
(205) 348-9484 TDD
(800) 826-1675 P.O.
ALASKA
Rick Tessandore, Executive Director
Disability Law Center of Alaska
615 E. 82nd Avenue, Suite 101
Anchorage, AK 99518

(907) 344-1002
(800) 478-1234
AMERICAN SAMOA
Minareta Thompson, Executive Director
Client Assistance Program and Protection & Advocacy
P.O. Box 3937
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799

011-684-633-2441
ARIZONA
Leslie Cohen, Executive Director
Arizona Center for Disability Law
3131 North Country Club, Suite 100
Tucson, AZ 85716

(520) 327-9547
ARKANSAS
Nan Ellen East, Executive Director
Advocacy Services, Inc.
Evergreen Place, Suite 201
1100 North University
Little Rock, AR 72207

(501) 296-1775
(800) 482-1174
CALIFORNIA
Catherine Blakemore, Executive Director
California Protection & Advocacy, Inc.
100 Howe Avenue, Suite 185N
Sacramento, CA 95835

(916) 488-9950
(800) 766-5746
(818) 546-1631 LA
(510) 839-0811 OK
COLORADO
Mary Anne Harvey, Executive Director
The Legal Center
455 Sherman Street, Suite 130
Denver, CO 80203

(303) 722-0300
CONNECTICUT
Jim McGaughey, Executive Director
Office of P&A for Handicapped & DD Persons
60B Weston Street
Hartford, CT 06120-1551

(203) 297-4300
(203) 566-2102 MI
(800) 842-7303
(statewide)
DELAWARE
Sue Weimer, Administrator
Disabilities Law Program
913 Washington Street
Wilmington, DE 19801

(302) 575-0660
Voice/TTD
FLORIDA
Marcia Beach, Executive Director
Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities
2671 Executive Center, Circle West
Webster Building, Suite 100
Tallahassee, FL 32301-5024

(904) 488-9071
(800) 342-0832
(800) 346-4127 TDD
GEORGIA
Patricia Powell, Executive Director
Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc.
999 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 870
Atlanta, GA 30309

(404) 885-1234
(800) 282-4538
GUAM
Eddie del Rosario, Director
The Advocacy Office
Reflection Center, Suite 204
Chalan Santo Papa
Agana, Guam 96910

011-671-472-8985/86
HAWAII
Gary L. Smith, Executive Director
Protection and Advocacy Agency
1580 Makaloa Street, Suite 1060
Honolulu, HI 96814

(808) 949-2922
IDAHO
Jim Baugh, Executive Director
Co-Ad, Inc.
4477 Emerald, Suite B-100
Boise, ID 83706

(208) 336-5353
ILLINOIS
Zena Naiditch, Director
Equip for Equality, Inc.
11 East Adams, Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60603-6303

(312) 341-0022
INDIANA
Tom Gallagher, Executive Director
Indiana Advocacy Services
850 N. Meridian Street, Suite 2-C
Indianapolis, IN 46204

(317) 232-1150
(800) 622-4845
IOWA
Mervin L. Roth, Director
Iowa Protection & Advocacy Service, Inc.
3015 Merle Hay Road, Suite 6
Des Moines, IA 50310

(515) 278-2502
KANSAS
Peter Williams, Executive Director
Kansas Advocacy & Protection Services
2601 Anderson Avenue
Manhattan, KS 66502

(913) 776-1541
(800) 432-8276
KENTUCKY
Gayla O. Peach, Director
Office for Public Advocacy
Division for Protection & Advocacy
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 3rd Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601

(502) 564-2967
(800) 372-2988
LOUISIANA
Lois V. Simpson, Executive Director
Advocacy Center for the Elderly & Disabled
225 Baronne Street, Suite 2112
New Orleans, LA 70112-2112

(504) 522-2337
(800) 662-7705
MAINE
Kim Moody, Acting Director
Maine Advocacy Services
32 Winthrop
P.O. Box 2007
Augusta, ME 04338-2007

(207) 626-2774
(800) 452-1948
MARYLAND
Elizabeth Jones, Executive Director
Maryland Disability Law Center
1800 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 235-4700
(800) 638-6243
Maryland Disability Law Center
2510 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

(800) 233-7201
(410) 235-4227 TTD
MASSACHUSETTS
Susan Herz, Executive Director
Disability Law Center, Inc.
11 Beacon Street, Suite 925
Boston, MA 02108

(617) 723-8455
MICHIGAN
Elizabeth W. Bauer, Exec. Director
Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service
106 West Allegan, Suite 300
Lansing, MI 48933-1706

(517) 487-1755
MINNESOTA
Luther A. Granquist, Managing Attorney
Minnesota Disability Law Center
430 First Avenue North, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55401-1780

(612) 332-1441
MISSISSIPPI
Rebecca Floyd, Executive Director
Mississippi Protection & Advocacy System for DD, Inc.
5330 Executive Place, Suite A
Jackson, MS 39206

(601) 981-8207
MISSOURI
Shawn deLoyola, Executive Director
Missouri Protection & Advocacy Service
925 Country Club Drive, Unit B-1
Jefferson City, MO 65109

(314) 893-3333
(800) 392-8667
MONTANA
Al Smith, Executive Director
Montana Advocacy Program
316 N. Park, Room 211
P.O. Box 1680
Helena, MT 59624

(406) 444-3889
(800) 245-4743
NEBRASKA
Timothy Shaw, Executive Director
Nebraska Advocacy Services, Inc.
522 Lincoln Center Building
215 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68508

(402) 474-3183
NEVADA
Travis Wall, Executive Director
Nevada Disability Advocacy & Law Center,
Inc.-Southern office
401 South Third Street, Suite 403
Las Vegas, NV 89101

(702) 383-8150
(702) 383-7097 TDD
(800) 992-5715
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Donna Woodfin, Executive Director
Disabilities Rights Center
18 Low Avenue
Concord, NH 03301

(603) 228-0432 ext. 41
(800) 834-1721
NEW JERSEY
Sarah Wiggins Mitchell, Executive Director
New Jersey P&A, Inc.
210 S. Broad Street, 3rd Floor
Trenton, NJ 08608

(609) 292-9742
(800) 792-8600
NEW MEXICO
James Jackson, Executive Director
Protection & Advocacy System, Inc.
1720 Louisiana Blvd., NE, Suite 204
Albuquerque, NM 87110

(505) 256-3100
(800) 432-4682
NEW YORK
Clarence J. Sundram, Chairman
NY Commission on Quality of Care
for the Mentally Disabled
99 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210

(518) 473-4057
NORTH CAROLINA
Cindy Crouse-Martin, Executive Director
Governor's Advocacy Council for
Persons w/Disabilities
2113 Cameron Street, Suite 218
Raleigh, NC 27605

(919) 733-9250
(800) 821-6922
NORTH DAKOTA
Teresa Larson, Executive Director
North Dakota Protection & Advocacy Project
400 E. Broadway, Suite 616
Bismarck, ND 58501

(701) 328-2950
(800) 472-2670
(800) 642-6694 (24 Hour)
NORTHERN MARIANAS ISLANDS
Lydia Santos, Executive Director
Protection and Advocacy System, Inc.
P.O. Box 3529 C.K.
Saipan, MP 96950
Northern Mariana Islands

(670) 235-7274
OHIO
Carolyn Knight, Executive Director
Ohio Legal Rights Service
8 East Long Street, 6th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215

(614) 466-7264
(800) 282-9181
OKLAHOMA
Kella Bauer, Acting Director
Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc.
4150 South 100th East Avenue, 210 Cherokee Bldg
Tulsa, OK 74146-3661

(918) 664-5883
OREGON
Robert Joondeph, Executive Director
Oregon Advocacy Center
620 SW Fifth Ave., 5th Floor
Portland, OR 97204-1428

(503) 243-2081
(800) 452-1694
(800) 556-5351 TDD
PENNSYLVANIA
Kevin Casey, Executive Director
Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy Inc.
116 Pine Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101

(717) 236-8110
(800) 692-7443
PUERTO RICO
Juan Rivera, Director
Ombudsman for the Disabled
P.O. Box 4234
San Juan, PR 00902-4234

(809) 721-4299
(800) 981-4125
(809) 725-3606
RHODE ISLAND
Ray Bandusky, Executive Director
Rhode Island Protection & Advocacy System (RIPAS), Inc.
151 Broadway, 3rd Floor
Providence, RI 02903

(401) 831-3150
SOUTH CAROLINA
Betty Easler, Executive Director
SC Protection & Advocacy System for the Handicapped, Inc.
3710 Landmark Drive, Suite 208
Columbia, SC 29204

(803) 782-0639
(800) 922-5225
SOUTH DAKOTA
Robert J. Kean, Executive Director
South Dakota Advocacy Services
221 South Central Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501

(605) 224-8294
(800) 658-4782
TENNESSEE
Shirley Shea, Executive Director
Tennessee Protection & Advocacy, Inc.
P.O. Box 121257
Nashville, TN 37212

(615) 298-1080
(800) 342-1660
TEXAS
James Comstock-Galagan, Executive Director
Advocacy, Inc.
7800 Shoal Creek Blvd., Suite 171-E
Austin, TX 78757

(512) 454-4816
(800) 252-9108
UTAH
Phyllis Geldzahler, Executive Director
Legal Center for People with Disabilities
455 East 400 South, Suite 410
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

(801) 363-1347
(800) 662-9080
VERMONT
Bill Sullivan, Executive Director
Vermont Protection & Advocacy
21 E. State St., Suite 101
Montpelier, VT 05602

(802) 229-1355
VIRGINIA
Sandra K. Reen, Executive Director
Department for Rights of Virginians w/Disabilities
Ninth Street Office Bldg.
202 North 9th Street, 9th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219

(804) 225-2042
(800) 552-3962
(TDD & Voice)
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Amelia Headley-Lamont, Executive Director
Virgin Islands Advocacy Agency
7A Whim Street, Suite 2
Frederiksted, VI 00840

(809) 772-1200
(809) 776-4303 St.Thomas
(809) 772-4641 TDD
WASHINGTON
Mark Stroh, Executive Director
Disability Rights Washington (DRW)
1401 E. Jefferson, Suite 506
Seattle, WA 98122
www.DisabilityRightsWA.org

(206) 324-1521
WEST VIRGINIA
Linda Leasure, Executive Director
West Virginia Advocates,Inc
Litton Bldg, 4th Floor
1207 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV 25301

(304) 346-0847
(800) 950-5250
WISCONSIN
Lynn Breedlove, Executive Director
Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy, Inc.
16 North Carroll Street, Suite 400
Madison, WI 53703

(608) 267-0214
WYOMING
Jeanne A. Thobro, Executive Director
Wyoming Protection & Advocacy System, Inc.
2424 Pioneer Avenue, #101
Cheyenne, WY 82001

(307) 638-7668
(307) 632-3496
(800) 624-7648
NATIVE AMERICAN
Therese Yanan, Executive Director
DNA-People's Legal Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 392
Shiprock, NM 87410

(505) 368-3216
 
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