Protection and Advocacy Systems (P&As) work at the state level to protect individuals with disabilities by empowering them and advocating on their behalf. There are 57 P&As in the United States and its territories, and each is independent of service-providing agencies in their states.
Along with the other Administration on Disabilities grantees, P&As are dedicated to the ongoing fight for the personal and civil rights of individuals with disabilities. P&As provide legal support to traditionally unserved or underserved populations to help them navigate the legal system to achieve resolution and encourage systems change. P&As ensure that individuals with disabilities are able to exercise their rights to make choices, contribute to society, and live independently.
Beyond Litigation
While their focus is most often legal, P&As also engage in a range of other efforts to promote the rights of individuals with disabilities. They often provide information and referrals, as well as training and technical assistance to service providers, state legislators, and other policymakers. They also conduct self-advocacy training and raise public awareness of legal and social issues affecting individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
Working Toward Inclusive Education and Independent Living
P&As provide substantial advocacy and legal services on education issues, and work to ensure that students receive an appropriate education in an inclusive setting.
P&As have also made great strides in increasing the opportunities for individuals with disabilities to make decisions for themselves about where and with whom they live.
Olmstead and Other Cases
P&As have been involved in a significant number of landmark cases and work closely with other entities, especially State Councils on Developmental Disabilities and University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service. P&As work to implement the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1999 decision in Olmstead v. L.C., which requires states to eliminate unnecessary segregation of people with disabilities, and to ensure that they receive services in the most integrated setting possible.
P&A Programs
ACL administers the four P&A programs described below.
- Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (PADD)
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Under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and the Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act), each state and territory has a protection and advocacy system (P&A) designated by the state’s governor. The DD Act and other authorizing statutes, give the P&A authority to advocate for the rights of individuals with disabilities. The DD Act states that each P&A must have the authority to “pursue legal, administrative, and other appropriate remedies or approaches to ensure the protection of, and advocacy for, the rights of such individuals within the State." 42 U.S.C. 15043. P&As use a range of remedies to advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities, including self-advocacy assistance, negotiation and litigation.
Under the DD Act, P&As also have the authority to investigate abuse and neglect in any setting where a person with intellectual or developmental disabilities receives services. With this authority, they may access and monitor both facilities and records to ensure that people’s rights are protected. P&A authorities are critical to exposing abuse and neglect of people will disabilities and safeguarding individuals’ right to live with dignity and self-determination.
PADD Outcome Data Tables
The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 requires Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) grantees to report annually on progress achieved through advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities.
P&A Agencies, using their annual Program Performance Report (PPR), submit data to AIDD. The following tables provide select data for each state/territorial P&A as well as for the nation.
Report Title Year Clients Served 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 Clients by Age 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 Clients by Race and Ethnicity 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 Clients’ Living Conditions 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 Reasons for Closing Cases 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 Intervention Strategies 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 Problem Areas/Complaints of Clients Served 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 Frequently Asked Questions: PADD Data Collection Methodology
What is a Protection and Advocacy System (P&As) and its functions?
Federally mandated in each 57 States and Territories; provide protection of the rights of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities through legally based advocacy. Its functions are to enable individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to become independent, productive, integrated, and included into their communities.
Who does the P&A serve?
A P&A provides services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities based on several factors: population, financial need, and need for services (discrimination against, denied services).
How can I contact a P&A?
There is a P&A System in each state and territory in the U.S. Find yours at the bottom of this page.
What are the qualifications to be an individual client?
You must meet three (3) criteria to be served by a P&A:
- An individual must be eligible for P&A program services. You must refer to the program specific authorizing legislation for eligibility criteria.
- The agency has opened a case file, which includes at least your name, address, age, race, disability, signed release of information form (if appropriate), the individual’s issues of concern, and the action taken by the agency.
- The agency provided at least one “significant service,” such as a supervised referral that allows follow-up to assure that the referral was appropriate and completed; or the provision of any allowable service beyond I&R services, as defined above.
What type of services does the P&A provide to a client?
The P&A serves short-term assistant, investigation/monitoring/technical assistant in self-advocacy, negotiation, mediation, litigation, and administrative hearings.
How does AIDD collect data from the P&As?
Every year all 57 P&A submit their annual program performance report to AIDD. Data from those reports are compiled and made available at AIDD. It provides a snapshot of P&A’s work in helping people with disabilities in each state and territories.
Does AIDD collect individual client’s data from the P&A?
No. AIDD does not collect individual client data from P&As and it is not client based data. Data is a summary of individual and group clients served by P&As in a given year.
What are the main components of the PPR reports from where this data is compiled?
The main components are:
- Summary data of clients served (by age groups, ethnicity, and racial backgrounds)
- P&A client living conditions
- Outcomes
- Intervention strategies used in addressing client complaints
- Reason for closing individual’s case
- Outcome of P&A goals and objectives
What does AIDD do with this data once it is collected?
Besides providing a summary of achievements of P&As, the compiled data is used in AIDD’s bi-annual report to Congress and the President, reporting GPRA outcomes.
Other PADD Resources
- Proposed PADD Program Performance Report (DOCX, 135KB)
- NDRN Report on Community Integration and the Need for Monitoring and Advocacy
Report on two community monitoring and advocacy projects focusing on individuals transitioning to community settings. - Segregated & Exploited
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) found a total failure of the disability service system to provide quality work for people with disabilities. The report focuses on the problems with segregated work, sheltered environments and low wages, and highlights a massive breakdown between good federal and state policies and their implementation and oversight.
- Protection and Advocacy for Assistive Technology (PAAT)
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Assistive Technology Act of 1998 as amended
This program provides protection and advocacy services to assist individuals of all ages with disabilities in the acquisition, utilization, or maintenance of assistive technology services or devices. ACL provides formula grants to Protection and Advocacy agencies established under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.
Grantees provide information, advocacy, representation, training, technical assistance, and general guidance to increase access to and provision of assistive technology devices and services. The emphasis is on consumer advocacy and capacity-building through protection and advocacy agencies in the states.
Annual Reports
The Protection and Advocacy for Assistive Technology Program: Annual Report describes the activities of, and outcomes produced by, the PAAT Program during each fiscal year. It uses data collected through a Program Performance Report (PPR) form approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The most recent Annual Report will be posted when available.
Contact
Clare Huerta
clare.huertat@acl.hhs.gov
202-795-7301 - Protection & Advocacy for Voting Accessibility (PAVA)
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Help America Vote Act (HAVA) programs are designed to establish and improve participation in the election process for individuals with the full range of disabilities. Signed into law on October 29, 2002, HAVA assigns responsibility for the administration of the law’s disability provisions (sections 261 and 291) to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who delegated the responsibility to the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Currently, funding is awarded to eligible Protection and Advocacy Systems (P&As) under section 291 as well as entities providing training and technical assistance to P&As. P&As provide assistance to state and other government entities by surveying polling places, identifying potential modifications to make specific polling places accessible, and developing criteria for identifying accessible polling places.
Ensuring Full Participation in the Electoral Process
In each eligible state and territory, P&As work to ensure that individuals with disabilities have the opportunity to participate in every step of the voting process. P&As educate individuals about voter registration and their legal rights pertaining to voting, provide voter registration opportunities, and help individuals access the polls on election day. Individuals interested in filing complaints may also be assisted and represented by the P&As.
Providing Training and Technical Assistance to Protection and Advocacy Systems
Eligible nonprofit organizations receive discretionary grants to assist P&As in developing proficiency in the use of voting systems and technologies for individuals with disabilities and demonstrating and evaluating the use of such systems and technologies. P&As also receive training and technical assistance for providing non-visual access in the voting process. Grants are authorized under section 291 of HAVA as a seven percent set-aside of the total appropriation for P&As. After receiving training and technical assistance, P&As may inform others on the availability of accessible voting equipment and its use.
- Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (PATBI)
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Individuals with TBI are often faced with improper diagnosis, inability to access support or rehabilitation services, institutional segregation, unemployment, and being forced to navigate complicated and cumbersome service and support systems.
The goals of the Federal Traumatic Brain Injury Program focus on helping state and local agencies develop resources so that all individuals with TBI and their families will have accessible, available, acceptable, and appropriate services and supports. The Protection and Advocacy TBI Grant Program is one way the Federal Traumatic Brain Injury Program advances these goals.
The P&A TBI program is a formula grant that provides funding for the 57 P&As in the U.S. and its territories as well as the Native American Protection and Advocacy Project to assess their State/Territory P&A Systems' responsiveness to TBI issues and provide advocacy support to individuals with TBI and their families.
Together, P&As comprise the nation's largest provider of legally based advocacy services for people with disabilities. P&As have the legal authority to:
- Investigate suspected abuse or neglect and seek justice for victims and their families;
- Have access to records and facilities necessary to investigate abuse or neglect or to monitor the treatment and safety of residents;
- Pursue litigation and all other appropriate remedies under federal, state, and local law;
- Provide information and referrals regarding entitlements to services and other legal rights; and/or
- Educate policymakers on needed reforms to disability-related laws and services
All P&As maintain a presence in facilities that care for people with mental illness, developmental disabilities and other disabilities, where they monitor, investigate, and attempt to remedy adverse conditions and situations. They devote considerable resources to ensuring full access to inclusive educational programs, financial entitlement programs (e.g., Medicaid and Social Security), healthcare, accessible housing and productive employment opportunities, and they respond to allegations of abuse and neglect.
The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) is the voluntary membership association for the P&A and CAP agencies. As a network, the P&A and CAP agencies are the largest provider of legally based advocacy services to people with disabilities in the United States. NDRN’s mission is to promote the integrity and capacity of P&As by providing training and technical assistance and legal support to the P&A network.
- State P&A Technical Assistance
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The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) is the nonprofit membership organization for the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems and the Client Assistance Programs (CAP) for individuals with disabilities. Through training and technical assistance, legal support, and legislative advocacy, NDRN works to create a society in which people with disabilities are afforded equality of opportunity and are able to fully participate by exercising choice and self-determination.
Contacts
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
900 2nd Street, N.E., Suite 211
Washington, D.C. 20002
Phone: (202) 408-9514
Fax: (202) 408-9520
TTY: (202) 408-9521
Web: www.ndrn.org
Email: info@ndrn.orgExecutive Director: Curtis Decker
Email: curt.decker@ndrn.orgThe Training and Advocacy Support Center (TASC) is implemented under contract by the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), which provides technical assistance to state P&As.
- Find your P&A Agency
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Alabama
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program
The University of Alabama
P.O. Box 870395
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0395Phone: (205) 348-4928 | Toll-free: (800) 826-1675
TDD: (205) 348-9484
Fax: (205) 348-3909
Email: adap@adap.ua.edu
Web: www.adap.netCAP
State of Alabama Client Assistance Program
400 Union St
Montgomery, AL 36104Phone: (800) 228-3231
Fax: (334) 230-9765
Email: rachel.hughes@rehab.alabama.gov
Web: sacap.alabama.govAlaska
P/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Law Center of Alaska
3330 Arctic Boulevard, Suite 103
Anchorage, AK 99503Phone & TDD: (907) 565-1002 | Toll-free: (800) 478-1234
Fax: (907) 565-1000
Email: akpa@dlcak.org
Web: www.dlcak.orgArizona
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Arizona Center for Disability Law
177 North Church Ave, Suite 800
Tucson, Arizona 85701-1119Phone: (520) 327-9547 | Toll-free: (800) 927-2260
Fax: (520) 884-0992
Email: center@azdisabilitylaw.org
Web: www.azdisabilitylaw.orgArkansas
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Arkansas, Inc.
400 W Capitol Ave, Suite 1200
Little Rock, AR 72201Phone & TDD: (501) 296-1775 | Toll-free: (800) 482-1174
Fax: (501) 296-1779
Email: info@disabilityrightsar.org
Web: www.disabilityrightsar.orgCalifornia
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights California
1831 K St
Sacramento, CA 95811-4114Phone: (916) 504-5800 | Toll-free: (800) 776-5746
Toll-free TTY: (800) 719-5798
Fax: (916) 488-9962
Email: legalhelp@disabilityrightsca.org
Web: www.disabilityrightsca.org | www.disabilityrightsca.org/espanolColorado
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Law Colorado
455 Sherman St, Suite 130
Denver, CO 80203Phone & TDD: (303) 722-0300 | Toll-free: (800) 288-1376
Fax: (303) 722-0720
Email: dlcmail@disabilitylawco.org
Web: www.disabilitylawco.orgConnecticut
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Connecticut
846 Wethersfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114Phone: (860) 297-4300 | Toll-free: (800) 842-7303
E-Mail: info@disrightsct.org
Web: https://www.disrightsct.org/Delaware
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Community Services Building, Suite 801
100 W 10th St
Wilmington, DE 19801Phone: (302) 575-0660 ext. 229
TDD: (302) 575-0660
Fax: (302) 575-0840
Email: datkins@declasi.org
Web: www.declasi.orgCAP
Client Assistance Program of United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware, Inc.
700A River Rd
Wilmington, DE 19809-2746Phone: (302) 764-6216 | Toll-free: (800) 640-9336
Fax: (302) 764-8713
Email: ucpde@ucpde.org
Web: www.ucpde.orgDistrict Of Columbia
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
University Legal Services
220 I Street, NE, Suite 130
Washington, DC 20002Phone: (202) 547-0198
Fax: (202) 547-2083
Email: jbrown@uls-dc.org
Web: www.uls-dc.orgFlorida
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Florida
2473 Care Dr, Suite 200
Tallahassee, FL 32308Phone: (850) 488-9071 | Toll-free: (800) 342-0823
Toll-free TDD: (800) 346-4127
Fax: (850) 488-8640
Email: cherieh@disabilityrightsflorida.org
Web: www.disabilityrightsflorida.orgGeorgia
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc.
One Decatur Town Center
150 E Ponce de Leon Ave, Suite 430
Decatur, GA 30030Phone & TDD: (404) 885-1234 | Toll-free: (800) 537-2329
Toll-free TDD: (800) 610-2779
Fax: (404) 378-0031
Email: info@thegao.org
Web: www.thegao.orgCAP
Georgia Client Assistance Program
123 N McDonough St
Decatur, GA 30030Phone: (404) 373-3116 | Toll-free: (800) 822-9727
Fax: (404) 373-4110
Email: GaCAPDirector@georgiacap.com
Web: www.georgiacap.comHawaii
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Hawaii Disability Rights Center
1132 Bishop Street, Suite 2102
Honolulu, HI 96813Phone & TTY: (808) 949-2922 | Fax: (808) 949-2928
Toll-free TTY: (800) 882-1057
Email: info@hawaiidisabilityrights.org
Web: www.hawaiidisabilityrights.orgIdaho
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Idaho
4477 Emerald St, Suite B-100
Boise, ID 83706-2066Phone & TDD: (208) 336-5353 | Toll-free: (866) 262-3462
Fax: (208) 336-5396
Email: info@disabilityrightsidaho.org
Web: www.disabilityrightsidaho.orgIllinois
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAV
Equip for Equality, Inc.
20 N Michigan Ave, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60602Phone: (312) 341-0022 | Toll-free: (800) 537-2632
Fax: (312) 541-7544
Toll-free TDD: (800) 610-2779
Email: contactus@equipforequality.org
Web: www.equipforequality.orgCAP
Illinois Client Assistance Program
100 N First St, 1st Floor West
Springfield, IL 62702Phone: (217) 782-5375 | Toll-free: (800) 641-3929
Fax: (217) 875-9797
Email: dhs.cap@illinois.gov
Web: www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=37637Indiana
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Indiana Disability Rights
4701 N Keystone Ave, Suite 222
Indianapolis, IN 46205Phone: (317) 722-5555 | Toll-free: (800) 622-4845
Fax: (317) 722-5564
Email: dawadams@ipas.in.gov
Web: www.IN.gov/ipasIowa
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Iowa
400 East Court Avenue, Suite 300
Des Moines, IA 50309Phone: (515) 278-2502 | Toll-free: (800) 779-2502
TDD: (515) 278-0571 | Toll-free TDD: (866) 483-3342
Fax: (515) 278-0539
Email: info@disabilityrightsiowa.org
Web: www.disabilityrightsiowa.orgPAAT
Assistive Technology Legal Project, Legal Clinic at U of Iowa
386 Boyd Law Building
Melrose & Byington Streets
Iowa City, IA 52242-1113Phone: (319) 335-9023 | Fax: (319) 353-5445
Email: law-legal-clinic@uiowa.eduCAP
Community Advocacy Services
Office of Persons with Disabilities
Lucas State Office Building, 2nd Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319Phone: (515) 281-8088 | Toll-free: (888) 219-0471
Fax: (515) 242-6119
Toll-Free TDD: (888) 219-0471
Email: jackie.wipperman@iowa.gov
Web: www.humanrights.iowa.gov/cas/pdKansas
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Center of Kansas
214 SW 6th Ave, Suite 100
Topeka, KS 66603Phone: (785) 273-9661 | Toll-free: (877) 776-1541
Fax: (785) 273-9414
Email: info@drckansas.org
Web: www.drckansas.orgKentucky
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Kentucky Protection and Advocacy
5 Mill Creek Park
Frankfort, KY 40601Phone: (502) 564-2967
TDD: (800) 372-2988 (Toll-free)
Fax: 502-695-6764
Email: Jeffp.edwards@ky.gov
Web: www.kypa.netCAP
Client Assistance Program
275 E Main St, 2nd Floor
Mail Stop 2 E-K
Frankfort, KY 40621Phone: (502) 564-8035 | Toll-free: (800) 633-6283
Video Phone: (502) 564-0530
Fax: (502) 564-1566
Email: Gerry.Gordon-Brown@ky.gov
Web: kycap.ky.govLouisiana
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Advocacy Center
8325 Oak St
New Orleans, LA 70118Phone: (504) 522-2337 | Toll-free: (800) 960-7705
Fax: (504) 522-5507
Email: advocacycenter@advocacyla.org
Web: www.advocacyla.orgMaine
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Maine
24 Stone Street, Suite 204
Augusta, ME 04330Phone: (207) 626-2774 | Fax: (207) 621-1419
TDD: (800) 452-1948
Email: advocate@drme.org
Web: www.drme.orgCAP
CARES, Inc.
134 Main St, Suite 2C
Winthrop, ME 04364Phone: (207) 377-7055 | Toll-free: (800) 773-7055
Fax: (207) 377-7057
Email: kathy.despres@caresinc.org
Web: www.caresinc.orgMaryland
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Maryland Disability Law Center
The Walbert Building, Suite 400
1500 Union Ave, Suite 2000
Baltimore, MD 21211-1982Phone: (410) 727-6352 | Toll-free: (800) 233-7201
TDD: (410) 235-5387
Fax: (410) 727-6389
Email: virginiak@mdlclaw.org
Web: www.mdlclaw.orgCAP
Client Assistance Program
Maryland State Dept of Ed, Div of Rehab Serv
2301 Argonne Dr
Baltimore, MD 21218-1696Phone: (410) 554-9361 | Fax: (410) 554-9362
Email: cap.dors@maryland.gov
Web: www.dors.maryland.gov/resources/pages/CAP.aspxMassachusetts
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Law Center, Inc.
11 Beacon Street, Suite 925
Boston, MA 02108Phone: (617) 723-8455 | Toll-free: (800) 872-9992
Fax: (617) 723-9125
Email: mail@dlc-ma.org
Web: www.dlc-ma.orgCAP
Client Assistance Program
MA Office on Disability
One Ashburton Place, Room 1305
Boston, MA 02108Phone: (617) 727-7440 | Toll Free: (800) 322-2020
Fax: (617) 727-0965
Email: amy.rangi@massmail.state.ma.us
Web: www.mass.gov/anf/employment-equal-access-disability/oversight-agencies/mod/Michigan
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Michigan Protection and Advocacy Services, Inc.
4095 Legacy Parkway, Suite 500
Lansing, MI 48911Phone: (517) 487-1755 | Toll-free: (800) 288-5923
Fax: (517) 487-0827
Email: mroberts@mpas.org
Web: www.mpas.orgMinnesota
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Minnesota Disability Law Center
430 First Ave, North, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55401-1780Phone: (612) 332-1441 | Toll-free: (800) 292-4150
Fax: (612) 334-5755
Email: dschaffer@mylegalaid.org
Web: www.mylegalaid.orgMississippi
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Mississippi
210 E Capitol St, Suite 600
Jackson, MS 39201Phone: (601) 968-0600 | Toll-free: (800) 772-4057
Fax: (601) 968-0665
Email: amaclaine@drms.ms
Web: www.drms.msCAP
MS Society for Disabilities
P.O. Box 4958
Jackson, MS 39296Phone: (601) 362-2585 | Fax: (601) 982-1951
E-Mail: Johnmsd@bellsouth.net
Web: www.msdisabilities.comMissouri
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services
925 S Country Club Dr
Jefferson City, MO 65109Phone: (573) 893-3333 | Toll-free: (800) 392-8667
Fax: (573) 893-4231
Email: mopasjc@earthlink.net
Web: www.moadvocacy.orgMontana
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Montana
1022 Chestnut St
Helena, MT 59601Phone: (406) 449-2344 | Toll-free: (800) 245-4743
Fax: (406) 449-2418
Email: advocate@disabilityrightsmt.org
Web: www.disabilityrightsmt.orgNebraska
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Nebraska
134 S 13th St, Suite 600
Lincoln, NE 68508Phone & TDD: (402) 474-3183 | Toll-free: (800) 422-6691
Fax: (402) 474-3274
Email: info@disabilityrightsnebraska.org
Web: www.disabilityrightsnebraska.orgCAP
Client Assistance Program
301 Centennial Mall South, Box 94987
Lincoln, NE 68509Phone: (402) 471-3656 | Toll Free: (800) 742-7594
Fax: (402) 471-0117
Email: victoria.rasmussen@nebraska.gov
Web: http://www.cap.nebraska.gov/Nevada
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Nevada Disability Advocacy & Law Center
2820 W Charleston Blvd, Suite 11
Las Vegas, NV 89102Phone: (702) 257-8150 | Toll-free: (888) 349-3843
TDD: (702) 257-8160
Fax: (702) 257-8170
Email: lasvegas@ndalc.org
Web: www.ndalc.orgNew Hampshire
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Center New Hampshire
64 N Main St, Suite 2, 3rd Floor
Concord, NH 03301-4913Phone & TDD: (603) 228-0432 | Toll-free: (800) 834-1721
Fax: (603) 225-2077
Email: advocacy@drcnh.org
Web: www.drcnh.orgCAP
Client Assistance Program
Governor’s Commission on Disability
121 S Fruit St, Ste 101
Concord, NH 03301Phone: (603) 271-2773 | Fax: (603) 271-2837
Email: disability@nh.gov
Web: https://www.nh.gov/disability/about/cap.htmNew Jersey
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights New Jersey
210 S Broad St, 3rd Floor
Trenton, NJ 08608Phone: (609) 292-9742 | Toll-free: (800) 922-7233 (NJ Only)
Fax: (609) 777-0187
Email: advocate@drnj.org
Web: www.drnj.orgNew Mexico
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights New Mexico
1720 Louisiana Blvd., NE, Suite 204
Albuquerque, NM 87110Phone & TDD: (505) 256-3100 | Toll-free: (800)432-4682
Fax: (505) 256-3184
Email: info@drnm.org
Web: www.drnm.orgNew York
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights New York
725 Broadway, Suite 450
Albany, NY 12207Phone: (518) 432-7861 | Toll-free: (800) 993-8982
Fax: (518) 427-6561
Email: mail@drny.org
Web: www.drny.orgNorth Carolina
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Disability Rights North Carolina
3724 National Dr, Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27612Phone: (919) 856-2195 | Toll-free: (877) 235-4210
TDD: (919) 733-9250
Fax: (919) 856-2244
Email: info@disabilityrightsnc.org
Web: www.disabilityrightsnc.orgCAP
Client Assistance Program
North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services
2806 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2806Phone: (919) 855-3600 | Toll Free: (800) 215-7227
Fax: (919) 715-2456
Email: nccap@dhhs.nc.gov
Web: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/client-assistance-programNorth Dakota
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
North Dakota Protection & Advocacy Project
400 E Broadway, Suite 409
Bismarck, ND 58501Phone: (701) 328-2950 | Toll-free: (800) 472-2670
Fax: (701) 328-3934
Email: panda@nd.gov
Web: www.ndpanda.orgOhio
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Ohio
50 W Broad St, Suite 1400
Columbus, OH 43215-5923Phone & TDD: (614) 466-7264 | Toll-free: (800) 282-9181
Fax: (614) 644-1888
Email: mkirkman@disabilityrightsohio.org
Web: www.disabilityrightsohio.orgOklahoma
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Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc.
2915 Classen Blvd, Suite 300
Oklahoma City, OK 73106Phone: (405) 525-7755 | Toll-free: (800) 880-7755
Fax: (405) 525-7759
Email: melissa@okdlc.org
Web: http://www.okdlc.org/CAP
Client Assistance Program
Office of Disability Concerns
2401 NW 23rd, Suite 90
Oklahoma City, OK 73107Phone: (405) 521-3756 | Toll Free: (800) 522-8224
Fax: (405) 522-6695
E-Mail: cap@odc.ok.gov
Web: https://www.ok.gov/odc/C.A.P./Oregon
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Disability Rights Oregon
610 SW Broadway, Suite 200
Portland, OR 97205Phone: (503) 243-2081 | Toll-free: (800) 452-1694
Toll-free TDD: (800) 556-5351
Fax: (503) 243-1738
Email: bob@disabilityrightsoregon.org
Web: www.disabilityrightsoregon.orgPennsylvania
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Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania (DRN)
301 Chestnut St, Suite 300
Harrisburg, PA 17101Phone: (717) 236-8110 | Toll-free: (800) 692-7443
Fax: (717) 236-0192
TDD: (877) 375-7139
Email: drnpa-hbg@disabilityrightspa.org
Web: www.disabilityrightspa.orgCAP
PA Client Assistance Program
1515 Market St, Suite 1300
Philadelphia, PA 19102Phone: (215) 557-7112 | Fax: (215) 557-7602
Email: spenningtonlaw@aol.com
Web: www.equalemployment.orgRhode Island
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Rhode Island Disability Law Center, Inc.
33 Broad Street, Suite 601
Providence, RI 02903Phone: (401) 831-3150 | Toll-free: (800) 733-5332
TDD: (401) 831-5335
Fax: (401) 274-5568
Email: info@ridlc.org
Web: www.ridlc.orgSouth Carolina
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc.
3710 Landmark Dr, Suite 208
Columbia, SC 29204Phone & TTY: (803) 782-0639 | Toll-free: (866) 275-7273
Toll-free TTY: (866) 232-4525
Fax: (803) 790-1946
Email: info@pandasc.org
Web: www.pandasc.orgCAP
Office of the Governor
Division of Ombudsman & Citizen Services
1205 Pendleton St
Columbia, SC 29211Phone: (803) 734-0285 | Fax: (803) 734-0546
E-Mail: cap@oepp.sc.gov
Web: cap.sc.govSouth Dakota
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights South Dakota
221 S Central Ave, Ste 38
Pierre, SD 57501Phone & TTY: (605) 224-8294 | Toll-free: (800) 658-4782
Fax: (605) 224-5125
Email: sdas@sdadvocacy.com
Web: www.drsdlaw.orgTennessee
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Tennessee
2 International Plaza, Suite 825
Nashville, TN 37217Phone: (615) 298-1080 | Toll-free: (800) 342-1660
Fax: (615) 298-2046
Toll-free TTY: (800) 852-2852
Email: gethelp@disabilityrightstn.org
Web: www.disabilityrightstn.orgTexas
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Texas
2222 W Braker Ln
Austin, TX 78758Phone: (512) 454-4816 | Toll-free & TDD: (800) 252-9108
Fax: (512) 323-0902
Email: mfaithfull@DisabilityRightsTx.org
Web: www.DisabilityRightsTx.orgUtah
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Law Center
The Community Legal Center
205 North 400 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84103Phone: (801) 363-1347 | Toll-free: (800) 662-9080
TDD: (801) 924-3185
Fax: (801) 363-1437
Email: azahradnikova@disabilitylawcenter.org
Web: www.disabilitylawcenter.orgVermont
PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Vermont Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
141 Main St, Suite 7
Montpellier, VT 05602Phone: (802) 229-1355 | Toll-free: (800) 834-7890
Fax: (802) 229-1359
Email: info@disabilityrightsvt.org
Web: www.disabilityrightsvt.orgCAP
Vermont Disability Law Project
57 N Main St, Suite 2
Rutland, VT 05701Phone: (802) 775-0021 | Fax: (802) 775-0022
Email: nbreiden@vtlegalaid.org
Web: www.vtlegalaid.orgVirginia
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
disAbility Law Center of Virginia
1512 Willow Lawn Dr, Suite 100
Richmond, VA 23230Phone & TDD: (804) 225-2042 | Toll-free: (800) 552-3962
Fax: (804) 662-7431
Email: info@dlcv.org
Web: http://www.dlcv.orgWashington
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Disability Rights Washington
315 5th Ave S, Suite 850
Seattle, WA 98104Phone: (206) 324-1521 | Toll-free: (800) 562-2702
Toll-free TDD: (800) 905-0209
Fax: (206) 957-0729
Email: info@dr-wa.org
Web: www.disabilityrightswa.orgCAP
Client Assistance Program
2531 Rainier Ave S
Seattle, WA 98144Phone: (206) 721-5999 | Fax: (206) 721-4537
Email: jcap@qwestoffice.net
Web: www.washingtoncap.orgWest Virginia
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
West Virginia Advocates, Inc.
Litton Bldg, 4th Floor
1207 Quarrier St
Charleston, WV 25301Phone & TDD: (304) 346-0847 | Toll-free: (800) 950-5250
Fax: (304) 346-0867
Email: sgiven@drofwv.org
Web: www.drofwv.orgWisconsin
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Disability Rights Wisconsin
131 W Wilson St, Suite 700
Madison, WI 53703Phone: (608) 267-0214 | Toll-free: (800) 928-8778
Toll-free TTD: (888) 758-6049
Fax: (608) 267-0368
Email: info@drwi.org
Web: www.disabilityrightswi.orgCAP
Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection
2811 Agriculture Dr
PO Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911Phone: (608) 224-5070 | Fax: (608) 224-5069
Email: linda.vegoe@datcp.state.wi.us
Web: https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Programs_Services/ConsumerProtection.aspxWyoming
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Wyoming Protection and Advocacy System, Inc.
7344 Stockman St
Cheyenne, WY 82009Phone: (307) 632-3496 | Toll-free & Toll-free TDD: (800) 821-3091
Fax: (307) 638-0815
Email: wypanda@wypanda.com
Web: www.wypanda.comU.S. Territories
Puerto Rico
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Defensoria De Las Personas Con Impedimentos
Protection and Advocacy System Puerto RicoPO Box 41309
San Juan, PR 00940-1309Phone: (787) 725-2333 | Toll-free: (800) 981-4125
TDD: (787) 725-4014
Fax: (787) 721-2455
Email: jcollazo@dpi.pr.gov
Web: http://www.dpi.pr.govVirgin Islands
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Disability Rights Center of the Virgin Islands
63 Estate Cane Carlton
Frederiksted, VI 00840Phone: (340) 772-1200 | TDD: (340) 772-4641
Fax: (340) 772-0609
Email: amelia@drcvi.org
Web: www.drcvi.orgAmerican Samoa
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI/PAVA
Client Assistance Program and Protection & Advocacy
P.O. Box 3937
Pago Pago, AS 96799Phone & TDD: (684) 633-2441 | Fax: (684) 633-7286
Email: uta.opad@americansamoa.gov
Web: americansamoa.govCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
CAP/PADD/PAIMI/PAIR/PABSS/PAAT/PATBI
Northern Marianas Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc.
P.O Box 503529
Saipan, MP 96950-3529Phone: (670) 235-7274
Fax: (670) 235-7275
Email: jamesrayphand@gmail.com / jrayphand@nmpasi.org
Web: www.nmpasi.comGuam
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Guam Legal Services
113 Bradley Pl
Hagatna, GU 96910-4911Phone: (671) 477-9811
Fax: (671) 477-1320
Email: information@guamlegalservices.com
Web: www.lawhelp.org/GU/CAP
Guam Client Assistance Program
UIU Building, Suite 2F
PO Box 23474Native American
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Native American Disability Law Center, Inc.
3535 E 30th St, Suite 201
Farmington, NM 87402Phone: (505) 566-5880 | Toll Free: (800) 862-7271
Fax: (505) 566-5889
Email: info@nativedisabilitylaw.org
Web: www.nativedisabilitylaw.org