Each state sets eligibility ages for services to children and youth with disabilities. For current information concerning this state, please contact the office listed under Department of Education: Special Education.

State Department of Education: Special Education 
Mary Watson, Director 
Exceptional Children Division 
Department of Public Instruction 
6356 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6356
(919) 807-3969 
E-mail: mwatson@dpi.state.nc.us
Web: www.ncpublicschools.org/ec

State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Bill McGrady, Title 1 Director 
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
6351 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6351
(919) 807-3957
E-mail: bmcgrady@dpi.state.nc.us
Web: www.ncpublicschools.org

Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 3 
Duncan Munn, Infant/Toddler Program Manager
Early Intervention Program, Division of Public Health
Department of Health and Human Services
2302 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2302
(919) 715-7500
E-mail: Duncan.Munn@ncmail.net

Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5 
See State Department of Education: Special Education listed above.

State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency 
George McCoy, Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services 
Department of Health and Human Services 
2801 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2801
(919) 855-3500; (919) 855-3579 (TTY) 
E-mail: George.McCoy@ncmail.net
Web: http://dvr.dhhs.state.nc.us

Coordinator for Transition Services 
Freda Lee, Consultant for Transition Services for Mental Disabilities 
Exceptional Children Division 
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction 
6356 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6356
(919) 807-3989 
E-mail: flee@dpi.state.nc.us 
Web: www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/

Office of State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities
Helena Hendrix-Frye, Coordinator
Career-Technical Education
Department of Public Instruction 
6359 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6359
(919) 807-3891
E-mail: hendrix@dpi.state.nc.us
Web: www.dpi.state.nc.us/workforce_development

State Mental Health Agency
Richard Visingardi, Ph.D., Director
Division of Mental Health
Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services 
Department of Health and Human Services MSC: 3001
Raleigh, NC 27699-3001
(919) 733-7011
Web: www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas/

State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth 
Flo Stein, Chief
Community Policy Management
Division of Mental Health
Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
Department of Health and Human Services
3007 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-3007
(919) 733-4670
E-mail: flo.stein@ncmail.net
Web: www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas

State Developmental Disabilities Program 
Vivian Leon, Program Consultant
Best Practice Team
Developmental Disability Services Team
Division of Mental Health
Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
Department of Health and Human Services
3007 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-3007
(919) 715-2774 
Web: www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas

State Developmental Disabilities Council
Holly Riddle, Executive Director 
North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities
3801 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 250
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 420-7901 (V/TTY); (800) 357-6916
E-mail: hriddle@nc-ddc.org
Web: www.nc-ddc.org 

Protection and Advocacy Agency
Allison Bowen, Interim Executive Director
Governor’s Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities 
1314 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1314
(919) 733-9250; (800) 821-6922 (in NC) 
E-mail: allison.bowen@ncmail.net
Web: www.doa.state.nc.us/doa/gacpd/gacpd.htm

Client Assistance Program 
Kathy Brack, Director 
Client Assistance Program 
2806 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2806
(919) 855-3600 (V/TTY) 
E-mail: Kathy.Brack@ncmail.net
Web: http://dvr.dhhs.state.nc.us/DVR/CAP/caphome.htm

Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs 
Carol Tant, Chief
Children and Youth Branch
Women’s and Children’s Health Section 
Division of Public Health
Department of Health and Human Services
1928 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1928 
(919) 715-3808 
E-mail: carol.tant@ncmail.net
Web: www.dhhs.state.nc.us

State CHIP Program
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
North Carolina Health Choice
P.O. Box 30111
Durham, NC 27702-3111
(800) 422- 4658
Web: www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dma/cpcont.htm

Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired, Deaf or Hard of Hearing, or Deaf-Blind
Cyndie Bennett, Acting Director
Office of Education Services
Department of Health and Human Services
2302 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2302
(919) 715-7538; (919) 715-7535 (TTY)
E-mail: cyndie.bennett@ncmail.net

Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Debbie Jackson, Director
Division of Services for the Blind
Department of Health and Human Services
2601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2601
(919) 733-9822 
E-mail: debbie.jackson@ncmail.net
Web: www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dsb

Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Linda Harrington, Director
Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Department of Health and Human Services
319 Chapanoke Road, Suite 108
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 773-2970; (919) 773-2969 (TTY) 
E-mail: linda.harrington@ncmail.net
Web: www.dhhs.state.nc.us/docs/divinfo/dsdhh.htm

Telecommunications Relay Services for Individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or with Speech Impairments
(800) 735-8262 (V)
(800) 735-2962 (TTY); 711 (TTY)
(877) 735-8261 (Speech to Speech)

Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind
Margaret Richardson, Chairperson
Deaf-Blind Multihandicapped Association of North Carolina
P.O. Box 42132
Charlotte, NC 28215
(704) 549-5775
E-mail: info@NCKIDS-DB.org

Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center 
Shelley Kaplan, Project Director
Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access
Georgia Tech
490 10th Street
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 385-0636; (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
E-mail: sedbtac@catea.org
Web: www.sedbtac.org

University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Melvin Levine, Director 
Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning 
CB# 7255
University of North Carolina 
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7255 
(919) 966-5171
E-mail: mel.levine@cdl.unc.edu
Web: www.cdl.unc.edu

Technology-Related Assistance 
Ricki Hiatt, Director
North Carolina Assistive Technology Program
Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
1110 Navaho Drive, Suite 101
Raleigh, NC 27609-7322
(919) 850-2787 (V/TTY); (800) 852-0042
E-mail: rhiatt@ncatp.org
Web: www.ncatp.org

State Mediation System 
Brenda Winston, Chief
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Exceptional Children Division
6356 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6356
(919) 807-3976
E-mail: bwinston@dpi.state.nc.us
Web: www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/

Special Format Library
Francine I. Martin, Librarian
North Carolina Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped 
State Library of North Carolina 
Department of Cultural Resources 
1811 Capital Boulevard 
Raleigh, NC 27635 
(919) 733-4376; (888) 388-2460
(919) 733-1462 (TTY)
E-mail: nclbph@ncmail.net 
Web: http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/lbph/lbph.htm

Disability-Specific Organizations

Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
Web: www.chadd.org

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543
Pottstown, PA 19464
(484) 945-2101
Web: www.add.org

Autism
Jill Hinton Keel, Director
Autism Society of North Carolina
505 Oberlin Road, Suite 230
Raleigh, NC 27605-1345
(919) 743-0204; (800) 442-2762 (in NC)
E-mail: jlawson@autismsociety-nc.org
Web: www.autismsociety-nc.org

Blind/Visual Impairments
Frances Mary D'Andrea, Director
American Foundation for the Blind-National Literacy Center
100 Peachtree Street, Suite 620
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 525-2303
E-mail: literacy@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org

Brain Injury
Brain Injury Association of North Carolina
1701 Westchester Drive, Suite 416, Box 7
Highpoint, NC 27262
(336) 885-3307; (800) 377-1464 (in NC)
E-mail: info@bianc.net
Web: www.bianc.net

Cerebral Palsy 
Connie Cochran, President 
Easter Seals UCP North Carolina
2315 Myron Drive
Raleigh, NC 27607-3357
(919) 783-8898; (800) 662-7119 
E-mail: ccochran@eastersealsucp.com
Web: www.nc.easter-seals.org

Epilepsy
Richard Gibbs, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of North Carolina, Inc.
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
MR1 Building, Room 256, Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1078
(336) 716-0326; (800) 451-0694 
E-mail: nc_epilepsy@mindspring.com

Learning Disabilities 
Jonathan Jones and Pat Lillie, Co-Presidents
Learning Disabilities Association of North Carolina
P.O. Box 68084
Raleigh, NC 27613-8084
(919) 493-5362
E-mail: ldanc@mindspring.com
Web: www.ldanc.org

Mental Health 
John Tote, Executive Director 
Mental Health Association in North Carolina 
3820 Bland Road
Raleigh, NC 27609-6239 
(919) 981-0740 
E-mail: johntote3@aol.com
Web: www.mha-nc.org

Kay Flaminio, Executive Director
NAMI - North Carolina 
309 W. Millbrook Road, Suite 121
Raleigh, NC 27609 
(919) 788-0801; (800) 451-9682 (in NC)
E-mail: mail@naminc.org
Web: www.naminc.org

Mental Retardation 
Dave Richard, Executive Director 
The Arc of North Carolina
4200 Six Forks Road, Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 782-4632; (800) 662-8706 
Web: www.arcnc.org

Speech and Hearing
G. Peyton Maynard, Executive Director
North Carolina Speech, Hearing and Language Association 
P.O. Box 28359 
Raleigh, NC 27611-8359
(919) 833-3984
E-mail: NCSHLA@juno.com
Web: www.ncshla.org

Spina Bifida 
Spina Bifida Association of North Carolina
3915 Grace Court
Indian Trail, NC 28079
(800) 847-2262
E-mail: sbanc@mindspring.com
Web: www.sbanc.org

Organizations Especially for Parents and Caregivers

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) 
Connie Hawkins, Executive Director 
Mary LaCorte, PTI Project Director
ECAC, Inc. (Exceptional Children's Assistance Center)
907 Barra Row, Suite 102/103
Davidson, NC 28036 
(704) 892-1321(V/TTY); (800) 962-6817 (In NC only)
E-mail: cac@ecacmail.org
Web: www.ECAC-parentcenter.org 

Parent-To-Parent 
Irene Zipper, Interim Director
Family Support Network of North Carolina
Central Directory of Resources
CB #7340 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7340 
(919) 966-2841; (800) 852-0042
E-mail: cdr@med.unc.edu
Web: www.familysupportnetworknc.org

Community Parent Resource Centers 
(Serving Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, McDowell and Alexander Counties)
Vickie Dieter, Executive Director
FSN/HOPE
300 Enola Road
Morganton, NC 28655
(828) 438-6540
E-mail: vbdieter@charter.net

(Serving Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Yancey Counties)
Janet Price-Ferrell, Executive Director
F.I.R.S.T. Family Edcuation Collaborative Project
P.O. Box 802
Asheville, NC 28802
(828) 277-1315; (877) 633-3178
E-mail: firstwnc@aol.com 

Parent Teacher Association (PTA) 
Clarie Y. White, President
North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers
3501 Glenwood Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27612-4934
(919) 787-0534; (800) 255-0417
E-mail: office@ncpta.org
Web: www.ncpta.org

Other Parent Organizations 

Karen E. Barbour, Technical Assistant
First in Families
3924 Browning Place, Suite 5
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 571-8092, ext. 18; (866) 740-4135
E-mail: kbarbour@ecacmail.org
Web: www.firstinfamiliesofnc.org

Pat Solomon, Director
North Carolina Families United
c/o ECAC, Inc.
907 Barra Row, Suite 102/103
Davidson, NC 28036
(910) 895-9392
E-mail: phsolomon@earthlink.net
Web: www.ncfamiliesunited.org

Other Disability Organizations

Dr. Joshua Alexander, Program Director
TelAbility
(For medical information and community resources for children with special needs in North Carolina)
1101 Weaver Dairy Road, Suite 202
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 843-0427
E-mail: pdrehab@med.unc.edu
Web: www.TelAbility.org

Betsy MacMichael, State Coordinator
Karen E. Barbour, Technical Assistance Coordinator
First in Families of North Carolina
3522 Haworth Drive
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 571-8092, ext. 18; (866) 740-4135
E-mail: kbarbour@ecacmail.org
Web: www.firstinfamiliesofnc.org

Independent Living 

To find out the contact information for the Statewide 
Independent Living Council (SILC) in your state, contact:
Independent Living Research Utilization Project
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77019
(713) 520-0232 (V); (713) 520-5136 (TTY)
E-mail: ilru@ilru.org
Web: www.ilru.org

To find out the contact information for centers for 
independent living (CILs) in your state, contact:
National Council on Independent Living
1916 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 209
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 525-3406; (703) 525-4153 (TTY)
E-mail: ncil@ncil.org
Web: www.ncil.org