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Below are links to other organizations that specialize in specific areas.

All Kids
www.allkidscovered.com
Health care for all Illinois children
All Kids Hotline
1-866-ALL-KIDS (1-866-255-5437)
TTY: 1-877-204-1012
KidCare is now a part of All Kids.

Arc of Illinois
(Consumer Stipend Program
- Click on link on left)
20901 S. LaGrange, Ste 209
Frankfort, 60423
815-464-1823
www.thearcofil.org
Pages of specific interest include:

  • Family to Family
  • Family Support Network
  • Lifespan

CHOICES
1590 S. Fairfield Ave
Lombard, IL 60148
Phone: 630-629-0551
www.projectchoices.org
An LRE Initiative of the Illinois State Board of Education and Partner in the Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Center

Design for Change
6 Michigan Avenue - Suite 1600
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 857-9292
Advocacy and information for Chicago and Northeastern Illinois

Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC)
(800) 779-0889
http://www.uic.edu/hsc/dscc
Informational and financial assistance for children with certain medical conditions

Family Resource Center on Disabilities
20 East Jackson Boulevard, Room 900
Chicago, IL 60604
An Illinois Parent Training and Information Center
(312) 939-3513
www.fred.org
Advocacy and information statewide with satellite offices in Effingham and Rockford

Family Matters
2502 S. Veterans Dr.
Effingham, IL 62401
An Illinois Parent Training and Information Center
(866) 436-7842
Advocacy and information outside of Chicago area
www.fmptic.org
info@fmptic.org

Hearing and Vision Connections
Gail Olson
125 Webster
Jacksonville, IL 62650
(217) 479-4200
Fax: (217) 479-4209
Training for Early Intervention Specialists and information for families.
www.morgan.k12.il.us/isd/hvc/index.aspx

Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
Prescott Bloom Building
201 S. Grand Ave.
East Springfield, IL 62763
(800) 782-1200
Obtain medical service information & location of local office

Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse
Logan Moore, Librarian
Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse
Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Children’s Research Center, Room 20
51 Gerty Drive
Champaign, IL 61820-7469

Toll free: (877) 275-3227
Local: (217) 333-1386
Fax: (217) 244-7732
Email: Illinois-eic@illinois.edu
www.eiclearinghouse.org

Illinois Families for Hands and Voices
(877) 533-5279
ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com

Illinois School for the Deaf
125 Webster Avenue, Jacksonville, Illinois, 62650
Telephone V/TTY 217.479.4200
Fax 217.479.4209
www.morgan.k12.il.us/isd/index.htm
Then click on “Programs” and then scroll down to ‘OUTREACH PROGRAM’.

Illinois State Board of Education
Special Education Parents Page
EarlyChildhood Page

Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Center – Parents ISTACP/PEPartnership
25 S. Washington, Suite 106
Naperville, IL 60540
1-877-317-2733 www.pepartnership.org
The project advances the delivery of training and technical assistance to parents of students with disabilities and educators.

Learning Disabilities Association of Illinois
10101 South Roberts Rd, Suite 205
Palos Hills, IL 60465
(708)-430-7532
www.ldail.org
Statewide advocacy and information services.

MUMS National Parent-to-Parent Network Newsletter
(877) 336-5333 (Parents Only Please)
www.netnet.net/mums

National Center for Latinos with Disabilities, Inc.
1921 South Blue Island Avenue
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 666-3393 Voice mail
Fax: (312) 666-1787 TTY
ncld@ncld.com
Statewide advocacy and information

National Parent to Parent Support & Information System (NPSSIS)
(800) 651-1151 (parents) or (706) 632-8822
www.iser.com/NPPSIS-GA.html

National Respite Locator Service
www.respitelocator.org/index.htm

Philip J. Rock Center
818 DuPage Blvd
Glen Ellyn, Il. 60137
630-790-2474
800-7711158 TTY/Voice
Fax 630-790-4893
www.project-reach-illinois.org
Project Reach provides Technical assistance / Consultation, Information, Training and Family Support to address the needs of children with deaf-blindness and their families.

Our Kids
www.our-kids.org

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