National Organizations
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National Alliance for the mentally Ill
NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country.
NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life for persons of all ages who are affected by mental illnesses.
NAMI members and friends work to fulfill our mission by providing support, education, and advocacy.
National Association of Private Special Education Centers
Are you looking for an appropriate private special education placement for your child or client? Try NAPSEC's free referral service! NAPSEC offers this service to parents and professionals who are looking for a placement for their child or client. Call (202) 408-3338 or e-mail napsec@aol.com
National Ataxia Foundation
The National Ataxia Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of persons affected by ataxia through support, education, and research.
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
http://www.thenationalcouncil.org/
National Council members serve nearly six million adults, children, and families in communities across America. We offer a vital safety net to some of the poorest and most vulnerable in our society — Medicaid beneficiaries, the uninsured, the destitute and homeless, children in foster care, older adults, those with HIV/AIDS, veterans, and those in our criminal and juvenile justice systems. The people our members treat live with their families or alone; some are in hospitals, jails, or juvenile detention facilities and others are in residential programs, foster care, or group homes.
National Institute of Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the largest scientific organization in the world dedicated to research focused on the understanding, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of mental health. NIMH supports innovative science that will profoundly transform the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders, paving the way for a cure. The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior.
National Spinal Cord Assocation
At NSCIA, we educate and empower survivors of spinal cord injury and disease to achieve and maintain the highest levels of independence, health and personal fulfillment. We fulfill this mission by providing an innovative Peer Support Network and by raising awareness about spinal cord injury and disease through education. Our education programs are developed to address information and issues important to our constituency, policy makers, the general public, and the media, and including injury prevention, improvements in medical, rehabilitative and supportive services, research and public policy formulation.
NCI Affiliates
We at NCI Affiliates are dedicated to providing services that encourage and support individuals with disabilities, so that they may successfully achieve their personal and professional goals. To create caring and supportive pathway to success for people with disabilities so that they may build upon their individual strengths and gain the confidence they need to lead fulfilling and productive lives.
Porterville Sheltered Workshop
Our mission is to assist disabled individuals achieve a more independent and productive life.
Rocky Mountain Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
The DBTAC Rocky Mountain ADA Center
provides information on the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to
Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming,
North Dakota and South Dakota.
Rocky Mountain Resource & Training Institute
http://www.adainformation.org/
The DBTAC: Rocky Mountain ADA Center is one of 10 regional centers funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). Our mission is to provide information on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to individuals and organizations. Our core services include:
Materials dissemination,
Technical assistance on the ADA,
Training, Referrals to experts, and Research.
South Bay Vocational Center
South Bay Vocational Center is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that was founded in 1952. Our mission is to provide vocational training, advocacy, counseling, and opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
The Arc of Bergen & Passaic Counties
http://www.arcbergenpassaic.org/
The Arc of Bergen and Passaic Counties
is a private not-for profit organization of families, self advocates, professionals and community members dedicated to assisting individuals with developmental disabilities and their families
The Arc of Gloucester County
http://www.thearcgloucester.org/
developmental disabilities and their families through education, advocacy and direct services. The vision of The Arc Gloucester is to enhance the quality of life for individuals with intellectual and related developmental disabilities thereby resulting in improved quality of life for the families
The Arc of Mercer County
The Arc Mercer is an association for people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. We are committed to empowering the lives of all people with mental retardation or developmental disability (known collectively as cognitive disability) through opportunities to set and realize their goals.
The Arc of Monmouth County
The Arc of Monmouth is a non-profit organization in Monmouth County, New Jersey providing services and supports for individuals who have cognitive and developmental disabilities and for their families. The Arc of Monmouth is guided by a volunteer board of directors, and is affiliated with The Arc of New Jersey and The Arc of the United States.
The Arc of Racine
The Arc of Racine’s mission is to advocate for and provide information and services to improve lives. Our vision is that people with disabilities will exercise their civil rights by being fully integrated and included in the community with lives that are as independent, productive and self -determined as possible.
The Arc of San Francisco
http://www.thearcsanfrancisco.org/
The Arc of San Francisco is a non-profit 501c3 organization founded in 1951 to serve, support and advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities. We provide a variety of services and currently support over 500 people on a daily basis
The Arc of The United States
http://www.thearc.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=183&srcid=-2
The Arc is the world’s largest community based organization of and for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It provides an array of services and support for families and individuals and includes over 140,000 members affiliated through more than 850 state and local chapters across the nation. The Arc is devoted to promoting and improving supports and services for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country.
NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life for persons of all ages who are affected by mental illnesses.
United Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) is the leading source of information on cerebral palsy and is a pivotal advocate for the rights of persons with any disability. As one of the largest health charities in America, the UCP mission is to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities through an affiliate network.
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Provides exemplary model services and technical assistance, offers interdisciplinary training, conducts research, and disseminates information and resources related to developmental disabilities. Also a national Intelllectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center.
Voulunteers of America
Volunteers of America was founded in 1896 by Christian social reformers Maud and Ballington Booth. They envisioned a spiritual movement in the United States in which devotion to God and country could be expressed through service to one's fellow man. Volunteers of America is a national, nonprofit, spiritually based organization providing local human service programs and opportunities for individual and community involvement.
West Virginia Employment Services and Job Training Programs Liason
http://www.wvbep.org/bep/default.htm
WORKFORCE West Virginia, a division of the Department of Commerce,
effectively coordinates all available state and federal resources
by orchestrating the efforts of state agencies and local organizations.
