Full List of Protection and Advocacy Groups
AK All State Contact Information

Dave Fleurant, Executive Director
Disability Law Center of Alaska
3330 Arctic Blvd., Suite 103
Anchorage, AK 99503

(800) 478-1234 or (907) 565-1002

dfleurant@dlcak.org

www.dlcak.org

Pam Stratton, CAP Director
ASIST, Inc.
2900 Boniface Parkway, #100
Anchorage, AK 99504-3195
(907) 333-2211

akcap@alaska.com

http://home.gci.net/~alaskacap/
 


AL All State Contact Information

Ellen Gillespie, Executive Director
Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program
The University of Alabama
Box 870395
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0395
(800) 826-1675 or (205) 348-4928

adap@adap.ua.edu

www.adap.net

Rachel Hughes, CAP Director
Division of Rehabilitation Services and Children's Rehabilitation Services
Bailey Building, - Suite 465
400 Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
800-441-7607

rhughes@rehab.state.al.us

 

 


AR All State Contact Information

Nan Ellen East, Executive Director
Disability Rights Center
1100 North University Avenue, Suite 201
Little Rock, AR 72207

1-800-482-1174 or 501-296-1775
panda@arkdisabilityrights.org
www.arkdisabilityrights.org


CA All State Contact Information

Catherine Blakemore, Executive Director
Disability Rights California
100 Howe Avenue, Suite 185N
Sacramento, CA 95825

(800) 776-5746 or (916) 488-9955

info@disabilityrightsca.org

www.disabilityrightsca.org

Sheila Conlon-Mentkowski, Chief
Client Assistance Program
Department of Rehabilitation
721 Capitol Mall, 4th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

(800) 952-5544 or (916) 558-5395
smentkow@dor.ca.gov
www.dor.ca.gov
 


CO All State Contact Information

Mary Anne Harvey, Executive Director
The Legal Center
455 Sherman Street, Suite 130
Denver, CO 80203

1-800-288-1376 or 303-722-0300
tlcmail@thelegalcenter.org
www.thelegalcenter.org


CT All State Contact Information

Office of P&A for Persons with Disabilities
Jim McGaughey
60 B Weston Street
Hartford, CT 06120-1551
860-297-4300 or 800-842-7303
james.mcgaughey@po.state.ct.us
www.state.ct.us/opapd/


DE All State Contact Information

Christopher White, Executive Director
Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Community Services Building, Suite 801
100 W. 10th Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 575-0660
bhartman@declasi.org
www.declasi.org

Melissa H. Shahan, CAP Director
Client Assistance Program
United Cerebral Palsy, Inc.
254 East Camden-Wyoming Avenue
Camden, DE 19934
(800) 640-9336 or (302) 698-9336
capdir@comcast.net


FL All State Contact Information

Gary Weston, Executive Director
Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities
2728 Centerview Drive, Suite 101
Tallahassee, FL 32301

850-488-9071 or 800-342-0823
info@advocacycenter.org
www.advocacycenter.org


GA All State Contact Information

Charles L. Martin, CAP Director
Georgia Client Assistance Program
123 N. McDonough Street
Decatur, GA 30030
(404) 373-3116
GaCAPDirector@georgiacap.com
www.georgiacap.com

Ruby Moore, Executive Director
Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc.
One Decatur Town Center
150 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 430
Decatur, GA 30030
(800) 537-2329 or (404) 885-1234
info@thegao.org
www.thegao.org


HI All State Contact Information

John Dellera, Executive Director
Hawaii Disability Rights Center
900 Fort Street Mall, Suite 1040
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 949-2922

info@hawaiidisabilityrights.org
www.hawaiidisabilityrights.org

 


IA All State Contact Information

Sylvia Piper, Executive Director
Iowa Protection & Advocacy
950 Office Park Road, Suite 221
West Des Moines, IA 50265
(800) 779-2502 or (515) 278-2502
info@ipna.org
www.ipna.net

Jackie Wipperman, CAP Director
Iowa Client Assistance Program
Division of Persons w/ Disabilities
Lucas State Office Building, 2nd Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319
(800) 652-4298 or (515) 281-3656
jackie.wipperman@iowa.gov
www.state.ia.us/government/dhr/pd/client_assist_program

John Allen, Supervisor
Assistive Technology Legal Project - Legal Clinic at U of Iowa
386 Boyd Law Building
Melrose & Byington Streets
Iowa City, IA 52242-1113
(319) 335-9023
law-legal-clinic@uiowa.edu


ID All State Contact Information

Jim Baugh
Co-Ad, Inc.
4477 Emerald Street, Suite B-100
Boise, ID 83706-2066
1-866-262-9462
208-336-5396
coadinc@cableone.net
users.moscow.com/co-ad


IL All State Contact Information

Zena Naiditch, Executive Director
Equip for Equality, Inc.
20 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60602
(800) 610-2779 or (312) 341-0022
contactus@equipforequality.org
www.equipforequality.org

Cathy Meadows, CAP Director
Illinois Client Assistance Program
Richland Community College
One College Park
Decatur, IL 62521
(866) 794-2683 or (217) 875-9106
cathy.meadows@illinois.gov
www.dhs.state.Il.us/ors/cap


IN All State Contact Information

Tom Gallagher, Executive Director
Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services
4701 N. Keystone Ave., Suite 222
Indianapolis, IN 46205
(800) 622-4845 or (317) 722-5555
TGALLAGHER@IPAS.STATE.IN.US
www.IN.gov/ipas

 


KS All State Contact Information

Rocky Nichols, Executive Director
Disability Rights Center of Kansas
635 SW Harrison, Suite100
Topeka, KS 66603
(877) 776-1541 or (785) 273-9661
info@drckansas.org
www.drckansas.org


KY All State Contact Information

Vicki Staggs,
Client Assistance Program
209 St. Clair, 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-8035
VickiL.Staggs@ky.gov
http://kycap.ky.gov

Marsha Hockensmith, Assistant Director
Kentucky Protection and Advocacy
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 3rd Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-2967
marsha.hockensmith@ky.gov
www.kypa.net


LA All State Contact Information

Lois Simpson, Executive Director
Advocacy Center
1010 Common Street, Suite 2600
New Orleans, LA 70112-2429
(800) 960-7705 or (504) 522-2337
lsimpson@advocacyla.org
www.advocacyla.org


MA All State Contact Information

Barbara Lybarger, CAP Director
MA Office on Disability
Client Assistance Program
One Ashburton Place, Room 1305
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 727-7440
Barbara.Lybarger@modi.state.ma.us
www.state.ma.us/mod/MSCAPBRO.html

Kathryn Joyce, Executive Director
Disability Law Center, Inc.
11 Beacon Street, Suite 925
Boston, MA 02108
(800) 872-9992 or (617) 723-8455
kjoyce@dlc-ma.org
www.dlc-ma.org


MD All State Contact Information

Beth Lash, CAP Director
Client Assistance Program
Maryland State Dept. of Ed. Div.of Rehab Serv.
2301 Argonne Drive
2301 Argonne Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218-1696
(410) 554-9359
cap@dors.state.md.us
www.dors.state.md.us

Virginia Knowlton, Executive Director
Maryland Disability Law Center
The Walbert Building, Suite 400
1800 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
(800) 233-7201 or (410) 727-6352
virginiak@mdlclaw.org
www.mdlclaw.org


ME All State Contact Information

Steve Beam, Program Director
CARES, Inc.
47 Water Street, Suite 104
Hallowell, ME 04347
(207) 622-7055
capsite@aol.com
www.caresinc.org

Kim Moody, Executive Director
Disability Rights Center
24 Stone Street
P.O. Box 2007
Augusta, ME 04338-2007
(207) 626-2774
advocate@drcme.org
www.drcme.org


MI All State Contact Information

 

Elmer Cerano, Executive Director
Michigan Protection and Advocacy Services
4095 Legacy Parkway, Suite 500
Lansing, MI 48911-4263
(800) 288-5923 or (517) 487-1755
ECERANO@MPAS.ORG
www.mpas.org

 


MN All State Contact Information

Brenda Jursik, Administrator
Minnesota Disability Law Center
430 First Avenue North, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55401-1780
(800) 292-4150 or (612) 332-1441
bjursik@midmnlegal.org
www.mndlc.org


MO All State Contact Information

Shawn de Loyola, Executive Director
Missouri P&A Services
925 South Country Club Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65109
(800) 392-8667 or (573) 893-3333
mopasjc@embarqmail.com
www.moadvocacy.org

 


MS All State Contact Information

John McGinn, Executive Director
MS Society for Disability
P.O. Box 4958
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 982-7051
Johnmsd@bellsouth.net
www.mississippicap.com

Ann Maclaine, Executive Director
Disability Rights Mississippi
5305 Executive Place
Jackson, MS 39206
(601) 981-8207
info@mspas.com
www.disabilityrightsms.com


MT All State Contact Information

Bernadette Franks-Ongoy, Executive Director
Disability Rights Montana
1022 Chestnut Street
Helena, MT 59601
(800) 245-4743 or (406) 449-2344
advocate@disabilityrightsmt.org
www.disabilityrightsmt.org
 


NC All State Contact Information

Vicki Smith, Executive Director
Disability Rights North Carolina
2626 Glenwood Ave., Suite 550
Raleigh, NC 27608
(877) 235-4210 or (919) 856-2195
info@disabilityrightsnc.org
www.disabilityrightsnc.org

Kathy Brack, CAP Director
North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services
Client Assistance Program
2806 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2806
(919) 855-3600
Kathy.Brack@ncmail.net
http://cap.state.nc.us


ND All State Contact Information

Dennis Lyon, CAP Director
North Dakota Client Assistance Program
1237 West Divide Avenue, Suite 3
Bismarck, ND 58501-1208
(701) 328-8947
CAP@nd.gov
http://www.nd.gov/cap/

Teresa Larsen, Executive Director
North Dakota Protection & Advocacy Project
400 E. Broadway, Suite 409
Bismarck, ND 58501
(800) 472-2670 or (701) 328-2950
tlarsen@nd.gov
www.ndpanda.org
 


NE All State Contact Information

Client Assistance Program
Victoria Rasmussen
PO Box 94987
Lincoln, NE 68509
402-471-3656
victoria.rasmussen@cap.ne.gov

www.cap.state.ne.us

 

Nebraska Advocacy Services, Inc.
Timothy Shaw
134 South 13th Street, Suite 600
Lincoln, NE 68508
1-800-422-6691 or 402-474-3183
nas@nas-pas.org


NH All State Contact Information

Bill Hagy, Ombudsman
Client Assistance Program
Governor's Commission on Disability
57 Regional Drive
Concord, NH 03301-9686
(603) 271-2773
bhagy@gov.state.nh.us
www.state.nh.us/disability/caphomepage.html

Richard Cohen, Executive Director
Disabilities Rights Center
18 Low Avenue
Concord, NH 03301-4971
(800) 834-1721 or (603) 228-0432
advocacy@drcnh.org
www.drcnh.org


NJ All State Contact Information

Joe Young, Acting Executive Director
Disability Rights New Jersey
210 S. Broad Street, 3rd Floor
Trenton, NJ 08608
(800) 922-7233 or (609) 292-9742
advocate@drnj.org
www.drjn.org


NM All State Contact Information

James Jackson, Executive Director
Protection & Advocacy System
1720 Louisiana Blvd., NE, Suite 204
Albuquerque, NM 87110
(505) 256-3100
jjackson@drnm.org
www.nmpanda.org


NV All State Contact Information

Robin Hall-Walker, CAP Director
Client Assistance Program
2800 E. Saint Louis Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89104
800-633-9879 or (702) 486-6688
rahall-walker@nvdetr.org
http://detr.state.nv.us/rehab/reh_cap.htm

Jack Mayes, Executive Director
Nevada Advocacy & Law Center, Inc.
6039 Eldora Avenue, Ste C- 3
Las Vegas, NV 89146
(888) 349-3843 or (702) 257-8150
ndalc@ndalclv.org
www.ndalc.org


NV All State Contact Information

Pam Stratton, CAP Director
ASIST, Inc.
2900 Boniface Parkway, #100
Anchorage, AK 99504-3195

(907) 333-2211

akcap@alaska.com

http://home.gci.net/~alaskacap/
 


NY All State Contact Information

Jane Lynch, Executive Director
NYS Commission on Quality of Care & Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
401 State Street
Schenectady, NY 12305-2397
(518) 388-2892
marcel.chaine@cqcapd.state.ny.us
www.cqcapd.state.ny.us


OH All State Contact Information

Michael Kirkman, Executive Director
Ohio Legal Rights Service
50 West Broad Street, Suite 1400
Columbus, OH 43215-5923
(800) 282-9181 or (614) 466-7264
MKirkman@olrs.state.oh.us
www.state.oh.us/olrs/


OK All State Contact Information

Marilyn Burr, CAP Director
Office of Disability Concerns
Oklahoma Office of Disability Concerns
2401 NW 23rd, Suite 90
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
(800) 522-8224 or (405) 521-3756
Marilyn.burr@odc.ok.gov
www.ohc.state.ok.us/~ohc/cap.htm

Kayla Bower, Executive Director
Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc.
2915 Classen Blvd., Suite 300
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
(800) 880-7755 or (405) 525-7755
odlcokc@flash.net
www.oklahomadisabilitylaw.org


OR All State Contact Information

Disability Rights Oregon
Robert Joondeph
620 SW Fifth Ave., 5th Floor
Portland, OR 97204-1428
1-800-452-1694 or 503-243-2081
welcome@disabilityrightsoregon.org

www.disabilityrightsoregon.org


PA All State Contact Information

Ilene Shane, Chief Executive Officer
Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
1414 N. Cameron Street, Suite C
Harrisburg, PA 17103
(800) 692-7443 or (717) 236-8110
drnpa@drnpa.org
www.drnpa.org

Stephen Pennington, CAP Director
Center for Disability Law & Policy
1617 JFK Blvd., Suite 800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 557-7112
info@equalemployment.org
www.equalemployment.org


RI All State Contact Information

Ray Bandusky, Executive Director
Rhode Island Disability Law Center, Inc.
275 Westminster Street, Suite 401
Providence, RI 02903-3434
(800) 733-5332 or (401) 831-3150
rbandusky@ridlc.org
www.ridlc.org


SC All State Contact Information

Marge Butler, CAP Director
Office of the Governor
Division of Ombudsman & Citizen Services
1205 Pendleton Street
Columbia, SC 29211
(803) 734-0285
cap@oepp.sc.gov
www.oepp.sc.gov/cap

Gloria Prevost, Executive Director
Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc.
3710 Landmark Drive, Suite 208
Columbia, SC 29204
(866) 232-4525
info@protectionandadvocacy-sc.org
www.protectionandadvocacy-sc.org


SD All State Contact Information

Robert Kean, Executive Director
South Dakota Advocacy Services
221 South Central Ave
Pierre, SD 57501
(800) 658-4782 or (605) 224-8294
sdas@sdadvocacy.com
www.sdadvocacy.com


TN All State Contact Information

Shirley Shea, Executive Director
Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee
P. O. Box 121257
Nashville, TN 37212
(800) 342-1660 or (615) 298-1080
gethelp@dlactn.org
www.DLACTN.org


TX All State Contact Information

Mary Faithfull, Executive Director
Advocacy, Inc.
7800 Shoal Creek Blvd., Suite 171-E
Austin, TX 78757
(800) 252-9108 or (512) 454-4816
infoai@advocacyinc.org
www.advocacyinc.org


UT All State Contact Information

Matt Knotts, Executive Director
Disability Law Center
The Community Legal Center
205 North 400 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
(800) 662-9080 or 801) 363-1347
www.disabilitylawcenter.org
 


VA All State Contact Information

Colleen Miller, Executive Director
Virginia Office for Protection & Advocacy
1910 Byrd Avenue, Suite 5
Richmond, VA 23230
(800) 552-3962 or (804) 225-2042
general.vopa@virgina.gov
www.vopa.state.va.us


VT All State Contact Information

Edward Paquin, Jr., Executive Director
Vermont Protection & Advocacy
141 Main Street, Suite 7
Montpelier, VT 05602
(800) 834-7890 or (802) 229-1355
info@vtpa.org
www.vtpa.org

Nancy Breiden, CAP Director
Vermont Disability Law Project
57 North Main Street, Suite 2
Rutland, VT 05701
(802) 775-0021
nbreiden@vtlegalaid.org
www.vtlegalaid.org


WA All State Contact Information

Mark Stroh, Executive Director
Disability Rights Washington
315 5th Avenue South, Suite 850
Seattle, WA 98104
(800) 562-2702 or (206) 324-1521
mstroh@dr-wa.org
www.disabilityrightswa.org

Jerry Johnsen, CAP Director
Client Assistance Program
2531 Rainier Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98144
(206) 721-5999
caprogram@qwest.net
www.washingtoncap


WI All State Contact Information

Linda Vegoe, CAP Director
Department of Agriculture
Trade & Consumer Protection
2811 Agriculture Drive
PO Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
(608) 224-5070
linda.vegoe@datcp.state.wi.us

Lynn Breedlove, Executive Director
Disability Rights Wisconsin
217 West Knapp Street
Rice Lake, WI 54868
(608) 267-0214
wcamsn@drwi.org
www.disabilityrightswi.org


WV All State Contact Information

Clarice Hausch, Executive Director
West Virginia Advocates, Inc.
Litton Bldg, 4th Floor
1207 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV 25301
(800) 950-5250 or (304) 346-0847
wvainfo@wvadvocates.org
www.wvadvocates.org


WY All State Contact Information

Jeanne Thobro, Executive Director
Wyoming Protection & Advocacy System, Inc.
7344 Stockman Street
Cheyenne, WY 82009
(800) 821-3091 or (307) 632-3496
wypanda@wypanda.com
http://wypanda.vcn.com