Indiana State Resources

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
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: Special Education Services.

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STATE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION:  Special Education Services.
STATE VOCATIONAL Rehabilitation Agency. DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES 
Planning Council.
DISABILITY 
Organizations
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN ages 3 through 5.  STATE VOCATIONAL
Special Needs Programs
DISABILITIES
Advocacy  Program 
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED
Programs   
 
EARLY 
Intervention System.
DEPARTMENT OF  MENTAL
HEALTH   
for children and youth.
PARENT-TO-PARENT
Parent Network
TECHNOLOGY RELATED
Assistance.
PARENTS  Training and 
Information Project.
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL
Health 
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN with Special Health Care 
Needs.
PARENT-TEACHER Association (PTA)
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: 
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Robert Marra, Director 
Division of Special Education, Dept. of Education 
State House, Room 229 
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798 
(317) 232-0570 
E-mail: sMARRAB@speced.doe.state.in.us 
URL: http://web.indstate.edu/soe/iseas/dse.html 
 
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES: 
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Sheron Cochran, Preschool Coordinator 
Division of Special Education, Department of Education 
State House, Room 229 
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798 
(317) 232-0570 
E-mail: COCHRA@speced.doe.state.in.us 

PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES: 
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Maureen Greer, Assistant Deputy Director 
IN Family & Social Services Administration 
Div. of Families & Children/Bur. of Child Development 
402 West Washington Street, Room W-386 
Indianapolis, IN 46204 
(317) 232-2429; (317) 232-7948 (Fax) 
E-mail: mgreer@fssa.state.in.us 

STATE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
Rita Martin, Deputy Director 
Indiana Family & Social Services Administration 
Vocational Rehabilitation Services 
Division of Disability Aging, and Rehabilitative Services 
402 W. Washington St., Rm. W453, P.O. Box 7083 
Indianapolis, IN 46207-7083 
(317) 232-1319; (800) 545-7763, ext. 1319 

OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL 
EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Terry Fields, State Coordinator 
Program Improvement & Modernization 
325 West Washington Street 
Indianapolis, IN 46204 
(317) 232-1829 

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Janet Corson, Acting Director 
IN Family & Social Services Administration 
Division of Mental Health, Family & Social Services Administration 
402 West Washington Street, Room W353 
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739 
(317) 232-7845 

STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN
Jim Phillips, Chief 
IN Family & Social Services Administration 
Childrens Services Bureau 
Division of Mental Health 
402 West Washington Street, Room W353 
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739 
(317) 232-7934 

STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM
IN Family & Social Services Administration 
Division of Disabilitiy, Aging & Rehabilitative Services 
Bureau of DD Services 
402 West Washington Street 
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739 
(317) 232-7933 

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL
Suellen Jackson-Boner, Director 
Governor's Planning Council on DD 
143 West Market Street, Suite 404 
Indianapolis, IN 46204 
(317) 722-5555 (V); (317) 722-5563 (TTY) 
 
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
Thomas Gallagher, Executive Director 
Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services 
4701 N. Keystone Avenue 
Indianapolis, IN 46205 
(317) 722-5555 
(800) 622-4845; (800) 838-1131 (TTY) 
E-mail: ipas@source.isd.state.in.us 

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Wendy Gettelfinger, Director 
Children's Special Health Care Services 
Division of Famiy and Children 
2 N. Meridian Street, Section 7-B 
Indianapolis, IN 46204 
(317) 233-5578 
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING
Jerome Freeman, Deputy Director 
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services 
Division of Disability, Aging, and Rehabilitative Services 
402 West Washington Street, Room W-453 
P. O. Box 7083 
Indianapolis, IN 46207-7083 
(317) 232-1143 (V/TTY) 
(800) 962-8408 (V/TTY, in IN only) 
E-mail: jfreeman@fssa.state.in.us 
 
DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Attention Deficit Disorder 
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either: 

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (CH.A.D.D.) 
499 NW 70th Avenue, Suite 101 
Plantation, FL 33317 
(954) 587-3700 
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet) 
URL: http://www.chadd.org 

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) 
9930 Johnnycake Ridge Rd., Suite 3E 
Mentor, OH 44060 
(440) 350-9595 
(800) 487-2282 (Voice mail to request information packet) 
E-mail: NatlADDA@aol.com 
URL: http://www.add.org 

Autism 
Cathy Pratt, Director 
The IN Resource Center for Autism 
Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities (ISDD) 
IN University, Bloomington 
2853 E. Tenth Street 
Bloomington, IN 47408-2601 
(812) 855-6508; (812) 855-9396 (TTY) 
E-mail: PRATTC@ISDD.IDSS.Indiana.edu 
URL: http://www.isdd.indiana.edu/~irca/ 

Brain Injury 
Brain Injury Association of Indiana 
5506 E. 16th Street, Suite B5 
Indianapolis, IN 46218-4624 
(317) 356-7722; (800) 407-4246 (IN only) 

Cerebral Palsy 
Donna Roberts, Executive Director 
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Indiana, Inc. 
615 N Alabama, Room 322 
Indianapolis, IN 46204 
(317) 632-3561; (800) 723-7620 
E-mail: ucpaindy@aol.com 

Learning Disabilities 
Dawn Lytle, President 
Learning Disabilities Association of IN 
P.O. Box 20584 
Indianapolis, IN 46220 

Mental Health 
Beth Karnes, President 
Mental Health Association in Indiana, Inc. 
55 Monument Circle, Suite 700 
Indianapolis, IN 46204 
(317) 638-3501; (800) 555-6424 (in IN only) 
URL: http://www.mhai.org 

Diane Arneson, President 
IN Alliance for the Mentally Ill 
PO Box 22697 
Indianapolis, IN 46222-0697 
(317) 925-9399 

Mental Retardation 
John Dickerson, Executive Director 
The Arc of Indiana 
22 East Washington Street, Suite 210 
Indianapolis, IN 46204 
(317) 977-2375 
URL: http://www.arcind.org 

Speech and Hearing 
Thomas Hemeyer, President 
IN Speech-Language-Hearing Association 
P.O. Box 984 
Noblesville, IN 46060-0984 
(317) 573-6062 
E-mail: OOTFHemeyer@BSUVC.BSU.EDU 

Spina Bifida 
Spina Bifida Association of Northern IN 
P.O. Box 1935 
South Bend, IN 46634 
(219) 234-6260 

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
James J. Vento, President 
Central Indiana Easter Seal Society 
Crossroads Rehabilitation Center 
4740 Kingsway Drive 
Indianapolis, IN 46205-1521 
(317) 466-2006 (V); (317) 466-2001 (TTY) 
E-mail: xroads@indy.net 
URL: http://www.iquest.net/crossroads 
 
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
David M. Mank, Director 
Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities (ISDD) 
IN University, Bloomington 
2853 East Tenth Street 
Bloomington, IN 47408-2601 
(812) 855-6508; (812) 855-9396 (TTY) 
E-mail: uap@isdd.indiana.edu 
URL: http://www.isdd.indiana.edu 

John D. Rau, M.D., Director 
Riley Child Development Center 
Indiana University School of Medicine 
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children 
702 Barnhill Drive, Room 5837 
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5225 
(317) 274-8167 
E-mail: jdran@indyuap.iupuy.edu 
 

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Cris Fulford, Project Director 
ATTAIN (Accessing Technology Through Action in Indiana) 
1815 N. Meridian St., Suite 200 
Indianapolis, IN 46202 
(800) 528-8246 (in IN); (317) 921-8766 (in Marion County) 
(800) 743-3333 (TTY) 
E-mail: cfulford@indian.vinu.edu 

PARENT TRAINING & INFORMATION PROJECT
Richard Burden, Executive Director 
IN*SOURCE 
809 North Michigan Street 
South Bend, IN 46601-1036 
(219) 234-7101; (219) 234-7101 (TTY) 
(800) 332-4433 (In IN) 
E-mail: insourc1@aol.com 
URL: http://home1.gte.net/insource 

PARENT-TO-PARENT
Donna Gore Olsen, Executive Director 
Indiana Parent Information Network, Inc. 
4755 Kingsway Drive, Suite 105 
Indianapolis, IN 46205-1545 
(317) 257-8683 
E-mail: ipin@indy.net 
URL: http://www.ai.org/ipin 

PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Darlene Maloney, President 
Indiana Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc. 
2525 N. Shadeland Ave., C-4 
Indianapolis, IN 46219-1770 
(317) 357-5881 
E-mail: pta@spitfire.net 

 
Indiana Web
Civil Liberties and Human Rights   
Indiana Civil Liberties Union 
WFHB 

Community  
Fort Wayne Area Infonet 
Indiana State Government 
Michiana Free-Net 

Disability Information 
Indiana Resource Center for Autism
Boone County Arc 
Crusade for Children 
Four Rivers Resource Services, Inc. 
Indiana Special Olympics 
League for the Blind and Disabled, Inc. 
Northwest for the Deaf 
Pathfinder Services 
 
Education   
Center for Innovative Practices for Young Children 
Delaware County Historical Alliance 
Family Learning Center 
Greater Indianapolis Literacy League 
Indiana Parent Information Network 
Northwest Indiana Toastmasters 
Three Rivers Literacy Alliance 
Warsaw Community Education Association 
 
Children and Youth   
Center for Innovative Practices for Young Children 
Limberlost Girl Scout Council, Inc. 

Community Service (Volunteering)  
Bluffton Indiana Lions Club 
Community Connection 
 
 

Computers and Technology   
Johnson County Community Network 

Family and Parenting   
Family Learning Center and its Family Living Services 

Job Training and Workplace   
Indianapolis Regional Small Business Development Center 

Health   
Diabetes Youth Foundation of Indiana 
Indiana Cares 
Indiana Multiple Sclerosis 
Northeast Indiana Easter Seal Society 
St. Joseph Regional Wound Care Center 
United Ostomy Association - Evansville 
Visiting Nurses Health Care, Inc. 
 
Homelessness,  Housing and Poverty   
Fort Wayne Rescue Mission 
Genesis of the YWCA 
Habitat for Humanity of Tipton County 
Jackson County Habitat for Humanity 
Monroe County Housing Solutions 
Trinity Mission 
Community Action of Northeast Indiana, Inc. 
Gleaners Food Bank Of Indiana, Inc 
 
Recovery, Addiction, and Abuse   
Genesis of the YWCA 
Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University 

Safety   
Tippecanoe County Emergency Management Agency 

 


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