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.

STATE DEPARTMENT OF  EDUCATION:   STATE VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES DISABILITY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN   STATE VOCATIONAL DISABILITIES UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED     EARLY  DEPARTMENT OF  MENTAL HEALTH   PARENT-TEACHER TECHNOLOGY RELATED PARENTS  DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION Melodie Friedebach, Coordinator Division of Special Education Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, MO 65102             (573) 751-2965       PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES: AGES 3 THROUGH 5 Paula Goff, ECSE Director Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, MO 65102             (573) 751-0187       PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES: AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2 Paula Goff, ECSE Director Section of Early Childhood Special Education Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, MO 65102             (573) 751-0187       STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY Don L. Gann, Assistant Commissioner Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Department of Education 3024 W. Trauma Boulevard Jefferson City, MO 65109-0525             (573) 751-3251       OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITHDISABILITIES Jean Cole, Director Vocational Special Needs Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, MO 65102             (573) 751-3500       STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY Roy Wilson, Director Department of Mental Health 1706 East Elm, P.O. Box 687 Jefferson City, MO 65102             (573) 751-3070       STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH Ed Morris, Coordinator Children & Youth Services/ Department of Mental Health 1706 East Elm, P.O. Box 687 Jefferson City, MO 65102             (573) 751-9482       STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM John Solomon, Acting Director Division of MR/DD 1706 East Elm, P.O. Box 687 Jefferson City, MO 65102             (573) 751-4054       STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL Kay Conklin, Director MO Planning Council for DD Division of MR/DD, Department of Mental Health 1706 East Elm, P.O. Box 687 Jefferson City, MO 65102             (573) 751-8611      ;             (800)500-7878       (In MO) PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY Shawn de Loyola, Acting Director MO Protection & Advocacy Services 925 South Country Club Drive, Unit B-1 Jefferson City, MO 65109             (573) 893-3333      ;             (800) 392-8667       (In MO) PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS Angela Ford, Chief Bureau of Special Health Care Needs/Department of Health P.O. Box 570, 1730 East Elm Jefferson City, MO 65102             (573) 751-6246       STATE AGENCY FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED Sally Howard, Deputy Director Rehabilitation Service for the Blind Division of Family Services/Department of Social Services 619 East Capital Avenue Jefferson City, MO 65101             (573) 751-4249       PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING Gerald Covell, Executive Director MO Commission for the Deaf 915 Leslie Boulevard, Suite E Jefferson City, MO 65101             (573) 526-5205       (V/TTY)             (800) 796-6499       (V/TTY) STATEEDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE Department of Education Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, MO 65102             (573) 751-4426       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:  Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) P.O. Box 972 Mentor, OH 44061             (216) 350-9595                   (800) 487-2282       (Voice mail to request information packet) E-mail: NATLADDA@aol.com URL:  Brain Injury Lori Winter, Chief Executive Officer Brain Injury Association of Missouri 10270 Page, Suite 100 St. Louis, MO 63132             (314) 862-4466      ;             (800) 377-6442       Cerebral Palsy Jean Bailey Smith, Director of FamilySupport United Cerebral Palsy of MO c/o UCP of Greater Kansas City 106 East 31st Terrace Kansas City, MO 64111             (816) 531-4189      ;             (800) 325-8173       (in MO)             (816) 531-3825       (TTY) Epilepsy Darla Templeton, Executive Vice President Epilepsy Foundation of the St. Louis Region 7100 Oakland Avenue St. Louis, MO 63117             (314) 645-6969      ;             (800) 264-6970       Learning Disabilities B. J. Wiemer, President Learning Disibilities Association of MO P.O. Box 3303 1942 East Meadowmere, #104 Springfield, MO 65804             (417) 864-5110       Mental Health James House, Executive Director Mental Health Association of St. Louis 1905 S. Grand Avenue St. Louis, MO 63104             (314) 773-1399       Cindi Keele, Executive Director MO Coalition of Alliances for the Mentally Ill 230 W. Dunklin, Room 204 Jefferson City, MO 65101             (573) 634-7727      ;             (800) 374-2138       Speech and Hearing Gina L. Shelley,President MO Speech-Language-Hearing Association 713 PCA Road, P.O. Box 45 Warrensburg, MO 64093             (816) 747-9544       Spina Bifida Chris Guzdial, President Spina Bifida Association of Greater St. Louis (SBAGSL) 5609 Hampton Ave. St. Louis, MO 63109             1-800-784-0983      ;             (314) 353-7079       URL:  OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS Pat Jones, President Missouri Easter Seal Society 5025 Northrup Avenue St. Louis, MO 63110             (314) 664-5025      Jim de Jong, Executive Director Great Plains Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center ADA Project 4816 Santana Circle Columbia, MO 65203             (573) 882-3600      ;             (800) 949-4232       UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM Carl F. Calkins, Director Institute for Human Development University of MO at Kansas City 2220 Holmes Street, 3rd Floor Kansas City, MO 64108             (816) 235-1770       TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE Diane Golden, Project Director Missouri Assistive TechnologyPresident Missouri Congress of Parents and Teachers 2101 Burlington Street Columbia, MO 65202-1997 (573) 474-8631 Missouri Web Civil Liberties and Human Rights      Community        Disaster Relief     Disability Information            Health, Mental   Education          Job Training and Workplace     Community Service (Volunteering)       Recovery, Addiction, And Abuse         Family and Parenting        Children and Youth               Homelessness, Housing and Poverty         Health