Local Service Organizations
Georgia State Resources
Advocacy Organizations
Programs For Families
The organizations listed here provide services for Georgians with disabilities and their families. Religious leaders and families who are seeking services and support for people with disabilities should consult this list. If we have overlooked a helpful resource, please let us know. We want this list to be as comprehensive as possible.
Georgia State Resources
Georgia Babies Can’t Wait—Program for Infants and toddlers (birth through age two)
Stephanie Moss, Program Manager
Babies Can't Wait Program
Division of Public Health
Department of Human Resources
2 Peachtree Street, 11th Floor, Suite 217
Atlanta, GA 30303-3186
(404) 657-2726
(888) 651-8224
skmoss@dhr.state.ga.us
Georgia Brain And Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission
Craig Young, Executive Director
Peachtree Street, NW
Suite 26-426
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 657-2558
clyoung@dhr.state.ga.us
Georgia Bright From the Start—Program for Young Children (birth through age five)
Dana Evans, Statewide Inclusion Coordinator
Bright from the Start
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
10 Park Place South
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 463-0009
dana.evans@decal.state.ga.us
Georgia Special Education for Young Children (ages three through seven)
Jan Stevenson, Consultant
Young Children Special Education
Division for Exceptional Students
Georgia Department of Education
1870 Twin Towers East
Atlanta, GA 30334-5060
(404) 657-9965
jstevens@doe.k12.ga.us
Georgia Transition From School to Work (Planning for Life After High School)
Jan Cribbs, State VR Coordinator for Transition and Mental Health Services
Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Georgia Department of Labor
1700 Century Circle, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30345-3020
(404) 235-0156
jan.cribbs@dol.state.ga.us
Georgia Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities
Danny Fleming, Education Program Manager
Vocational Education Special Needs Unit
Georgia Department of Education
1752 Twin Towers East
Atlanta, GA 30334
(404) 656-3042
dfleming@doe.k12.ga.us
State Mental Health Agency
Gwendolyn B. Skinner, Director
Division of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases
Department of Human Resources
2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 22nd Floor, Suite 224
Atlanta, GA 30303-3142
(404) 657-2260
gbskinner@dhr.state.ga.us
State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth
Dawne Morgan, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Program Chief
Division of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases
Department of Human Resources
2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 23rd Floor, Suite 403
Atlanta, GA 30303-3171
(404) 657-2157
drmorgan@dhr.state.ga.us
Georgia Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities
Steve Hall, Director
Office of Developmental Disabilities
Division of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases
Department of Human Resources
2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 22nd Floor, Suite 108
Atlanta, GA 30303-3142
(404) 463-8037
srhall1@dhr.state.ga.us
Georgia Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
Eric Jacobson, Executive Director
Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 26th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303-3142
(404) 657-2126
(888) 275-4233
eejacobson@dhr.state.ga.us
Georgia Protection and Advocacy Agency
Ruby Moore, Executive Director
The Georgia Advocacy Office
150 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 430
Decatur, GA 30030
(404) 885-1234 (V/TTY)
(800) 537-2329 (in GA only)
info@thegao.org
Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Helen Dulock, Acting Teamleader
Office of Children with Special Needs
Department of Human Resources
Division of Public Health
Family Health Branch
2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 11th Floor, 227 Suite
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 657-4857
(888) 651-8224
Programs for Children and Youth Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Tom Galey, Executive Director
Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired, Inc.
4151 Memorial Drive, Suite 103-B
Decatur, GA 30032
(404) 292-5312
(800) 541-0710 (V/TTY)
tgaley@gachi.org
Programs for Children and Youth Who are Blind or Visually Impaired, Deaf or Hard of Hearing, or Deaf-Blind
Dr. Kathy Heller, Project Director
Georgia Sensory Assistance Project
Georgia State University
Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education (EPSE)
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta, GA 30302-3979
(404) 651-1262
(800) 597-2356 (V/TTY)
spekwh@langate.gsu.edu
Southeast Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center
Shelley Kaplan, Project Director
Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access
Burton Blatt Institute of Syracuse University
490 10th Street
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 385-0636
(800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
sakaplan@law.syr.edu
Technology-Related Assistance
Carolyn Phillips, Project Manager
Georgia Department of Labor
Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Tools for Life, Georgia Assistive Technology Project
1700 Century Circle, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30345
(404) 638-0384
(800) 497-8665
(404) 486-6333 (TTY)
info@gatfl.org
Special Format Library
Stella Cone, Director
Georgia Library For Accessible Services
1150 Murphy Avenue, SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
(404) 756-4619
(800) 248-6791
glass@georgialibraries.org
scone@georgialibraries.org
Advocacy Organizations
Aging
AARP of Georgia
999 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
(866) 295-7281
gaaarp@aarp.org
Aging Services Database
Atlanta Area Agency on Aging
Agewise Connection
(404) 463-3333
aginginfo@atlantaregional.com
Alzheimer’s Disease
Jan Bequeath, President/CEO
1925 Century Boulevard, Suite 10
Atlanta, GA 30345
(404) 728-1181
(800) 272-3900
Jan.Bequeath@alz.org
ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
Connie Herndon, Executive Director
The ALS Association of Georgia, Inc.
1955 Cliff Valley Way, Suite 116
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 636-9909
(888) 636-9940
connie@alsaga.org
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
Alex Minevich
The Anxiety and Stress Management Institute
1640 Powers Ferry Road, Building 9, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30067
(800) 518-7298
info@addeval.com
Autism
Autism Society of America-Georgia Chapter
2971 Flowers Road South #110
Atlanta, GA 30341-5473
(770) 451-0954
ga-greatergeorgia@autismsocietyofamerica.org
Blind/Visual Impairments
Frances Mary D'Andrea, Director
American Foundation for the Blind-National Literacy Center
100 Peachtree Street, Suite 620
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 525-2303
atlanta@afb.net
Blind/Visual Impairments
Subie Green, Executive Director
Center for the Visually Impaired
739 West Peachtree Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 875-9011
info@cviatlanta.org
Brain Injury
Karen Parsley, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of Georgia/Brain Injury Resource Foundation
1441 Clifton Road, NE, Suite #114-A
Atlanta, GA 30322
kparsley@birf.info
Cerebral Palsy
Diane Wilush, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia, Inc.
3300 Northeast Expressway, Building #9
Atlanta, GA 30341
(770) 676-2000
dwilush@ucpga.org
Down Syndrome
Michelle Norweck, Executive Director
Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta
4355J Cobb Parkway, Suite 213
Atlanta, GA 30339
(404) 320-3233
Epilepsy
Lloyd Brown, Director of Education and Client Services
Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia
2625 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 400
Atlanta, GA 30339
(678) 306-1213
(800) 527-7105 (In GA)
lloydrbrown@mindspring.com
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Claire Coles,Ph.D, Director Fetal Alcohol Center
The Marcus Institute
1920 Briarcliff Road
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 419-4260
Marcus_Info@MarcusInstitute.org
Geogia Disability Vote Project
GATES
Gretl Glick
44 Broad Street, Suite 503
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 521-1792
gglick@georgiagates.org
HIV/AIDS
Guy Pujol, Executive Director
AIDS Alliance For Faith And Health
139 Ralph McGill Boulevard NE, Suite 103
Atlanta, GA 30309
(404) 659-2437
(877) 659-2437 (Toll Free)
Info@AIDSAllianceATL.org
Job Training/Employment
Sheila Zipf, Vice President Career Services
Bobby Dodd Institute
2120 Marietta Boulevard NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
(678) 365-0071
Sheila.Zipf@bobbydodd.org
Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association of Georgia
2566 Shallowford Road
Suite 104 PMB 353
Atlanta, GA 30345
(404) 303-7774
services@ldag.org
Mental Health
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
(404) 355-8815
info@atlantamoodsupport.com
Mental Health
Ellyn Jeager, Interim Executive Director
National Mental Health Association of Georgia
100 Edgewood Avenue, N.E., Suite 502
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 527-7175
ellyn@nmhag.org
Mental Health
National Alliance on Mental Illness-Georgia
3050 Presidential Drive, Suite 202
Atlanta, GA 30340
(770) 234-0855
(800) 728-1052
NAMI-GA@nami.org
Multiple Sclerosis
Hilary LaMotte, Director of Clinical and Chapter Programs
National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Georgia Chapter
1117 Perimeter Center West, Suite E101
Atlanta, GA 30338
(678) 672-1000
1-800-FIGHT-MS
hilary.lamotte@nmssga.org
Speech and Hearing
Jody B. Rosen, APR, Executive Director
Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association
20423 State Road 7, Suite F6-491
Boca Raton, FL 33498
(800) 226-4742
execdir@gsha.org
Special Health Care Needs
Julia Bowen, State Coordinator
Family Voices of Georgia
2460 LeHaven Drive
Tucker, GA 30084
(770) 256-2988
jbowen@lsga.org
Spina Bifida
Jim Okula, Executive Director
Spina Bifida Association of Georgia, Inc.
1448 B McLendon Drive
Decatur, GA 30033
(770) 939-1044
sbag@bellsouth.net
Programs for Families
Education/Services- (Jewish Community)
Linda Zimmerman, Executive Director
The Amit Program
6255 Barfield Road, Suite 100
Atlanta,GA 30328
(404) 961-9966
info@amitatlanta.org
Family Advocacy Resources/Education
Linda Shepherd, Executive Director
Parents Educating Parents and Professionals, Inc.
(PEPP, Inc.)
3680 Kings Highway
Douglasville, GA 30135
(770) 577-7771
(800) 322-7065
peppinc@peppinc.org
Family Advocacy Resources/ Education
Rita Young, Program Coordinator
Partners in Policy Making
Atlanta Alliance on Developmental Disabilities
1440 Dutch Valley Place, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30324
(404) 881-9777 x220
rita@aadd.org
Information and Referral for Families
Debi Tucker, Director
Parent to Parent of Georgia, Inc.
3805 Presidential Parkway, Suite 207
Atlanta, GA 30340
(770) 451-5484
(800) 229-2038
info@parenttoparentofga.org
Navigating Government Benefits
Sally Atwell, Program Diretor
Benefits Navigator Program
Shepherd Center
2020 Peachtree Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
(866) 77-2726
sally_atwell@shepherd.org
Residential Services (Christian)
Bill Neal, Executive Director
Developmental Disabilities Ministries
PO Box 922787
Norcross, GA 30010-
(770) 623-4899
email@ddmga.org
Respite Care/ Support Groups for Families
Lucy Cusick, Executive Director
Families of Children Under Stress-FOCUS
3050 Presidential Drive, Suite 114
Atlanta, GA 30340
(404) 234-9111
Angie@focus-ga.org
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