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EMERGENCY RESOURCES
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Kentucky Emergency Management
EOC Building
100 Minuteman Parkway Bldg. 100
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-6168
(502) 607-1682
(502) 607-1614 FAX
http://kyem.dma.ky.gov
EDUCATION
State Homeless Education
Kentucky Department of Education
500 Mero St., Room 817
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 564-3791
Fax: (502) 564-8149
Kentucky State Department of Education
1930 Capital Plaza Tower
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
V (502)564-3421 (800)533-5372- Toll Free (KY residents only)
FAX: (502)564-6470
http://www.kde.state.ky.us
Division of Exceptional Children's Services
Kentucky Department of Education
Capitol Plaza Tower, 8th Floor
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4970
http://www.kde.state.ky.us
Special Education Procedures Manual
Division of Exceptional Children Services
http://www.kde.state.ky.us/osis/children/sepm/default.asp
Office of Special Instructional Services
http://www.kde.state.ky.us/osis/default.asp
Kentucky Department for Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL)
http://kycares.ky.gov/ServiceScreening/Resolution.asp?pid=1328Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
500 Mero Street, Capitol Plaza Tower, 17th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-7056
http://www.kidsnow.ky.gov
State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Diane Robertson, Branch Manager
Division of Federal Program and Instructional Equity
Kentucky Department of Education
Capital Plaza Tower, 8th Floor
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-3791
E-mail: diane.robertson@education.ky.gov
http://www.education.ky.gov
Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2
Joyce Robl, Branch Manager
Early Childhood Development Branch
Department for Public Health
Division of Adult and Child Health Improvement
275 E. Main Street, HS2G-B
Frankfort, KY 40621
(502) 564-2154; (800) 232-1160
E-mail: joyce.robl@ky.gov
http://chfs.ky.gov/
HOUSING
HUD
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Gene Snyder Courthouse
601 W. Broadway, Room 110
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: (502) 582-5251
Fax: (502) 582-6074
TTY: (800) 648-6056
FINANCIAL HELP
Help with Utilities
http://www.chfs.ky.gov/dcbs/dfs/LIHEAP.htmKentucky Association for Community Action
101 Burch Court
Frankfort, KY 40601
tel: 502-875-5863 fax: 502-875-5865
http://www.kaca.org/Transitional Assistance Program
http://kycares.ky.gov/ServiceScreening/Resolution.asp?pid=1368Relocation Assistance Program
http://kycares.ky.gov/ServiceScreening/Resolution.asp?pid=1370
FOOD ASSISTANCE
Kentucky State Information/Hotline Number: 1-800-931-9112
http://kycares.ky.gov/ServiceScreening/Resolution.asp?pid=1355
The Kentucky Task Force on Hunger
PO Box 22199
344 Irvine Rd.
Lexington, KY 40502
(859) 266-2521
fax: (859) 257-3273
WIC
1-800-462-6122
http://kycares.ky.gov/ServiceScreening/Resolution.asp?pid=1336
List of Kentucky Food banks: http://www.secondharvest.org/zip_code.jsp?zipcode=&state=K
EMPLOYMENT
Employment Service- Job Placement program http://kycares.ky.gov/ServiceScreening/Resolution.asp?pid=1373Easter Seals Employment Connections-Pennyrile
755 Industrial Road
Madisonville, KY 42431
Phone: 270 625-4840
http://www.eswky.easterseals.comDepartment of Vocational Rehabilitation
Cabinet for Workforce Development
209 St. Clair
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4440
E-mail: Bruce.Crump@mail.state.ky.usState Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
E-mail: beth.smith@ky.gov
http://ovr.ky.gov
MEDICAL CARE
Medicaid
http://kycares.ky.gov/ServiceScreening/Resolution.asp?pid=1330
Children's Health Insurance Program
http://kycares.ky.gov/ServiceScreening/Resolution.asp?pid=1326Easter Seals Cardinal Hill Speciality Hospital
at St. Luke Hospital East
85 N. Grand Avenue
Ft. Thomas, KY 41075
Phone: 859 572-3880
http://www.cardinalhill.orgShriners Hospital for Children-Lexington
1900 Richmond Road
Lexington, KY 40502
Telephone: 859-266-2101 800-668-4634
Fax 859-268-5636
http://www.shrinershq.org/Hospitals/Lexington/
Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs
982 Eastern Parkway
Louisville, KY 40217
(502) 595-4459, ext. 271; (800) 232-1160
E-mail: eric.friedlander@mail.state.ky.us
http://www.politicsnationwide.com/doc.asp?ID=3508
CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES
Family Short-term Help
http://kycares.ky.gov/ServiceScreening/Resolution.asp?pid=1369HANDS- Home visitation Program - child's first 2 years of life
http://kycares.ky.gov/ServiceScreening/Resolution.asp?pid=1371
RESOURCES FOR SENIORS
State health Insurance program (over 60)
http://kycares.ky.gov/ServiceScreening/Resolution.asp?pid=1333
Home Health: 1-800-635-6290Office of Aging Services
Cabinet for Families and Children
Commonwealth of Kentucky
275 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40621
(502) 564-6930
Alzheimer's Association, Greater Kentucky Chapter
3703 Taylorsville Road
Suite 102
Louisville, KY 40220
800.272.3900
http://www.alzinky.org
Alzheimer's Association, Lexington Regional Office
1065 Dove Run Rd.
Suite 2
Lexington, KY 40502
859.266.5283
http://www.alzinky.org
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RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE with DISABILITIES
Kentucky Disabilities Coalition
P.O. Box 1589
Frankfort, KY 40602
(502) 875-1871 (V/TTY); (800) 977-7505 (in KY)
E-mail: kydis@mis.net
http://www.geocities.com/kydisabilitiescoalition
ADA
Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC)
490 Tenth Street
Atlanta, GA 30318
(800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
E-mail: sedbtacproject@catea.org
http://www.sedbtac.org/
ARCs
The Arc of Kentucky
833 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 875-5225
arcofky@aol.com
http://www.arcofky.org/
Arc of the BlueGrass, Inc.
898 Georgetown Street
Lexington, KY 40511
(859) 233-1483
www.hereweare.net/arcbluegrass.htmBarren County
123 East Washington St.
Glasgow, KY 42141
(270) 659-0802
arc@glasgow-ky.comLake Cumberland
P.O. Box 1421
Somerset, KY 42502
(606) 679-7313Logan County
443 Hopkinsville Road
Russellville, KY 42276Madison County
P.O. Box 1863
Richmond, KY 40476
(859) 622-1148Owensboro
Eighth & Jackson Streets
Owensboro, KY 42302
(502) 685-2976
opptcent@bellsouth.netTamarlane Industries
846 South Main Street
Beaver Dam, KY 42320
(270) 274-4534
tamarlan@owensboro.net
http://www.tamarlaneinc.comBreckenridge County
4029 Highway 2779
Hardinsburg, KY 40143
(270) 756-2410Frankfort Habilitation, Inc.
3755 Lawrenceburg Road
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 227-9529Hardin County
225 College Street
Elizabethtown, KY 47202
(270) 737-1140
arhhc@aol.comSandefur Industries, Inc.
1449 Corporate Court
Henderson, KY 42420-4480
(270) 827-2401
http://www.hesandefur.comThe Point
104 Pike Street
Covington, KY 41011
(859) 491-9191
thepointarcnoky@aol.comThe Arc of the Mountains, Inc.
422 Clover Street
Harlan, KY 40831
(606) 573-5777
joellenhale@hotmail.comMeade County
830 Old Ekron Road
Brandenburg, KY 40108Carroll County
2414 Wrights Ridge Rd
Milton, KY 40045
ARTHRITIS, SKELETAL & SKIN DISABILITIES
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Support Group
Cheryl Pena 859-744-3679 calli1980~at~aol.com
Little People of America
Ann Kirwan: abkirw01@gwise.louisville.edu
Website: http://www.lpad5.org
Listserv: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lpadistrict5
Scleroderma Support Groups
Ashland: Yvonne Frasure 606-324-0043 yvonne_frasure@yahoo.com
http://www.scleroderma.org/chapter/support/kentucky/index_ashland.htm
Winchester: Kim Gibson, 859-737-2726, gibsonflo@aol.com
http://www.scleroderma.org/chapter/support/Kentucky/index_winchester.htm
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Kentucky Assistive Technology Service (KATS) Network
Charles McDowell Center
8412 Westport Road
Louisville, KY 40242
(502) 327-0022 (V/TTY); (800) 327-5287 (V/TTY, in KY only)
E-mail: katsnet@iglou.com
http://www.katsnet.org
AUTISM
Kentucky Autism Training Center
http://www.louisville.edu/kyautismtraining/
Autism Society of Kentuckiana
http://www.ask-lou.org/
Autism Society of the Bluegrass
http://www.geocities.com/autismsocietyofthebluegrass/
Autism Society of Western Kentucky
http://www.kentucky-autism.org/Turning Point for Autism, Inc.
P.O. Box 445
Goshen, KY 40026
(502) 899-9128; Fax: (502) 228-8391
E-mail: bgibbs@turningpoint1.org
http://www.turningpoint1.org
BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Department for the Blind
P.O. Box 757
Frankfort, KY 40602-0757
(502) 564-4754; (502) 564-2929 (TTY)
E-mail: Denise.Placido@mail.state.ky.us
http://blind.ky.gov/American Council of the Blind of Kentucky
134 N. Peterson Ave. #7
Louisville, KY 40206
Tel: (502) 895-4598Bluegrass Council for the Blind
1093 South Broadway, Suite 1220
Lexington KY 40504
Phone: 859/259-1834
Email: bgcb@qx.net
http://web.qx.net/bgcb/
National Federation of the Blind Kentucky
3618 Dayton Avenue
Louisville, KY 40207
Tel: (502) 897-2632 or (502) 327-6010or
210 Cambridge Drive
Louisville
Kentucky 40214-2809
(502)366-2317
http://www.nfbk.org (under construction)
CANCER
American Cancer Society
Ashland Office
4324 13th Street
Ashland, KY 41102
Phone: (606) 324-1819
Bowling Green Office
2425 Scottsville Rd Ste 123
Bowling Green, KY 42104
Phone: (270) 782-3654
Lexington Office
160 Moore Dr STE 201
Lexington, KY 40503
Phone: (859) 276-3223Louisville Office
701 W Muhammad Ali Blvd
Louisville, KY 40203
Phone: (502) 584-6782
Northern Kentucky Office
297 Buttermilk Pk
Fort Mitchell, KY 41017
Phone: (859) 647-2200
Owensboro Office
319 West 10th St
Owensboro, KY 42301
Phone: (270) 683-0425Paducah Office
3140 Parisa Dr
Paducah, KY 42003
Phone: (270) 444-0375
Fax: (270) 444-0380
Somerset KY Office
402 Coomer St
Somerset, KY 42503
Phone: (606) 679-6143
Fax: (606) 677-1943
BRAIN & SPINAL CORD INJURY
Brain Injury Association of Kentucky
4229 Bardstown Road, Suite 330
Louisville, KY 40218
(502) 493-0609; (800) 592-1117 (in KY)
E-mail: operations@braincenter.org
http://www.braincenter.orgDerby City Area Chapter, National Spinal Cord Injury Association
1518 Herr Lane , Louisville , KY 40222
Telephone: (502) 589-6620
CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
Statewide Independent Living Council
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
209 St. Clair Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4440
TTY: (502) 564-6742
FAX: (502) 564-6745
BEST CIL, Inc.
624 Eastwood Avenue
Bowling Green, KY 42103
(270) 796-5992
FAX: (270) 796-6630
Bestcil@bestcil.org
http://www.bestcil.org/
Disability Coalition of N. KY
1032 Madison Avenue
Covington, KY 41011
(859) 431-7668
TTY: (800) 648-6057
FAX: (859) 431-7688
EMAIL: dcnky@fuse.net
The Center for IL Options
3031 Dixie Highway, Suite 103
Edgewood, KY 41017
(859) 341-4346
FAX: (859) 341-1252
ciloky@cilo.netPathfinders for IL, Inc.
105 East Mound Street
Harlan, KY 40831
(606) 573-5777
TTY: (606) 573-5777
FAX: (606) 573-5739
pathfinders@harlanonline.net
Independence Place, Inc.
836 Euclid Avenue, Suite 101
Lexington, KY 40502
(859) 266-2807
TTY: (859) 266-2807
(800) 648-6056
FAX: (859) 335-0627
independenceplace@qx.netCenter For Accessible Living
1051 N. 16th Street, Suite C
Murray, KY 42071
(888) 261-6194
(270) 753-7729
(Fax/TDD)
Toll Free )888) 261-6194CAS - Satellite
305 W. Broadway, Suite 200
Louisville, KY 40202
Voice: (502) 589-6620
TTY: (502) 589-6690
Fax: (502) 589-3980
Toll Free: (888) 813-8497
http://www.calky.org/
CEREBRAL POLICY
Cerebral Palsy K.I.D.S. Center
Mary Thompson
982 Eastern Parkway
Louisville, KY 40217
(502) 635-6397; Fax: (502) 635-1147
E-mail: mthompson@cpkidscenter.comUCP of Greater Cincinnati (Serves KY)
3601 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Phone: (513) 221-4606
Fax: (513) 872-5262
E-mail: info@ucp-cincinnati.org
http://www.ucp-cincinnati.org
CHRONIC ILLNESS
Arthritis Foundation, Ohio River Valley Chapter (serves Kentucky)
7124 Miami Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45243
513.271.4545
800-383-6843
info.orv@arthritis.org
http://www.arthritis.org/communities/chapters/Chapter.asp?Chapid=65
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
8555 Cedar Place Lane
Suite 112
Indianapolis, IN 46240
Phone: (317) 259-8071
Toll Free Number: 800-332-6029
FAX: (317) 259-8091
E-mail: kentucky@ccfa.org
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Kentuckiana Chapter
133 Evergreen Road.,Suite 101
Louisville, KY 40243
(502)485-9397
kentuckiana@jdrf.org
http://www.jdrf.org/chapters/KY/Kentuckiana
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Kentucky/West Virginia Chapter
1230 South Hurstbourne Pkwy.
Suite 255
Louisville, KY 40222
(502) 326-1371
(800) 526-8126
Fax: (502) 326-4984
http://www.cff.org/Chapters/kentucky/
Hemophilia Programs
In Lexington and Eastern Kentucky, call (800) 333-7359 or (859) 257-6033
In Louisville or Western Kentucky, call (800) 232-1160 or (502) 595-4459
HIV/AIDS
http://www.thebody.com/hotlines/other.html#kentucky
Lupus Foundation of America,
Mid-South Chapter
Nashville, TN
(615) 298-2273
Toll Free (877) 865-8787 (within AL, KY, and TN
http://www.lupustennessee.org/
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DEAF , HARD OF HEARING, and SPEECH SERVICES
Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
632 Versailles Road
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 573-2604 (V/TTY)
(800) 372-2907 (V/TTY, in KY only)
E-mail: kcdhh@mail.state.ky.us
http://www.kcdhh.orgKentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association
365 Waller Avenue, Suite 120
Lexington, KY 40504
(859) 252-3776; (800) 837-2446
E-mail: KSHAoffice@aol.com
http://www.kysha.org
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Kentucky Developmental Disabilities Council
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-F
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
(502) 564-7842
E-mail: pat.seybold@mail.state.ky.us
http://www.kddc.org
Human Development Institute
University Center for Excellence
University of Kentucky
126 Mineral Industries Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0051
(859) 257-3045
E-mail: haroldk@ihdi.uky.eduCouncil on Mental Retardation
1146 South Third Street
Louisville, KY 40203-2997
(502) 584-1239
E-mail: info@councilonmr.org
http://www.councilonmr.org
DOWN SYNDROME
Down Syndrome InfoSource, Inc.
P.O. Box 221316
Louisville, KY 40252-1316
(502) 412-3759; (888) 999-3759
E-mail: GTLowe@aol.com
Down Syndrome of Louisville, Inc.
1939 Goldsmith Lane #208
Louisville, Kentucky 40218
(502) 458-6392; (888) 458-Down
http://www.downsyndromeoflouisville.org
Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky
2808 Ashbrooke Drive
Lexington KY 40513
859-219-3404
Email: kboudreaux@insightbb.com
http://www.dsack.org
Down Syndrome Support Group of South Central Kentucky
PO Box 51108
Bowling Green KY 42102
270-846-4805, Fax 270-539-9401
Email: angelakniery@insightbb.com
EASTER SEALS
Easter Seals Kentucky
9810 Bluebrass Parkway
Louisville, KY 40299-1906
Phone: 502 584-9781
http://www.cardinalhill.orgEaster Seals Kentucky
2050 Versailles Road
Lexington, KY 40504
(859) 254-5701; (800) 888-5377
Easter Seals of Northern Kentucky
31 Spiral Drive
Florence, KY 41042
Phone: 859 491-1171Easter Seals West Kentucky
801 North 29th Street
Paducah, KY 42001
Phone: 270 444-9687
http://www.eswky.easterseals.com
LEARNING DISABILITIES
Learning Disabilities Association of Kentucky, Inc.
2210 Goldsmith Lane, Suite 118
Louisville, KY 40218
(502) 473-1256
E-mail: ldaofky@aol.com
http://www.ldaofky.orgCHADD Bluegrass (ADD/AHDD)
Lexington
Tel: (859) 264-1393The Christian County Association for Specific Perceptual Disability Inc. "Dyslexia"
414 Colonial Terrace
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
270-886-3169
MENTAL HEALTH
Mental Health Association of Kentucky
120 Sears Avenue, Suite 213
Louisville, KY 40207
(502) 893-0460; (888) 705-0463
E-mail: mhaky@kih.net
http://www.mhaky.org
Mental Health Association of Northern Kentucky
605 Madison Avenue
Covington, KY 41011
(859) 431-1077
E-mail: mhnky@aol.com
http://home.fuse.net/mhanky/index2.htmOpportunities for Family Leadership
Division of Mental Health
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-B
Frankfort, KY 40621
(502) 564-4527
E-mail: deborah.anderson2@mail.state.ky.us
http://www.mhmr.ky.gov/mhsas/OFL.asp?sub76%7Csub75
NAMI Kentucky (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
10510 LaGrange Road, Building 103
Louisville, KY 40223-1228
(502) 245-5284; (800) 257-5081
E-mail: namiky.hgmills@mindspring.com
http://ky.nami.orgKentucky Mental Health Coalition
120 Sears Avenue, Suite 212
Louisville, KY 40207
(502) 894-0222
E-mail: drsasod@bellsouth.net
http://www.kymhc.org
NEOROLOGICAL DISABILITIES
ALS Association
Kentucky Chapter
2375 Fortune Drive
Lexington, KY 40509
859-294-0452
800-406-7702
859-294-0591 (fax)
http://www.hospitalsoup.com/rn/asp/HospitalId.9025956/pt/hospitaldetails3.aspEpilepsy Council of Greater Cincinnati, Inc.
3 Centennial Plaza
895 Central Avenue, Suite 550
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 721-2905; (877) 804-2241
E-mail: ecgc@fuse.net
http://www.ecgc.netHuntington's Disease Association - Kentucky Chapter
982 Eastern Parkway
Louisville, KY 40217
phone: 502-637-4372
800-784-3721 (800 # is for KY only)
fax: 502-637-4310
HDSAKyChapter@aol.comNational MS Society - KY & SE IN
11700 Commonwealth Dr Ste 500
Louisville , KY 40299
phone: 502-451-0014
1-800-873-6367
fax: 502-451-9747
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/KYW/home/Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky
982 Eastern Parkway, Box 18
Louisville, KY 40217
(502) 637-7363; (502) 637-1010
E-mail: sbak@sbak.org
http://www.sbak.org
Friends of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
OKI (Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana)
P.O. Box 541012
Cincinnati, Ohio 45254
513-753-8222
oki@fsma.org
http://www.fsma.org/artman/publish/cat_index_37.shtml
Tourette Syndrome Association
Kentucky Chapter
859-271-0124
e-mail: KYTSA2@aol.com
LEGAL ADVOCACY
Protection and Advocacy Division
100 Fair Oaks Lane, Third Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-2967; (800) 372-2988 (In KY) (Voice and TTY)
E-mail: mfitzgerald@mail.pa.state.ky.us
http://www.kypa.net
PARENT ADVOCACY - CROSS DISABILITY
Parent Outreach: Parents Supporting Parents
1146 S. Third Street
Louisville, KY 40203
(502) 584-1239
E-mail: outreach@councilonmr.org
http://www.councilonmr.org
Kentucky Partnership for Families and Children
1410 Versailles Road, Suite 6
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 695-5366; (800) 369-0533
E-mail: kpfc@kypartnership.org
http://www.kypartnership.org
Kentucky Special Parent Involvement Network (KY-SPIN)
10301-B Deering Road
Louisville, KY 40272
(502) 937-6894; (800) 525-7746
Fax (502) 937-6464
E-mail: spininc@aol.com
http://www.kyspin.com
RECREATION & the ARTS
Special Olympics Kentucky
105 Lakeview Court
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 695-8222 or (800) 633-7403; Fax: (502) 695-0496
E-mail: mhardison@soky.org & mdboemker@soky.org
http://www.soky.org
VSA Arts of Kentucky
824 Ironwood Drive
Bowling Green, KY 42103
(270) 781-0872 (V/TTY); (877) 417-9594
E-mail: vsaky@bellsouth.net
RESOURCE LISTS
Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabiities
http://www.yellowpagesforkids.com/help/ky.htmNichcy
http://www.nichcy.org/stateshe/ky.htm
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