Local Agencies Hospitals AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   FRAGILE X PROGRAM 2 Perkins Square Akron, Ohio 44308 Phone: 330-543-8050 OTHER LOCATIONS Aultman Hospital Genetics Clinic Medina County Health Department Trumbull Memorial Hospital ***   Director of Fragile X Program Dr. Carol Delahunty Cindy King, Coordinator Appointments: 330-543-6015 Chairman of Genetics Dr. Haynes Robinson Phone: 330-543-8792 METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER The Genetics Center Department of Pediatrics 2500 MetroHealth Drive Cleveland, Ohio 44109-1998 Phone: 216-778-4323 OTHER LOCATIONS Lorain City Health Department Medina County Health Department   DIRECTOR DR. CAROL A. CROWE THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION Medical Genetics/T 10 9500 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Phone: 216-444-6833   DIRECTOR DR. CHARIS ENG Appointments: 216-445-5686 TOD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Genetics/Department of Pediatrics 500 Gypsy Lane Youngstown, Ohio 44501-0240 Phone: 330-884-3106 CHAIRMAN OF GENETICS DR. KURT WEGNER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND The Center for Human Genetics 11100 Euclid Ave. Lakeside 1500 Cleveland, Ohio 44106-9959 Phone: 216-844-3936 OTHER LOCATIONS University Health Center at Landerbrook North Olmsted Pediatrics Specialty Center DIRECTOR DR. GEORGIA WIESNER State, County and Other Related Agencies State Resources • Ohio Legal Rights Service - 800-282-9181 • Ohio Protection & Advocacy - 800-OPA-1220 • Learning Disabilities Association of Ohio - 800-543-7LDA • Division of Special Education Parent Mentor Project - 614-466-2650 Healthy Start - Ohio's Health Insurance Option for Children Mel Borkan Bureau of Conusmer & Program Support Ohio Department of Human Services 1-800-324-8680 www.state.oh.us/odhs/medicaid The Achievement Centers for Children 4255 Northfield Rd. Highland Hills, OH 44128 Phone: 216-292-9700 www.achievementcenters.org EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Patricia Nobili Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities Central Office 165 W. Center St. Suite 302 Marion, OH 43302-3741 Phone: 614-382-5452 or 1-800-374-2806 www.ocecd.org Center for Mental Retardation (Formerly ARC) Keith Bldg. 1621 Euclid Ave. Suite 514 Cleveland, OH 44115 Phone: 216-621-4504 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR David Pfriem National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities P.O. Box 1492 Washington, DC 20013 Phone: 1-800-695-0285 http://www.nichcy.org/ Center for Mental Retardation Citizen Advocacy Program Keith Bldg. 1621 Euclid Ave., Suite 514 Cleveland, OH 44115 Phone: 216-621-4504 0r 1-800 – 899-3039 Fax: 216-621-0221 County Board of Mental Retardation • Cuyahoga 216-241-8230 www.ccbmrdd.org • Geauga 440-729-9406 • Lake 440-350-5100 • Lorain 440-329-3734 • Medina 330-725-7751 • Portage 330-297-6209 • Summit 330-630-4600 The Family Information Network Phone: 440-460-1571 website: www.familychild.org Description: The Family Information Network of Ohio (FINofOhio) is a statewide parent network designed to keep family perspectives at the forefront of Ohio’s Help Me Grow (HMG) system by offering support through information and education to families of young children and the professionals who serve them. Cuyahoga Help Me Grow Phone #: 216-736-4300 Web Site: www.helpmegrow.org Description: Under the auspices of the Cuyahoga Early Intervention Collaborative (CCEIC).  CCEIC is the organization mandated by the Ohio Department of Health to oversee the implementation of federal early intervention legislation and state early intervention initiative.  We are a planning body of families, providers and others in the community committed to a comprehensive, family centered Early Intervention System for infants and toddlers who have or are at risk for developmental disabilities or delays.  All these services are free, confidential and voluntary. Ohio's Family Support Collaborative Kim McConnell Ohio Family Support Collaborative (FSC) The FSC is funded by a grant from the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council and is administered by the Ohio Legal Rights Service. Its purpose is to bring Ohio families who have children with disabilities together to create an organized advocacy group and to provide families with a complete source of information, mainly through the use of the Web site. Special Olympics Ohio Tel: 614-239-0750 Fax: 614-239-1873 Email: rwrsooh@aol.com Website: http://www.ohiospoly.org Special Olympics, Inc. 1325 G Street, N.W., Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 1-800-700-8585 Website: www.specialolympics.org Education SERRC Central Ohio SERRC (614) 262-4545 Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin Licking, Madison, Pickaway, Union Cuyahoga SERRC (216) 524-2770 5811 Canal Road, Valley View Cuyahoga www.csesc.org East Central Ohio SERRC (330) 343-3355 Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Jefferson, Muskingum, Noble, Tuscarawas East Shore SERRC (440)256-8483 Geauga, Lake http://www.eastshore.esu.k12.oh.us Hopewell SERRC (937)393-1904 Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Highland Lincoln Way SERRC (330) 875-2423 Columbiana, Stark, Wayne Miami Valley SERRC (937)236-9965 Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami Montgomery, Preble Mid-Eastern Ohio SERRC (330) 929-6634 Medina, Portage, Summit   North East Ohio SERRC (330) 394-0310 Ashtabula, Mahoning, Trumbull Northern Ohio SERRC (440) 967-8355 Erie, Huron, Lorain Northwest Ohio SERRC (419)833-6771 Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood Pilasco-Ross SERRC (740)354-4526 Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto Southeastern Ohio SERRC (740) 594-4235 Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington Southwestern Ohio SERRC (513)563-0045 Butler, Clermont Hamilton, Warren West Central Ohio SERRC (419)738-9224 Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Shelby North Central Ohio SERRC (419) 747-4808 Ashland, Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot OCECD - Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities 165 West Center Street, Suite 302 Marion, OH 43302 (800) 374-2806 (740) 382-5452 (740) 383-6421 FAX Hours M-F 8-5 email: ocecd@gte.net website: www.ocecd.org As a federally funded Parent Training and Information Center, the OCECD is responsible for providing information, training, and assistance to parents of children with disabilities throughout Ohio. To make this support more accessible to parents, OCECD has established offices across the state. All offices are staffed by parents of children with disabilities. Wrightslaw www.wrightslaw.com Parents, advocates, educators and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, up-to-date information about special education law and advocacy for children with disabilities. Housing/Job Assistance Help Foundation Inc. (216) 432-4810 In addition to managing group homes, Help also holds summer daycare programs, offers counseling, speech and music therapy and provides help in learning life skills such as personal hygiene, getting and keeping employment and using public transportation. Koinonia Homes, Inc. 4560 E. 71st Street Cuyahoga Hts., OH 44105 (216) 588-8777 As a private, non-profit corporation, Koinonia operates homes in residential neighborhoods in the Cleveland area, each home housing eight individuals with mental retardation or developmental disabilities. The homes are owned or rented by Koinonia and resemble any other home in the neighborhood. North Coast Community Homes 5410 Transportation Blvd., Suite 3 Cleveland, OH 44125-5300 (216) 662-1880 North Coast Community Homes, Inc. (NCCH) is a nonprofit organization which develops and manages housing for individuals with disabilities. Since its inception in 1984, NCCH has developed 127 properties with 155 rental units in 54 municipalities in Cuyahoga, Summit, Lake and Stark counties, and serves over 660 individuals with mental retardation, severe mental illness and other disabilities. Y.E.S. Your Employment Services Tricia Schaum - Executive Director (216) 249-2323 A small staff of seven supervises and checks the completed jobs. All work is guaranteed. Y.E.S. assumes responsibility for payroll and Worker's Compensation. Together, they make up a working community - or "work-plus place" as Executive Director Tricia Schaum likes to call it. Parents' Volunteer Association (PVA) 17608 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, OH 44112 (216) 481-1907 PVA's mission includes assisting individuals in their family homes and developing homes in established communities where there are greater opportunities for individuals with disabilities to grow and to become more independent and productive members of society. Vocational Guidance Services 2239 East 55th Street Cleveland, OH 44103-4451 (216) 431-7800 Ext. 227  •  (216) 431-5123 Fax Michele Keyes - Public Relations Director E-mail: michelekeyes@vgsjob.org Preparing people with special needs for fulfilling jobs. Cuyahoga East Vocational Education Consortium (CEVEC) 211 Alpha Park Drive Highland Heights, OH 44143 Karen Chaloupka - Principal Their purpose is to deliver (and later return) 135 physically and/or mentally challenged young people, ages 16 to 22, for vocational training that will prepare them to the area's labor assets. The school's training program is supported by the State of Ohio, as well as the participating school districts. CEVEC's staff includes 10 certified teachers, along with 20 support assistants, so the teacher-student ratio is approximately 1 to 40.