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Parent to Parent programs.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
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 (IDEA) requires all states and territories to Parent to Parent programs provide parents of children with special needs emotional support and information. Their unique method of providing support through a carefully arranged, one-on-one match with a trained, supporting parent is proven to be effective. These reliable allies assist families in getting the support they need from their communities.

Definition of Parent to Parent - USA (www.P2PUSA.org) Parent to Parent - USA (P2P-USA) is an alliance of statewide Parent to Parent programs. P2PUSA is dedicated to promoting the availability of Parent to Parent support nationally; and to providing information and support on best practices to emerging and established Parent to Parent programs through networking and peer mentorship.

USING THIS DIRECTORY

This directory contains statewide P2P See peer-to-peer and point-to-point.  programs. If you are looking for Looking for

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 a local program in a state that has a statewide program, please contact the statewide program for contact information. If there is not a statewide Parent to Parent program in your state and you are interested in establishing one, please contact P2PUS Advisory Board Member, Kathy Brill, at ksbrill@comcast.net

This directory is current as of October 2006

ALABAMA

Parent Connection Network of Alabama

Susan Colburn or Vonda Reeves

c/o Children's Rehabilitation Services

2129 East South Boulevard

Montgomery, AL 36116

(800) 846-3697

(334) 613-2284 (Susan)

(334) 792-0022 (Vonda)

http://www.rehab.state.al.us

ALASKA

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 Group

Jayson Smart, Executive Director

2401 East 42nd Ave, Suite 202

Anchorage, AK 99508-5228

(907) 561-3701

[e-mail] jaysons@stonesoupgroup.org

http://www.stonesoupgroup.org

ARIZONA

Raising Special Kids

Joyce Millard-Hoie, MPA MPA

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Executive Director

2400 N. Central Avenue

Suite 200

Phoenix, AZ 85004

(602) 242-4366 ext. 121

(800) 237-3007

Fax: (602) 242-4306

[e-mail] info@raisingspecialkids.org

http://www.raisingspecialkids.org

ARKANSAS

Parent to Parent

Ashley Rentz

200 Main

Little Rock, AR 7206

(501) 372-4558

Fax: (501) 372-4558

[e-mail] arentz@arcark.org

CALIFORNIA

Parents Helping Parents

Mary Ellen Peterson

3041 Olcott Street

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, CA 95054-3222

(408) 727-5775

Fax: (408) 717-0182

[e-mail] maryellen@php.com

http://www.php.com/

COLORADO

Parent to Parent of Colorado

Robin Bolduc/ Dianne McNamara

c/o UCP (Universal Communication Platform AG, Lugano, Switzerland) A software company that specialized in mobile phone services, founded in 1999 by Christian Lutz and Marwan Saba. Its offerings included SMS voting and mobile marketing tools, photo messaging platforms and custom applications for  of Colorado

2200 S. Jasmine Street

Denver, CO 80222

(877) 472-7201

[e-mail] policy@cpco.org

http://www.p2p-co.org/

CONNECTICUT

Parent to Parent of Connecticut

Carmina Cirioli and Nanfi Lubogo

Co-Executive Directors

Parents Available to Help, Inc. (PATH)

PO Box 117

Northford, CT 06472

(800) 399-PATH (CT only)

(203) 234-9554

Fax: (203) 234-1876

[e-mail] PATHp2pct@pathct.org

www.pathct.org

FLORIDA

Family Network on Disabilities

of Florida

Richard LaBelle, Director

2735 Whitney Road

Clearwater, FL 33760

(727) 523-1130

(800) 825-5736

Fax: (727) 523-8687

[e-mail] richlabelle@fndfl.org

http://fndfl.org

GEORGIA

Parent to Parent of Georgia

Debra S. Tucker

Executive Director

3805 Presidential, Parkway, Suite 207

Atlanta, GA 30340

(770) 451-5484

Fax: (770) 458-4091

[e-mail] debi@parenttoparentofga.org

http://www.parenttoparentofga.org/

HAWAII

No current Parent to Parent is available

Special Parent Information Network

(SPIN)

HAWAII

Susan Rocco

(808) 586-8126

http://www.spinhawaii.org

IDAHO

Idaho Parent to Parent

Chris Curry For the American horror writer who writes under the name "Chris Curry", see Tamara Thorne.
Christopher Curry was the co-founder of Acorn Computers, with Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper.
 

129 W. 3rd Street

Moscow, ID 83843

(208) 885-3500

(208) 885-3628

[e-mail] curry@moscow.com

[e-mail] famtog@moscow.com

http://www.familiestogether.org/

IOWA Iowa, state, United States
Iowa (ī`əwə), midwestern state in the N central United States. It is bounded by the Mississippi R.
 

Child Health Specialty Clinics

Theresa Rasch

1200 First Avenue East

Spencer, IA 51301-4330

(712) 264-6362

[e-mail] Theresa-rasch@uiowa.edu

INDIANA

Indiana Parent Information

Network

Rebecca Agness

4755 Kingsway Drive, Suite 105

Indianapolis, IN 46205

(317) 257-8683

Fax: (317) 251-7488

[e-mail] Rebecca@ipin.org

[e-mail] familynetw@ipin.org

http://www.ipin.org

KANSAS

Families Together, Inc.

Susan Arnold Susan Arnold is a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company. She has been a Director of the company since 2007, and in 2004 she became vice chairman of Procter & Gamble.  

501 Jackson, Suite 400

Topeka, KS 66603

(785) 233-4777

Fax: (785) 233-4787

[e-mail] ptp@familiestogetherinc.org

http://www.familiestogetherinc.org/

KENTUCKY

Parent Information Network of

Kentucky

Veronica Brown

P. O. Box 99367

Louisville, KY 40269-0367

(502) 479-7465

Fax: (502) 267-2455

[e-mail] vwb511@aol.com

[e-mail] KYP KYP Greek Intelligence Service
KYP Keeping You Posted
KYP Keep Your Promise
2P@aol.com

http://www.kyp2p.org/

LOUISIANA

Families Helping Families

Rose Gilbert

4323 Division Street, Suite 110

Metairie, LA 70002-3179

(504) 888-9111

Fax: (504) 888-0245

http://www.fhfla.org

MAINE

Maine Parent Federation

Beverly Baker Coordinator of Family

Support Projects

P.O. Box 2067

Augusta, Maine Augusta is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine, county seat of Kennebec County, and center of population for Maine [1]. The city's population is 18,560 (July 2006 est.).  04338

(800) 870-7746

(207) 623-2144

http://www.MPF MPF

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.org

MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts Department of

Public Health

Mary Castro Summers

Director, Family TIES of Massachusetts

Linea Pearson, Parent-to-Parent

Coordinator

Donovan Building, Room 321

5 Randolph Street,

Canton, MA 02021

(781) 774-6736

(781) 774-6618

[e-mail] mcsummers@fcsn.org

http://www.massfamilyties.org

MICHIGAN

Family Support Network of

Michigan

Mary J. Marin, Executive Director

of Parent Participation Program

3056 W Grand Blvd

Ste 3-350

Detroit, MI 48202-6003

(313) 456-4381

(800) 359-3722 (MI parents only)

(313) 256-2605 (FAX)

[e-mail] marinm@michigan.gov

MINNESOTA

PACER Center

8161 Normandale Blvd.

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 55437

(952) 838-9000

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(800) 537-2237

(888) 248-0822

Fax: (952) 838-0199

[e-mail] pacer@pacer.org

http://www.pacer.org

MISSOURI

Jane St. John, Coordinator

Sharing Our Strengths (SOS SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). ) Support

Matching Network

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2220 Holmes, Room 342

Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest in Missouri, which includes counties in both Missouri and Kansas.  64108-2676

(816) 235-5684,

(800) 773-8652

Fax: (816)235-1762

[e-mail] stjohnj@umkc.edu

NEBRASKA

The Arc of Omaha at the Ollie

Webb Center

Lisa Susnjar Dougherty, Mentoring

Director

1941 S. 42nd St.

Suite 122

Omaha, NE 68105

(402) 346-5220 ext. 22

[e-mail] dougherty@olliewebbinc.org

http://www.olliewebb.org

NEVADA

Family TIES of Nevada, Inc.

Marcia O'Malley, Executive Director

Nicole Schomberg, Healthcare

Specialist

P.O. Box 50815

Sparks, NV 89435-0815

(866) 326-8437 (Toll Free)

[E-mail] info@familytiesnv.org

http://www.familytiesnv.org

NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E).  

Parent to Parent of New

Hampshire'

Philip Eller

12 Flynn Street

Lebanon, NH 03766

(603) 448-6393

Fax: (603) 448-6310

[e-mail] p2pnh@valley.net

http://www.p2pnh.org

NEW JERSEY

New Jersey Statewide Parent to

Parent

Malia Corde

c/o SPAN, 35 Halsey Street, 4th Floor

Newark, NJ 07102

(908) 537-4673

Fax: (973) 642-8080

[e-mail] maliac@comcast.net

spannj.org/familywrap/parent2parent-htm

NEW MEXICO New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S).  

Parents Reaching Out

Sallie Van Curen

1920 B Columbia Dr. SE

Albuquerque, NM 87106

(505) 247-0192

Fax: (505) 247-1345

[e-mail] eweisner@parentsreachingout.org

http://www.parentsreachingout.org

NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 

Parent to Parent of NYS Parent to Parent is a unique support system for parents of children with developmental disabilities. Speaking to a parent who has "walked the walk" of parenting a child with developmental disabilities provides emotional support, enables another parent to gain a better understanding of  

Janice Fitzgerald

Executive Director

P.O. Box 1296

Tupper Lake Tupper Lake is the name of several locations in the State of New York in the USA.
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  • Village of Tupper Lake.
  • Town of Tupper Lake.
, NY 12986

(866) 727-6970

(518) 359-3006

Fax: (518) 359-2151

[e-mail] p2pnys@adelphia.net

parent2par@aol.com

http://www.parenttoparentnys.org

NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures


Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop.
 

Family Support Network of NC

Director, Irene Nathan Zipper zipper

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University of North Carolina

CB#7340

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7340

(800) 852-0042

(919) 966-2841

Fax: (919) 966-2916

[E-mail] izipper@unc.edu

http://www.fsnnc.org

NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota, state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N).  

North Dakota Family to Family

Network

Pat Conway, Phd, Program Coordinator

Center for Rural Health

University of North Dakota School of

Medicine & Health Sciences

501 N Columbia Road

P.O.Box 9037

Grand Forks Grand Forks, city (1990 pop. 49,425), seat of Grand Forks co., E N.Dak., at the confluence of the Red and the Red Lake rivers; inc. 1881. In a spring wheat, livestock, and farm area, the city has grain elevators, state-operated flour mills, and plants that process , ND 58202-9037

(701) 777-2359

(888) 434-7436

Fax: (701) 777-2353

http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/dept/rural/family

[E-mail] pconway@medicine.nodak.edu

OHIO Ohio, state, United States
Ohio, midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania (NE) West Virginia (SE), Kentucky (S), Indiana (W), and Michigan and Lake Erie (N).
 

The Family Information Network

Barbara Weinberg

Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of

Early Intervention ear·ly intervention
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 Services (BEIS BEIS Bulgarian Enterprises Information System
BEIS British Egg Information Service
BEIS Biogenic Emissions Inventory System
BEIS Bureau of Early Intervention Services
BEIS Bilingual Education Interest Section (TESOL) 
)

246 N. High Street,

P.O. Box 118

Columbus, OH 43266-0118

(614) 644-8389

Fax: (614) 728-9163

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma Family Network, Inc.

Joni Bruce, Executive Director

Heather Pike, Mentorship Director

Traci Castles, Founder

PO Box 21072

Oklahoma City, OK 73156-1072

(405) 203-8743

(405) 271-2131 ext. 47135

http://www.oklahomafamily

network.org

OREGON

Parent to Parent of Oregon

Anne Brown, Director

P.O. Box 1443

Lake Oswego, OR 97035

(503) 699-9133

P2POregon@comcast.net

PENNSYLVANIA

Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania

Gateway Corporate Center

6340 Flank Drive, Suite 600

Harrisburg, PA 17112

(717) 540-4722

Fax: (717) 657-5983

[E-mail] info@parenttoparent.org

http://www.parenttoparent.org

RHODE ISLAND Rhode Island, island, United States
Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches.
 

Family Voices at Rhode Island

Parent Information Network

(RIPIN RIPIN Rhode Island Parent Information Network )

Dawn Wardyga,

Program Director of

Family Voices at RIPIN

175 Main Street

Pawtucket, RI 02860

(401) 727-4144 x158

Fax: (401) 727 4040

[E-mail] familyvoices@ripin.org

http://www.ripin.org

SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures


Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15.
 

Family Connection of South

Carolina

Connie Ginsberg

2712 Middleburg Drive,

Suite 103-B

Columbia, SC 29204

(803) 252-0914

(803) 799-8017

[E-mail] connieginsberg@familyconnectionsc.org

http://www.familyconnectionsc.org

SOUTH DAKOTA

South Dakota Parent Connection

3701 West 49th Street

Suite 102

Sioux Falls, SD 57106

[E-mail] sdpc@sdparent.org

http://www.sdparent.org/ptop.html

TEXAS

Texas Parent to Parent

Laura Warren

3710 Cedar Street Box 12

Austin, TX 78705

(512) 458-8600

(888) 896-6001

Fax: (512) 451-3110

[E-mail] Laura-txp2p@sbcglobal.net

http://www.txp2p.org

VERMONT

Parent to Parent of Vermont

Steve Mason, Executive Director

600 Blair Park Road

Suite 240

Williston, VT 05495

(800) 800-4005

Fax: (802) 764-5297

[E-mail] p2pvt@partoparvt.org

http://www.partoparvt.org

VERMONT

Parent to Parent of Vermont

Steve Mason, Executive Director

600 Blair Park Road

Suite 240

Williston, VT 05495

(800) 800-4005

Fax: (802) 764-5297

[E-mail] p2pvt@partoparvt.org

http://www.partoparvt.org

WASHINGTON

Parent to Parent Support

Program

Susan Atkins

2600 Martin Way East

Suite D

Olympia, WA 98506

(800) 821-5927

(360) 357-3279

[E-mail] statep2p@earthlink.net

http://www.arcwa.org/parent_to_parent.htm

WISCONSIN

Parent to Parent of Wisconsin

Robin Mathea

Parent Program Director

Family Resource Connection

1020 Kabel Ave

Rhinelander WI 54501

(715) 365-8030, 361-2890

(715) 369-8940

[E-mail] rmathea@shsmh.org

http://familyresourceconnection.org/ptpow.htm
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