Delaware State Resources

State Agencies and Organizations

United States Senators
Honorable Thomas Carper (D)
513 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2441
E-mail Web Form: http://carper.senate.gov/email-form.html
Web: http://carper.senate.gov

Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D)
221 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5042
(202) 224-0139 (Fax)
E-mail: senator@biden.senate.gov
Web: http://biden.senate.gov

United States Representatives
To find the contact information for your representative in the House of the U.S. Congress, visit the House's Web site at: www.house.gov, or call: (202) 225-3121; (202) 225-1904 (TTY).

Governor
Honorable Ruth Ann Minner
Tatnall Building
William Penn Street
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 744-4101 (Dover)
(302) 577-3210 (Wilmington)
E-mail Web Form: http://delaware.gov/
Web: www.state.de.us/governor

Official State Web Site
Web: www.de.gov/

State Department of Education: Special Education
Martha Brooks, Ed.D., Director
Exceptional Children and Early Childhood Group
Department of Education
P.O. Box 1402
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 739-5471
E-mail: mbrooks@doe.k12.de.us
Web: www.doe.state.de.us/Exceptional_Child/ececehome.htm

State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Nancy Wilson, Associate Secretary
Curriculum and Instructional Improvement Branch
Department of Education
P.O. Box 1402
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 739-3772
E-mail: nwilson@doe.k12.de.us
Web: www.doe.state.de.us

Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2
Rosanne Griff-Cabelli, Part C Coordinator
Division of Management Services
Health and Social Services Department, Room 204
1901 N. DuPont Highway
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 255-9135
E-mail: roseanne.griff-cabelli@state.de.us

Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
Martha Toomey, 619 Coordinator
Exceptional Children and Early Childhood Group
Department of Education
P.O. Box 1402
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 739-4667
E-mail: mtoomey@doe.k12.de.us
Web: www.doe.state.de.us/Exceptional_Child/ececehome.htm

State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Andrea S. Guest, Director
Delaware Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
4425 N. Market Street
P. O. Box 9969
Wilmington, DE 19809-0969
(302) 761-8275; (302) 761-8336 (TTY)
E-mail: aguest@dvr.state.de.us
Web: www.state.de.us

Coordinator for Transition Services
Mark Chamberlin, Education Associate
Delaware Department of Public Instruction
Secondary Transition
401 Federal Street Suite 2, Townsend Building
P.O. Box 1402
Dover, DE 19903 1402
(302) 739-4667
E-mail: mchamberlin@state.de.us
Web: www.doe.state.de.us/

Office of State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities
Adam W. Fisher, Ph.D., Education Associate
Part B IDEA Funds
Exceptional Children and Early Childhood Group
Department of Education
P. O. Box 1402
Dover, DE 19903-1402
(302) 739-4667
E-mail: adfisher@doe.k12.de.us
Web: www.doe.state.de.us/Exceptional_Child/ececehome.htm

State Mental Health Agency
Renata J. Henry, Director
Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Department of Health and Social Services
1901 N. DuPont Highway, Main Admin.
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 255-9398
E-mail: rehenry@state.de.us

State Mental Health Representative for Children
Susan Cycyk, Director
Division of Child Mental Health Services
Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families
1825 Faulkland Road
Wilmington, DE 19805-1195
(302) 633-2600
Web: www.state.de.us/kids/cmhhome.htm

State Developmental Disabilities Program
Marianne Smith, Director
Division of Developmental Disabilities Services
Delaware Health and Social Services
Jesse Cooper Building
P.O. Box 637/Federal and Water Street
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 744-4559
E-mail: dhssinfo@state.de.us

State Developmental Disabilities Council
Patricia L. Maichle, Director
Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council
Margaret M. O'Neill Building, 2nd Floor
410 Federal Street, Suite 2
Dover, DE 19904
(302) 739-3333
E-mail: pmaichle@state.de.us
Web: www.state.de.us/ddc

Protection and Advocacy Agency
Brian Hartman, Program Director
Disabilities Law Program
Community Service Building
100 10th Street, Suite 801
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 575-0660; (302) 575-0696 (TTY)
(800) 292-7980 (in DE)
Web: www.declasi.org

Client Assistance Program
Melissa Shahan, Director
Client Assistance Program, United Cerebral Palsy, Inc.
254 E. Camden-Wyoming Avenue
Camden, DE 19934
(302) 698-9336; (302) 698-9336
E-mail: capucp@magpage.com

Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Dennis L. Rubino, MSW, MPH, Director
CSHCN
Division of Public Health
P.O. Box 637, Jesse Cooper Building
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 744-4553
E-mail: Dennis.Rubino@state.de.us

State CHIP Program
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
Delaware Healthy Children Program
P.O. Box 950
New Castle, DE 19720-9914
(800) 996-9969
Web: www.state.de.us/dhss/dss/healthychildren.html

Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Harry B. Hill, Director
Division for the Visually Impaired
Health and Social Services
1901 N. Dupont Highway, Biggs Building
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 255-9800
E-mail: Harry.Hill@state.de.us

Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Lorretta Sarro, Coordinator
Delaware Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
4425 N. Market Street, 3rd Floor
Wilmington, DE 19809
(302) 761-8275 (V/TTY); (302) 761-8336 (TTY)
E-mail: LSarro@dvr.state.de.us
Web: www.state.de.us

Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind
Peggy Lashbrook, Coordinator
Delaware Program for Deaf-blind Children
620 E. Chestnut Hill Road
Newark, DE 19713
(302) 454-2305

State Education Agency Rural Representative
Contact State Department of Education: Special Education listed above

Regional ADA Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center
Marian Vessels, Director
ADA and IT Information Center for the Mid Atlantic Region
451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 607
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 217-0124 (V/TTY); (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
E-mail: adainfo@transcen.org
Web: www.adainfo.org

Other State Agencies for Persons with Disabilities
Kyle Hodges
State Council for Persons with Disabilities
Margaret M. O'Neill Building
P.O. Box 1401
Dover, DE 19903

Wendy Strauss, Administrator
Governor's Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens (GACEC)
516 W. Loockerman Street
Dover, DE 19904
(302) 739-4553
E-mail: wstrauss16@aol.com
Web: www.state.de.us/gacec/index.htm

University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Michael Gamel-McCormick, Director
University of DE Center for Disabilities Studies
166 Graham Hall
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-6974
E-mail: mgm@udel.edu
Web: www.udel.edu/cds

Technology-Related Assistance
Beth A. Mineo Mollica, Project Director
Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative
University of Delaware/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road, Room 200
Wilmington, DE 19803
(302) 651-6790; (302) 651-6794 (TTY)
(800) 870-3284 (in DE)
E-mail: dati@asel.udel.edu
Web: www.asel.udel.edu/dati/

State Mediation System
Martha Toomey, Coordinator
Exceptional Children and Early Childhood Group
Department of Education
P.O. Box 1402
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 739-4667
E-mail: mtoomey@doe.k12.de.us
Web: www.doe.state.de.us

Special Format Library
John Phillos, Librarian
Delaware Division of Libraries
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
43 S. DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 739-4748; (V/TTY)(800) 282-8676
E-mail: jphillos@lib.de.us
E-mail: debph@lib.de.us
Web: www.state.lib.de.us

Disability-Specific Organizations

Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
Web: www.chadd.org

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543
Pottstown, PA 19464
(484) 945-2101
Web: www.add.org

Autism
Theda M. Ellis, Executive Director
Autism Society of Delaware
P.O. Box 7336
Wilmington, DE 19803-0336
(302) 777-7335
E-mail: Delautism@aol.com
Web: www.wserv.com/delautism

Blind/Visual Impairments
Regina Genwright, Director of Information Center
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600; (212) 502-7662 (TTY)
E-mail: afbinfo@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org

Brain Injury
Eve Tolley, President
Brain Injury Association of Delaware
P.O. Box 95
Middletown, DE 19709
(302) 378-3035; (800) 411-0505
Web: www.biausa.org/Delaware/bia.htm

Cerebral Palsy
William J. McCool III, Statewide Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware
700 A River Road
Wilmington, DE 19809
(302) 764-2400
E-mail: williammccool@juno.com

Carma Carpenter, Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware -- Kent/Sussex County Branch
3249 Midstate Road
Felton, DE 19943
(302) 335-5626

Epilepsy
Barbara H. Blair, RN, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware
Tower Office Park
240 N. James Street, Suite 208
Newport, DE 19804
(302) 999-9318; (800) 422-3653
E-mail: efd@efde.org
Web: http://epilepsyfoundation.org/delaware

Mental Health
Diane Treacy, Executive Director
Mental Health Association in Delaware
812 D Philadelphia Pike
Wilmington, DE 19809-2357
(302) 765-9740; (800) 287-6423 (In DE)
E-mail: information@mhainde.org
Web: www.mhainde.org

Rita A. Marocco, Executive Director
NAMI-Delaware
4th Street Plaza, Suite 5
2500 W. 4th Street
Wilmington, DE 19805
(302) 427-0787
E-mail: NAMIDE@aol.com
Web: www.namide.org

Mental Retardation
William E. Love, Executive Director
The Arc of Delaware
1016 Centre Road, Suite 1
Wilmington, DE 19805-1234
(302) 996-9400
E-mail: WLove@ArcDe.org

Speech and Hearing
Kristen M. Palmer, President
Delaware Speech-Language-Hearing Association
P.O. Box 7383
Newark, Delaware 19711
E-mail: dshaweb@dshaweb.org
Web: www.dshaweb.org/

Spina Bifida
Kelly Moore, President
Spina Bifida Association of Delaware
P.O. Box 807
Wilmington, DE 19899
(302) 478-4805
E-mail: sbaofde@juno.com
Web: www.angelfire.com/de/sbaofde

Organizations Especially for Parents

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Marie-Anne Aghazadian, Executive Director
Parent Information Center of Delaware, Inc. (PIC)
700 Barksdale Road, Suite 16
Newark, DE 19711
(302) 366-0152; (888) 547-4412
E-mail: picofdel@picofdel.org
Web: www.picofdel.org

Parent-To-Parent
Contact Parent Training and Information Center listed above

Partners in Policymaking
Marsha Van Vorst, Program Director
Partners in Policymaking of Delaware
Developmental Disabilities Council
Margaret M. O'Neill Building, 2nd Floor
410 Federal Street, Suite 2
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 739-3333
Web: www.state.de.us/ddc/policymaking/

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Mary Mirabeau, President
Delaware Congress of Parents and Teachers
92 S. Gerald Drive
Newark, DE 19713-3299
(302) 737-4646
E-mail: dpta@delawarepta.org

Other Disability Organizations

Richard Hofman, Executive Director
American Amputee Soccer Association
P.O. Box 9315
Wilmington, DE 19809
(302) 683-0997
E-mail: rgh@ampsoccer.org
Web: www.ampsoccer.org

Gail Lawnay, Project Coordinator
Delawareans with Special Needs: Medicaid Managed Care Panel
102 Glade Circle West
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
(302) 226-5232
E-mail: gr8fulgail@bwave.com

Sandra Tuttle, President/CEO
Easter Seals Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore
61 Corporate Circle
New Castle Corporate Commons
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 324-4444; (800) 677-3800
E-mail: stuttle@nc.esdel.org
Web: www.de.easter-seals.org

Beth MacDonald, Chairperson
Health and Social Services
Interagency Coordinating Council
Birth to Three Early Intervention System
1901 N. Dupont Highway, 2nd Floor
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 255-9134

Scott E. Patrick, Director of Marketing
MENTOR ABI Group - New Jersey
Rehabilitative and Support Services for Persons with Acquired Brain Injury
505 S. Lenola Road
Blason Office Plaza II, Suite 217
Moorestown, NJ 08057
(856) 235-5505
E-mail: scott.patrick@thementornetwork.com
Web: http://nj.thementornetwork.com/state/index.asp

Cindi Romanelli, Team In Training Campaign Manager
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Delaware Chapter
100 W. 10th Street, Suite 209
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 661-7300, ext. 25; (800) 220-1617
E-mail: romanellic@de.leukemia-lymphoma.org
Web: www.teamintraining.org/de

Jennifer Gunther, Executive Director
VSA arts of Delaware
Art Center Gallery, Deleware State University
1200 N. Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 857-6699
E-mail: jgunther@dsc.edu

Independent Living

To find out the contact information for the Statewide
Independent Living Council (SILC) in your state, contact:
Independent Living Research Utilization Project
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77019
(713) 520-0232 (V); (713) 520-5136 (TTY)
E-mail: ilru@ilru.org
Web: www.ilru.org

To find out the contact information for centers for
independent living (CILs) in your state, contact:
National Council on Independent Living
1916 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 209
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 525-3406; (703) 525-4153 (TTY)
E-mail: ncil@ncil.org
Web: www.ncil.org

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