Massachusetts Organizations
Federation for Children with Special Needs' (Is our local Parent Training and Information ( PTI ) Center) Federation's Boston Office 1135 Tremont Street, Suite 420 Boston, MA 02120 (617) 236-7210 (800) 331-0688 Fax: (617) 572-2094 www.fcsn.org	The Family Resource Database contains information about agencies and organizations in Massachusetts and throughout the United States which provide information and/or services to families. This database is maintained by The Federation for Children with Special Needs'
Center for Law & Education (CLE), 515 Washington Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02111, 617-451-0855 www.cleweb.org	Department of Developmental Services ( DDS ) 500 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118 617-727-5608 www.mass.gov/dds
Department of Public Health ( DPH ) 250 Washington St. Boston, MA 02108 800-882-4135 http://www.mass.gov/dph/	Department of Children and Families ( DCF ) 24 Farnsworth St. Boston, MA 02210 800-792-5200  www.mass.gov
Disabilities Law Center ( DLC ) 11 Beacon Street - Suite 925 Boston, MA 02108 617-723-8455 www.dlc-ma.org	DLC Western Massachusetts Office: 22 Green Street Northampton, Massachusetts, 01060 (413) 584-6337 Voice (413) 582-6919 TTY (800) 222-5619 Voice www.dlc-ma.org
Massachusetts Advocates for Children ( MAC ) 25 Kingston Street, Boston MA 02111 617-357-8431 http://www.massadvocates.org/	Massachusetts ARC 217 South Street Waltham, MA 02453 www.arcmass.org 781-891-6270 email: http://arcmass.org/
Massachusetts Association of Approved Private Schools ( MAAPS ) 17 Lakeside Office Park Wakefield, MA 01880 781-245-1220 http://www.maaps.org/	Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education ( ESE ) 350 Main Street Malden, MA 02148-5023 781-388-3300 http://www.doe.mass.edu/
Parent/Professional Advocacy League ( PAL ) 45 Bromfield Street, 10th floor, Boston, MA 02108; 800-866-815-8122; 617-542-7860 www.ppal.net	Supplemental Security Income ( SSI ) Social Security Disability Insurance ( SSDI ) Public Information Line 250 Washington St. Boston, MA 02108 800-882-1435
Mass Families Organizing for Change (MFOFC) http://www.mfofc.org
The Social Security and Disability Resource Center http://www.ssdrc.com/	The Social Security and Disability Resource Center website (SSDRC.com) provides a detailed overview of how the federal disability system works (social security disability and SSI) and also provides answers to many questions that applicants typically have, but often have trouble finding answers to. For the most part, the site is based on the author's personal experience as a former disability-medicaid caseworker, and also as a former disability examiner for the social security administration. Hopefully, the information will be helpful to some of your site's visitors.

United States Organizations

US Department of Education ( US DOE ) Office for Civil Rights ( US DOE OCR ) Washington, DC 800-421-3481 US Department of Education ( US DOE ) Office for Civil Rights ( US DOE OCR ) Reg 1: New England 671-223-9662 Equal Opportunity Specialists: Neil Green 617-223-9692 Ruth Ricker 617-223-9680