Alabama
School-info4u.com has compiled a comprehensive list of support groups and services in Alabama.
Substance misuse
Council on Substance Abuse
Web:www.cosancadd.org/
A non-profit, voluntary organization combating alcoholism, other drug addictions and related problems. Includes services, programs, workshops and training information.
Addiction treatment center
Web: www.addictiontreatmentcenter.com
1-800-559-9503
Bridge Inc Recovery Center for Teens/Fort Payne
100 7th Street NE
Fort Payne, AL 35967
256) 845-7767
Web: www.bridgeinc.org
Bradford Health Services
Birmingham Regional Office
Jefferson
631 Beacon Parkway West Suite 211
Birmingham, AL 35209
(800) 293-7191
Web: www.bradfordhealth.com
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Substance Abuse Programs
401 Beacon Parkway West Suite 270
Birmingham, AL 35209
(205) 917-3784
Bradford Health Services
Montgomery Outreach/Montgomery
386 Saint Lukes Drive
Montgomery, AL 36117
Hotlines: (800) 873-2887 (334) 244-0702
Web: www.bradfordhealth.com
Cahaba Center for Substance Abuse Services
912 Jeff Davis Avenue
Selma, AL 36701
Hotlines: (334) 875-2109 (800) 291-1920
(334) 874-2600
Bridge Inc Recovery Center for Teens/Tuscaloosa
6001 12th Avenue East
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
(205) 344-6483
Web: www.bridgeinc.org
Emotional well-being
Benefits-social-security
Alabama Department of Education
Gordon Persons Office Building
50 North Ripley Street
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36104-3833
(334) 242-9700
Fax: (334) 242-9708
Email: dmurray@alsde.edu
Web: www.alsde.edu/html/home.asp
State Department of Education: Special Education
Alabama Department of Education
Special Education Services
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36130-2101
(334) 242-8114
Email: mabreyw@alsde.edu
Web: www.alsde.edu/
Alabama State Department of Education
50 North Ripley Street
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-2101
(334)242-9700
Web: www.alsde.edu/html/home.asp
State Guaranty Agency
Private, non-profit corporations designated to administer the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP).
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
Joe McCormick, Executive Director
P.O. Box 798
Frankfort, KY 40602-0798
(502) 696-7200
Toll-Free: (800) 928-8926
Fax: (502) 696-7496
Email: webmaster@kheaa.com
or rpotts@kheaa.com
Web: www.kheaa.com/
State Humanities Council
Funds and conducts humanities-based cultural and educational programs.
Humanities Foundation (Alabama)
Robert C. Stewart, Executive Director
Thomas E. Bryant, Director of Programs & SUPER Manager
Contact: Alma Anthony, Administrative Assistant
Suite 101
1100 Ireland Way
Birmingham, AL 35205-7001
(205) 558-3980
Fax: (205) 558-3981
Email: ahf@ahf.net or pwilliams@ahf.net
Web:www.ahf.net/
Equal opportunities
Southern PovertyLawCenter
www.splcenter.org/
A non-profit organization that combats hate, intolerance and discrimination through education and litigation. Includes descriptions of services and projects and contact information.
Alabama Arise
www.alarise.org/
A coalition of religious, community, and civic groups that work on poverty issues by promoting state policies to improve the lives of low-income people.
Advocates Across America
1243 E Chicago Circle
Chandler, AZ 85225
Email: support@axa.org
Alabama Disabilities Action Coalition
206 13th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35233-1317
ADA Hotline
(800) 205-9986; (888) 574-2257 (TTY)
Email: gsisson@rehab.state.al.us
Web: www.accessalabama.org/
Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind
P.O. Box 698
Talladega, AL 35161
(256) 761-3200
Email: jbusta@aidb.state.al.us
Web: www.aidb.org/
Alabama Legislative Information System (Statutes and Constitution)
www.legislature.state.al.us/
Alabama PTA
470 S. Union St.
Montgomery, AL 36104-4330
(334) 834-2501; (800) 328-1897
Email: al_office@pta.org
Web: www.alabamapta.org/
Alabama School for the Deaf
205 East South Street
Talladega, AL 35160
Alabama Speech-Language-Hearing Association
P.O. Box 130220
Birmingham, AL 35213
(205) 802-7551
Web: www.alabamashaa.org
Alabama Statewide Technology Access and Response Project (STAR) System for Alabamians with Disabilities
2125 East South Boulevard
P.O. Box 20752
Montgomery, AL 36120-0752
(334) 613-3480; (800) STAR656; (334) 613-3519 (TDD); (334) 613-3485 (fax)
Email: tbridges@rehab.state.al.us
Web: www.rehab.state.al.us/star
The Arc of Alabama
300 S. Hull Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334) 262-7688
Email: info@thearcofalabama.com
Web: www.thearcofalabama.com
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD) Support Group
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Foley, Alabama
Meetings 2nd and 4th Friday of each month; begin at 6:30 pm.
For info, contact Tina Perrault at (251) 968-2122
Email: perrault@gulftel.com
Autism Society of Alabama
4778 Overton Road
Irondale, AL 35210
(205) 951-1364; (877) 4AUTISM; (877)428-8476
Email: director@autism-alabama.org
Web:www.autism-alabama.org/
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (C.H.A.D.D.)
Web: www.chadd.org/
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Web: www.cec.sped.org/
Endless Potential - Behavioral Intervention Solutions
495 Bethel Church Rd.
Guntersville, AL 35976
(256) 293-8455
Email: info@endlesspotential.org
Web: www.endlesspotential.org
Epilepsy Foundation of North and Central Alabama
701 37th Street, South, Suite 2
Birmingham, AL 35222
(205) 324-4222; (800) 950-6662 (In AL)
Email: epilepsy@aol.com
Web: www.bham.net/epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation of South Alabama
951 Government Street, Suite 201
Mobile, AL 36604
(334) 432-0970; (800) 626-1582 (In AL)
Email: mgarrett@mobilecan.org
Web: www.efa.org/local/southalabama/
Family Voices
Childrens Rehabilitation Service
2129 E. South Blvd.
Montgomery, AL 36116
(334) 613-2284
Email: scolburn@rehab.state.al.us
Family Voices
9800 Cascade Drive
Mobile, AL 36695
(334) 633-3756
Email: oveson@bellsouth.net
Friends for Life NETWORK
6000 Atlanta Highway
Montgomery, AL 36117
(334) 271-3214; (334) 271-5643
Full Life Ahead Foundation
Lisa Manly, Executive Director
2908 Clairmont Avenue
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
(205) 439-6534; (866) 700-2026 (phone/fax)
Email: lisamanly@FullLifeAhead.org
Web: www.FullLifeAhead.org
Learning Disabilities Association of Alabama
P.O. Box 11588
Montgomery, AL 36111
(334) 277-9151
Web: www.ldaal.org/
Legacy Financial Group
Mitch Bayles
2703 6th St.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401
1109 Townhouse Rd
Helena, Alabama 35080
(205) 345-9522; (866) 371-5433
Email: mbayles@legacy1financial.com
Info on how to set up, & fund a trust without any out of pocket expense
and without jeopardizing state and/or federal aid. Workshop is FREE.
Links to Alabama Federal District Courts (And Decisions)
Web:www.wallacejordan.com/resources/index.html
Madison Learning Differences
(256) 837-7936
Web: www.geocities.com/madisonlearningdifferences/
Support group for parents of children with dyslexia
and other learning differences.
Office of State Coordinator of Vocational Education
for Students with Disabilities
Education Administrator - Curriculum Innovation, Department of Education
Gordon Persons Building, Room 5234
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, Al 36130-2101
(334) 242-9108
Over the Mountain Speech, Language,
and Learning Services, LLC
Jerri Smith, MCD CCC-SLP Speech/Language Pathologist
1050 Lake Colony Lane
Vestavia Hills, AL 35242
(205) 531-8998
Email: otmspeech@bellsouth.net
OTM provides speech/language/hearing/vision screenings, speech/language evaluations and therapy (office or onsite), academic tutoring, and staff development programs for child care professionals.
Parent as Partners (formely SEAC)
Dr. Barbara Wheat
576 Azalea Rd. Suite 105
Mobile, AL 36609
(251) 478-1208; (800) 222-7322; (251) 473-7877 (fax)
Email: maeseac@seacpac.com
Web: www.seacparentassistance.com
Parent educators
Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services
Children's Rehabilitation Service
2129 East South Blvd., P.O. Box 11586
Montgomery, AL 36111-0586
(334) 281-8780; (800) 846-3697
Email: ckendall@rehab.state.al.us
Web: www.rehab.state.al.us/
Protection and Advocacy Agency
Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP)
The University of Alabama
526 Martha Parham West
P.O. Box 870395
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0395
(205) 348-4928; (800) 826-1675; (205)348-9484 (TTY)
Email: ADAP@law.ua.edu
Web: www.adap.net/
Special Education Action Committee Inc. (SEAC)
600 Bel Air Blvd., Suite 210
P.O. Box 161274
Mobile, AL 36616-2274
(334) 478-1208; (800) 222-7322 (In AL)
Email: seacofmobile@zebra.net or seacmobile@zebra.net
State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
Alabama Council on Developmental Disabilities
RSA Union Bldg.
100 N. Union Street
P.O. Box 301410
Montgomery, AL 36130-1410
(334) 242-3973; (800) 232-2158
State Mediation System
Department of Education
Gordon Persons Building
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-8114
Email: dorismc@alsde.edu
Web:www.alsde.edu/
Community involvement
Child law support and Youth organization centers
State PTA Office
Supports and speaks on behalf of children and youth in the schools, in the community, and before governmental bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children; assists parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children; encourages parent and public involvement in public schools.
Alabama PTA
Contact: Lynda Bannister, Financial Assistant
470 South Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36104-4330
(334) 834-2501
Toll-Free: (800) 328-1897
Fax: (334) 834-2504
Email: al_office@pta.org
Website: www.alabamapta.org/
Personal development and alternative education
Baldwin County Home Educators Association (BCHEA)
PO Box 354
Montrose, AL 36559
Homeschool Advocates
5962 Chalet Dr. N
Mobile, AL 36608
(334) 344-3239
HS 4 Life Support Group
c/o Jenese Dye
160 Blue Gill Road
Bear Creek, AL 35543
E-mail: atj-mom@webjemm.net
Web: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/HS_4_Life
LIGHTS (Learning in Geneva's Home Taught Schools)
C/O Sandy Harrison, Director
Route 2 Box 67C
Samson, AL 36477
(334) 684-7340
E-mail: hfarms@alaweb.com
NAHE (North Alabama Home Educators)
C/O Debbie Mitchell
P.O. Box 4444
Huntsville, AL 35815-4444
(256) 883-9106
E-mail: GrandMammaLlama@knology.net
Web: www.NorthAlabamaHomeEducators.freeservers.com
NAHE is an inclusive support and activities group for anyone in the north Alabama area who is interested in home education. We have bi-monthly activities - usually picnic & play park days in warm weather and varying indoor activities in cold or bad weather.
SouthEast Alabama Homeschoolers
Web: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/SEALhomeschoolers
SAHE (Southwest Alabama Home Educators)
C/O Mark and Marie Wattier
6408 Middle Ring Court
Mobile, AL 36608
(334) 460-4352
Fax: (334) 342-7943
E-mail: angels@in-city.com
Web: www.sahe.org
Central Alabama Resource for home educators
Suzanne Blickenstaff
E-mail: Mi4Angels@aol.com
Christian Home Educators of Cullman
PO Box 421, Cullman, AL 35056
E-mail: dklee@hiwaay.net
Covington County Homeschool Association (CCHA)
Lori Jimmerson
Moderator, AL, 36467
E-mail: cchomeschoolassoc@yahoo.com
Web: www.cchomeschoolassoc.tripod.com
Dothan Home Learning Network
Michelle Cline
E-mail: DothanHomeNet@hotmail.com
Elmore County Homeschool Organization, (ECHO)
Carren Joye
E-mail: echo@onlineus.com
www.onlineecho.com
Housing
Education for Homeless Children and Youth (Alabama)
Maggie Rivers, Coordinator
Contact: Dorothy Riggins, Homeless Education Specialist
State Department of Education, Federal Programs Section
5348 Gordon Persons Building
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36130-3901
(334) 242-8199
Toll-Free: (888) 725-9321
Toll-Free Restrictions: AL residents only
Fax: (334) 242-0496
Email: driggins@alsde.edu
Or mrivers@alsde.edu
Web: www.alsde.edu/html/home.asp
Ensures that all homeless children and youth have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education; including public preschool education provided to other children and youth.
South East Alabama Self-Help Association (SEASHA)
P.O. Box 1080
Tuskegee, AL 36087
(334) 727-2340
www.prattcenter.net/cdc-seasha.php
Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and transgender
Parents, Families and Friends of Gays and Lesbianswww.pflagmontgomery.homestead.com/
Support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons,
their families and friends, includes online resources and a map.
Single parenting
Refugee/asylum seekers and new immigration law
Mentoring
BBBS of Metropolitan Mobile YMCA
6001 Grelot Road, Suite H
Mobile, AL 36609
(251) 344-0536
E-mail: dtipton@ymcasalabama.org
BBBS of Greater Birmingham, Inc.
1901 14th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205
(205) 939-5590
E-mail: sjohnson@bbbsbhm.org
Web: http://www.bbbsbhm.org/
BBBS of South Central Alabama
1284 Perry Hill Road
Montgomery, AL 36109-5200
(334) 270-4100
E-mail: bbbs@familyguidancecenter.org
Web: http://www.familyguidancecenter.org
Professionals and Carers
Parents as Partners in Education of Alabama
576 Azalea Road, Suite 105
Mobile, AL 36609
251-478-1208 Voice & TDD
251-473-7877 FAX
1-800-222-7322 AL only
E-mail: seacofmobile@seacpac.com
Web: http://home.hiwaay.net/~seachsv/
Child Protect of Montgomery
www.childprotect.org/
Provides investigative services of children suspected to be victims of child abuse. Resources, programs and contact information included.
Adult education
Jefferson State Community College
2601 Carson Rd
Birmingham, AL
Phone: (205) 853-1200
(205) 856-7980
www.jeffersonstate.edu/
East Central Alabama
Multi-System Adult Education
Main Office (SUSCC Wadley Campus)
750 Roberts Street, Wadley, Alabama
Dawn Smith , Multi-System Coordinator
256-395-2211
334-745-6437
Ext. 5339
www.suscc.edu/SubTopicPages/StudentLife/
AdultBasedEducation.cfm
www.elearners.com
www.collegesurfing.com/ce/search/?src=&
The Internet Public Library- IPL
www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/edu55.00.00/
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