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PROTECTION & ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS

Alabama Client Assistance Program - a state agency that is unique in all

the nation for providing services to children and adults with disabilities.

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

Alabama Protection & Advocacy Organization - ADAP provides quality,legally-based advocacy services to persons with disabilities through

protecting, promoting, and expanding their rights.

[http://www.adap.net]

Arizona Protection & Advocacy Organization - The Arizona Center for

Disability Law advocates for the legal rights of persons with disabilities to

be free from abuse, neglect and discrimination and to have access to

education, health care, jobs, and other services in order to maximize

independence and achieve equality.

[http://www.nau.edu/~ihd/acdl]

Arkansas Protection & Advocacy Organization/Client Assistance Program- Advocacy Services, Inc. is a federally funded, private non-profit agency

which serves as the independent protection and advocacy system for

people with disabilities in Arkansas.

[http://www.advocacyservices.org]

California Protection & Advocacy Organization - PAI works in partnership

with people with disabilities - to protect, advocate for and advance their

human, legal and service rights. We strive toward a society that values all

people and supports their rights to dignity, freedom, choice and quality of

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[http://www.pai-ca.org]

Florida Protection & Advocacy Organization/Client Assistance Program -

The Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities Inc., is a non-profit

organization providing protection and advocacy services in the State of

Florida.

[http://www.advocacycenter.org]

Georgia Protection & Advocacy Organization - The Georgia Advocacy

Office (GAO) is a private non-profit corporation. Its mission is to work

with and for oppressed and vulnerable individuals in Georgia who are

labeled as disabled or mentally ill to secure their protection and

advocacy.

[http://thegao.org]

Idaho Protection & Advocacy Organization/Client Assistance Program -

Comprehensive Advocacy, Inc. (Co-Ad) protects, promotes and advances

the legal and human rights of people with disabilities, through quality

legal, individual, and system advocacy.[http://users.moscow.com/co-ad]

Massachusetts Protection & Advocacy Organization - The Disability Law

Center is a private, non-profit public interest law firm providing free legal

assistance and information to people with disabilities throughout

Massachusetts.

[http://www.dlc-ma.org/]

Michigan Protection & Advocacy Organization/Client Assistance Program

- Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc. (MPAS) is a private,

non-profit organization designated by the Governor to protect and

promote the human and legal rights of people with disabilities in Michiganthrough the provision of information and advocacy.

[http://www.mpas.org]

Montana Protection & Advocacy Organization/Client Assistance Program

- The Montana Advocacy Program (MAP) is a non-profit corporation that

administers five Protection and Advocacy programs that advocate the

rights of Montanans with disabilities.

[http://www.mt.net/~advocate]

Nevada Client Assistance Program - The CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

provides information across Nevada about benefits and services to

individuals under the Americans with Disabilities Act and about allavailable benefits and services under the Rehabilitation Act.

[http://members.delphi.com/nvCAP/inde x.html ]

Nevada Disability Advocacy and Law Center - Nevada Disability Advocacy

and Law Center (NDALC) is Nevada's federally mandated protection and

advocacy system for the human, legal, and service rights for individuals

with disabilities.

[http://www.ndalc.org]

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New Jersey Protection & Advocacy Organization/Client Assistance

Program - New Jersey Protection and Advocacy, Inc. (NJP&A) is the

consumer-controlled, non-profit organization that serves as New Jersey's

designated protection and advocacy system for people with disabilities in

the state.

[http://www.njpanda.org].

New Mexico Protection & Advocacy Organization/Client AssistanceProgram - We are advocates working together with people who have

disabilities in promoting and protecting their legal and service rights

[http://www.nmprotection-advocacy.com]

New York Protection & Advocacy Organization/Client Assistance Program

- The Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled serves

people with mental disabilities and their families by providing

independent oversight of the quality and cost effectiveness of services

provided by all mental hygiene programs in New York State. It administers

five federal formula grant programs through which it provides legal and

non-legal advocacy services to persons with disabilities to assist them in

obtaining the services and protections of federal and state laws.[http://www.cqc.state.ny.us ]

North Carolina Protection & Advocacy Organization - The Governor's

Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities (GACPD) is part of a

nationwide system of protection and advocacy agencies. It is a civil rights

protection agency committed to serving citizens with disabilities in North

Carolina.

[http://www.doa.state.nc.us/doa/gacpd /gac pd.htm]

Ohio Protection & Advocacy Organization - Ohio Legal Rights Service

(OLRS) is an independent state agency and the federally designated

Protection and Advocacy (P & A) agency for Ohio. The mission of thisagency is to protect and advocate the human, civil, and legal rights of

people with disabilities. OLRS' goal is to enable people with disabilities to

realize self-determination, equality of opportunity, and full participation.

[http://www.state.oh.us/olrs]

Oklahoma Protection & Advocacy Organization - the mission of the

Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc. is to protect, promote and expand

the rights of people with disabilities and mental illness.

[http://www.flash.net/~odlcokc/]

South Dakota Protection & Advocacy Organization/Client Assistance

Program - South Dakota Advocacy Services (SDAS) is an independent,

private, non-profit, tax exempt corporation designated by the Governor to

assist in providing protection and advocacy services to eligible South

Dakotans.

[http://dakotalink.tie.net/sdastxt.html]

TTAC/NAPAS - An association which represents federally mandated

programs that protect the rights of persons with disabilities

[http://www.protectionandadvocacy.com]

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Utah Protection & Advocacy Organization/Client Assistance Program - To

enforce and strengthen the laws that protect the rights of people with

disabilities in Utah through legal advocacy.

[http://www.disabilitylawcenter.org]

Virginia Protection & Advocacy Organization/Client Assistance Program -

The Department is dedicated to the mission of providing responsive,

expert assistance and legal representation to address disability-relatedabuse and neglect, discrimination, and inappropriate services and

treatment throughout Virginia.

[http://www.state.va.us/hhr/drvd]

Washington Protection & Advocacy Organization - The Washington

Protection and Advocacy System (WPAS) is a private, non-profit

organization that has been protecting the rights of people with disabilities

since 1974.

[http://www.wpas-rights.org/]

West Virginia Protection & Advocacy Organization/Client Assistance

Program - West Virginia Advocates, Inc. (WVA) provides advocacy topeople with disabilities. WVA services are supported by federal, state, and

private funds. WVA is the designated protection and advocacy agency for

West Virginians with disabilities under the federally mandated national

protection and advocacy system. WVA operates five distinct federal

protection and advocacy programs which address the diverse needs of

people with disabilities[http://www.newwave.net/~wvadvocates]

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