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Community Resources and Family Support Groups
 
Alabama Association for Persons in Supported Employment
8228 Royal Oak Court
Montgomery, AL 36117
Phone: (334) 613-3527  
bwhite@rehab.state.al.us
http://www.al-apse.org/
The mission of the Alabama Chapter of the Association for Persons in Supported Employment is to enhance innovative individualized employment opportunities, promote careers, and improve the quality of life for individual with significant disabilities by providing education, technical assistance and training, advocacy and support to people, family members, employers, and employment specialists.

Alabama Council for Developmental Disabilities - ACDD
RSA Union Building
100 North Union Street Post Office Box 301410
Montgomery, AL 36130-1410
Phone: 334-242-3973  Fax: 334-242-0797  Toll Free: 1-800-232-2158
Contact: ACDD
addpc@mh.state.al.us
http://www.acdd.org/


Alabama Disabilities Action Coalition - ADAC
206 13th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35233-1317
Contact: ADAC
gsisson@rehab.state.al.us
http://www.accessalabama.org/
Alabama Disabilities Action Coalition is a non-partisan coalition of individuals with disabilities and organizations representing them. ADAC conducts Candidates Forums and Legislative Days to educate legislators and the public about disability issues. ADAC's committees are working on other ways to advance the causes of people with disabilities in Alabama.

Alabama Work Incentives Network (ALA-WIN)
206 13th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35233-1317
Toll Free: 1-866-259-1745
http://www.alawin.org/
ALA-WIN (Alabama Work Incentives Network) is a statewide program that helps Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries, between the ages of 14 and 64, understand their work options so that they may make more informed choices regarding employment. The program provides information about federal, state and local work incentive programs and related issues.

APAC (Alabama Post Adoption Connection)
181 W Valley Ave, Suite 300
Homewood, AL 35209
Phone: 205-242-5766  Toll Free: 1-866-803-APAC
info@casapac.org
http://casapac.org/index.shtml
Alabama Post Adoption Connections (APAC) provides information and referrals, support groups, buddy family networks, and a resource library that includes information on FAS/FASD.

Partners in Policymaking of Alabama - PIPA
100 North Union Street
Post Office Box 301410
Montgomery, AL 36130-1410
Contact: PIPA
http://www.acdd.org/About/PIPA.htm


Diagnosis of FAS
 
Children's Hospital of Alabama - Department of Human Genetics
720-20th St. S
Birmingham, AL 35297
Phone: 205-934-4973  Fax: 205-975-6389  
Contact: Dawn McIlvried,  Genetic Counselor
dmcilvri@uab.edu
Provides diagnostic services, referrals, and information on FASD.

University of Alabama at Birmingham - Civitan Intl Research Ctr Sparks Clinic
1720 7th Avenue S
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone: 205-934-5471  Fax: 205-975-2380  Toll Free: 800-822-2472
Contact: Alisa Hoffman, M.D.
ahoffman@uab.edu
http://www.circ.uab.edu
For more than three decades the UAB Civitan-Sparks Clinics has played an important role for families, students, and communities throughout the state of Alabama and around the world. The Clinic provides a broad range of services to Alabama's families with or at-risk for developmental disabilities.

University of Alabama at Birmingham - Department of Pediatrics
1600 7th Avenue S
Suite MTC 20
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone: (205) 934-9999  Fax: (205) 975-6503  Toll Free: 1-800-UAB-8816
Contact: Carolyn Ashworth, MD
ashworth@uab.edu
The Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine provides clinical care for all general pediatric outpatient services at Children's Hospital.A number of clinics exist to provide support for families and for follow-up of patients with special medical needs including infants of substance abusing mothers.

University of South Alabama - Genetic Birth Defects Center
307 University Blvd
Rm 214, CCCB
Mobile, AL 36688-0002
Phone: 251-460-7500  Fax: 251-460-7684  Toll Free: 1-800-624-1865
Contact: Wladimir Wertelecki, Jose Martinez
wwertelecki@usouthal.edu
http://www.southalabama.edu/genetics/bdgc/index.htm
The Birth Defects Genetics Center and its regional clinics provide services for families residing in South Alabama, West Florida and Mississippi. They have a specialized clinical program on FASD. Dr. Martinez's email address: jmartine@usouthal.edu

Other
 
Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program - ADAP
Univ. of Alabama
Box 870395
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0395
Phone: 205-348-4928  Fax: 205-348-3909  Toll Free: 800-826-1675
www.adap.net
The Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) is part of the nationwide federally mandated protection and advocacy (P&A) system. ADAP's mission is to provide quality, legally-based advocacy services to Alabamians with disabilities in order to protect, promote and expand their rights.

Prevention Programs, including Treatment for Women
 
Alabama Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation
100 N Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone: 334-242-3107  Fax: 334-242-0684  Toll Free: 1-800-367-0955
www.mh.state.al.us
The Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation is the state agency responsible for serving Alabama citizens with mental illness, mental retardation and substance abuse problems. They can provide referrals to treatment services for pregnant and/or parenting women who have alcohol/drug abuse disorders.

Council on Substance Abuse-NCADD
828 Forest Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36108
Phone: (334) 262-4526  Fax: 334-262-6725  Toll Free: 800-SOBER-90
csancadd@beelsouth.net
http://www.cosancadd.org/
Serving central Alabama since 1973, the Council on Substance Abuse-NCADD (COSA-NCADD) is a non-profit voluntary organization combating alcoholism, other drug addictions, and related problems. COSA-NCADD's major programs include prevention & education, information & referral, advocacy, public awareness, and technical assistance.

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