State Resources for Alabama

Alabama FASD State Coordinator
201 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: 334-206-2928
Fax: 334-206-2983
Contact: Janice M. Smiley, MSN, RN, Director, janice.smiley@adph.state.al.us

Alabama Association for Persons in Supported Employment
8228 Royal Oak Court
Montgomery, AL 36117
Phone: (334) 613-3527
byron.white@mh.alabama.gov
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 individuals 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
Phone: (334) 242-3973
Fax: (334) 242-0797
Toll Free: 1-800-232-2158
addpc@mh.state.al.us
www.acdd.org

Alabama Disabilities Action Coalition (ADAC)
206 13th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone: 1-800-441-7607
Fax: (205) 251-0605
gsisson@rehab.state.al.us
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
Toll Free: 1-866-869-3290
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.

Alabama Post Adoption Connection (APAC)
APAC
2141 14th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205
www.childrensaid.org
1-866-803-2722
info@casapac.org
www.casapac.org
Alabama Post Adoption Connections (APAC) provides information and referrals, support groups, buddy family networks, and a resource library that includes information on FAS/FASD.

Diagnosis of FASD

University of Alabama at Birmingham – Civitan International Research Center Sparks Clinic
1530 3rd Avenue South
CIRC 329
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone: (205) 934-5471
Toll Free: 800-822-2472
Fax: (205) 975-2380
Contact: Alisa Hoffman, M.D., ahoffman@uab.edu
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 South
Suite MTC 20
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone: (205) 934-4531
Fax: (205) 975-6503
Toll Free: 1-800-UAB-8816
Contact: Carolyn Ashworth, MD, cashworth@uab.edu
www.peds.uab.edu
The Department of Pediatrics 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
Phone: (251) 460-7500
Fax: (251) 460-7684
Toll Free: 1-800-624-1865
Contact: Wladimir Wertelecki, wwertelecki@usouthal.edu
www.southalabama.edu/genetics/bdgc/index.htm
The Genetic Birth Defects Center and its regional clinics provide services for families residing in South Alabama, West Florida and Mississippi.

Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP)
University of Alabama
Box 870395
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: (205) 348-4928
Fax: (205) 348-3909
Toll Free: 1-800-826-1675
adap@adap.ua.edu
www.adap.net
The Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) is part of the nationwide federally mandated protection and advocacy 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
100 North 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 is the state agency responsible for serving Alabama citizens with mental illness, intellectual disabilities 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
828 Forest Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36106
Phone: (334) 262-4526
Fax: (334) 262-6725
Toll Free: 800-SOBER-90
csancadd@beelsouth.net
www.cosancadd.org
Serving central Alabama since 1973, the Council on Substance Abuse-NCADD  is a non-profit voluntary organization combating alcoholism, other drug addictions, and related problems. NCADD’s major programs include prevention & education, information and referral, advocacy, public awareness, and technical assistance.

Advocacy

The Arc of Alabama, Inc.
557 South Lawrence Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: (334) 262-7688
Toll Free: (866) 243-9557
Info@TheArcofAlabama.com
www.thearcofalabama.com
The Arc is the nation’s leading advocate for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families and the premier provider of the supports and services people want and need.
Statewide Services

March of Dimes
450 Century Park South, Suite 200-B
Birmingham, AL 35226
Phone: (205) 824-0103
Fax: (205) 824-0710
www.marchofdimes.com/alabama
March of Dimes is dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. They carry out their mission through research, services, education and advocacy.