Resources

Advocacy Resources

Area Board V

360-22nd Street, Suite 730
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: 510/286-0439
Fax: 510/286-4397
Email: areabd5@concentric.net

Area Boards are established in the Lanterman Act to protect the rights and advocate for persons with developmental disabilities. Area Board V provides systemic advocacy and monitoring, pubilc information, support for independent citizen organizations and conducts Life Quality Assessments.

Child Care Law Center

221 Pine Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: 415/394-7144
Fax: 415/394-7144
Email: info@childcarelaw.org
Website: http://www.childcarelaw.org/

Child Care Law Center is a national non-profit legal services organization that addresses the complex legal issues that affect child care.

Community Alliance for Special Education (CASE)

1500 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Telephone: 415/431-2285
Fax: 415/431-2289
Email: info@caseadvocacy.org
Website: http://www.caseadvocacy.org

CASE provides legal support, representation, free technical assistance, consultations and training to parents whose children need appropriate special education services throughout the San Francisco Bay area.

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)

2212-6th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
Telephone: 510/644-2555
Fax: 510/841-8645
Email: dredf@dredf.org
Website: http://www.dredf.org/

DREDF is a national law and policy center dedicated to furthering the civil rights of people with disabilities in education, employment, housing, and public accommodations through nationwide technical assistance, training, representation and advocacy.

Protection and Advocacy, Inc. (PAI)

449-15th Street, Suite 401
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: 800/776-5746
Fax: 510/839-5780
Email: legal@pai-ca.org
Website: http://www.pai-ca.org

PAI is a nonprofit agency that works in partnership with people with disabilities to protect, advocate for and advance their human, legal and service rights.

For more information about other advocacy resources, consult Support for Families of Children with Disabilities 2000 Resource Guide's section on Advocacy resources.