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Advocates For Children
Association For The Help Of Retarded Children
Citizens' Committee For Children Of New York, Inc.
The Cooke Center For Learning And Development
The Learning Disabilities Association Of New York City
The Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Division
Legal Services For Children, Inc.
LSNY Manhattan
LSNY Bronx
New Alternatives For Children, Inc.
New York Lawyers For The Public Interest
New York Legal Assistance Group
Partnership for the Homeless
Queens Legal Services Corp.
Resources For Children With Special Needs
Sinergia - Metropolitan Parents' Center
South Brooklyn Legal Services
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Advocates For Children
151 W. 30th St., 5th Floor
(212) 947-9779
Fax: (212) 947-9790
www.advocatesforchildren.org
For over 25 years Advocates for Children (AFC), which houses the Coalitions Coordinator has worked in partnership with New York Citys most impoverished and vulnerable families to secure quality and equal public educational services. AFC works on behalf of children from infancy to age 21 who are at greatest risk for school-based discrimination and/or academic failure. These include children with disabilities, ethnic minorities, immigrants, homeless children, children in foster care, limited English proficient children, or those living in poverty. AFC provides citywide services providing free individual case advocacy, training for parents and professionals and technical assistance.
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Association For The Help Of Retarded Children
200 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10003
(212) 780-2534
Fax: (212) 777-3370
www.ahrcnyc.org
The Association for the Help of Retarded Children (AHRC) is the oldest and largest organization of its kind, each day serving more than 7,000 people of all ages who have developmental disabilities. AHRCs Advocacy Office provides free educational advocacy services to New York City families with a child with a disability, with priority given to low-income families, including representation at CPSE and CSE meetings, and impartial hearings. AHRC also conducts citywide trainings for parents and professionals.
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Citizens' Committee For Children Of New York, Inc.
105 East 22nd Street
New York, NY 10010
(212) 673-1800, Ext. 20
Fax: (212) 979-5063
www.kfny.org
For more than 50 years Citizens Committee for Children has provided a voice for children who have no voice, especially poor and vulnerable children and children with special needs. CCC is New York's only locally-based, multi-issue child advocacy organization, working on health, housing, safety and education issues for children. CCC analyzes and monitors programs and policies to discover what benefits children, produces comprehensive reports on such issues, meets regularly with politicians, policy-makers and opinion-shapers to promote child-friendly policies and programs, and educates the public and the media on issues affecting New York City children. No direct service is provided.
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The Cooke Center For Learning And Development
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 730
New York, NY 10115
(212) 280-4473, Ext. 13
Fax: (212) 280-4477
www.cookecenter.org
The Cooke Center for Learning and Developments mission is to provide inclusive opportunities for children with disabilities. Cooke designs comprehensive educational programs that enable children, ages 3 to 21, to learn side by side with their non-disabled peers, in regular education environments. In addition to its school-based services, Cooke promotes the concept of inclusion to a larger community through professional development, training, and advocacy activities that reach parents, educators, policymakers, and the general public. |
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The Learning Disabilities Association Of New York City
27 W. 20th Street, Room 303
New York, New York 10011
(212) 645-6730
www.learningdisabilitynyc.org
The Learning Disabilities Associations mission is twofold: to facilitate access to needed services for individuals with learning disabilities and to provide support to those individuals and their families. The Association runs an LD Helpline that provides information and referrals, in both English and Spanish, answering all callers from the five boroughs of New York City. It provides written information upon request and runs outreach programs, including Family Support Meetings (in Staten Island, Brooklyn and Manhattan), an Adult Support Group in Manhattan, and outreach to young mothers in Manhattan through WIC centers. |
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The Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Division
90 Church Street
New York, NY 10009
(212) 420-6200
Fax: (212) 577-7999
www.legal-aid.org
The Juvenile Rights Division (JRD) of The Legal Aid Society was established concurrently with New York State's Family Court in 1962, and was one of the first organizations in this country to represent children in a juvenile court. Since then, JRD has grown and matured into one of the country's leading legal organizations in the field of child advocacy. JRD provides legal representation for children in the five Family Courts in the City of New York. In 1999 JRD was assigned to represent approximately 44,000 children in child protective (neglect, abuse and termination of parental rights), persons in need of supervision (PINS) and delinquency matters before the courts. Direct service in education cases, including representation in special education and discipline (suspension) cases, can be provided only as part of overall representation, to clients assigned by the courts. |
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Legal Services For Children, Inc.
271 Madison Avenue, Suite 1007
New York, NY 10016
(212) 683-7999
Fax: (212) 683-5544
www.kidslaw.org
Legal Services for Children, Inc. was founded in 1999 to provide legal services to poor children throughout New York State. It represents children in all types of civil legal matters: special education disputes, denial of social security benefits, guardianships, immigration issues, discrimination cases, etc. The organization also conducts outreach to the public to educate them about the rights their children have and where they can go for help in fighting for their rights. |
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LSNY Manhattan
Special Education Law Project
299 Broadway, 4th floor
New York, NY 10007
(212) 417-3757
Fax: (212) 417-3891
LSNY Manhattan Special Education Law Project is a public education and advocacy program designed to represent the needs of children with learning and emotional disabilities in New York Citys public school system and their parents or guardians. |
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LSNY Bronx
579 Courtlandt Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451
(718) 993-6251 Ext. 3006
Fax: (718) 993-3672
LSNY Bronx provides a broad range of civil legal services to indigent individuals, groups and organizations. In response to the needs of their client community, an education law unit was established four years ago. Types of education cases handled include special education (including LRE issues), general education cases involving the right to a sound and basic education, and school suspension cases. |
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New Alternatives For Children, Inc.
37 W. 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
(212) 696-1550
Fax: (212) 696-1602
New Alternatives for Children is the only agency in metropolitan New York whose exclusive mission is to serve severely disabled and chronically ill children and their families. Programs include Preventive Services, Foster Care and Adoption, Early Intervention, medical coordination, educational advocacy, parent training, sibling program, support groups, therapeutic counseling, recreation and post adoption support. |
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New York Lawyers For The Public Interest
151 30th Street, 11th floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 244-4664
Fax: (212) 244-4570
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) is a not-for-profit law firm founded in 1976 as a partnership between the public and private bars to address problems facing disadvantaged and underrepresented people in New York City. NYLPI currently conducts advocacy and test case litigation concerning access to health care, environmental justice, and disability rights. Through its Disability Law Center, NYLPI has been advocating for parents of children with disabilities on educational issues for more than a decade. |
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New York Legal Assistance Group
130 E. 59th Street, 14th floor
New York, NY 10022
(212) 750-0800
Fax: (212) 750-0820
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) provides free legal assistance to indigent individuals throughout New York City. Founded in 1990, NYLAG has grown from a single attorney to sixteen attorneys and three paralegals. For the last several years NYLAG has placed a high priority on serving disabled children. In September 1998, NYLAG opened a Special Education Unit, staffed by two attorneys and a paralegal, that provides all legal services regarding education. |
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Partnership for the Homeless
305 Seventh Avenue
13th Floor
New York, NY 10001-6008
Phone: 212-645-3444
Fax: 212-477-4663
www.partnershipforthehomeless.org
The Partnership for the Homeless attacks the root cases of homelessness through advocacy and public awareness campaigns and provides a wide range of critical supports to homeless New Yorkers, from emergency shelter, housing assistance, and health care to job readiness and long-term aftercare. The Partnership’s education project reaches homeless families when they first enter the shelter system, providing timely information to parents and children on their education rights, legal advocacy on education issues, and counseling and support groups. The project also conducts social policy research that will lead to policy recommendations and a citywide advocacy initiative to improve education for homeless children and teens. |
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Queens Legal Services Corp.
42-15 Crescent Street, 9th floor
Long Island City, NY 11101
(718) 392-5646
Fax: (718) 937-5350
Queens Legal Services Corporation has provided legal assistance to low-income residents of Queens since 1967. The Education Rights Project advocates for low-income parents on a variety of issues, including issues involving special education, suspensions, and Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. |
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Resources For Children With Special Needs
116 East 16th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
(212) 677-4650
Fax: (212) 254-4070
http://www.resourcesnyc.org
Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. is a comprehensive, independent information, referral, advocacy, training and support center. It was founded in 1983 for New York City parents and professionals looking for all kinds of programs and services for children with learning, developmental, emotional or physical disabilities. It provides information and referrals in English or Spanish, regarding children and youth from birth to 21 years old with any disability; it conducts training for parents and professionals, and performs direct educational advocacy services at CPSE and CSE meetings and impartial hearings. Resources also publishes directories of services for children and youth with special needs. |
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Sinergia - Metropolitan Parents' Center
15 W. 65th Street, 6th floor
New York, NY 10023
(212) 496-1300
Fax: (212) 496-5608
http://www.sinergiany.org
Sinergia was founded in 1977 to provide service coordination and multiple direct services residential and community supports to individuals with disabilities and families including individuals with disabilities, focusing on consumers in low-income communities traditionally underserved by government and other service providers. Sinergias Metropolitan Parent Center provides direct advocacy and legal representation. It does trainings in English and/or Spanish to build the capacity of parents to advocate for their children, and also provides organizational, development and technical assistance to neighborhood-based parent groups. Sinergia performs policy analysis and validation to involve low income and Spanish-speaking parents in dialogue on reforming and improving special education. |
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South Brooklyn Legal Services
105 Court Street, 3rd floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 237-5500
Fax: (718) 855-0733
South Brooklyn Legal Services has provided free legal assistance in civil cases to poor people since 1968; it has been actively involved for many years in representing children with disabilities. SBLS formerly served as counsel in the Jose P. litigation (a class action of long-standing in which issues of the Boards compliance with IDEA are raised). Presently it provides information and advice, as well as school-or-CSE-level advocacy and representation at CSE reviews or impartial hearings, to indigent Brooklyn residents. |
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