Advocacy agencies by state
The Technical Assistance Alliance for Parents website has information about the Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) in the U.S. Each state is home to at least one parent center that serves families of children and young adults from birth to age 22 with all disabilities: physical, cognitive, emotional, and learning. These centers help families obtain appropriate education and services for their children, work to improve education results for all children, train and inform parents and professionals on a variety of topics, resolve problems between families and schools or other agencies and connect children with disabilities to community resources that address their needs.
For military families, go to the Specialized Training of Military Parents (STOMP) website, which is maintained by the national Parent Training and Information Center for military families. With a population of 1.5 million active duty military members, there are an estimated 540,000 active duty members that are caring for a child with special medical or educational needs. STOMP is the only National Parent Training and Information Center for military families that provides support and advice to military parents without regard to the type of medical condition their child has.
