Resources

The following Resource Guide contains helpful links for organizations, advocates, families, and individuals for a number of diverse issues within the developmental disability community that are not mentioned elsewhere on our site. Please note that by clicking on an external link, you are visiting another website and leaving ABCD. Organizations that are marked with (*) are located in or primarily serve the state of New Jersey.

Aging Resources:

(see also Women’s issues below)

• Wellness and Aging with Disability
• Aging with Developmental Disabilities: Women’s Health Issues

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Awards and Funding for Organizations and Agencies:

• Alliance for Caregiving/Family Caregiving Awards
• CVS/Caremark Charitable Trust Awards
• Henry S. Kessler Foundation
• Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation for Disability Grant Program
• NJ Foundation for the Aging*
• U.S. Department of Labor Freedom Initiative Awards for the Advancement of Employment of People with Disabilities:
• http://www.dol.gov/odep/newfreedom/nfiaward.htm
• http://www.dol.gov/odep/newfreedom/spiritaward.htm

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Dental Care:

• Database of New Jersey Dental Care Providers for Individuals with Disabilities*

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Diversity Training and Cultural Competency:

• Beyond Diversity Resource Center*
• NJ Statewide Network for Cultural Competence*
• American Conference on Diversity*
• Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School*
• American Psychological Association Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations
• American Academy of Pediatrics Culturally Effective Pediatric Care: Education and Training Issues
• Culturally And Linguistically Appropriate (CLAS) Services Early Childhood Research Institute
• National Center for Cultural Competence
• Manitas Por Autismo (Hands for Autism)
• Center for Capacity Building for Minorities with Disabilities

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Dual Diagnosis (DD/MI):

• NJ Department of Children and Families, Division of Child Behavioral Health Services*
• The National Association for the Dually Diagnosed
• Greater Trenton Behavioral Healthcare (for Mercer County residents-NJ*) 1.888.866.9565

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Education and Leadership Opportunities:

• Educational Collaborations-Life Work Program*
• Special Education Funding Reform Coalition*
• Career and Community Studies Program at The College of New Jersey*
• DREAM Program at Mercer County Community College*
• U.S. DOE-Funded Website for College Programs for People with Disabilities
• VSA Arts of NJ Arts Achievement Awards*
• The Association on Higher Education and Disability
• NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities’ Leadership Training Support Fund

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Financial Services:

• Financial Literacy Information for Young People with Disabilities at NCWD

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Housing Issues:

(see also NJ Resources below)

• New Jersey Housing Resource Center: This website is a free service provided by the State of New Jersey to help residents find rental housing. You can search the housing listings by a wide variety of criteria including: location to mass transit, accessibility needs, or affordability. Landlords can also use the site to list available units.
• The State of New Jersey Housing Policy and Status Report (2006): This report by DCA examines the scope and depth of housing issues in New Jersey. DCA hopes this report will serve as an informative tool for pubilc stakeholders, a format for coordinating policies between State Divisions and Departments, and a starting point for improving existing and creating new programs, rules and laws. This report is the first part of a two part report that will hopefully serve as a blueprint to meet Governor Corzine’s goal of producing, preserving, and financing 100,000 affordable housing units in 10 years.

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Legal Services and Education:

• Legal Services of New Jersey*
• The Community Health Law Project*
• New Jersey State Bar Association*

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National Resources:

• National Council on Disability
• National Organization on Disability

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New Jersey Resources (NJ)*:

• The Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey
• Association for Children of New Jersey
• The Arc of New Jersey
• The Association of Schools and Agencies for the Handicapped
• Autism New Jersey
• The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey
• Family Support Center of New Jersey
• Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey
• Legal Services of New Jersey
• New Jersey Association of Community Providers
• New Jersey Association of Mental Health Agencies Inc.
• The New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities
• Partnerships for People
• Disability Rights New Jersey
• Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
• Supportive Housing Association of New Jersey
• United Spinal Association

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New Jersey State Departments (NJ)*:

• New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
• New Jersey Department of Human Services
• New Jersey Housing Resource Center
• New Jersey Legislature
• New Jersey Policy Perspective

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Sexuality and Sex Education Resources:

• Advocates for Youth
• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
• Sex, Etc./The Network for Family Life Education at Rutgers University*
• The Sexual Health Network

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Technology and Access:

• NEC Corp. Foundation
• Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium
• Elementary and Middle School Technical Assistance Center for Culturally, Linguistically, and Ability Diverse Children, Youth and Families

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Women and Girls:

• NJ Coalition on Women and Disabilities*, 732.323.8600
• NJ Division on Women*
• The Center for Women and Policy Studies/Barbara Waxman Fidcuccia Papers on Women and Girls with Disabilities
• National Research Center for Women and Families/Disabilities
• American Association of University Women/Position Paper on Women and Girls with Disabilities
• Dress for Success/ NJ Chapters:*
• Project G.O.L.D. (Girls On-Line with Disabilities) is a club for girls grades 4-8 with physical, sensory, and/or other medical disabilities and an interest in Mathematics, Science, Technology, and/or Computers:
  128 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455,
  612.625.3398, gold@tc.umn.edu

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