Disability Advocacy Services
Protection and advocacy offices offer information and referrals relating to disability issues, a resource database for self-advocacy, education and training in disability rights, and individual case advocacy.
Disability Rights Center
24 Stone Street
P.O. Box 2007
Augusta, ME 04338-2007
Telephone: (207) 626-2774 (Voice and TTY) Toll Free: (800) 452-1948 (Voice and TTY Inside Maine) Website: Disability Advocacy
Mental Health Services Agency
State mental health agencies provide services to individuals and families dealing with mental illness, mental retardation, and substance abuse. Services include advocacy, nursing home screening, psychiatric services, intervention, coordination of treatment, case management, and more.
Department of Health and Human Services
11 State House Station
221 State Street
Augusta, ME 04333
Telephone: (207) 287-3707
Website: Mental Health
State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Vocational rehabilitation services help people with disabilities live independent lives with education, support, and employment assistance. The department works with middle schools, high schools, and higher education to help students with disabilities access appropriate supports for employment and independence such as job coaching, teaching skills, support in job placement, assistive and adaptive supports, and more.
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
Department of Labor
150 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0150
Telephone: (207)623-7944
Website: Vocational Rehabilitation
Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers with Disabilities
Services to children with disabilities include instruction, speech, physical, and occupational therapies.
Birth - 2:
Ages 3 - 5
Child Development Services
146 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Telephone: (207)624-6660
Toll Free: (800) 355-8611
Website: Early Childhood Services
Department of Education - Special Education - Ages 3 - 21
States' departments of education oversee disability education services to children. It monitors school districts for compliance with IDEA and state special education regulations. The Department of Education handles formal complaints, due process hearings, and mediation on special education issues.
Department of Education
Office of Special Services
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
Telephone: (207)624-6650
Telephone TTY: (207)624-6800
Website: Special Education
Programs for Developmental Disabilties
Programs for Adults with Developmental Disabilities:
Office of Adults with Cognitive and Physical Disability
Department of Health and Human Services
#11 State House Station, Marquardt Building, 2nd Floor
Augusta ME 04333
(207) 287-4242
(207) 287-2000 (TTY)
Developmental Disabilities Services
Councils on Developmental Disabilities:
Maine Developmental Disabilities Council
139 State House Station
225 Western Avenue
Augusta ME 04333
(800) 244-3990 (in ME only)
(207) 287-4213
www.maineddc.org
Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Children with Special Health Needs Program:
Department of Health and Human Services
Key Bank Plaza, 7th Floor
11 State House Station
Augusta ME 04333-0011
(800) 698-3624
(207) 287-5139, ext. 5350
(207) 287-8015 (TTY)
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/boh/cshn/
State CHIP Program:
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
MaineCare
442 Civic Center Drive
Augusta ME 04333
(800) 321-5557 (option 1)
(207) 624-7539
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mainecare.shtml
Blind or Visually Impaired or Deaf-Blind Services
Programs for Children, Youth, and Adults who are Blind or Visually Impaired or Deaf-Blind:
Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
150 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0150
(207) 623-7956
http://www.maine.gov/rehab/dbvi/index.shtml
Deaf or Hard of Hearing Services
Governor Baxter School for the Deaf:
Mackworth Island
Falmouth ME 04105
(207) 781-6215 (Newborn to age 5)
(207) 781-6244 (Grades K - 12)
Telecommunications Relay Services:
(800) 457-1220 (Voice)
(800) 437-1220 (TTY); 711 (TTY)
(800) 229-5746 (Speech to Speech-English)
(866) 260-9470 (Speech to Speech-Spanish)
Assistive Technology and Americans with Disabilities Act Services
Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center
DBTAC - New England ADA Center
Adaptive Environments Center, Inc.
180-200 Portland Street, First Floor
Boston MA 02114
(800) 949-4232 V/TTY)
(617) 695-1225 (V/TTY)
http://adaptiveenvironments.org/neada/site/home
Technology-Related Assistance
ALLTech
The Spurwink Institute
60 Pineland Drive
New Gloucester ME 04260
(866) 688-4573
www.alltech-tsi.org
Maine Consumer Information and Technology Training Exchange (Maine CITE)
University of Maine System, University College
46 University Drive
Augusta ME 04330
(207) 621-3195 (V)
(207) 621-3482 (TTY)
www.mainecite.org
