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EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY | ASK RESOURCE CENTER

Provides educational advocacy, resources, training and on-on-one guidance for families of students with disabilities and the professionals who serve them.

FAMILY TO FAMILY program is a statewide network of Family Navigators who provide assistance to families of children with special needs (developmental, behavioral, emotional, and/or physical).

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Parent Rights Classes
Parenting Helplines
Disability Related Parenting Programs
Disability Rights Groups
Special Education
Parenting Skills Classes
Education Advocacy Groups

EARLY EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP | BOOST TOGETHER FOR CHILDREN/EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA

Offers services such as home visiting, preschool scholarships, crisis care, training and consultation to improve the quality of child care for children ages 0 to 5.

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Charities/Grantmaking Organizations
Education Advocacy Groups

SPECIAL EDUCATION INITIATIVE | ILLINOIS GUARDIANSHIP AND ADVOCACY COMMISSION

Helps families navigate the special education system through education, advocacy, and legal assistance.

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Special Education
Education Advocacy Groups

EDUCATION SERVICES | UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND, INC (UNCF)

Serves as a resource for students considering higher education at an historically black institution. Scholarship opportunities are available for those that qualify.

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Scholarships
Education Advocacy Groups

INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY | CENTRAL RIVERS AREA EDUCATION AGENCY- CEDAR FALLS OFFICE

Offers support to local schools by providing Educational Services, Information and Technology, and Special Education.

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Education Advocacy Groups

CONSULTATIONS | EDUCATION RIGHTS COUNSEL

Offers 30-minute free consultations to any individual with a pre-K-12 education question that meets ERC criteria. Criteria are topics in ERC's expertise that need more time than an email response. Consultations do not include legal advice.

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Legal Counseling
Education Advocacy Groups

EDUCATION SERVICES | GREAT PRAIRIE AREA EDUCATION AGENCY

Provides professional development and leadership to promote school improvement, a variety of instructional services, special education support services (birth to age 21), and technology and media services.

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Special Education
Education Advocacy Groups

MILITARY INTERSTATE CHILDREN'S COMPACT COMMISSION | MILITARY INTERSTATE CHILDREN'S COMPACT COMMISSION

Serves as the governing body of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children (ICEOMC) and works to ease the educational transitions of school-aged, military and uniform-connected students attending public and Department of Defense schools.

The Compact is an agreement among states, "a contract", to abide by a specific set of administrative rules regarding a particular concern or issue - in this instance, the interstate transfer of military, school-aged youth attending public and Department of Defense schools worldwide. The interstate commission is a quasi-governmental, regulatory body, whose governance is led by member states, and administrated independent of federal intervention.

The Compact also addresses key issues encountered by military families: eligibility, enrollment, placement, and graduation. In addition, the Compact provides for a detailed governance structure at both the state and national levels with built-in enforcement and compliance mechanisms. The goal of the Compact is to replace the widely varying policies affecting transitioning military students.

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Education Advocacy Groups
Military Student Transition Assistance

EDUCATION SERVICES | GREAT PRAIRIE AREA EDUCATION AGENCY

Provides professional development and leadership to promote school improvement, a variety of instructional services, special education support services (birth to age 21), and technology and media services.

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Special Education
Education Advocacy Groups

SPARK EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATION | FOX VALLEY UNITED WAY

Helps highest-need children gain access to early learning and development programs, services, and resources.

Helps underserved Aurora parents with children from birth through age five by connecting and enrolling children to early childhood programs and education, parent workshops, and offering developmental screenings.

Serves as a single point of entry for Aurora families with children from birth to age 5 who are interested in learning more about and enrolling in early childhood programs and resources.

Developmental Screenings give parents time to talk about their child's development and offers fun and simple activity ideas to use with their child to help them continue to learn and grow.

Encourages city, state, and federal representatives to raise awareness of the value and importance of early childhood development and to influence policy.

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Education Advocacy Groups
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Early Childhood Education
Pediatric Developmental Screening

EDUCATION ADVOCACY SERVICES | IOWA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Provides consultant service, technical assistance, staff development, program development, and information regarding special education programs and services in Iowa. Special education instructional programs and support services are provided by the Area Education Agencies (AEAs) and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to Iowa's children with disabilities in accordance with state and federal rules and regulations. "Children with disabilities" includes those having mental disabilities, hearing impairments including deafness, speech or language impairments, visual impairments including blindness, behavior disorders, physical disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, learning disabilities, deaf-blindness, or multiple disabilities, and who because of those impairments need special education and related services. Families suspecting their child may be in need of special education should contact the superintendent of the Local Education Agency in which the child resides or the regions AEA director of special education.

MEDIATION services are available through the Bureau to assist in resolving disagreements between families and school personnel regarding special education services provided to the child.

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Special Education
Education Advocacy Groups