Protecting the Rights of Parents and Prospective Parents with Disabilities: Technical Assistance for State and Local Child Welfare Agencies and Courts

Additional Resources

For more information about the ADA and Section 504, you may call the DOJ’s toll-free ADA information line at 800-514-0301 or 800-514-0383 (TDD), or access its ADA website at http://www.ada.gov/.  For more information about the responsibilities of child welfare agencies under the ADA and Rehabilitation Act, see “DOJ/HHS Joint Letter to Massachusetts Department of Children and Families,” at www.ada.gov/new.htm.  For more information about Title II of the ADA, including the Title II Technical Assistance Manual and Revised ADA Requirements:  Effective Communication, see www.ada.gov/ta-pubs-pg2.htm.

Information about filing an ADA or Section 504 complaint with DOJ can be found at www.ada.gov/filing_complaint.htm.  Individuals who believe they have been aggrieved under Title II or Section 504 should file complaints at the earliest opportunity.

You can also file a Section 504 or Title II ADA complaint with OCR at
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/complaints/index.html.

General information about civil rights and child welfare issues can be found at:
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/resources/specialtopics/adoption/index.html.

For information about ACF's Children Bureau, please visit:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb.

For ACF and OCR regional offices, please visit:

• http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/oro

• http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/about/rgn-hqaddresses.html

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August 2015