People with Disabilities

Services, Hotlines, Fact Sheets, Advocacy

Everything from A to Z

Adjustment to Vision Loss
Adult Care Home Case Management
Adult Care Home Penalties
Adult Day Services
Adult Placement Services
Adult Protective Services
Alzheimer’s Support Program
Assistive Technology (For People with Disabilities)
At-Risk Case Management (Services to Prevent Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation)
Boards and Commissions
Business Enterprise Program (Employment for the Visually Impaired in Vending and Food Service)
Child Service Coordination
Client Assistance Program (Accessing and Understanding Disability Services)
Community Alternative Programs (Help to Stay in the Home)
Consumer-Directed Supports (Choices for Home Based Services)
Counseling Services at Departments of Social Services
Deaf Services
Deaf/Blind Services from the Division of Services for the Deaf
Deaf-Blind Services from the Division of Services for the Blind
Developmental Centers:
- Caswell Developmental Center
- J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center
- Murdoch Developmental Center
Developmental Disabilities Contacts (Local Management Entity Directory)
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (Newborn Hearing Screening and Followup)
Early Intervention for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Eastern NC School for the Deaf
Emergency Preparedness and Public Safety for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing
Employment Services for People with Disabilities
Employment Services for the Visually Impaired and Deaf/Blind
Family Caregiver Support
Food and Nutrition Services (Formerly Food Stamps)
Governor Morehead Preschool (For the visually impaired)
Governor Morehead School for the Blind
Guardianship and Alternatives to Guardianship
Hard of Hearing Services
Heating and Cooling Assistance (Crisis Intervention)
Housing and Home Improvement
Independent Living for People with Disabilities
Independent Living Services for the Visually Impaired and Deaf/Blind
In-Home Aides
Interpreters for the Deaf
Long-Term Care Ombudsman (Advocacy for residents in long-term care facilities)
Medicaid for Long-Term Care
Medical Eye Care Program (Preserving or Improving your Vision)
Nursing Home and Health Care Complaint Line (For hospitals, group homes, and other health care facilities): 1-800-624-3004
NC School for the Deaf
Psychiatric Hospitals
- Broughton Hospital
- Central Regional Hospital
- Cherry Hospital
- John Umstead Hospital
Regional Resource Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
State-County Special Assistance (For adult care home residents)
State Facilities (alcohol and drug abuse treatment, developmental centers, neuromedical treatment, psychiatric hospitals)
Telecommunications Access for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Traumatic Brain Injury
Vision and Hearing Loss Services
Whitaker School (Long-term treatment program for emotionally handicapped adolescents)
Wright School (Mental health treatment for children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders)
Neuro-Medical Treatment Centers
- Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center
- O'Berry Neuro-Medical Treatment
- Longleaf Neuro-Medical Treatment
Vocational Rehabilitation: General Services for People with Disabilities
Vocational Rehabilitation: Employment Services for the Visually Impaired and Deaf/Blind

Services

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Advocating for People with Disabilities

Children Services: Prenatal, Infants, and Preschool

Child Service Coordination
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (Newborn Hearing Screening and Followup)
Early Intervention for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Governor Morehead Preschool (For the visually impaired)
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Children Services: 5 to 22 years

Eastern NC School for the Deaf
Governor Morehead School for the Blind
NC School for the Deaf
Whitaker School (Long-term treatment program for emotionally handicapped adolescents)
Wright School (Mental health treatment for children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders)

Communication and Technology, All Ages

Developmental Disabilities and Special Needs, All Ages

Employment Info for Job Seekers (ages 16 and up)

Family Supports, All Ages

Institutional Care, All Ages

Developmental Centers

Neuro-Medical Treatment Centers

Psychiatric Hospitals

Adult Care Home Case Management
Adult Placement Services
Independent Living Services for the Visually Impaired and Deaf/Blind
Long-Term Care Ombudsman (Advocacy for residents in long-term care facilities)
Medicaid for Long-Term Care
Nursing Home and Health Care Complaint Line (For hospitals, group homes, and other health care facilities): 1-800-624-3004
State-County Special Assistance (For adult care home residents)
State Facilities (alcohol and drug abuse treatment, developmental centers, neuromedical treatment, psychiatric hospitals)
Related Info: Adult Care Home Penalties

Hotlines

Children with Special Health Care Needs Helpline: 1-800-737-3028
DHHS Customer Service Center (Help finding information on DHHS Services): 1-800-662-7030
Home Health and Health Care Complaint Line (For nursing homes, hospitals, group homes, and other health care facilities): 1-800-624-3004

Facts and Fact Sheets about People with Disabilities

Community Advocacy: How to get Involved

Divisions that Serve People with Disabilities

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Updated: May 8, 2013