Other Disability Related Links
Note: By selecting one of the links listed below, you will leave the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities web site and go to the various pages listed below. These links have been identified by Department staff or suggested by others as being of possible interest to our site's users and they are listed here as a courtesy in that regard. While these sites have all, at one time or other, been personally used by Department staff or others known to the Department, they are not regularly checked and are never updated by Department staff. For that reason, the Department cannot vouch for the content of these pages. If a link is no longer operational or other problems result by following a link below, please notify Jim Overland (jovera@dhs.state.ia.us).
The Arc of Iowa: http://homepages.isunet.net/arciowa/
The Arc of the United States: http://www.thearc.org/
Brain Injuries, Advisory Council on: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/sa/hprom/brain.htm
The Brain Injury Association of Iowa supports, assists, and advocates for persons with acquired brain injury and for their families. It works to secure and develop community based services and encourages research, establishes support groups, and provides access to pertinent information and resources. It also educates the public and increases statewide awareness of brain injury as a serious disability with lifelong consequences through the development and distribution of informational materials, news, and notices of conferences, symposia, and other meetings: http://www.biaia.org/ or 1-800-444-6443.
The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, a research, training, and service organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with psychiatric disabilities: www.bu.edu/sarpsych
The Corporation for Supportive Housing, a national financial and technical assistance intermediary dedicated to helping nonprofit organizations develop and operate service-enriched permanent housing for homeless and at-risk families and individuals with special needs, including mental illness, HIV/AIDS and substance use issues: http://www.csh.org/
Disability Related WWW Sites: http://thearc.org/misc/dislnkin.html
Disability Resource Library: http://www.uiowa.edu/uhs/drlmain.html
Disability Training: http://www.disabilitytraining.org/
Duke University Program on Psychiatric Advance Directives (information, toolkits, links, laws, statutes, and history related to Psychiatric Advance Directives and Health Care Agents for persons with mental illnesses): http://pad.duhs.duke.edu/
Duke University Services Effectiveness Research Program (descriptions of ongoing projects in the area of mental health): http://serp.mc.duke.edu/
Employment Policy Group (formerly known as Iowa Creative Employment Options), at the Center for Disabilities and Development, University of Iowa
Home Page: http://e-epg.info/
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health (Iowa affiliate) Home Page: http://www.iffcmh.org
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health (National organization) Home Page: http://www.ffcmh.org/
Iowa Centers for Independent Living: http://members.aol.com/trilc/iowalink.html
Iowa COMPASS: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/iowacompass/
Iowa County Management Plan Policy and Procedures Manuals Best Practices Materials (from the Iowa Program for Assistive Technology, Infotech): http://www.uiowa.edu/infotech/CPC.htm
Iowa Creative Employment Options (now known as Employment Policy Group)
Home Page: http://e-epg.info/
Iowa Finance Authority Home Page: http://www.ifahome.com/
Iowa Program on Assistive Technology: http://www.uiowa.edu/infotech/
The Iowa Respite &Crisis Care Coalition: http://www.irccc.com/
Iowa University Affiliated Program: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/uhs/iuap.html
Magellan Behavioral Health: http://www.magellanassist.com/
The National Mental Health Information Center of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/
National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness: http://www.prainc.com/nrc
The Program for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Home Page: http://www.pathprogram.com/
The Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC), a national organization that works to achieve positive outcomes on behalf of people with disabilities or
other special needs by providing state of the art information, capacity
building, and technical expertise to organizations and policymakers in the
areas of mental health, substance abuse, human services, and affordable housing: http://www.tacinc.org/ |
