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Arts Access
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Arts Access is an organization whose fundamental goal is to encourage and enable persons with disabilities to have full access to arts programs and facilities and participate fully in the cultural and artistic life of Raleigh and the Triangle area.
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Beginnings
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BEGINNINGS for Parents of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc., was established to provide emotional support and access to information as a central resource for families with deaf or hard of hearing children, age birth through 21. BEGINNINGS provides an impartial approach to meeting the diverse needs of these families and the professionals who serve them.
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DHHS
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (formally known as the Department of Human Resources, DHR) has several divisions including several that are of interest to people with hearing loss (see other links below). This DHHS link provides more information about its responsibilities and links to all its divisions.
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DMH/DD/SAS
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North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services provides Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services and a Mental Health Advisory Council for
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
North Carolina's 600,000 deaf and hard of hearing citizens can find the assistance and information
they need from the Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The division
provides a broad range of services for children and adults, their families and the
professionals who serve them. More than 770 children attend the N.C. Schools for the Deaf,
and regional resource centers help families through the first difficult years of dealing with
hearing loss. The division also provides interpreter services, advocacy, access to technology
and coordination of human services for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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DSDHH
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DMH/DD/SAS provides specialized mental health and substance abuse services statewide for deaf and hard of hearing consumers of all ages. These services were formalized in 1992 and follow a state plan that guides the development and operation of services. Through regionally-based programs, culturally and linguistically appropriate outpatient services are provided throughout North Carolina by culturally competent clinicians who are fluent in sign language and understand the treatment needs of consumers who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. The Division also operates a specialized Deaf Services Unit for individuals who are deaf and need inpatient psychiatric or substance abuse services. The Unit is located at Broughton Hospital in Morganton.
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Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
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North Carolina's Early Hearing Detection and Intervention program includes both a Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and a Late Onset Hearing Loss Program for children.
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GACPD
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GACPD staff provide advocacy services to any citizen of North Carolina who has a physical or mental condition that substantially limits at least one major life activity and who falls within the agency's priorities and case selection criteria as set by the board each year.
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Long Term Care
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Information about North Carolina Long Term Care facilities for people who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
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North Carolina Assistive Technology Program
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The North Carolina Assistive Technology Program (N C A T P) is a state and federally funded program that provides statewide assistive technology services to people of all ages and abilities.
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NCCDHH
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The North Carolina Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing advises DHHS on issues
related to serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing people of North Carolina.
The Council brings together the "grass roots" consumers of DSDHH services
with professionals representing related disciplines. Members represent Deaf
and Hard of Hearing consumers, parents of Deaf or Hard of Hearing children,
an interpreter, an audiologists, a pediatrician, an educator, and representatives
of several state agencies which are involved with Deaf and Hard of Hearing
issues. The Council website, linked here, is badly out of date, but may still
provide some useful information or contacts. For additional information,
contact DSDHH.
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NCAD
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The North Carolina Association of the Deaf cooperates with NCSHHH through the North Carolina Council for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (NCCDHH) on issues of shared concern.
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Regional Resource
Centers
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There are seven Regional Resources Centers that support the Deaf and Hard of Hearing of North Carolina. They are staffed and managed by DSDHH.
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VR
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The goal of the North Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Program is employment.
Vocational rehabilitation counselors work with business and community agencies
to help them prepare their
work sites to accommodate employees who have physical or mental disabilities.
The division also provides services that encourage and reinforce independent
living for the disabled,
through two main components: the Vocational Rehabilitation Program and the Independent
Living Services Program.
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WNCC Deaf Ministries
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This site provides information about the programs of the Western NC Conference of the United Methodist Church to help make their programs accessible, available and welcoming to d/Deaf/hh persons.
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