Tennessee State Resource Network

• State ADA Affiliate
• Local ADA Network Affiliates
• Relay Service
• State ADA Coordinator
• State Accessibility Code
• State Government Agencies
• Federal Government Agencies
• Centers for Independent Living (CIL)
• Protection and Advocacy
• Information Technology (IT) in Education
• Assistive Technology Resources
• Technology-Related Assistance Program
• Other Organizations

State ADA Affiliate

• Tennessee Disability Coalition
  955 Woodland Street
  Nashville,TN 37206
  615-383-9442 (voice)
  615-292-7790 (tty)
  888-643-7811 (toll free)
  Fax: 615-383-1176
  http://www.tndisability.org
  Contact: Donna DeStefano, Assistant Executive Director
      615-383-9442 ext. 8615 (voice)
      615-292-7790 (tty)
  Contact:Carol WestlakeExecutive Director
      615-383-9442 (voice)
      615-292-7790 (tty)
  
  
  

Local ADA Network Affiliates

• Buffalo River Services, Inc.
  2300 WO Smith St
  Lawrenceburg ,TN 38464
  931-762-3381 (voice)
  931-762-3203 (voice)
  Fax: 931-762-3205
  http://buffalo-river-services.com/buffalo_river_4.htm
  Contact: Mary Staggs, Network Contact
      931-762-3381 (voice)
  
  
  
• Center for Independent Living of Middle TN
  955 Woodland Street
  Nashville,TN 37206
  866-992-4568 (toll free)
  615-292-5803 (voice)
  615-292-7790 (tty)
  Fax: 615-383-1176
  http://www.cil-mt.org/
  Contact: Dylan Brown, Independent Living Advocate
  Contact:Tom HoptonExecutive Director
  
  
  
• disABILITY Resource Center
  900 E. Hill Avenue
  Suite 120
  Knoxville,TN 37915
  865-637-3666 (voice)
  Fax: 865-637-5616
  http://www.drctn.org
  Contact: Nicole Craig, Network Contact
      865-637-3666 (voice)
  Contact:Lillian BurchExecutive Director
  
  
  
• Jackson Center for Independent Living
  1981 N. Hollywood Drive
  Jackson,TN 38305
  731-668-2211 (voice)
  731-688-1772 (tty)
  Fax: 731-668-0406
  http://www.j-cil.com
  Contact: Beth James, Executive Director
  Contact:Norris BranickNetwork Contact
  
  
  
• Memphis Center for Independent Living
  1633 Madison
  Memphis,TN 38104
  901-726-6404 (v/tty)
  Fax: 901-726-6521
  http://www.mcil.org
  Contact: Sandi Klink, Network Contact
  Contact:Deborah CunninghamExecutive Director
  
  
  
• TARP, Inc.
  1027 Mineral Wells Avenue, Suite 3
  Paris,TN 38242-4908
  731-644-0026 (voice)
  866-895-TARP (toll free)
  http://www.tarp1.org
  Contact: Bob Leonard, Executive Director
      731-644-0026 (voice)
      866-895-TARP (toll free)
  
  
  
• Tri-State Resource & Advocacy Corporation, Inc.
  6925 Shallowford Rd Ste 300
  Chattanooga,TN 37421
  423-892-4774 (v/tty)
  Fax: 423-892-9866
  Contact: Mark Woolfall, Executive Director and ADA Contact
      423-892-4774 (v/tty)
  
  
  

Relay Service

• Tennessee Relay Service
  7-1-1 (v/tty)
  http://www.tn.gov/tra/consumerfiles/relaycenter.shtml
  
  
  
• Tennessee STS Relay
  1-866-503-0264 (toll free)
  1-866-503-0263 (Spanish) (toll free)
  http://www.tn.gov/tra/consumerfiles/relaycenter.shtml
  
  
  

State ADA Coordinator

• State ADA Coordinator
  James K. Polk Bldg., 505 Deaderick St.
  Nashville,TN 37243
  615-741-1328 (voice)
  615-741-6276 (tty)
  1-800-221-7345 (toll free)
  Fax: Fax 615-532-0728
  http://www.state.tn.us/personnel/
  
  
  

State Accessibility Code

• Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance - Division of Fire Prevention--Codes Enforcement Section
  Name of Code: Tennessee Accessibility Act [PDF]
  500 James Robertson Parkway
  Nashville,TN 37243
  615-741-2981 (voice)
  Fax: 615-741-1583
  http://tn.gov/commerce/sfm/fpcesect.shtml
  
  
  

State Government Agencies

• Division of Workers' Compensation
  Department of Labor
  220 French Landing Drive
  Nashville,TN 37243-1002
  1-800-332-2667 (toll free)
  615-741-2395 (voice)
  http://tennessee.gov/labor-wfd/wcfaq.html
  
  
  
• State of Tennessee
  Department of Personnel
  James K. Polk Building
  505 Deaderick Street
  Nashville,TN 37243
  615-741-5546 (voice)
  
  
  
• Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts
  511 Union Street
  Suite 600
  Nashville,TN 37219
  800-448-7970 (toll free)
  615-741-2687 (voice)
  http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/administration/human-resources/ada-policy
  Contact: Aaron Conklin , Tennessee Judicial Program ADA Coordinator
      800-448-7970 (toll free)
      615-741-2687 (voice)
  
  
  
• Tennessee Committee for Employment of People with Disabilities
  Citizens Plaza Building
  400 Deaderick Street
  Nashville,TN 37243
  615-313-4891 (voice)
  615-313-5695 (tty)
  Fax: 615-741-6508
  Contact: Patricia Farmer
  
  
  
• Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities
  Davey Crockett Tower, First Floor
  500 James Robertson Parkway
  Nashville,TN 37243
  615-532-6615 (voice)
  615-741-4562 (tty)
  Fax: 615-532-6964
  http://www.tennessee.gov/cdd/
  Contact: Wanda Willis, Executive Director
  
  
  
• Tennessee Department of Transportation
  James K. Polk Building
  Suite 400
  Nashville ,TN 37243
  615-741-4984 ()
  Fax: 615-253-1477
  http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/chief_of_administration/safety/staff.htm
  Contact: Margaret Mahler, , Employee Safety - ADA Coordinator
      615-741-4984 (voice)
  
  
  

Federal Government Agencies

• Access Board
  1331 F Street, NW
  Suite 1000
  Washington,DC 20004-1111
  1-800-872-2253 (voice)
  1-800-993-2822 (tty)
  Fax: 202-272-0081
  http://www.access-board.gov
  
  
  
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  7500 Security Boulevard
  Baltimore,MD 21244-1850
  800-633-4227 (toll free)
  410-786-3000 (voice)
  http://cms.hhs.gov/default.asp
  
  
  
• Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA)
  United States Department of Justice
  950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington,DC 20530
  202-252-1000 (voice)
  http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/
  
  
  
• Federal Communications Commission
  445 12th Street SW
  Washington,DC 20554
  888-225-5322 (voice)
  888-835-5322 (tty)
  Fax: 202-418-0232
  http://fcc.gov
  
  
  
• Housing & Urban Development (HUD)--Fair Housing
  Atlanta Regional Office
  Five Points Marietta Plaza
  40 Marietta Street, 16th floor
  Atlanta,GA 30303-2806
  800-440-8091 (toll free)
  404-331-5140 (voice)
  404-730-2654 (tty)
  http://www.hud.gov
  
  
  
• Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
  Atlanta Federal Center
  61 Forsyth Street, SW, Room 7B75
  Atlanta,GA 30303
  404-893-4545 (voice)
  Fax: 404-893-4546
  http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/index.htm
  
  
  
• Small Business Administration Answer Desk
  1-800-827-5722 (toll free)
  704-344-6640 (tty)
  http://www.sba.gov/contactus/index.html
  
  
  
• Small Business Administration - Region IV Office
  Atlanta Regional Office
  233 Peachtree St., NE Suite 1800
  Atlanta,GA 30303
  404-331-4999 (voice)
  Fax: 404-331-2354
  http://www.sba.gov/region4/index.html
  
  
  
• Small Business Administration - Tennessee District Office
  50 Vantage Way, Suite 201
  Nashville,TN 37228
  615-736-5881 (voice)
  800-877-8339 (tty)
  Fax: 615-736-7232
  http://www.sba.gov/about-offices-content/2/3147
  
  
  
• Social Security Administration (SSA)
  Atlanta Regional Office
  61 Forsyth Street S.W.
  Suite 20T10
  Atlanta,GA 30303
  1-800-772-1213 (toll free)
  1-800-325-0778 (tty)
  http://www.ssa.gov/atlanta/index.htm
  
  
  
• U.S. Department of Education
  Office for Civil Rights
  61 Forsyth Street, SW
  Suite 19T70
  Atlanta,GA 30303-3104
  404-562-6350 (voice)
  877-521-2172 (tty)
  Fax: 404-562-6455
  http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html
  
  
  
• U.S Department of Health & Human Services
  Office of Civil Rights
  Atlanta Federal Center
  61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 3B70
  Atlanta,GA 30303-8909
  404-562-7886 (voice)
  404-331-2867 (tty)
  Fax: 404-562-7881
  http://www.dhhs.gov/ocr/
  
  
  
• U.S. Department of Justice
  950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Civil Rights Division-Disability Rights Section - NYAVE
  Washington,DC 20530
  800-514-0301 (voice)
  800-514-0383 (tty)
  Fax: 202-307-1198
  http://www.ada.gov
  
  
  
• U.S. Department of Labor
  Frances Perkins Building
  200 Constitution Avenue, NW
  Washington,DC 20210
  1-866-487-2365 (voice)
  1-877-889-5627 (tty)
  http://www.dol.gov
  
  
  
• U.S. Department of Transportation
  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington,DC 20590
  202-366-4000 (voice)
  http://www.dot.gov
  
  
  
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  Memphis District Office
  1407 Union Avenue
  Ninth Floor
  Memphis,TN 38104
  800-669-4000 (toll free)
  800-669-6820 (tty)
  Fax: 901-544-0111
  http://www.eeoc.gov/field/memphis/index.html
  
  
  
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  Nashville Area Office
  220 Athens Way
  Suite 350
  Nashville,TN 37228-9940
  800-669-4000 (toll free)
  800-669-6820 (tty)
  Fax: 615-736-2107
  http://www.eeoc.gov/field/nashville/index.html
  
  
  

Centers for Independent Living (CIL)

• Center for Independent Living of Middle TN
  955 Woodland Street
  Nashville,TN 37206
  866-992-4568 (toll free)
  615-292-5803 (voice)
  615-292-7790 (tty)
  Fax: 615-383-1176
  http://www.cil-mt.org/
  
  
  
• disABILITY Resource Center
  900 E. Hill Avenue
  Suite 120
  Knoxville,TN 37915
  865-637-3666 (voice)
  Fax: 865-637-5616
  http://www.drctn.org
  
  
  
• Jackson Center for Independent Living
  1981 N. Hollywood Drive
  Jackson,TN 38305
  731-668-2211 (voice)
  731-688-1772 (tty)
  Fax: 731-668-0406
  http://www.j-cil.com
  
  
  
• Memphis Center for Independent Living
  1633 Madison
  Memphis,TN 38104
  901-726-6404 (v/tty)
  Fax: 901-726-6521
  http://www.mcil.org
  
  
  
• Statewide Independent Living Council
  240 Great Circle Road
  Suite 333
  Nashville,TN 37228
  615-255-0283 (voice)
  Fax: 615-255-2495
  
  
  
• TARP, Inc.
  1027 Mineral Wells Avenue, Suite 3
  Paris,TN 38242-4908
  731-644-0026 (voice)
  866-895-TARP (toll free)
  http://www.tarp1.org
  
  
  
• Tri-State Resource & Advocacy Corporation, Inc.
  6925 Shallowford Rd Ste 300
  Chattanooga,TN 37421
  423-892-4774 (v/tty)
  Fax: 423-892-9866
  
  
  

Protection and Advocacy

• Disability Law and Advocacy Center
  2416 21st Avenue South
  Nashville,TN 37212
  615-298-1080 (voice)
  800-287-9636 (toll free)
  615-298-2471 (tty)
  Fax: 615-298-2046
  http://www.dlactn.org
  Contact: Lisa Primm, Executive Director
  
  
  

Information Technology (IT) in Education

• Center on Disability and Employment
  1914 Andy Holt Avenue
  B025 HPER Building
  Knoxville,TN 37996-2750
  865-974-9400 (v/tty)
  Fax: 865-974-9180
  http://www.cde.tennessee.edu/
  
  
  
• Tennessee Disability Coalition
  955 Woodland Street
  Nashville,TN 37206
  615-383-9442 (voice)
  615-292-7790 (tty)
  888-643-7811 (toll free)
  Fax: 615-383-1176
  http://www.tndisability.org
  Contact: Donna DeStefano, Assistant Executive Director
      615-383-9442 ext. 8615 (voice)
      615-292-7790 (tty)
  Contact:Carol WestlakeExecutive Director
      615-383-9442 (voice)
      615-292-7790 (tty)
  
  
  
• Tennessee Office of Information Resources
  State Educational Technology Plan
  312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue
  Nashville,TN 37243
  615-741-3700 (voice)
  http://www.state.tn.us/finance/oir/
  
  
  
• Tennessee State Department of Education
  Division of Special Education
  Seventh Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower
  710 James Robertson Parkway
  Nashville,TN 37243-0380
  615-741-2851 (voice)
  888-212-3162 (toll free)
  615-741-2237 (tty)
  Fax: 615-532-9412
  http://www.state.tn.us/education/speced/
  Contact: Barbara Denson, Coordinator of Technology Instruction
      615-532-4757 (voice)
  
  
  

Assistive Technology Resources

• assistivetech.net
  Your global assistive technology explorer
  Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access
  490 Tenth Street, NW
  Atlanta,GA 30318
  1-800-726-9119 (toll free)
  http://www.assistivetech.net
  
  
  
• Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA)
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  College of Architecture
  490 Tenth Street, NW
  Atlanta,GA 30318
  800-726-9119 (toll free)
  404-894-4960 (v/tty)
  Fax: 404-894-9320
  http://www.catea.org
  
  
  
• East Tennesseee Technology Access Center, Inc.
  116 Childress Street
  Knoxville,TN 37920
  865-219-0130 (voice)
  Fax: 865-219-0137
  http://www.discoveret.org/ettac/
  Contact: Lois Symington
  
  
  
• Mid-South Access Center for Technology (ACT)
  University of Memphis
  530 Patterson Street
  Memphis 38152,TN 38152
  901-678-1489 (voice)
  901-678-1318 (tty)
  Fax: 901-678-3215
  http://www.memphis.edu/act/
  
  
  
• Signal Centers Assistive Technology Center
  109 N. Germantown Road
  Chattanooga,TN 37411
  423-698-8528 (voice)
  423-648-2628 (tty)
  Fax: 423-624-1365
  http://www.signalcenters.org/
  Contact: Molly Littleton, Assistive Technology Specialist
      423-698-8528 ext. 242 (voice)
  
  
  
• Special Technology Access Resource Center (STAR)
  1119 Old Humboldt Road
  Jackson,TN 38305
  731-668-3888 (voice)
  731-668-9664 (tty)
  Fax: 731-668-1666
  http://www.starcenter.tn.org/
  Contact: Beth James, Manager of Development
      901-668-3888 (voice)
  Contact:Holly Roolf
  
  
  
• Technology Access Center of Middle TN (TAC)
  475 Metroplex Drive
  Suite 301
  Nashville,TN 37211
  615-248-6733 (voice)
  800-368-4651 (toll free)
  http://www.tacnashville.org
  Contact: Bob Kibler, Director
  
  
  
• United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee
  1200 Ninth Avenue North, Suite 110
  Nashville,TN 37208-2526
  615-242-4091 (voice)
  Fax: 615-242-3582
  http://www.ucpnashville.org/
  Contact: Deana Claiborne, Executive Director
  
  
  

Technology-Related Assistance Program

• Center on Disability and Employment
  1914 Andy Holt Avenue
  B025 HPER Building
  Knoxville,TN 37996-2750
  865-974-9400 (v/tty)
  Fax: 865-974-9180
  http://www.cde.tennessee.edu/
  
  
  
• Tennessee Technology Access Project
  Citizens Plaza Bldg, 14th Floor
  400 Deadrick Street
  Nashville,TN 37243-1403
  615-313-5183 (voice)
  800-732-5059 (toll free)
  615-313-5695 (tty)
  http://www.tn.gov/humanserv/rehab/ttap.html
  Contact: Kevin Wright, Executive Director
      615-313-4821 (voice)
  
  
  
• United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee
  1200 Ninth Avenue North, Suite 110
  Nashville,TN 37208-2526
  615-242-4091 (voice)
  Fax: 615-242-3582
  http://www.ucpnashville.org/
  Contact: Deana Claiborne, Executive Director
  
  
  

Other Organizations

• American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
  Senior Site
  800-232-5463 (toll free)
  http://www.afb.org/seniorsite
  
  
  
• American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
  2 Penn Plaza, Suite 1102
  New York,NY 10121
  800-232-5463 (toll free)
  http://www.afb.org
  
  
  
• Arc of Tennessee
  151 Athens Way, Suite 100
  Nashville,TN 37228
  615-248-5878 (voice)
  1-800-835-7077 (toll free)
  Fax: 615-248-5879
  http://www.thearctn.org/
  Contact: Carrie Hobbs Guiden, Executive Director
  
  
  
• Bridges
  (formerly League for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
  415 4th Avenue South
  Suite A
  Nashville,TN 37201
  615-248-8828 (v/tty)
  615-290-5147 video phone ()
  866-385-6524 video phone ()
  Fax: 615-248-4797
  http://hearingbridges.org
  Contact: Sallie Hussey, President/CEO
  
  
  
• Center on Disability and Employment
  1914 Andy Holt Avenue
  B025 HPER Building
  Knoxville,TN 37996-2750
  865-974-9400 (v/tty)
  Fax: 865-974-9180
  http://www.cde.tennessee.edu/
  
  
  
• Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
  800-526-7234 (voice)
  877-781-9403 (tty)
  Fax: 304-293-5407
  http://askjan.org/
  
  
  
• Key Bridge Foundation - Center for Mediation
  5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW
  Suite 440
  Washington,DC 20015
  888-528-1609 (toll free)
  800-630-1051 (tty)
  202-274 1822 (voice)
  Fax: 202-274 1824
  http://www.keybridge.org
  
  
  
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHY)
  Tennessee State Resources
  1825 Connecticut Avenue NW
  Washington,DC 20009
  1-800-695-0285 (toll free)
  202-884-8200 (v/tty)
  Fax: 202-884-8441
  http://nichcy.org/state-organizations-search-by-state-results?typegroup=ALL&statesheet[]=TN&start=Search+State+Organizations
  
  
  
• National Federation of the Blind
  1800 Johnson Street
  Baltimore,MD 21230
  410-659-9314 (voice)
  Fax: 410-685-5653
  http://www.nfb.org
  
  
  
• National Foundation for Credit Counseling
  801 Roeder Road
  Suite 900
  Silver Spring,MD 20910
  800-388-2227 (toll free)
  301-589-5600 (voice)
  Fax: 301-495-5623
  http://www.debtadvice.org
  
  
  
• National Mental Health Association
  2001 N. Beauregard Street, 12th Floor
  Alexandria,VA 22311
  800-969-6642 (toll free)
  800-433-5959 (tty)
  Fax: 703-684-5968
  http://www.nmha.org
  
  
  
• Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
  333 Commerce Street
  Alexandria,VA 22314
  703-838-0030 (voice)
  703-838-0459 (tty)
  Fax: 703-838-0454
  http://www.rid.org
  
  
  
• Support and Training for Exceptional Parents (STEP)
  712 Professional Plaza
  Greeneville,TN 37745
  (800) 280-STEP (toll free)
  TTY/text: (423) 636-8217 (tty)
  http://www.tnstep.org/
  Contact: Jenness Roth
      423-636-8217 (voice)
      423-636-8217 (tty)
  
  
  
• Tennessee Disability Pathfinder
  John F. Kennedy Center, Peabody College of Vanderbilt
  P. O. Box 40
  Nashville,TN 37203
  615-322-8529 (voice)
  800-372-9595 (tty)
  800-640-4636 (toll free)
  http://www.kc.vanderbilt.edu/site/default.aspx
  Contact: Carol Moore-Slater, Project Coordinator
  
  
  
• UCP National
  1660 L Street, NW
  Suite 700
  Washington,DC 20036
  1-800-872-5827 (toll free)
  202-776-0406 (voice)
  202-973-7197 (tty)
  Fax: 202-776-0414
  http://www.ucp.org
  
  
  
• United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee
  1200 Ninth Avenue North, Suite 110
  Nashville,TN 37208-2526
  615-242-4091 (voice)
  Fax: 615-242-3582
  http://www.ucpnashville.org/
  Contact: Deana Claiborne, Executive Director