REGION A

Navigating Excellence Parent Center Assistance & Collaboration Team (NE-PACT)

Technical assistance for OSEP-funded Parent Centers to enhance their capacity to provide effective services for families of children with special needs and to work effectively with state agencies in improving services for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities in their communities and states.

Parent Centers We Serve
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• Connecticut: AFCAMP; Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center
• Delaware: Parent Information Center of Delaware
• District of Columbia: Advocates for Justice and Education, Inc.
• Maine: Maine Parent Federation
• Maryland: Parents’ Place of Maryland, Inc.
• Massachusetts: Federation for Children with Special Needs
• New Hampshire: Parent Information Center of New Hampshire
• New Jersey: SPAN; Association for Special Children and Families (CPRC)
• New York: Starbridge (all NY except NYC); Advocates for Children (NYC); INCLUDEnyc (NYC); Sinergia (NYC); The LIAC (Nassau/Suffolk); Parent Network of Western New York; United We Stand (Brooklyn); Community Inclusion & Development Alliance (CPRC)
• Pennsylvania: PEAL Center; HUNE; Mission Empower (Erie County)
• Puerto Rico: APNI, Inc.
• Rhode Island: RIPIN
• Vermont: Vermont Family Network
• Virgin Islands: Disability Rights of the Virgin Islands

Our Technical Assistance Services

• Improving nonprofit management processes
• Non-profit board development
• Strategies for reaching and serving underserved and under-represented families
• Site visits and additional on-site training and support
• Annual conference with sessions based on your feedback
• Measuring program effectiveness and making changes as needed in programs and approaches
• Strengthening collaborative bonds between PTIs, CPRCs, and other organizations working to improve outcomes for children with special needs and their families
• Developing collaborative relationships with state agencies and technical assistance partners, including:
  • Equity Assistance Centers
  • States’ Part C Lead Agencies
  • State Education Agencies
• Establishing and sustaining “communities of practice”
• Accessing training and resources to increase parent center staff knowledge of laws, regulations and best practices in early intervention and education