South Carolina State Resource Network

• State ADA Affiliate
• Local ADA Network Affiliates
• Relay Service
• 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

• South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce
  P.O. Box 1406
  Columbia,SC 29202
  800-436-8190 (toll free)
  803-737-0391 (v/tty)
  803-737-2400 (voice)
  Fax: 803-737-0140
  http://www.dew.sc.gov
  Contact: Camille Fallaw, DBTAC Network Administrator
  
  
  

Local ADA Network Affiliates

• Able South Carolina
  136 Stonemark Lane
  Suite 100
  Columbia,SC 29201
  800-681-6805 (toll free)
  803-779-5121 (voice)
  803-779-0949 (tty)
  Fax: 803-779-5114
  http://www.dacsc.org
  Contact: Kimberly Tissot, Executive Director
  
  
  
• Commission for the Blind
  P.O. Box 79
  Columbia,SC 29202-0079
  803-898-8825 (voice)
  800-922-2222 (toll free)
  Fax: 803-898-8854
  http://www.sccb.state.sc.us
  Contact: Jacqueline Keisler, Training/Public Relations Coordinator
      803-898-8751 (voice)
      800-922-2222 (toll free)
  
  
  
• Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
  P.O. Box 4706
  Columbia,SC 29240
  888-376-4636 (toll free)
  803-898-9600 (v/tty)
  Fax: 803-898-9653
  http://www.state.sc.us/ddsn/
  Contact: Ann Dalton
      803-898-9813 ()
  
  
  
• Department of Mental Health
  P. O. Box 485
  Columbia,SC 29202
  803-898-8326 (voice)
  803-798-6761 (tty)
  Fax: 803-898-8347
  http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/
  Contact: Katherine Roberts, Director of Client Affairs
      803-898-8304 (voice)
  Contact:Vicki McGahee
      803-898-8326 (voice)
  
  
  
• Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
  Vocational Rehabilitation
  P. O. Box 15
  West Columbia,SC 29171-0015
  803-896-6502 (voice)
  Fax: 803-896-6529
  http://www.scvrd.net/
  Contact: Marge Butler, Office of the Governor: Client Assist. Program
      803-734-0285 (voice)
  
  
  
• Labor, Licensing and Regulation
  P. O. Box 11329
  Columbia,SC 29211
  803-896-4636 (voice)
  803-896-4553 (tty)
  Fax: 803-896-6038
  http://www.llr.state.sc.us
  Contact: Gary Wiggins
  
  
  
• Office of the Governor
  Client Assistance Program
  1205 Pendleton Street - Room 447
  Columbia,SC 29201
  803-734-0535 (voice)
  803-734-1147 (tty)
  800-868-0040 (toll free)
  Fax: 803-734-0546
  http://www.govoepp.state.sc.us/cap/
  Contact: Denise Riley
  
  
  
• SC Access Help/Office of the Lt. Governor
  Office on Aging
  1301 Gervais Street, Suite 200
  Columbia,SC 29201
  803-734-9900 (voice)
  Fax: 803-734-9887
  http://www.scaccesshelp.org
  Contact: Denise Wiles Rivers
      803-734-9939 (voice)
  
  
  
• SC Assistive Technology Program
  USC School of Medicine-Center for Disability Resources
  8301 Farrow Road
  Columbia,SC 29208
  803-935-5301 (voice)
  Fax: 803-935-5342
  http://www.sc.edu/scatp/
  Contact: Carol Page
  
  
  
• SC Independent Living Council
  136 Stonemark Dr., Su 100
  Columbia,SC 29210
  803-779-5114 (voice)
  Contact: Connie Aull, Chairperson
  
  
  

Relay Service

• South Carolina Relay
  7-1-1 (v/tty)
  http://www.relaysouthcarolina.com
  
  
  
• South Carolina STS Relay
  1-877-735-7277 (SC only) (toll free)
  1-877-787-2660 (Intrastate) (toll free)
  http://www.relaysouthcarolina.com/
  
  
  

State Accessibility Code

• South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
  Name of Code: South Carolina State Building Code
  South Carolina Building Codes Council
  P.O. Box 11329
  Columbia,SC 29211-1329
  803-896-4688 (voice)
  Fax: 803-896-4814
  http://www.llr.state.sc.us/pol/bcc/index.asp
  
  
  

State Government Agencies

• Commission for the Blind
  P.O. Box 79
  Columbia,SC 29202-0079
  803-898-8825 (voice)
  800-922-2222 (toll free)
  Fax: 803-898-8854
  http://www.sccb.state.sc.us
  Contact: Jacqueline Keisler, Training/Public Relations Coordinator
      803-898-8751 (voice)
      800-922-2222 (toll free)
  
  
  
• Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
  P.O. Box 4706
  Columbia,SC 29240
  888-376-4636 (toll free)
  803-898-9600 (v/tty)
  Fax: 803-898-9653
  http://www.state.sc.us/ddsn/
  Contact: Ann Dalton
      803-898-9813 ()
  
  
  
• Department of Mental Health
  P. O. Box 485
  Columbia,SC 29202
  803-898-8326 (voice)
  803-798-6761 (tty)
  Fax: 803-898-8347
  http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/
  Contact: Katherine Roberts, Director of Client Affairs
      803-898-8304 (voice)
  Contact:Vicki McGahee
      803-898-8326 (voice)
  
  
  
• Developmental Disabilities Council
  Edgar Brown Building
  1205 Pendleton Street Room 372
  Columbia,SC 29201
  803-734-0465 (voice)
  803-734-1147 (tty)
  http://www.scddc.state.sc.us
  
  
  
• Division of Ombudsman & Citizens Services
  Office of the Governor
  1205 Pendleton Street
  Room 308
  Columbia,SC 29201
  803-734-0535 (voice)
  803-734-1147 (tty)
  Fax: 803-734-0546
  http://www.govoepp.state.sc.us/ombuds.htm
  
  
  
• Labor, Licensing and Regulation
  P. O. Box 11329
  Columbia,SC 29211
  803-896-4636 (voice)
  803-896-4553 (tty)
  Fax: 803-896-6038
  http://www.llr.state.sc.us
  Contact: Gary Wiggins
  
  
  
• Office of the Governor
  Client Assistance Program
  1205 Pendleton Street - Room 447
  Columbia,SC 29201
  803-734-0535 (voice)
  803-734-1147 (tty)
  800-868-0040 (toll free)
  Fax: 803-734-0546
  http://www.govoepp.state.sc.us/cap/
  Contact: Denise Riley
  
  
  
• SC Access Help/Office of the Lt. Governor
  Office on Aging
  1301 Gervais Street, Suite 200
  Columbia,SC 29201
  803-734-9900 (voice)
  Fax: 803-734-9887
  http://www.scaccesshelp.org
  Contact: Denise Wiles Rivers
      803-734-9939 (voice)
  
  
  
• SC School for the Deaf and Blind
  Interpreter Request Line
  888-567-0980 (toll free)
  
  
  
• SC Services Information System/Office of the Lt. Governor
  Office on Aging
  1301 Gervais Street Suite 200, Room 15
  Columbia,SC 29201
  803-734-9939 (voice)
  Fax: 803-734-9887
  http://scaccess.communityos.org/cms/
  Contact: Denise Wiles-Rivers
      803-734-9939 (voice)
  
  
  
• South Carolina Department of Education - Office of Curriculum & Standards
  1429 Senate Street, Suite 902A
  Columbia,SC 29201
  803-734-0790 (voice)
  http://ed.sc.gov/agency/pr/standards-and-curriculum/
  
  
  
• South Carolina Department of Education - Office of Exceptional Children
  1429 Senate Street, Suite 808
  Columbia,SC 29201
  803-734-8223 (voice)
  http://ed.sc.gov/agency/ac/Exceptional-Children/
  
  
  
• South Carolina Human Affairs Commission
  P.O. Box 4490
  2611 Forest Drive, Suite 200
  Columbia,SC 29240
  800-521-0725 (toll free)
  803-737-7800 (voice)
  803-253-4125 (tty)
  http://www.state.sc.us/schac/
  
  
  
• University of South Carolina Upstate (Spartanburg) - Disability Services
  Campus Life Center, Room 320
  800 University Way
  Spartanburg,SC 29303
  864-503-5199 (voice)
  Fax: 864-503-5086
  http://www.uscupstate.edu/studentaffairs/disabilityservices/
  
  
  
• Vocational Rehabilitation Headquarters
  P.O. Box 15
  1410 Boston Avenue
  West Columbia,SC 29171-0015
  803-896-6504 (voice)
  803-896-6635 (tty)
  Fax: 803-896-6529
  http://www.scvrd.net/
  
  
  
• Workers' Compensation Commission
  1333 Main Street, Suite 500
  Columbia,SC 29202
  1-800-340-7105 (toll free)
  803-737-5700 (voice)
  http://www.wcc.sc.gov
  
  
  

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
  
  
  
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - Charlotte District Office
  129 West Trade Street
  Suite 400
  Charlotte,NC 28202
  704-344-6682 (voice)
  704-344-6684 (tty)
  Fax: 704-344-6734
  http://www.eeoc.gov/charlotte/index.html
  
  
  
• 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 - South Carolina District Office
  1835 Assembly Street, Suite 1425
  Columbia,SC 29201
  803-765-5377 (voice)
  Fax: 803-765-5962
  http://www.sba.gov/about-offices-content/2/3145
  
  
  
• 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
  Wage & Hour Division
  1835 Assembly Street
  Columbia,SC 29201
  803-765-5981 (voice)
  
  
  
• 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)
  Greenville Local Office
  301 N. Main Street
  Suite 1402
  Greenville,SC 29601-9916
  864-241-4400 (voice)
  864-241-4403 (tty)
  Fax: 864-241-4402
  http://www.eeoc.gov/greenville/index.html
  
  
  

Centers for Independent Living (CIL)

• Able South Carolina
  136 Stonemark Lane
  Suite 100
  Columbia,SC 29201
  800-681-6805 (toll free)
  803-779-5121 (voice)
  803-779-0949 (tty)
  Fax: 803-779-5114
  http://www.dacsc.org
  
  
  
• Disability Action Center-Upstate
  330 Pelham Road
  Suite 102-B
  Greenville,SC 29615
  864-235-1421 (voice)
  800-681-7715 (toll free)
  Fax: 864-235-2056
  http://www.dacsc.org
  
  
  
• Disability Resource Center
  7944 Dorchester Road
  Suite 5
  North Charleston,SC 29418
  843-225-5080 (voice)
  866-874-7730 (tty)
  Fax: 843-225-5082
  
  
  
• New Horizon HASCI Center
  1021 Third Avenue
  Conway,SC 29526
  843-488-1309 (voice)
  Fax: 843-488-0994
  
  
  
• Walton Options for Independent Living-North Augusta
  325 Georgia Avenue
  North Augusta,SC 29841
  803-279-9611 (voice)
  711 (tty)
  Fax: 803-279-9135
  http://www.waltonoptions.org
  
  
  

Protection and Advocacy

• Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc.
  3710 Landmark Drive
  Suite 208
  Columbia,SC 29204
  866-275-7273 SC only (toll free)
  866-232-4525 (tty)
  803-782-0639 (v/tty)
  Fax: 803-790-1946
  http://www.protectionandadvocacy-sc.org
  
  
  

Information Technology (IT) in Education

• South Carolina Department of Education
  State Educational Technology Plan
  803-734-8815 (voice)
  http://www.washington.edu/accessit/articles?1277
  
  
  
• University of South Carolina
  USC School of Medicine Dept. of Pediatrics
  Center for Disability Resources
  Columbia,SC 29208
  803-935-5248 (voice)
  Fax: 803-935-5059
  Contact: Dr. Richard Ferrante
  
  
  

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
  
  
  

Technology-Related Assistance Program

• SC Assistive Technology Program
  USC School of Medicine-Center for Disability Resources
  8301 Farrow Road
  Midlands Center
  Columbia,SC 29203
  803-935-5263 (voice)
  800-915-4522 (toll free)
  Fax: 803-935-5342
  http://www.sc.edu/scatp/
  Contact: Carol Page, 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
  
  
  
• 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
  South Carolina State Resources
  P.O. Box 1492
  Washington, DC,DC 20013-1492
  1-800-695-0285 (toll free)
  http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_South_Carolina_State/
  
  
  
• 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
  
  
  
• PRO-Parents
  Parents Reaching Out to Parents of SC
  652 Bush River Road
  Suite 218
  Columbia,SC 29210
  803-772-5688 (v/tty)
  800-759-4776 (toll free)
  Fax: 803-772-5341
  http://www.PROPARENTS.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
  
  
  
• South Carolina Equipment Distribution Program (SCEDP)
  For SC residents only / Free telephones for hearing or speech impaired
  101 Executive Center Drive
  Suite 120 / Saluda Building
  Columbia,SC 29210
  803-896-8837 (voice)
  877-225-8337 (voice)
  877-889-8337 (tty)
  Fax: 803-896-8345
  http://www.scedp.org
  
  
  
• 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