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Checkpoints for Progress In Reading & Writing for Families and Communities - February 1998

Sources

Federal Sources of Assistance for Children Birth Through Grade Six:

Title I U.S. Department of Education Compensatory Education Programs Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202	Even Start U.S. Department of Education Compensatory Education Programs Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202
Head Start U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Public Affairs 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW Washington, DC 20202	Child Care Bureau U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Public Affairs 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW Washington, DC 20202
Parent Training and Information Centers Program Office of Special Education Programs U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202	Office of Educational Research Improvement U.S. Department of Education 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20208

Additional Sources of Assistance If Your Child Has a Reading
or Learning Disability:

Office of Special Education Programs U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202	Learning Disabilities Association of America 4156 Library Road Pittsburgh, PA 15234
NICHCY P.O. Box 1492 Washington, DC 20013-1492 email: nichcy@aed.org	The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Library of Congress 1291 Taylor Street, NW Washington, DC 20542
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education The Council for Exceptional Children 1920 Association Drive Reston, VA 22091	National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils (NADDC) 1234 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 103 Washington, DC 20005
National Center for Learning Disabilities 381 Park Avenue South, Suite 1420 New York, NY 10016

Additional Literacy Resources:

Corporation for National Service 381 Park Avenue South, Suite 1420 New York, NY 10016	National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) 800 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF) Publications Department Smithsonian Institution 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20024	American Library Association (ALA) 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611
International Reading Association 800 Barksdale Road P.O. Box 8139 Newark, DE 19714-8139	National Center for Family Literacy Waterfront Plaza Suite 200 325 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202-4251