| The Brass Ring Society |
| 551 East Semoran Blvd. Suite E-5 |
| Fern Park, FL 32730 |
| Phone: 800-666-WISH |
| 407-339-6188 |
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| Provides grants to fulfill dreams of children who suffer from a life threatening or terminal illness. |
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| Department of Health and Human Services |
| Financial Aid-Federal Hill-Burton |
| Free Care Program |
| Rockville, MD 20857 |
| Phone: 800-638-0742 |
| Maryland Residents: 800-492-0359 |
| E-mail:DFCRCOMM@HRSA.GOV |
| Website:http://www.hhs.gov/ |
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| The Division of Facilities Compliance and Recovery manages the Hill-Burton program, to assure that obligated facilities provide free or reduced cost medical services to those persons who are uninsured and underinsured and meet eligibility criteria. It assists eligible persons in obtaining free medical care, technically assisting obligated facilities concerning provision of free or reduced cost medical care, and providing information to entities applying for TitleXVI grants. |
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| Disability Funding News |
| CD Publications |
| 8204 Fenton Street |
| Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
| Phone: 800-666-6380 |
| Fax: 301-588-6385 |
| E-mail: cdpubs@clark.net |
| Website: www.cdpublications.com/funding/dfn.htm |
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| A national newsletter covering federal and private funding for people with disabilities. Each issue includes new grant opportunities, proposal-writing tips from funding experts and news on federal and state programs for the disabled and more. |
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| The Foundation Center |
| 79 Fifth Avenue |
| New York, NY 10003-3076 |
| Phone: 800-424-9836 |
| Fax: 212-807-3677 |
| E-mail: library@fdncenter.org |
| Website: www.fdncenter.org |
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| The mission of the Foundation Center is to foster public understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects. Its audiences include grant seekers, grant makers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. |
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| The Make-A-Wish Foundation National Office |
| 100 West Clarendon, Suite 2200 |
| Phoenix, AZ 20036 |
| Phone: 800-722-WISH (9474) |
| Fax: 602-279-9474 |
| E-mail: MAWFA@wish.org |
| Website: www.wish.org |
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| Grants wishes to children under the age of twelve with life threatening illnesses. |
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| National Medicare Hotline |
| Phone: 800-638-6833 |
| Website: www.medicare.gov |
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| Provides general information on Medicare, its state offices, and programs such as MediGap. |
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| National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR) |
| 6 Prospect Street |
| Midland Park, NJ 07432-1634 |
| Phone: 800-431-2804 |
| E-mail: nosscr@worldnet.att.net |
| Website: www.nosscr.org |
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| NOSSCR is an association of attorneys and paralegals who represent Social Security and Supplemental Security Income claimants. Our members are committed to providing high quality representation for claimants, to maintaining a system of full and fair adjudication for every claimant, and to advocating for beneficial change in the disability determination and adjudication process. |
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| National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) |
| Phone: 800-346-2742 |
| (TTY) 301-495-5626 |
| ax: 301-562-2401 |
| Website: www.naric.com |
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| Provides referrals for persons with disabilities to organizations that may financially assist them in a variety of ways (e.g., education). |
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| Physicians’ Disability Services, Inc. |
| P.O. Box 827 |
| Arnold, MD 21012 |
| Phone: 410-431-5279 |
| Fax: 410-431-5485 |
| E-mail: smith@disabilityfacts.com |
| Website: www.disabilityfacts.com |
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| The Physicians' Disability Services, or PDS, is a publishing company that helps people with disabilities prove their Social Security disability claims, manage periodic disability reviews, and resume productive activity. |
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| Reference Service Press |
| 5000 Windplay Drive, Suite 4 |
| El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 |
| Phone: 916-939-9620 |
| E-mail: webagent@rspfunding.com |
| Website: www.rspfunding.com |
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| Offers a publication entitled Financial Aid for the Disabled and Their Families, 1998-2000, A Listing of Scholarships, Fellowships, Loans, Grants, Awards, Internships, and other Funding Programs. |
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| Social Security Administration |
| 7500 Security Blvd. |
| Baltimore, MD 21244 |
| Phone: 800-772-1213 |
| (TTY) 800-325-0778 |
| Website: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/disabilityssi/ |
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| Provides publications, information and forms for the Social Security disability program. |
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| The Sunshine Foundation |
| P.O. Box 255 |
| Loughman, FL 33858 |
| Phone: 941-424-4188 |
| Fax: 941-424-4360 |
| E-mail: sundv@gte.net |
| Website: www.sunshinefoundation.org |
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| This non-profit organization grants wishes to chronically and terminally ill, disabled and physically abused children, ages 2 ½ to 22. An annual reunion is also held to encourage children with Progeria. |
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