What Does Advocacy Look Like To You

PTIC Core Community Partners

Counties covered by The Advocacy Center: Chemung, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, and Yates

Central NY Trainer/Advocate 
Tracey Menapace: (315) 443-4352 - temenapa@syr.edu 
Counties covered:  Onondaga, Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Otsego, Delaware, Chenango, and Broome 
Tracey is also an Early Childhood specialist and is happy to consult with anyone in this area as needed.

NY State Core Community Partners

Long Island Advocacy Center 
490 Wheeler Rd. Hauppauge, NY 11788 
E-mail: jnill@theliac.org  
Phone: (631) 234-0467 x10  
Fax: (631) 234-0467  
Website: http://www.theliac.org/  
Counties covered: Nassau and Suffolk 

Northern
Regional Center for Independent Living
210 Court St., Watertown, NY 13601 
E-mail: richelled@nrcil.net 
Phone #: (315) 785-8703
Fax #: (315) 785-8612
Website: http://www.nrcil.net/
Counties covered: Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence (Akwasasne Reservation), Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Oswego, and Oneida

Parent Network of Western New York

1000 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14202
E-mail: info@parentnetworkwny.org 
Phone : (716) 332-4170 or (866) 277-4762 
Website: http://www.parentnetworkwny.org/
Counties covered for information, technical assistance and advocacy: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, and Orleans, and Wyoming
Countied covered for training:  Niagara, Erie, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua

Parent to Parent (Capital District)
500 Balltown Road, Schenectady, NY 12304
E-mail: Hyperadvocate@verizon.net; p2padvocacy@verizon.net 
Phone : (518) 381-4370 or (800) 305-8817
Fax : (518) 393-9607 
Website: http://www.parenttoparentnys.org/
Counties Covered: Schenectady, Columbia, Washington, Warren, Fulton, Saratoga, Schoharie, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Albany, and Greene

Putnam Independent Living Center
1961 Route 6, 2nd Floor, Carmel, NY 10512 
E-mail: ihershkowitz@putnamils.org 
Phone : (845) 228-7457, ext 1116 
Fax : (845) 228-7460
Website: http://www.wilc.org/   http://www.parenttip.org/
Counties Covered: Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, and Sullivan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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The Advocacy Center is a New York State Parent Training and Information Center (PTIC), serving all of New York except the 5 boroughs of New York City. The PTIC is funded through a grant from the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. Views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Education or its offices.