NORTHERN MARIANAS PROTECTION & ADVOCACY SYSTEMS, INC. (NMPASI)
Location: Chalan Pale Arnold Rd., Gualo Rai, Saipan
Address: P.O. Box 503529, Saipan MP 96950-3529
Website: www.nmpasi.org
Telephone: 235-7273-4 / Fax: 235-7275 / TTY: 235-7278
Department: Not-for-Profit Corporation with a (501) (3) (c) status Type of Service or Program: Pursue legal, administrative and other appropriate remedies to protect and advocate for the rights of individuals with disabilities in the CNMI. NMPASI also provides training, public awareness, information and referral, and technical assistance services including American’s with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) reviews.
Mission Statement: To protect the human, civil, and legal rights of people with disabilities in the CNMI
MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH BUREAU
Department of Public Health of Family Health Services
Location: Suite 102, Kim’s Building, Chalan Kanoa, Saipan
Address: P. O. Box 500409 Saipan, MP 96950
Email: mtaldan@gmail.com
Business Hours: Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. except Holidays
Telephone: 664-8701 / Fax: 236-8703
Type of Service: Preventive and primary care, immunization, prenatal care, well child care, reproductive health, specialty clinics, early intervention services, children with special health care needs, and oral health.
Purpose of Program: To ensure provision of preventive health care service and to enhance collaboration in the area of health promotion and awareness to mothers, infants, children, including children with special health care needs.
General Information: The Maternal and Child Health Program provides preventive and primary care services that includes immunization, prenatal and postpartum care, well childcare, reproductive health specialty clinics, early intervention services, newborn hearing screening, etc. The program works with other programs within the Department of Public Health and other agencies to ensure that comprehensive health care is provided to all mothers, infants, and children including children with special health care needs.
CNMI STATE REHABILITATION COUNCIL (SRC)
c/o Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Email: nmidir@ovrgov.net
Website: www.ovrgov.net
Telephone: 322-6537 / Fax: 322-6536
Mission: The State Rehabilitation Council embraces the mission of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation to increase employment and promote independence among eligible individuals with disabilities throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Purposes: (1) Review, analyze and advise the Governor and the OVR regarding its performance relating to eligibility as well as extent, scope, and effectiveness of services provided, (2) Develop, agree to, and review State Plan goals and priorities, (3) Evaluate the effectiveness of the vocational rehabilitation program, (4) Conduct consumer satisfaction survey, (5) Prepare annual report to the Governor and the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, and make report available to the public, and (6)
perform other functions consistent with the Rehabilitation Act.
CNMI PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM (PSS)
Location: Capitol Hill, Saipan
Address: P. O. Box 501370 Saipan, MP 96950
Website: www.cnmipss.org
Telephone: 237-3001 / Fax: 664-3798
AUTISM SOCIETY OF THE CNMI (ASCNMI)
The ASCNMI is a non-profit parent support group which works to bring
awareness about Autism to the CNMI. The ASCNMI can be contacted via
NMPASI at the following:
Telephone: 235-7273/4 / TTY: 235-7278 / Fax: 235-7275
Website: www.nmpasi.org
UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (UCEDD)
Northern Marianas College
Location: As Terlaje Hill, Northern Marianas College
Address: P.O. Box 501250 CK, Saipan MP 96950-1250
Website: http://www.marianas.edu
Telephone: 234-5498 / Fax: 234-1270
Type of Service or Program: To provide training, technical assistance, and information-sharing with the focus on building the capacity of the CNMI to fully include persons with developmental disabilities.
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COMMONWEALTH OFFICE OF TRANSIT AUTHORITY (COTA)
Location: 2nd Floor Marianas Business Plaza Suite 216 Susupe
Saipan, MP 96950
Address: Caller Box 10007, Saipan, MP 96950
Website: www.COTA.gov.mp
Telephone: 664-2682 / Reservation: 664-2690 / Fax: 664-2692
Vision: Transportation is always the link, and never the barrier to accessing training, employment, childcare and related destinations
Mission: To provide reliable, safe, comfortable public transportation services, which is cost e ective, reduces energy consumption and contributes to the cultural and economic betterment of the residents of the CNMI.
CALL-A-RIDE SAIPAN (CARS)
Location: 2nd Floor, Nauru Bldg., Susupe, Saipan
Email: CNMICallaRide@gmail.com
Telephone: 664-2690
Call to request information about the program and fees or to schedule a ride with CARS.
Call-a-Ride Saipan paratransit provides a shared, accessible transportation services to the public, including visitors to the CNMI. Special rates are provided individuals with disabilities (as defined by the ADA) and older adults (ages 55 years and above). Riders must call in advance to arrange transport (at least the working day prior). CARS provides curb-to-curb
service and its vehicles are ADA compliant.
DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES (DYS)
Location: Across CNMI Legislature Bldg., Capitol Hill, Saipan
Address: P.O. Box 501000, Saipan, MP 96950
Telephone: 664-2550/1, 664-2592 / Fax: 664-2566
Department: Department of Community & Cultural Affairs
Type of Service or Program: Child protection services, parent education
classes, volunteer services, and foster care services.
Purpose of Program: 24-hour crisis intervention all year round; protective custody, emergency shelter, foster care; professional counseling by a certified therapist; referrals to appropriate agencies; parent education classes; public education, prevention and awareness on child welfare, youth and family issues; juvenile16 probation; control of juvenile offenders; home visitation/monitoring; home study reports for adoption & placement matters.
OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Homeland Security & Emergency Management Office (HSEM)
Caller Box 10007, Capitol Hill, Saipan, MP 96950
Saipan Telephones: 322-8000; 322-9572; 322-8002; 322-9529 – Operation (Weather Information)
322-8003; 322-9528-Operation (Weather Information)
Fax Lines: 322-7743-Director; 322-3598-24 hours; 322-9500-24 hours
Hotlines Pre-Recorded 24 Hours: 322-0220; or 322-0222
TINIAN Telephone: 433-3662; or 433-8471
ROTA Telephone: 532-4700; or 532-4701
Websites: http://www.cnmiemo.gov.mp or www.cnmihsem.gov.mp
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VOICES of the CNMI, Saipan-Tinian-Rota Chapters’ Mission:
1. To unite people with disabilities to advocate for their human and civil
rights as residents and citizens of the CNMI;
2. To empower independent groups of people with disabilities throughout
the CNMI to work together for justice by helping each other fight discrimination;
3. To ensure that people with disabilities are treated as equals to people without disabilities;
4. To cultivate attitudes, behaviors, skills and knowledge to become self-advocates;
5. To empower individuals with disabilities to advocate for themselves by supporting each other and helping each other gain confidence to speak out for what they believe in;
6. To empower individuals with disabilities to make decisions and choices that affect their lives so they can be more independent;
7. To educate communities and improve public perceptions of people with disabilities;
8. To ensure people with disabilities are given the same choices, rights,
responsibilities and chances to speak up to empower themselves as people without disabilities;
9. To provide people with disabilities a safe, supportive environment with a variety of opportunities to be involved, responsible, and economically
productive citizens;
10. To provide members of this corporation with mentoring, peer networking and educational opportunities; to aid, support and assist other persons or organizations by raising funds and identifying fund sources and resources for gifts, grants, contributions, provided that such activity is consistent with the purposes stated in these articles.
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
Location: Bldg #1310, Capitol Hill, Saipan
Address: P.O. Box 502565 CK, Saipan MP 96950
Business Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Telephone: 664-7000/1/3 / Fax: 664-7030
Type of Service or Program: AT Act of 1998, advocacy, AT assessment, AT training, AT demonstration, information, resource and referral systems, technical assistance, AT Center, and public awareness.
Purpose of Program: To enhance the quality of life and opportunities for individuals with disabilities in the Commonwealth to become more independent, productive, integrated and fully included I the community through systems change activities.
COMMUNITY GUIDANCE CENTER (CGC)
Location: Gloria Dr., Navy Hill, Saipan
Address: P. O. Box 500409 Saipan, MP 96950-0409
Telephone: 323-6560/61 / Fax: 323-6580
Department: Public Health
Type of Service or Program: Transitional Living Center(Day Program; Functional, Coping, Leisure, Social and Cognitive Skills Training; Residential Program; Case Management; Psychiatric Outpatient Services – Evaluation, Medication Management/Refill and Consultation; Illness Management Training; Transportation; Outreach and Respite Services; Family Support; Education Services; Coordination of Other Service), Behavioral Health Services(Individual, Group, & Family Counseling; Psychiatric Services; Crisis Counseling, including Walk-In Interventions & Community Response –Typhoon, Suicide, and other crisis-; Psychological Consultation with Adult and Juvenile Courts, PSS, and DYS; Weekly Life Skills and Stress Management Classes; Guest Speakers in Community and/or Educational Forums; Outreach Services to Rota and Tinian), Substance Abuse Treatment Services (Individual/Group Counseling for Substance Abuse and Gambling Addiction; DUI, Relapse Prevention, and Anger Management Classes; Family Education and Counseling regarding Substance Abuse and co-occurring Disorders; Drug-Free Workplace Program Supervisory Training and Employee Education), Tobacco Prevention and Control Program(Community Programs; Chronic Disease Programs; School-Based and Other Youth Programs; Enforcement; Statewide Programs; Media and Counter Marketing; Cessation and Quit Line Programs; and Surveillance and Evaluation)
Purpose of Program: To provide access to mental/behavioral health and substance abuse service thus improving the physical, social, emotional, and psychological well-being of the people of the CNMI.
CNMI DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)
Location: Bldg. # 1334, Capitol Hill, Saipan
Address: P.O. Box 10007, Saipan MP 96950
Business Hours:
Email: rtarope@cnmi-gov.net
Website: www.marianaslabor.net
Telephone: 664-3190
Type of Service or Program: Referral and job placement services to available and qualified U.S. citizens and permanent resident workers in accordance to the preference requirement of employment in the Commonwealth.
Program Goal: To establish a system of placement services, our goal is to reduce the reliance on foreign workers in the labor market and place qualified and available U.S. citizens and permanent resident workers on the job by establishing a system of job placement services.
CENTER FOR LIVING INDEPENDENTLY IN THE CNMI (CLIC)
Location: Anatahan Drive Building # 1366 Capitol Hill Saipan MP 96950
Address: PMB 914, P.O. Box 10001 Saipan, MP 96950
Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Email: clicnmi2005@yahoo.com
Telephone: 322-4303 / Fax: 322-2077
Type of Service or Program: Information and referrals, independent Living Skills Program, Peer Counseling and Advocacy.
Purpose of Program: To ensure that people with disabilities of all types are able to live independently. Their mission is to ensure the rights of people with disabilities to live independently and fully integrated in the community, outside of an institutional care setting.
NORTHERN MARIANAS COLLEGE (NMC)
Location: As Terlaje Hill, Northern Marianas College
Address: P. O. Box 501250 Saipan, MP 96950
Website: www.marianas.edu
Telephone: 234-5498
OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILTATION (OVR)
Buildings N-2 & N-4, Navy Hill, Saipan
P.O. Box 501521, Saipan, MP 96950-1521
E-mail: nmidir@ovrgov.net
Website: www.ovrgov.net
Telephone: 322-6537/8 / Fax: 322-6536 or 322-6548 / TDD: 322-6449
Overview: The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) is primarily concerned with the vocational rehabilitation needs of individuals with disabilities. OVR is an agency created under a federal/state partnership to provide and facilitate direct services to people with disabilities in order to promote skill development/acquisition resulting in competitive and integrated employment thereby enhancing one’s independence. OVR is located within the Office of the Governor.
Type of Service or Program: Assessment to determine eligibility or vocational rehabilitation needs * Vocational rehabilitation counseling and guidance * Information and referral * Job search, placement assistance, and job retention services * Supported employment services (e.g., job coach and personal assistance while consumer is on-the job) * Rehabilitation technology * School-to-work transition services (e.g., pre-employment transition services) * Work experience training * On-the-job training * And other goods and services determined necessary for the consumer to achieve an employment outcome.
OVR Mission: To increase employment and promote independence among eligible individuals with disabilities throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Purpose of Program: To extend rehabilitation services to eligible consumers with disabilities to prepare for, secure, retain, or regain employment consistent with one’s unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice.
CNMI STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL (SILC)
c/o Offce of Vocational Rehabilitation
P.O. Box 501521, Saipan, MP 96950
E-Mail: nmidir@ovrgov.net
Telephone: 322-6537 / Fax: 322-6536
Mission: To serve individuals with significant disabilities in the CNMI and, to promote independence, productivity, integration and inclusion of such individuals into society. The Council supports the independent living philosophy of consumer control, peer support, self-help, self-determination, equal access, and advocacy.
Vision: Inclusive, accessible communities that value di erences.
Duties of the SILC: (1) Jointly develop and sign the State Plan for Independent Living with the O ce of Vocational Rehabilitation or Designated State Entity; (2) Monitor, review, revise, and evaluate the implementation of the State Plan for Independent Living; (3) Coordinate activities with the State Rehabilitation Council and other State councils that address the needs of speci c disability populations and issues; (4) Ensure that all regular and special meetings of the Council are held in accessible facilities,open to the public, and that su cient notice is provided; and (5) Hold necessary public hearings and forums to carry out the duties of the Council.