Duke University Medical Center offers a number of free community support groups designed to help you or your family members cope with your special health needs. Support Services offered by Duke University Health System include Bereavement Services, Pastoral Care, Decedent Care, and Social Work Services.

Advocacy Groups

The following is a list of advocacy groups for your information.

North Carolina State Government, Department of Human Resources

Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing
Raleigh Regional Resource Center
319 Chapanoke Road
Suite 108
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: 919-773-2963

Division of Social Services, Refugee Coordinator
2405 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2405
Phone: 919-733-4650

North Carolina State Government, Department of Justice

Consumer Protection Division
Of the Attorney General's Office
PO Box 629
114 West Edenton Street, Old Education Building
Raleigh, NC 27602
Phone: 919-716-6000

Area Agencies on Aging

Triangle J. Council of Governments
PO Box 12276
4222 Emperor Blvd.
Suite 200
Durham, NC 27703
Phone: 919-549-0551

North Carolina State Government, Department of Administration

Governor's Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities

Butner Office
Box 24
John Umstead Hospital
Butner, NC 27509
Phone: 1-877-510-2688

Raleigh Office
Dorothea Dix
1010 Richardson Drive
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: 1-877-296-3096

North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Project

4 West Edenton Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: 919-733-7166

PO Box 2514
1422 Broad Street
Durham, NC 27715
Phone: 919-286-9249

Durham County Government

Social Services Department
PO Box 810
220 E. Main Street
(Services & Administrative Offices)
Durham, NC 27702
Phone: 919-560-8000

National Child Abuse Hotline
Phone: 1-800-422-4453

North Carolina Department Of Insurance Consumer Protection
Phone: 1-800-622-7777

Governor's Office of Citizen Affairs
Phone: 1-800-662-7952

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