PACER Center, Inc.

Be the reason one more family hears, “We’re here. Let’s figure this out together.”

Imagine being handed a stack of forms, deadlines, and acronyms with no one to explain them. For thousands of Minnesota families, that’s what navigating special education and disability services feels like. Parents are expected to become experts overnight.
 

Norma is a surrogate parent with a lot of experience. Even she didn't know what to do - she called PACER. A foster child she was representing was in the wrong school setting, and it was keeping him from being adopted. A PACER advocate helped Norma work to have him placed in the right classroom. He was ultimately adopted.

That's the difference you make. 

Make your tax deductible donation today. Support things like:

• $100 gives a parent one hour with an advocate
• $400 adds a new device to our assistive technology lending library
• $1,000 makes a disability inclusion puppet show possible
• $1,600 sends one middle school girl with a disability to PACER's STEM summer camp

We are the only organization in Minnesota that provides support for any disability, from birth to age 26, at zero cost.

Norma was able to receive positive outcomes for her surrogate child. Listen to her story.