Name:          L.E.A.D. Institute (Leadership through Education and Advocacy for the Deaf) *

Address:      311 Bernadette Drive, Suite C

       Columbia, MO 65203

Phone/TTY:  (573) 445-5005

Crisis Line:   (800) 380-3323

Fax:                    (573) 445-5088

Web site:      www.deaflead.org

 

Hours:                Office hrs: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday

(Crisis Line: 24 hours per day/7 days per week)

Fees:                  Call for current fees for sign language classes

Eligibility:           Services provided as needed

Services:  

·      Provides education, advocacy, crisis intervention services, counseling, and other direct services for deaf, hard of hearing, deaf/blind, and late-deafened individuals and their families.

·      Deaf-line Missouri Crisis Hotline

·      Sign language classes for adults and children

·      Deaf culture training to area agencies

·      Free counseling for hearing and deaf individuals who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, incest, and child abuse