PACER Center, Inc.

Help us Light the Path for Minnesota families 

Did you know the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was passed 50 years ago? Since that landmark legislation, PACER has stood beside Minnesota families of children with disabilities—providing trusted information, training, and support when they need it most.

Today, more than 161,000 children in Minnesota receive special education services. Yet with recent funding challenges and proposed changes to decreased oversight of IDEA, families need our help more than ever.

We’re on a mission to reach as many of these families as possible. As the only organization in Minnesota serving families and caregivers of children and young adults with any disability—from birth through age 26—we provide programs, resources, and services at no cost to them.

Your gift ensures every family has access to the guidance, tools, and hope they need to help their child thrive.

We can’t do it alone. Your support makes it possible. 

With your support, we can help families find success for their children through parent training and advocacy, assistive technology, and social inclusion programs.

PACER services include:

• Parent advocates helping parents to become effective advocates for their children as they navigate special education and other complex systems.
• Innovative assistive technology solutions to help individuals with disabilities reach their education, employment, community involvement, and independent living goals.
• Bullying prevention resources through our National Bullying Prevention Center websites and puppet shows for young children that promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion.

Please give today - you make it possible. Be a Champion for Children with Disabilities!
(Early giving begins November 1 and goes through Give to the Max Day on November 20!)

Learn more about PACER Center at pacer.org.

Listen to a special message from PACER puppet, Sally, and PACER Development Director, Jireh Mabamba.