Parents Lets Unite for Kids (PLUK)

PLUK is a private, nonprofit organization formed in 1984 by parents of children with disabilities and chronic illnesses in the state of Montana for the purpose of information, support, training and assistance to aid their children at home, school and as adults.

Contact Information:

Parents, Let's Unite for Kids
516 N 32nd St
Billings MT 59101-6003
Phone: 1-800-222-7585 or 406-255-0540
Email: plukinfo@pluk.org

Our-Kids

The Our-Kids Web site supports the Our-Kids Email list. Our-Kids is a "Family" of parents, caregivers and others who are working with children with physical and/or mental disabilities and delays. We call the list "Our-Kids". While it isn't exactingly descriptive, it avoids the pitfalls of labeling our kids anything but what they most certainly are: The wonderful little people in our lives.



MUMS National Parent-to-Parent Network

• MUMS is a national Parent-to-Parent organization for parents or care providers of a child with any disability, rare or not so rare disorder, chromosomal abnormality or health condition.
• MUMS' main purpose is to provide support to parents in the form of a networking system that matches them with other parents whose children have the same or similar condition.
• Through a database of over 18,000 families from 54 countries covering over 3500 disorders, very rare syndromes or conditions can be matched.
• Parents can then exchange valuable medical information, as well as, the names of doctors, clinics and medical resources or research programs.
• Families provide each other with emotional support and they don't have to feel so alone when they have each other to reach out to in time of need.
• MUMS networks with other organizations which do matching, thus expanding the possibilities of finding a match.
• MUMS also connects parents with support groups dealing with their child's specific disability or assists them in forming a group.
• The newsletters allow families to share and speak out about issues affecting their lives. The newsletter subscription fee parents is $15 annually, but is waived for those who cannot afford this fee. The annual fee for newsletters for professionals is $25.