AT Funding Resources
SCATP Funding Fact Sheets
Other SCATP Funding Resources (Word documents):
Online Resources:
Guide to Low-Cost/No-Cost Online Tools for People with Disabilities
Developed by The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) with the Northern Illinois Center for Adaptive Technology. Online resources are organized by category, free downloads and alternative funding sources are also provided.
Download the Guide to Low-Cost/No-Cost Online Tools for People with Disabilities (PDF)
SC Assistive Technology Financial Loan Program (SC AT) (AFP, Telework)
The SC Assistive Technology Loan Program offers financial loans for assistive technology items for home modifications up to $7,500.00. Examples of assistive technology for home modifications include:
- Accessible kitchen cabinets and counters
- Accessible bathroom fixtures, cabinets and counters
- Stair lifts
- Bath lifts
- Pull-down shelves for kitchen cabinets
- Pull-down closet rods
- Automatic entry systems
Contact:
1410 Boston Avenue, P.O. Box 280243
Columbia, SC 29228
Leslie Shipp, Community Rehabilitation Assistant
PHONE: (803)896-4553 or 1-866-247-8354 (Toll-free)
FAX: (803)896-6937
EMAIL: lshipp@scvrd.state.sc.us
SC AT Loan Program
SCVR Telework Loan Program
SC Equipment Distribution Program
SCEDP serves South Carolina residents who have a hearing or speech challenge. The equipment includes enhanced phones and alerting devices. People who qualify for the program are provided free equipment to use for as long as they remain in the state.
People can apply to SCEDP by choosing a product that meets their needs, obtaining a professional certification of a qualifying disability, and submitting the required application materials. There are no income requirements. SCEDP reaches out to people who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, blind/low vision with hearing loss, and speech impaired.
Application instructions can be found on the SC Equipment Distribution Program website.
Friends of Man
Friends of Man was founded to provide donors with the opportunity to have 100% of their gift used for charitable purposes. No money whatsoever is taken out for administrative expenses - and there are no salaries. All operating expenses of the charity are paid by the volunteers through their donations to the Institute for the New Man.
Friends of Man helps people of all ages with a large variety of needs, including mobility equipment, medical equipment and procedures, hearing aids, dentures, glasses, basic needs, short-term daycare, prescriptions, Cobra/health insurance, and more.
More information and application guidelines can be found on the Friends of Man website.
Travis Roy Foundation
The Travis Roy Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the life of individuals with spinal cord injuries and their families by providing adaptive equipment and to finding a cure through increased funding of research, resulting in self-reliance and the ability to be as independent as possible.
Grant guidelines:
- Assistance is awarded to paraplegics or quadriplegics paralyzed due to a spinal cord
injury (Please Note: paralysis must be due to a spinal cord injury; paralysis due to other
causes, such as MS or spina bifida, is not eligible). - Applicants must demonstrate financial need and may be required to provide
documentation. - There is no age requirement.
- Applicants must reside in the United States
- Applicants must request specific modifications or equipment to apply for a Travis Roy
Foundation grant; requests for "anything you can give" will not be considered. - Examples of eligible items include upgrade and maintenance of wheelchairs, vehicle
modifications (i.e., hand controls or lifts), small home modifications including ramp and
lift installation, computers, and other adaptive equipment. - Grants are not currently available towards the purchase of new or used vans;
funds are available for modifications. - Grants are disbursed directly to suppliers of the desired equipment or modifications.
Individuals making the grant application are required to submit estimates from potential
suppliers.
Non-Traditional Funding Sources and
Funding Strategies for Assistive Technology (PDF)
Put together by
James R. Sheldon, Jr., Supervising Attorney for the
National Assistive Technology Advocacy Project,
Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
Assistive Technology 101 by Susan Goodman, Esq., UCP National
Financing Assistive Technology: Handbook for Funding
From the Trace Research and Development Center.
Neighborhood Legal Services Funding of AT Booklet Series
Supplemental Security Income and the Family Law Attorney, Medicare, Managed Care and AAC Devices for HMO and other Medicare+Choice Participants, Medicare and AAC Devices for Non-HMO Participants, The Public School's Special Education System as a Funding Source for AT, State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies and Their Obligation to Maximize Employment, Using Work Incentives under Social Security and SSI to Fund Assistive Technology.
United Cerebral Palsy Site
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