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Provides financial assistance to senior and disabled individuals with unmet needs. Services could include car repairs, eye glasses, medical equipment, dental care, or help with clothing.

Senior Basket Program assists seniors with various items that cannot be acquired with food stamps. Basket varieties include things like cleaning supplies, kitchen items, or personal hygiene supplies. Two Baskets are distributed each year in the Spring and Fall.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Clothing Vouchers
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Automotive Repair and Maintenance

Offers items such as wheelchairs, walkers, tub handrails, crutches and other assistive equipment and items. After 30 days client must return item or contact the public health nurse if needed for a longer period of time.

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Medical Equipment/Supplies
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Assistive Technology Equipment

Referrals for hearing loss issues and programs.

Advocacy for deaf and hard of hearing individuals and assist in Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) issues to secure such services. Promotes awareness and understanding of the rights of persons with a hearing loss.

Equipment loan programs (amplified phones, TTY phone equipment, amplified headsets and two hearing aid banks). Offers telephone equipment demonstrations.

Maintains an inventory of services available to meet the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing and assist them in securing these services.

Conducts a voluntary census of deaf and hard of hearing persons in Nebraska and compile a registry.

Provides reconditioned hearing aids to persons who need these instruments and meet the age and financial guidelines.

Expands programs and services available to deaf and hard of hearing persons throughout the state. Implements new programs through collaboration with consumer groups, the governor, legislature, organizations, institutions, and agencies. Broadens the collection and dissemination of information on hearing loss and deafness.

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Sign Language Interpretation
Assistive Technology Equipment
Disease/Disability Information
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Interpreter/Translator Registries
Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Equipment
Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Equipment

Referrals for hearing loss issues and programs.

Advocacy for deaf and hard of hearing individuals and assist in Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) issues to secure such services. Promotes awareness and understanding of the rights of persons with a hearing loss.

Equipment loan programs (amplified phones, TTY phone equipment, amplified headsets and two hearing aid banks). Offers telephone equipment demonstrations.

Maintains an inventory of services available to meet the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing and assist them in securing these services.

Conducts a voluntary census of deaf and hard of hearing persons in Nebraska and compile a registry.

Provides reconditioned hearing aids to persons who need these instruments and meet the age and financial guidelines.

Expands programs and services available to deaf and hard of hearing persons throughout the state. Implements new programs through collaboration with consumer groups, the governor, legislature, organizations, institutions, and agencies. Broadens the collection and dissemination of information on hearing loss and deafness.

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Sign Language Interpretation
Assistive Technology Equipment
Disease/Disability Information
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Interpreter/Translator Registries
Center for Independent Living.

Information and referral for disability services.

Independent living skills training that will enable an individual with disabilities to remain in their home, or when transitioning into their first independent living.

Advocacy for individuals and systems that serve them.

Driver's Education School is DMV certified; provides evaluation of reaction time, visual perception, and behind the wheel skills. Education and training includes classroom and on-the-road instruction. Offers adaptive equipment evaluation and training.

Durable medical equipment rent/loan at Grand Island and Scottsbluff locations. Donations of equipment accepted.

Peer mentoring, where people with disabilities support each other in their daily lives.

Housing counseling assists people with disabilities in locating, acquiring, and maintaining safe, affordable, accessible housing.

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Peer to Peer Networking
Disability Rights Groups
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Centers for Independent Living
Driver Training
Disease/Disability Registries
Specialized Information and Referral
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Driving Evaluation
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Prevent Blindness Iowa reaches thousands of Iowans through screening and education programs. Free eye exams and/or glasses for qualified low-income children and adults. Resource referrals for additional needs. Individuals need to call, no walk-ins.

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Eye Screening
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Assistive Technology Equipment
Limited financial aid for emergency situations including utility deposits, rent, prescription medications, glasses, clothing, school supplies, holiday assistance, transportation, birth certificate retrieval, Iowa identification, books for GED testing, etc.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Christmas Programs
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
School Supplies
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Offers an equipment loan program that purchases new and used equipment such as walkers, bath aids, toileting aids, adapted swings, adapted bikes, low tech switches and communication devices, bedside tables and other types of products which a person with disabilities might need. This program also accepts donated wheelchairs and other equipment that are then reconditioned and loaned out to other clients. Can also loan out electric powered lift chairs.

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Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Assistive Technology Equipment
Center for Independent Living.

Information and referral for disability services.

Independent living skills training that will enable an individual with disabilities to remain in their home, or when transitioning into their first independent living.

Advocacy for individuals and systems that serve them.

Driver's Education School is DMV certified; provides evaluation of reaction time, visual perception, and behind the wheel skills. Education and training includes classroom and on-the-road instruction. Offers adaptive equipment evaluation and training.

Durable medical equipment rent/loan at Grand Island and Scottsbluff locations. Donations of equipment accepted.

Peer mentoring, where people with disabilities support each other in their daily lives.

Housing counseling assists people with disabilities in locating, acquiring, and maintaining safe, affordable, accessible housing.

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Peer to Peer Networking
Disability Rights Groups
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Centers for Independent Living
Driver Training
Disease/Disability Registries
Specialized Information and Referral
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Driving Evaluation
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options

Referrals for hearing loss issues and programs.

Advocacy for deaf and hard of hearing individuals and assist in Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) issues to secure such services. Promotes awareness and understanding of the rights of persons with a hearing loss.

Equipment loan programs (amplified phones, TTY phone equipment, amplified headsets and two hearing aid banks). Offers telephone equipment demonstrations.

Maintains an inventory of services available to meet the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing and assist them in securing these services.

Conducts a voluntary census of deaf and hard of hearing persons in Nebraska and compile a registry.

Provides reconditioned hearing aids to persons who need these instruments and meet the age and financial guidelines.

Expands programs and services available to deaf and hard of hearing persons throughout the state. Implements new programs through collaboration with consumer groups, the governor, legislature, organizations, institutions, and agencies. Broadens the collection and dissemination of information on hearing loss and deafness.

Categories

Sign Language Interpretation
Assistive Technology Equipment
Disease/Disability Information
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Interpreter/Translator Registries
Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Equipment
Promotes assistive technology for people of all ages, and with any disability, through information and assistance, demonstrations, training, and loans.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Assistive Technology Information
Assistive Technology Equipment

Provides free amplified phones to individuals with hearing loss, and/or who are late-deafened, or deaf. Braille phones available to the blind. Cell phone amplifiers available. Voicebox amplification and other specialized equipment available for lease.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Assistive Technology Equipment

Provides financial assistance to senior and disabled individuals with unmet needs. Services could include car repairs, eye glasses, medical equipment, dental care, or help with clothing.

Senior Basket Program assists seniors with various items that cannot be acquired with food stamps. Basket varieties include things like cleaning supplies, kitchen items, or personal hygiene supplies. Two Baskets are distributed each year in the Spring and Fall.

Categories

Medical Expense Assistance
Clothing Vouchers
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Automotive Repair and Maintenance

Services for individuals with disabilities. Includes information and referral, service coordination, independent living skills training, individual and system advocacy, equipment loan and rental, barrier removal consultations and grants, and disability awareness training. Assists people with disabilities to transition from nursing homes to community based living. Offers a personal assistant referral and management program. Peer mentoring. Mobility options equipment repair and sales.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Specialized Information and Referral
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Mentoring Programs
Disease/Disability Registries
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Equipment
Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Equipment
Clients, age 55 and over, will be assisted with paying for eye exams and eyeglasses, when money is available.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Eye Care
Supports farmers and ranchers impacted by health conditions or disabilities by recommending devices and techniques that promote continued work in agriculture. This includes modifying farm and ranch tasks, adapting equipment, increasing farmstead accessibility, providing financial guidance, identifying funding sources and coordinating community services. Rural Rehabilitation Specialists have a detailed understanding of the labor, equipment, and management requirements of Nebraska livestock and grain operations, in addition to the unique issues surrounding self-employment and rural living.
Provides durable medical equipment, specialty orthotics, and adaptive solutions for central Iowa children and young adults. There are specialists to educate parents and caregivers in how to safely use assistive technology for each child. ChildServe provides a wide range of adaptive or medical equipment from pediatric seating and mobility fitting to wheelchairs, adaptive devices, augmentative communication devices, custom braces, helmets, medical supplies and (prosthetics Johnston Only).

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Assistive Technology Equipment
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Medical Equipment/Supplies

Basic Needs Assistance Program is designed to meet the emergency needs of low-income persons age 18-59 years with a disability and adults over 60 with or without a disability. Funds are available for material aid: for emergency needs such as rent payment assistance, utility bills, eyeglasses, prescription medications, and minor home repairs. The limit for a request is $400 every 2 years. If a service or funds are available elsewhere the assistance will not be approved until all resources have been explored. Assistance can only be issued when funding is available.

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Temporary Financial Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Grants/Loans
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

Categories

Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Equipment
Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

Categories

Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Equipment