Reminder about Assistive Technology Mini-Grants for individuals

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

Our deadline is coming up soon, November 30th, 2011 by 5 pm.  Final proposals

need to on Word or PDF file, 4 pages max with proof of disability that can

increase the page total to more than 4 pages.  Grant details below.

Sincerely,

Nixon

Executive Director 

Life'sPlan Inc.

 

Notice of Mini Grants Available

Assistive Technology for Self-Advocates

Offered by Life’s Plan Inc.

 

Life’s Plan is a non-profit organization that provides Special Needs Trust

options for people with disabilities and their families.  Life’s Plan is a

Medicaid qualified trust providing supplemental care and services through our

personalized trustee services and pooled investment strategy.  Our individual

pooled trust accounts do not jeopardize key public benefit programs such as SSI

and Medicaid.  The families we serve have an alternate choice to spending down

their loved one’s inheritance with the use of a pooled trust.  Life’s Plan

has

been serving individuals with disabilities and their families throughout

Illinois since 1986.  If you would like to learn more about Life’s Plan Inc.,

please refer to our website: www.lifesplaninc.org

What:  Assistive technology mini grant of up to $300 to an individual with a

disability and/or mental illness.

Who is Eligible: Any resident of Illinois with a disability and/or mental

illness. 

 

Limits:  One grant award per individual with a maximum value of $300.  No

previous awardees of the Life’s Plan Inc. Assistive Technology grant are

eligible.

 

Focus:  To provide grant money to help individuals with disabilities fund an

assistive technology need that promotes their independence in the community.

 

Requirements:  Proposals should be limited to no more than four (4) pages. 

Proposals should include:

1.      Name and contact information of individual applying for grant

2.      Proof of Disability which can include: SSI/SSDI letter of notice,

Physician’s report, Psychiatric Evaluation or a Life’s Plan physician’s

report

that meet SSA  criteria  for disability (form located on our home web page,

www.lifesplaninc.org)

3.      Identification of a challenge or barrier

4.      Explain in detail how the assistive technology can overcome the

individual’s challenge(s) or barrier(s) to further their independence in the

community and/or improve overall quality of life.

5.      What is the estimated cost to purchase assistive technology?

6.      Who will support you with this assistive technology?

7.      Willingness to submit a 1 page report by 12.31.12 on how the

assistive

technology grant has improved your life.

8.      If awarded funding indicate how you want the grant funds delivered:

Pick One: 

                   1)   Check issued directly to individual

applicant

                   2)    Issue check to a third party

(parent, family member,

friend or guardian) of the individual awarded          

              

            a grant on their behalf to assure no loss of SSI

benefits.       

                   3)   Life’s Plan Inc. will purchase and

deliver assistive

technology for the individual awarded a mini                

           grant to

assure no loss of SSI benefits.

Examples of Assistive Technology:

High Tech: iPod touch, computer software for improved communication abilities,

communication devices, fire alarm bed shaker, laptop or iPad.

Mid Tech: Handheld voice recorder, GPS walk and run tracker, KeySafe with pass

code for home entry, amplified phone. Digital talking watch, reading pen

Low Tech: Electric can opener for cooking independence, digital talking alarm

clock, walker, visual schedule board for job support technology, magnifier for

reading.

 

Applications should be e-mailed to:snixon@...

Proposals will be accepted up until 5:00 PM, November 30, 2011.

 

For questions or clarification on grant please email inquiries.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I just wanted to make sure you received my application for the asst. tech. mini

grant that I sent to your email address printed below

(snixon@...) 

I sent it yesterday for my daughter Iovino.

Thank you,

Dana  Basham

________________________________

From: " scottnixon1@... " <scottnixon1s@...>

IPADDUnite

Sent: Fri, November 18, 2011 1:54:29 PM

Subject: Reminder about Assistive Technology Mini-Grants for

individuals

 

Hi Everyone,

Our deadline is coming up soon, November 30th, 2011 by 5 pm.  Final proposals

need to on Word or PDF file, 4 pages max with proof of disability that can

increase the page total to more than 4 pages.  Grant details below.

Sincerely,

Nixon

Executive Director 

Life'sPlan Inc.

 

Notice of Mini Grants Available

Assistive Technology for Self-Advocates

Offered by Life’s Plan Inc.

 

Life’s Plan is a non-profit organization that provides Special Needs Trust

options for people with disabilities and their families.  Life’s Plan is a

Medicaid qualified trust providing supplemental care and services through our

personalized trustee services and pooled investment strategy.  Our individual

pooled trust accounts do not jeopardize key public benefit programs such as SSI

and Medicaid.  The families we serve have an alternate choice to spending down

their loved one’s inheritance with the use of a pooled trust.  Life’s Plan

has

been serving individuals with disabilities and their families throughout

Illinois since 1986.  If you would like to learn more about Life’s Plan Inc.,

please refer to our website: www.lifesplaninc.org

What:  Assistive technology mini grant of up to $300 to an individual with a

disability and/or mental illness.

Who is Eligible: Any resident of Illinois with a disability and/or mental

illness. 

 

Limits:  One grant award per individual with a maximum value of $300.  No

previous awardees of the Life’s Plan Inc. Assistive Technology grant are

eligible.

 

Focus:  To provide grant money to help individuals with disabilities fund an

assistive technology need that promotes their independence in the community.

 

Requirements:  Proposals should be limited to no more than four (4) pages. 

Proposals should include:

1.      Name and contact information of individual applying for grant

2.      Proof of Disability which can include: SSI/SSDI letter of notice,

Physician’s report, Psychiatric Evaluation or a Life’s Plan physician’s

report

that meet SSA  criteria  for disability (form located on our home web page,

www.lifesplaninc.org)

3.      Identification of a challenge or barrier

4.      Explain in detail how the assistive technology can overcome the

individual’s challenge(s) or barrier(s) to further their independence in the

community and/or improve overall quality of life.

5.      What is the estimated cost to purchase assistive technology?

6.      Who will support you with this assistive technology?

7.      Willingness to submit a 1 page report by 12.31.12 on how the

assistive

technology grant has improved your life.

8.      If awarded funding indicate how you want the grant funds delivered:

Pick One: 

                   1)   Check issued directly to individual

applicant

                   2)    Issue check to a third party

(parent, family member,

friend or guardian) of the individual awarded          

              

            a grant on their behalf to assure no loss of SSI

benefits.       

                   3)   Life’s Plan Inc. will purchase and

deliver assistive

technology for the individual awarded a mini                

           grant to

assure no loss of SSI benefits.

Examples of Assistive Technology:

High Tech: iPod touch, computer software for improved communication abilities,

communication devices, fire alarm bed shaker, laptop or iPad.

Mid Tech: Handheld voice recorder, GPS walk and run tracker, KeySafe with pass

code for home entry, amplified phone. Digital talking watch, reading pen

Low Tech: Electric can opener for cooking independence, digital talking alarm

clock, walker, visual schedule board for job support technology, magnifier for

reading.

 

Applications should be e-mailed to:snixon@...

Proposals will be accepted up until 5:00 PM, November 30, 2011.

 

For questions or clarification on grant please email inquiries.

[Guest guest]

Sorry, accidently sent to the wrong email address.

 Dana

________________________________

From: Dana Basham <danajoy17@...>

IPADDUnite

Sent: Wed, November 30, 2011 6:24:04 AM

Subject: Re: Reminder about Assistive Technology Mini-Grants for

individuals

 

Hi ,

I just wanted to make sure you received my application for the asst. tech. mini

grant that I sent to your email address printed below

(snixon@...) 

I sent it yesterday for my daughter Iovino.

Thank you,

Dana  Basham

________________________________

From: " scottnixon1@... " <scottnixon1s@...>

IPADDUnite

Sent: Fri, November 18, 2011 1:54:29 PM

Subject: Reminder about Assistive Technology Mini-Grants for

individuals

 

Hi Everyone,

Our deadline is coming up soon, November 30th, 2011 by 5 pm.  Final proposals

need to on Word or PDF file, 4 pages max with proof of disability that can

increase the page total to more than 4 pages.  Grant details below.

Sincerely,

Nixon

Executive Director 

Life'sPlan Inc.

 

Notice of Mini Grants Available

Assistive Technology for Self-Advocates

Offered by Life’s Plan Inc.

 

Life’s Plan is a non-profit organization that provides Special Needs Trust

options for people with disabilities and their families.  Life’s Plan is a

Medicaid qualified trust providing supplemental care and services through our

personalized trustee services and pooled investment strategy.  Our individual

pooled trust accounts do not jeopardize key public benefit programs such as SSI

and Medicaid.  The families we serve have an alternate choice to spending down

their loved one’s inheritance with the use of a pooled trust.  Life’s Plan

has

been serving individuals with disabilities and their families throughout

Illinois since 1986.  If you would like to learn more about Life’s Plan Inc.,

please refer to our website: www.lifesplaninc.org

What:  Assistive technology mini grant of up to $300 to an individual with a

disability and/or mental illness.

Who is Eligible: Any resident of Illinois with a disability and/or mental

illness. 

 

Limits:  One grant award per individual with a maximum value of $300.  No

previous awardees of the Life’s Plan Inc. Assistive Technology grant are

eligible.

 

Focus:  To provide grant money to help individuals with disabilities fund an

assistive technology need that promotes their independence in the community.

 

Requirements:  Proposals should be limited to no more than four (4) pages. 

Proposals should include:

1.      Name and contact information of individual applying for grant

2.      Proof of Disability which can include: SSI/SSDI letter of notice,

Physician’s report, Psychiatric Evaluation or a Life’s Plan physician’s

report

that meet SSA  criteria  for disability (form located on our home web page,

www.lifesplaninc.org)

3.      Identification of a challenge or barrier

4.      Explain in detail how the assistive technology can overcome the

individual’s challenge(s) or barrier(s) to further their independence in the

community and/or improve overall quality of life.

5.      What is the estimated cost to purchase assistive technology?

6.      Who will support you with this assistive technology?

7.      Willingness to submit a 1 page report by 12.31.12 on how the

assistive

technology grant has improved your life.

8.      If awarded funding indicate how you want the grant funds delivered:

Pick One: 

                   1)   Check issued directly to individual

applicant

                   2)    Issue check to a third party

(parent, family member,

friend or guardian) of the individual awarded          

              

            a grant on their behalf to assure no loss of SSI

benefits.       

                   3)   Life’s Plan Inc. will purchase and

deliver assistive

technology for the individual awarded a mini                

           grant to

assure no loss of SSI benefits.

Examples of Assistive Technology:

High Tech: iPod touch, computer software for improved communication abilities,

communication devices, fire alarm bed shaker, laptop or iPad.

Mid Tech: Handheld voice recorder, GPS walk and run tracker, KeySafe with pass

code for home entry, amplified phone. Digital talking watch, reading pen

Low Tech: Electric can opener for cooking independence, digital talking alarm

clock, walker, visual schedule board for job support technology, magnifier for

reading.

 

Applications should be e-mailed to:snixon@...

Proposals will be accepted up until 5:00 PM, November 30, 2011.

 

For questions or clarification on grant please email inquiries.