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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
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Driver Training
Centers for Independent Living
Driving Evaluation
Specialized Information and Referral
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Disability Rights Groups
Disease/Disability Registries
Advocacy and services for persons with all types of disabilities including skills training, peer counseling, information and referral, and technical assistance about the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Blind Services works with individuals one-on-one to instruct persons who have lost (or are losing) their vision, on how to read Braille and organize their household and travel. Produces and replicates Braille materials. Translates materials such as menus and brochures into Braille and produces multiple copies as a service to the community. (There is a normal cost per Braille page produced, plus $25 per hour for formatting.)

Captioning at Real Time (CART) provides the translation of spoken words into text using a stenotype machine operated by a stenographer/reporter. Real-time software is used to display the text onto a computer monitor, and a projector or other device is used to display the text on a television or larger screen. CART is especially valuable in large meetings or in communications with a person who is deaf or has hearing loss. CART can be utilized in following settings: community events and workshops, government, legal, educational, medical, theater and auditorium, and captioning of movies and videos.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services provides one-on-one services for independent living skills training, information and referral, advocacy, and peer counseling. Serves as a TTY Distribution site for ITAC (Illinois Telecommunications Access Commission), which provides free TTY devices to Illinois residents. Distributes applications for Iowa TTY distributions for Iowa residents who are qualified (speech impaired or hard of hearing). Distributes amplified phones for residents of Illinois of all ages who have a difficult time hearing on the phone.

Provide information and resources on low-tech independent living devices such as magnifiers, talking watches, etc., when funding is available.

Housing assistance provides information and problem-solving assistance with locating and securing affordable, accessible housing, including research into public and private-sector housing markets.

Information and Referral service provides information through Illinois/Iowa Center for Independent Living's system and library. Requests for information can be made by phone, mail, or in person, and can include loans of library materials.

Outreach services offers presentations, brochures, media releases, public service announcements, media interviews, and video programs to inform the public of programs and services offered.

Volunteers are utilized in programs, services, and office operations; volunteers receive training and supervision appropriate to their duties.

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Assistive Technology Equipment
Disability Rights Groups
Braille Instruction
Specialized Information and Referral
Centers for Independent Living
Disease/Disability Registries
Independent Living Skills Instruction
ADA Implementation Assistance
Braille Transcription

Provides augmentative and alternative communication options through assistive technology, which enables children and youth with disabilities to participate more fully in all aspects of life. Augmentative and Alternative Communication includes various communication methods that enhance or replace verbal speech or writing for individuals with communication disabilities. Check the team resource folders for additional Assistive Technology & Augmentative and Alternative Communication information for IEP teams to consider and utilize including AT Information and Tools, AAC Information and Tools, or use the form link on the website to request AAC Collaboration.

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Occupation Specific Job Training
Assistive Technology Equipment
Health Equipment Loan Program (HELP) loaning donated medical equipment.
Provides medical equipment for sale or for rent to patients. Services offered include sleep care, respiratory care, diabetes care, enternal nutrition care, pharmacy, and wound care. For specific information on what medical equipment that is available for sale or for rent clients must call.

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Medical Equipment/Supplies
Assistive Technology Equipment
Eye Glass Vouchers are available to enrolled tribal members living in the Tribe's service area. Vouchers are provided once every two years for $300. The Tribe can only provide vouchers for eye doctors who have a current contract with the Tribe.
Durable medical equipment and home care items for sale or rent.

24-hour oxygen.

Professional nursing uniforms.

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Work Clothing
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Offers home medical equipment, medical supplies, and therapy items.
Telecommunications equipment for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, speech impaired, visually impaired, or mobility disabled.

Hair replacement for children who have experienced hair loss due the illnesses of cancer, alopecia, trichotillomania, and other medical conditions.

See website for information on hair donation and stylists that provide services free of charge for donors.

Wigs for Kids does not charge their recipients for the custom wigs.

Monetary donations are needed to underwrite the manufacturing of the hairpieces and distribution.

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Natural Hair/Wig Donation Programs
Assistive Technology Equipment

Offers assistance and support to people who have multiple sclerosis and those who care about them adjust to life with a chronic illness by providing emotional support, current information, counseling, advocacy, education, payee services and borrowed health equipment.

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Representative Payee Services
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information

Choice pantry which allows people, once every 30 days, to pick out groceries for themselves and their families

Three- to four-days' worth of food is provided and can include vegetables and fruits, spaghetti, soup, crackers, peanut butter, canned chili or meats, macaroni and cheese, packaged noodle dishes, cereal, bread, meat, and other miscellaneous donated items.

Personal hygiene items are available when in stock for those seeking such.


Infant diapers, Adult diapers and incontinence items, and baby layettes available upon request. The layettes contain basic items needed for a newborn, e.g., blankets, onesies, diapers, wipes, lotion, soap and shampoo, bibs, burp clothes, and one or two outfits of clothing. Availability dependent on donations.

Offers medical supplies to those in need. Contracts with most government and commercial insurance companies. May have waiver programs. Products are delivered discretely to the customers front door by UPS for no additional charge.

Home medical supplies that are available include incontinence supplies, urological supplies, pediatric supplies, ostomy supplies, wound care products, nutritional supplements.

May provide for modifications to the home and/or vehicle that directly address a person's medical health or are necessary to provide for the medical needs, welfare and safety of the individual and to increase or maintain independence.

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Assistive Technology Equipment
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Provides a medical equipment lending library.

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

Provides medical and health-related items for purchase or rent to individuals in need of continuing care at home. Offers 24/7 emergency call service, as well as training in how to safely and effectively use medical equipment at home. Mobility support and rehabilitation aids also available, along with respiratory support devices, sleep care devices, and women's health aids breast pumps and post mastectomy supplies and custom fitting consultations.

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Assistive Technology Equipment
Medical Equipment/Supplies

Offers a variety of rental medical equipment and supplies.

Products include:

-- Mobility aids

-- Breast pumps and accessories

-- Bandages and wound care

-- Medical instruments

-- Orthopedic products

-- Aids for daily living

-- Ostomy products

-- Hosiery and medical legwear

-- Oxygen, respiratory and CPAP machines and accessories

-- Hospital beds and accessories

-- Home safety products (grab bars, bath/shower benches, elevated toilet seats)

Categories

Assistive Technology Equipment
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Provides medical equipment for sale or for rent to patients. Services offered include sleep care, respiratory care, diabetes care, enternal nutrition care, pharmacy, and wound care. For specific information on what medical equipment that is available for sale or for rent clients must call.

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Medical Equipment/Supplies
Assistive Technology Equipment

Offers a variety of rental medical equipment and supplies.

Products include:

-- Mobility aids

-- Breast pumps and accessories

-- Bandages and wound care

-- Medical instruments

-- Orthopedic products

-- Aids for daily living

-- Ostomy products

-- Hosiery and medical legwear

-- Oxygen, respiratory and CPAP machines and accessories

-- Hospital beds and accessories

-- Home safety products (grab bars, bath/shower benches, elevated toilet seats)

Categories

Assistive Technology Equipment
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Helps Nebraskans with disabilities, their families, and professionals obtain assistive technology devices and services.

Provides training on a wide range of assistive devices, as well as early childhood/school age development and technology services.

Locates available funding sources.

Provides information about:
-- Technology solutions, costs, availability, and vendors
-- Specialized or adapted vehicles and mobility devices

Offers technical assistance:
-- Individualized assessments for home and worksite modifications
-- Early childhood and school solutions
-- Website assessments for accessibility

Equipment provision:
-- Demonstrations of assistive technology
-- Short term equipment loans
-- Locating used equipment

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Assistive Technology Equipment
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options

Offers services to disabled Veterans. Services include transportation to medical appointments at the VA Hospital. Also offers a medical equipment loan program for veterans in need and employment support.

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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Veteran Employment Programs
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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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Vocational Rehabilitation
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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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Vocational Rehabilitation
Provides qualifying area residents with access to eye care and vision correction.


The Adult Vision Clinic is located at MCSA to provide underserved adult Muscatine-area residents with access to eye care and vision correction.


Staffed by local volunteer optometrists and offers routine eye examinations and glasses as necessary.


A $10 co-pay is required from each patient, which covers the examination and glasses as needed. A client may be referred by MCSA, Muscatine County Community Services, the Department of Human Services (DHS), or Community Action when it is determined they are within 100% of poverty guidelines and do not qualify for other medical assistance programs.

Please call for more information. Patients needing further care (for pre-glaucoma, glaucoma, or other more serious conditions) will be referred to the Ophthalmology Department at the University of Iowa, which serves all Iowa residents, regardless of ability to pay.


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Assistive Technology Equipment
Eye Screening