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Faith in Action Fremont County

709 Ohio Street, Sidney, IA 51652

Provides durable medical equipment for mobility and at-home recuperation.  Items available to rent, on loan/free, or for purchase.

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Sarah Bush Lincoln - Coles County Hospital

1000 Health Center Drive, Mattoon, IL 61938

Offers to rent and sell medical equipment for individuals in need to maintain independence in the comfort of their home. Technicians deliver and install the equipment and spend the necessary amount of time teaching people and caregivers how to use the new equipment and where to call for assistance should the need arise. 

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Colona Township

801 1st Street, Colona, IL 61241
General assistance provides emergency financial assistance for utilities. Offers a medical equipment loan program, which also accepts donations of medical equipment. Provides notary services and voter registration. Handles applications for Senior Freeze/Property Taxes and Circuit Breaker program for seniors and disabled persons, as well as food stamps application. Provides property tax assessments and appeals.

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ChildServe - Johnston

5406 Merle Hay Road, Suite G, Johnston, IA 50131
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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Independence Rising - Kearney

Saint James Square, 124 West 25th Street, Suite B4, Kearney, NE 68847

- 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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OSF Healthcare - Rockford - Medical Group Surgery - State

5668 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61108

Provides medical equipment that may include

- CPAP and BiPAP

  • Oxygen and concentrators
  • PMD medication system
  • Personal response systems
  • Mobility equipment.

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Galena Lions Club

Address unavailable

Provides eye exams and hearing screenings to individuals in the community who need assistance. Also accepts all types of useable eyeglasses and sunglasses, prescription and non-prescription. 

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Dubuque Noon Lions Club

Address Confidential, Dubuque, IA 52001
Hearing Aids can be provided to low-income clients through the Sertoma Club.

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Iowa Tribal Administrative Office

3345 B Thrasher Road, White Cloud, KS 66094

Assists with providing eyeglasses or contact lenses to enrolled tribal members living in the Tribe’s service area.

- Adults: 1 pair/year, up to $500.

- Children: 2 pairs/year, up to $500.

- Contact lens users must follow the same prescription process; contact the clinic to have an order submitted to McPeak Optometry in Hiawatha.

Appointments available at the White Could Health Center (3349 B Thrasher, White Cloud, KS 66094).

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Veterans Assistance Commission of Rock Island County

4000 46th Avenue, Rock Island, IL 61201
Basic needs for indigent, honorably discharged veterans and their families, including assistance with rent, utilities, food, and personal hygiene items. Other services include housing, job referral, emergency food orders, medical assistance referral, utilities (gas, lights, water, sewer), and hospital equipment loan closet.

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York General Health Care Services

2222 North Lincoln Avenue, York, NE 68467

Acute care hospital.

- Inpatient and outpatient services.

- Health education services include diabetic and dietary counseling, fitness programs, and inpatient teaching programs.

- Home medical equipment, including oxygen, wheelchairs, walkers, etc.

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Broadlawns Medical Center

1801 Hickman Road, Des Moines, IA 50314

Offers eye screenings for vision, color and depth-perception, glaucoma, cataracts and full retinal evaluations. Also offers custom-fit eyewear and contact lenses for all ages. 

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New Lenox Township

1100 South Cedar Road, New Lenox, IL 60451

Medical exchange program for residents. Supplies include: wheelchairs, walkers, canes, crutches, portable toilets, raised toilet seats, shower chairs, and more.

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Independence Rising - North Platte

109 East Second Street, Suites 3, North Platte, NE 69101

- 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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Variety - The Children's Charity of Iowa

505 5th Avenue, Suite 310, Des Moines, IA 50309
Provides mobility equipment (specialized bikes, gait trainers, standers, specialized strollers) to children living with special needs.

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Joliet Township

175 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60432

Offers medical equipment for loan, including: wheel chairs, walkers, canes, crutches, shower chairs, and more.

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West Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging

639 York Street, Room 333, Quincy, IL 62301

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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Kumler Outreach Ministries

303 North Grand Avenue East, Springfield, IL 62702

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.

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Nebraska VR - Lincoln

500 South 84th Street, Lincoln, NE 68510

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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Muscatine Center for Social Action

312 Iowa Avenue, Muscatine, IA 52761
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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LIFE Center for Independent Living

2201 Eastland Drive, Suite 1, Bloomington, IL 61704

Offers free amplified phones and cellular amplifiers for those that complete an application and are  eligible.  

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Easterseals Central Illinois

507 East Armstrong Avenue, Peoria, IL 61603

- Ray and Kathy LaHood Center for Cerebral Palsy: Variety of diagnoses that impact movement and motor development, including but not limited to cerebral palsy, hypotonia, developmental delays, and genetic disorders. May assess the child's range of motion, gait pattern, orthotics, and other assistive technology equipment, review the child and family's needs, and work with the family and physician to establish a plan of care.

- Orthotics Clinic: Prescription for custom-fitted orthotics/braces to provide stability and support for proper positioning of the feet and ankles during standing, walking, and other functional activities.

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HACAP - North Benton Center

202 East 4th Street, Vinton, IA 52349
Provides wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, canes and stool risers that are available free of charge for loan to individuals in Benton County.

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Exceptional Persons Inc

760 Ansborough Avenue, Waterloo, IA 50701

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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Sioux City Lions Club

PO Box 5233, Sioux City, IA 51101

Services include eye exams and glasses, hearing aids, eye donor cards, leader dog procurement, cornea transplants at University of Iowa, for those not covered by insurance or other programs.

Iowa Lions Kidsight: A cooperative sight project with the University of Iowa Hospitals. Pre-school children are screened by taking pictures of their eyes and sending the pictures to the U of IA Hospitals for evaluation. Parents are notified if their child is found to need eye care.

Charity grants to community agencies with regard to eyesight and hearing, food banks, clothing, and more.

Listening program provides equipment to preschools to help with autistic children.

Recycles eye glasses, lenses, frames and hearing aids. Lions disassemble, measure, clean and inventory the various parts to be available for people of third world countries as VOSH teams determine prescriptions.

International Lions Foundation: Our club supports the ILF to a total of $1000 each three years. Lions members and others in the community contribute additionally.

Other services are considered as needs are identified if fund are available and the club's board and members approve. More information available online.

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