Acknowledgments | Foreword - OK Funding for AT
Introduction to Assistive Technology & Oklahoma ABLE Tech
Section 1: Public Sources of Funding
The following linked pages contain fact sheets on public or government sources of funding. To determine the most likely agencies to pay for the AT you need, look closely at the eligibility requirements and financial criteria of each source and what types of AT devices and services the agency will fund. Due to eligibility requirements, funding for AT from public sources is far from guaranteed. You will have to build a strong case for the AT you need. Most agencies will have an internal appeals process if you disagree with the initial decision made in your case request.
- Accessible Instructional Materials Center
- American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation
- Children's Hearing Aid Program
- Family Support Assistance Program
- Head Start/Early Head Start
- Insure Oklahoma
- Medicaid-ADvantage Waiver Program
- Medicaid-Community Waiver Program
- Medicaid-In-Home Supports Waiver for Adults
- Medicaid-In-Home Supports Waiver for Children
- Medicaid-Medically Fragile Waiver
- Medicaid-Money Follows the Person Waiver
- Medicaid-SoonerCare Child Health
- Medicaid-SoonerCare Choice
- Medicaid-SoonerCare Traditional
- Medicaid-TEFRA
- Medicare
- Oklahoma Equipment Distribution Program
- Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- Oklahoma Telecommunication Equipment Distribution Program
- Older Blind Independent Living Services Program
- Senior Citizen's Hearing Aid Project
- Single-Family Housing Repair Loans and Grants
- Social Security Disability Insurance
- SoonerStart-Early Intervention Program
- Special Education Services Division Local Education (LEA)
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Supplemental Security Income Work Incentives (SSA)
- Supplemental Security Income Disabled Children's Program (SSI-DCP)
- TRICARE
- Veteran's Benefits
- Vocational Rehabilitation Program – Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Section 2: Private Sources of Funding
Public sources of funding have been exhausted and appeals have been rejected. Private insurance or the insurance that you do have will not cover the assistive technology needed. The next step should be to search for private nonprofit organizations and foundations that may be able to assist. There are many such sources in the state and nation, but they have restrictions on what they will provide, vary widely on eligibility requirements, and the resources available to them are limited. A person who needs funding for assistive technology may turn to a private nonprofit agency, organization, trust, or foundation for assistance. This Section describes such groups and lists contact information, but there may be others in your local communities that are not listed here.
Hearing
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- CaptionCall
- Hearing Charities of America's Hearing Aid Project
- Hearts for Hearing Foundation
- Help America Hear
- Limeades for Learning
- Lions Clubs
- Miracle-Ear Foundation
- Oklahoma ABLE Tech Financial Loan Program
- Sertoma Hearing Aid Recycling Program
- TPA Hearing Trust
- United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Elsie S. Bellows Fund
- United Way Hearing Aid Bank
- WovenLife
Speech Communication
- Ability Connection Oklahoma
- Ability Found
- Apraxia Kids
- Cerner Charitable Foundation Medical Grants
- Donna Nigh Foundation
- Limeades for Learning
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- NAPA Center Kids Foundation
- National Autism Association - Give A Voice Program
- Oklahoma ABLE Tech Financial Loan Program
- Small Steps in Speech
- United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Elsie S. Bellows Fund
- WovenLife
Seating, Positioning, Mobility
- Ability Connection Oklahoma
- Ability Found
- AMBUCS Amtryke Therapeutic Tricycle Program
- Cerner Charitable Foundation Medical Grants
- Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association Orthotic Grant Program
- Chive Charities
- Donna Nigh Foundation
- Duchenne Family Assistance Program
- Gwendolyn Strong Foundation
- Limeades for Learning
- McLindon Family Foundation
- Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- NAPA Center Kids Foundation
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Oklahoma ABLE Tech Financial Loan Program
- Steps of Faith
- Twilight Wish
- United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Elsie S. Bellows Fund
- WovenLife
Daily Living
- Ability Connection Oklahoma
- Ability Found
- ABLE Tech Financial Loan Program
- Centers for Independent Living
- Cerner Charitable Foundation Medical Grants
- Donna Nigh Foundation
- Dysphasia Food Bank
- Giving Angels Foundation
- Habitat for Humanity
- Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- National Autism Association - Family Toolkits
- National Autism Association - Teacher Toolkits
- Twilight Wish
- United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Elsie S. Bellows Fund
- WovenLife
Other (includes therapies)
- Alyssa V. Phillips Foundation
- Arthritis Foundation
- Centers for Independent Living
- Danny Did Foundation
- Giving Angels Foundation
- Go Shout Love
- Habitat for Humanity
- Limbs for Life Foundation
- My Gym Foundation
- Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust
- Rise Again
- Sunshine Foundation
- Twilight Wish
- United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Elsie S. Bellows Fund