TABLE 4 - State Assistive Technology Loan Programs - Program Administrative Costs - Year: 2000

STATE

DEVICES OR SERVICES NOT COVERED

DEVICES MOST FREQUENTLY REQUESTED this past year

Costs for Loan Coordination this past year

Costs for Bank Involvement this past year

Cost for Loan Review this past year

Alabama*

None

Modified vans

Personal computers

Misc equipment for visually impaired

     

Alaska

None

Vehicles

Vehicle Mods

Housing access mods

     

Arkansas

None

Lifts for vans

none

none

none

California

Vehicle repairs

Modified vehicles

no data

no data

no data

Connecticut

No vehicle repairs

Computers

Mobility related

Vans

$45,000

$.004 per dollar per quarter on outstanding balance

none

District of Columbia

Automobiles

Home Modifications

Computers

N/A

N/A

N/A

Hawaii

No data

No data

     

Idaho

Vehicles

mobility and computers

$30,000

0

$5,000

Iowa

AT services, service animals

Hearing aids

0

all in kind

0

all in kind under CRA

0

Illinois*

None

Vehicles and lifts

Scooters

Electric wheelchairs

     

Kansas

Vehicles

Computers,

Vehicle Mods

$57,000

0

$5,400

Kentucky

Not disability related

Modified vans

$75,000

$25 on applications under $5,000

$1,000 per Board meeting

Maine

None

Adaptive driving devices

Scooters

Computers

Home Mods

Vehicle mods

NA

NA

NA

Maryland

Home Modifications to rental units

Vehicles

Computers

Home Mods

Scooters

CCTV

 

Buy down total

$38,748

 

Minnesota

None

Computer systems,

Hearing aids, Vans

All volunteer

Buy downs total $3,500

None

Missouri**

No data

No data

No data

No data

No data

Montana

None

Computers

Difficult to determine

n/a

none

Nevada

None

Vehicles,

Computers

approx $25,000

none

none

New Hampshire

none

computer and computer related

n/a

none

none

New Jersey

No Data

N/A

No Data

No Data

No Data

New Mexico*

Vehicles

Adapted vans (lifts)

Computers

Wheelchairs

     

New York*

No data

No data

     

North Carolina

None

Auto/Vans

Hearing Aids

Computers and Assistive Devices

$13,821

None

$1,684

North Dakota*

Vehicles

Computers

Hearing Aids

Vans

     

Ohio

Business start ups, property, automobiles

N/A

$22,000

none

none

Oklahoma

None

Computers with accessible features

Modified vans

Home modification

In kind

In kind

Accounting at home office - amount unknown

None

Pennsylvania

None

Home Modifications, Vehicle/vehicle modifications, computers with adaptations, Devices to assist seeing

Contributed by PIAT

None

None

South Dakota

Last Resort Loan, includes most devices

Accessible vans and Computers

N/A

None

0

Utah

None

Van/modification

House remodel

Reading aids, hearing aids

$19,608 - office, staff licensing

$12,893 - loan buy-dwons/grants

none

none

Vermont*

None

Power wheelchairs

Computers

Adaptive vehicles

     

Virginia

None

Vehicle modifications

$120,000

($18,000 consumer counseling, $12,000 marketing)

0.

$200 per meeting

West Virginia

Vehicles, others as determined on individualized basis

Computers, hardware and software

$0

$30.

$0

* Data based on 1999 survey

** New program, no full year of data