Alternative Financing Programs
funded under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, Title III
Administered by the National Institute for Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
Arizona
Arizona Loans for Assistive Technology Program (AzLAT)
Northern Arizona University Institute for Human Development
4105 North 20th Street, Suite 260
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Project Director: Jill Oberstein
PHONE: 602/766-4670
PHONE: 800/477-9921
TTY: 602/728-9536
FAX: 602/728-9535
EMAIL: jill.oberstein@nau.edu
Arkansas
Arkansas Technology Alternative Financing Project
Arkansas Rehabilitation Services
P. O. Box 3781
1616 Brookwood Drive
Little Rock, AR 72203
Project Director: Sue Gaskin
PHONE: 501/296-1691
FAX: 501/296-1675
EMAIL: sogaskin@ars.state.ar.us
Florida
Florida Alternative Financing Program
Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology (FAAST, Inc.)
1020 E. Lafayette Street, Suite 110
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Project Director: Terry Ward
PHONE: 850/487-3278
TTY: 850/487-2805
FAX: 850/487-2805
EMAIL: tward@faast.org
Illinois
Techconnect Low Interest Loan Program
Illinois Assistive Technology Project
1 West Old State Capitol Plaza, Suite 100
Springfield, IL 62701-1200
Project Director: Sue Castles
PHONE: 217/522-7985
TTY: 217/522-9966
FAX: 217/522-8067
EMAIL: scastles@iltech.org
Kansas
Kansas Assistive Technology Cooperative (KATCO)
214 SW Sixth
Liberty Building, Suite 205
Topeka, KS 66603
Executive Director: Mary Ellen O'Brien Wright
PHONE: 785/354-8620
FAX: 785/354-1134
EMAIL: mewright@birch.net
Kentucky
Loan Initiative Networking Kentuckians
for Assistive Technology (LINK AT)
Kentucky Assistive Technology Loan Corporation
P. O. Box 12281-2231
Lexington, KY 40581-2231
Director: Nancy Hansen
PHONE: 859/246-2540
TTY: 859/246-2546
FAX: 859/246-2545
EMAIL: Nancye.Hansen
@mail.state.ky.us
HOMEPAGE: www.kyatloan.org
Louisiana
Louisiana Alternative Financing Program
Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network (LATAN)
3042 Old Forge Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Executive Director: Julie Nesbit
PHONE/TTY: 225/925-9500
PHONE/TTY: 800/270-6185 (National)
FAX: 225/925-9560
EMAIL: jnesbit@latan.org
HOMEPAGE: www.latan.org
Maryland
Assistive Technology Guaranteed Loan Program
Maryland Technology Assistance Program
2301 Argonne Drive, Room T-17
Baltimore, MD 21218
Project Co-Directors: Michael Dalto, Tony Rice
PHONE: 800/832-4827 V/TDD
PHONE: 410/554-9233 V/TDD
FAX: 410/554-9237
EMAIL: loans@mdtap.org
HOMEPAGE: www.mdtap.org
Michigan
Michigan Assistive Technology Loan Fund
Michigan Disability Rights Coalition
740 West Lake Lansing Road, Suite 400
East Lansing, MI 48823
Executive Director: Norm DeLisle
PHONE/TTY: 517/333-2477
FAX: 517/333-2677
EMAIL: ndelisle@msn.com
HOMEPAGE: www.copower.org, www.mi-atlf.org
Missouri
$how Me Loans
Missouri Assistive Technology Council
4731 South Cochise #114
Independence, MO 64055-6975
Loan Program Coordinator: Marty Exline
PHONE: 816/350-5281
TTY: 816/373-9315
FAX: 816/373-9314
EMAIL: mexline@swbell.net
Nevada
Nevada Assistive Technology Loan Fund Program
Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation
711 South Stewart Street
Carson City, NV 89701
Project Director: Todd Butterworth
PHONE: 775/687-4452
FAX: 775/687-3292
EMAIL: tmbutterworth@nvdetr.org
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Alternative Financing Program (OkAT)
Oklahoma ABLE Tech
1514 West Hall of Fame
Stillwater, OK 74078-2026
Project Director: Linda Jaco
PHONE: 405/744-9864
TTY: 800/257-1705
FAX: 405/744-2487
EMAIL: mljwell@okstate.edu
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Financing Program
102 Pickering Way, Suite 200
Exton, PA 19341
Director: Judith McGlew
PHONE: 888/744-1938 (In-state)
PHONE: 484/875-3066
TTY: 877/693-7271 (In-state)
EMAIL: PATF@amexcenters.com
HOMEPAGE: www.PA-AT-LOAN.org
EMAIL: jmcglew@amexcenters.com
Outreach Project Director: Ginny Del Sordo
PHONE: 215/204-0452
EMAIL: vdel@nimbus.temple.edu
Utah
Alternative Financing Program
Utah Assistive Technology Foundation (UATF)
Center for Persons with Disabilities
6835 Old Main Hall
Logan, UT 84322
Executive Director: Marilyn Hammond
PHONE: 800/524-5152 (National)
PHONE: 435/797-3811
TTY: 435/797-7089
FAX: 435/797-2355
EMAIL: uatf@cpd2.usu.edu
HOMEPAGE: www.uatf.org
Virginia
Assistive Technology Loan Fund Authority (ATLFA)
P. O. Box K-091
Richmond, VA 23288-0091
Executive Director: Michael Scione
PHONE: 804/662-9000
FAX: 804/662-9533
EMAIL: loanfund@erols.com
HOMEPAGE: www.atlfa.org
Wisconsin
WisLoan
Wisconsin Office for Persons with Physical Disabilities
1 West Wilson Street, Room 450
P. O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707
Project Director: Holly Laux O'Higgins
PHONE: 608/266-8905
FAX: 608/267-3203
EMAIL: lauxhm@dhfs.state.wi.us
The RESNA Alternative Financing Technical Assistance Project (AFTAP), Cooperative Agreement #H224C000200, is an activity funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education (ED), under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998. Produced by RESNA/AFTAP, 1700 North Moore Street, Suite 1540, Arlington, VA 22209, 703/524-6686 (V), 703/524-6639 (TTY), 703/524-6630 (Fax), http:www/resna.org/AFTAP/
October 2001