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Practical Guide to Universal Home Design: Convenience, Ease, and Livability: Remodeling, Building, Buying a Home (2010) -- Available formats: pdf rtf
Produced by the Iowa Program for Assistive Technology (IPAT), Center for Disabilities and Development, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics.Funding of Home Modifications for Individuals with Disabilities: An Emphasis on Funding Home Modifications to Support Employment Goals (2009) -- Available formats: rtf
This document provides an overview of the major funding sources for home modifications related to employment, such as vocational rehabilitation, SSI - PASS, AFP and Telework loans, and Medicaid.Kurina returns home, Discover Technology, Issue 1, 2007 (2007) -- Available formats: html
Ths case study tells about how the Nebraska Assistive Technology Partnership service assist one person to receive home modifications so tha tshe could return to her hoe.The Federal Fair Housing Act: A Tool to Obtain or Get Full Benefit for AT in Rental Housing (2006) -- Available formats: word
Individuals with disabilities are often denied the opportunity to acquire, use and enjoy the residential premises of their choosing. Through assistive technology (AT), many of the traditional barriers to the use and enjoyment of residential space can be overcome. The focus of this article is to describe the protections of the federal Fair Housing Act applicable to persons with disabilities who seek rental housing of their choice or who wish to use AT to fully use and enjoy rental housing.Sample Documents
Get the Inside Look at Assistive Technology and Home Modifications (2009) -- Available formats: pdf
This is a planning document that helps a program begin to plan to implement a home modification program. Included are worksheets to assist in planning.WWW.Housing.NE.Gov - Brochure (2009) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure provides a brief overview of the website in Nebraska that lists accessible housing.Client Database - ATTIE Demystified (2008) -- Available formats: pdf rtf
This document provides the specifications for the client database used by the Nebraska Partnership. The Attie program is written in the commercial database application program Filemaker® Pro 7 and served from Filemaker® Server 7 hosted on a Mac G5.Considerations for Your Plan of Action (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This is a planning document to help a program plan how to implement home modification activities in its state.Funding Services and Service and Device Application (Multi-Agency Form) (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This is the one combined form that several agencies use to register clients and coordinate funding of services in NebraskaHealth and Human Services Panel - AT Process (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This document describes the ATP Process that is used for Subsidized Adoption and Subsidized Guardianship. ATP referral form is sent to the adoption specialist from the adoption worker. There must be assurances that the family has agreed to adopt or take guardianship of the child.Health and Human Services Panel - Letter from Adoption Specialist (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This is a sample letter that confirms that the project is considering a home modification in relation to an adoption.Health and Human Services Panel - Contract (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This is a sample contract that is entered into between the State of Nebraska, Department of Health and Human Services and the adoptive parents for home renovations.Referral Form (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This is a referral form that is used to start the process of considering home modification and other services through the Nebraska project.Stay at Home/Return to Home Brochure - Zip file with all files for printer (2008) -- Available formats: other
This zip file has all the files needed for printing the stay at home/return to home brochure.Stay or Return Home with AT Brochure - English Text Only (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This brochures provides information about how AT and home modifications allow a person to live at home. Text Only.Stay or Return Home with AT Brochure - Spanish PDF for Printer (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure provides information about how AT and home modificaitons allows a person to live at home. In Spanish.Stay or Return to Home with AT Brochure - English PDF for printer (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure provides information about how AT and home modifidations can enhance living at homeStay or Return to Home with AT Brochure - La Asistencia Tecnológica y la Transición a la Vida Adulta - Spanish Text Only (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This brochure provides information about how AT can allow a person to live at home. In Spanish. Text onlyStay or Returning Home with AT Brochure - Reader's Sample PDF (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure provides information on how AT and home modifications can allow people with disabilities to reside in their home.Visitability Brochure - Home Design for Diverse Populations - English Text Only (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This brochure describes how design features of homes can make a living space more accessible.Visitability Brochure - Características para el Hogar de Personas con Diversos Impedimentos - Spanish Text Only (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This brochure describes how design features of homes can make a living space more accessible. In Spanish.Visitability Brochure - English PDF for Printer (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure describes how design features of homes can make a living space more accessible.Visitability Brochure - Home Desgins for Diverse Populations - Reader's Sample PDF (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure describes how design features of homes can make a living space more accessible.Visitability Brochure - Spanish PDF for Printer (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure describes how design features of homes can make a living space more accessible.Visitability Brochure - Zip file with all files for printer (2008) -- Available formats: other
This zipped file contains all the files needed for the printer to print the Visitability brochures.VR/ATP Referral Form (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This is the referral form used by VR to request services from ATP.Your Checklist for what happens next (2008) -- Available formats: rtf pdf
This is a summary of the process that the Nebraska AT Partnership will go. It provides a guide for individuals using the services.Toolkits
Get the Inside Look at Assistive Technology and Home Modifications (2009) -- Available formats: pdf
This is a planning document that helps a program begin to plan to implement a home modification program. Included are worksheets to assist in planning.WWW.Housing.NE.Gov - Brochure (2009) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure provides a brief overview of the website in Nebraska that lists accessible housing.Considerations for Your Plan of Action (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This is a planning document to help a program plan how to implement home modification activities in its state.Marketing Materials
Stay at Home/Return to Home Brochure - Zip file with all files for printer (2008) -- Available formats: other
This zip file has all the files needed for printing the stay at home/return to home brochure.Stay or Return Home with AT Brochure - English Text Only (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This brochures provides information about how AT and home modifications allow a person to live at home. Text Only.Stay or Return Home with AT Brochure - Spanish PDF for Printer (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure provides information about how AT and home modificaitons allows a person to live at home. In Spanish.Stay or Return to Home with AT Brochure - English PDF for printer (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure provides information about how AT and home modifidations can enhance living at homeStay or Return to Home with AT Brochure - La Asistencia Tecnológica y la Transición a la Vida Adulta - Spanish Text Only (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This brochure provides information about how AT can allow a person to live at home. In Spanish. Text onlyStay or Returning Home with AT Brochure - Reader's Sample PDF (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure provides information on how AT and home modifications can allow people with disabilities to reside in their home.Visitability Brochure - Home Design for Diverse Populations - English Text Only (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This brochure describes how design features of homes can make a living space more accessible.Visitability Brochure - Características para el Hogar de Personas con Diversos Impedimentos - Spanish Text Only (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This brochure describes how design features of homes can make a living space more accessible. In Spanish.Visitability Brochure - English PDF for Printer (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure describes how design features of homes can make a living space more accessible.Visitability Brochure - Home Desgins for Diverse Populations - Reader's Sample PDF (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure describes how design features of homes can make a living space more accessible.Visitability Brochure - Spanish PDF for Printer (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This brochure describes how design features of homes can make a living space more accessible.Visitability Brochure - Zip file with all files for printer (2008) -- Available formats: other
This zipped file contains all the files needed for the printer to print the Visitability brochures.Training Materials
Practical Guide to Universal Home Design: Convenience, Ease, and Livability: Remodeling, Building, Buying a Home (2010) -- Available formats: pdf rtf
Produced by the Iowa Program for Assistive Technology (IPAT), Center for Disabilities and Development, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics.Success Stories
Kurina returns home, Discover Technology, Issue 1, 2007 (2007) -- Available formats: html
Ths case study tells about how the Nebraska Assistive Technology Partnership service assist one person to receive home modifications so tha tshe could return to her hoe.Profile
Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (2009) -- Available formats: ppt
This powerpoint describes Pennsylvania's alternative financing program and lsits its partners that help with home modifications.Self-Determination Housing Project of Pennsylvania, Inc. (2009) -- Available formats: ppt
This powerpoint describes what SDHP's mission is, what it does, and who are its partners. It also desribes some of the collaborations the program has.Health and Human Services Panel - Overview (2008) -- Available formats: ppt
This describes the process that the Nebraska program uses to respond to human service requests. It discusses home and community based waivers, the process that the project uses, and lists some of the AT that was acquired through this process.Teleconferences
Collaborations with Money Follows the Persons Program - March 25, 2010 Transcript (2010) -- Available formats: html
Laurie Brooks from the Oregon Statewide AT Act Program, Arlene Lugo from the Connecticut Statewide AT Act Project, Bil Roby from Nebraska's Department of Health and Human Services - Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care and Lauren Rock from the Nebraska Assistive Technology Partnership shared information on collaborations their programs have created with Money Follows the Person initiatives throughout their state.Practical Guide to Universal Home Design: Convenience, Ease, and Livability: Remodeling, Building, Buying a Home (2010) -- Available formats: pdf rtf
Produced by the Iowa Program for Assistive Technology (IPAT), Center for Disabilities and Development, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics.Meetings
Collaborating to Enhance Funding for Home Modifications AT Partnership (2009) -- Available formats: ppt
This powerpoint provides an overview of housing modifications that the Nebraska program provides. It tells about some of the modification possible and describes the partners that the Nebraska Program has.Funding of Home Modifications for Individuals with Disabilities: An Emphasis on Funding Home Modifications to Support Employment Goals (2009) -- Available formats: rtf
This document provides an overview of the major funding sources for home modifications related to employment, such as vocational rehabilitation, SSI - PASS, AFP and Telework loans, and Medicaid.Get the Inside Look at Assistive Technology and Home Modifications (2009) -- Available formats: pdf
This is a planning document that helps a program begin to plan to implement a home modification program. Included are worksheets to assist in planning.Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (2009) -- Available formats: ppt
This powerpoint describes Pennsylvania's alternative financing program and lsits its partners that help with home modifications.Self-Determination Housing Project of Pennsylvania, Inc. (2009) -- Available formats: ppt
This powerpoint describes what SDHP's mission is, what it does, and who are its partners. It also desribes some of the collaborations the program has.Agenda - AT and Home Modification Workshop (2008) -- Available formats: pdf rtf
This is the agenda for the AT and Home Modification Workshop that was hosted in August 2008 in Omaha NebraskaClient Database - ATTIE Demystified (2008) -- Available formats: pdf rtf
This document provides the specifications for the client database used by the Nebraska Partnership. The Attie program is written in the commercial database application program Filemaker® Pro 7 and served from Filemaker® Server 7 hosted on a Mac G5.Considerations for Your Plan of Action (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This is a planning document to help a program plan how to implement home modification activities in its state.Easter Seals Alternative Financing Program (2008) -- Available formats: external
This is a link to the alternative financing program in Nebraska, one of the community partners that can help fund the home modifications.Funding Services and Service and Device Application (Multi-Agency Form) (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This is the one combined form that several agencies use to register clients and coordinate funding of services in NebraskaHealth and Human Services Panel - AT Process (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This document describes the ATP Process that is used for Subsidized Adoption and Subsidized Guardianship. ATP referral form is sent to the adoption specialist from the adoption worker. There must be assurances that the family has agreed to adopt or take guardianship of the child.Health and Human Services Panel - Letter from Adoption Specialist (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This is a sample letter that confirms that the project is considering a home modification in relation to an adoption.Health and Human Services Panel - Overview (2008) -- Available formats: ppt
This describes the process that the Nebraska program uses to respond to human service requests. It discusses home and community based waivers, the process that the project uses, and lists some of the AT that was acquired through this process.Health and Human Services Panel - Contract (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This is a sample contract that is entered into between the State of Nebraska, Department of Health and Human Services and the adoptive parents for home renovations.List of Participants - AT and Home Modification Workshop (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This is the list of participants for the AT and Home Modification Workshop conducted August 2008List of Presenters - AT and Home Modification Workshop (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This lists the presenters at the AT and Home Modification Workshop.On-line Housing Location (2008) -- Available formats: external
This is a link to the housing database for Nebraska which includes listings of adapted or modified apartments and house in the state.On-line Recycled Equipment (2008) -- Available formats: external
This link goes to the AT4All website, where users can browse and find recycled equipment.Rebuilding Together (2008) -- Available formats: external
This is a link to Rebuilding Together, a community partaner of the Nebraska project that provides funding for home modifications.Referral Form (2008) -- Available formats: pdf
This is a referral form that is used to start the process of considering home modification and other services through the Nebraska project.VR/ATP Referral Form (2008) -- Available formats: rtf
This is the referral form used by VR to request services from ATP.Your Checklist for what happens next (2008) -- Available formats: rtf pdf
This is a summary of the process that the Nebraska AT Partnership will go. It provides a guide for individuals using the services.Kurina returns home, Discover Technology, Issue 1, 2007 (2007) -- Available formats: html
Ths case study tells about how the Nebraska Assistive Technology Partnership service assist one person to receive home modifications so tha tshe could return to her hoe.The Federal Fair Housing Act: A Tool to Obtain or Get Full Benefit for AT in Rental Housing (2006) -- Available formats: word
Individuals with disabilities are often denied the opportunity to acquire, use and enjoy the residential premises of their choosing. Through assistive technology (AT), many of the traditional barriers to the use and enjoyment of residential space can be overcome. The focus of this article is to describe the protections of the federal Fair Housing Act applicable to persons with disabilities who seek rental housing of their choice or who wish to use AT to fully use and enjoy rental housing.
