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Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) provides services to individuals with severe disabilities so they can remain in their homes and be as independent as possible. Customers may hire their own PAs to assist in their homes, based on the service plan they have jointly developed with their DRS rehabilitation counselor. Specialized services for people with HIV/AIDS and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are also provided.

Services

Assistive Technology Equipment Sales
Undesignated Home Barrier Removal Services
Personal Care
Home Delivered Meals
Adult In Home Respite Care
In Home Adult Day Programs
Homemaker Assistance
Emergency Signaling Devices
Rehabilitation/Restorative Home Nursing
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Children's In Home Respite Care

Monetary assistance for purchasing specialized telecommunications equipment which may include mobile wireless devices, computer conversion packages, amplified phones, TTY/TT, telephone amplifier, telephone ring signals, CapTel (Captioned Telephone) and voice carry-over (VCO)-TT.

Applicant must meet the professional certification of impairment guidelines to be eligible for assistance; there are no income guidelines. Upon approval of the application, a voucher is issued and the applicant can purchase compliant equipment at any location.

Services

Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
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).

Services

Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Assistive Technology Equipment
Medical Equipment/Supplies

Provides financial assistance to senior and disabled individuals with unmet needs. Services could include car repairs, eye glasses, medical equipment, dental care, or help with clothing.

Senior Basket Program assists seniors with various items that cannot be acquired with food stamps. Basket varieties include things like cleaning supplies, kitchen items, or personal hygiene supplies. Two Baskets are distributed each year in the Spring and Fall.

Services

Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Clothing Vouchers
Medical Expense Assistance
Children at Home is a program offering help to families caring for a child with a disability by providing financial assistance for items or services not covered by other programs. Contact an Intake and Referral Specialist with any questions as to whether an item/service is allowable. Examples include special adaptive devices, out-of-area travel expenses, nutritional supplements, respite care or educational seminars for caregivers, special camps and items to make your home safe or more accessible for your child.

Services

Child Care Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment
Personal/Grooming Needs
Medical Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Transportation Expense Assistance
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.

Services

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Assistive Technology Equipment
Vocational Rehabilitation
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.

Services

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Assistive Technology Equipment
Vocational Rehabilitation

Provides durable medical equipment lending program provides donated walkers, wheelchairs, manual hospital beds, canes and commodes to those in need.

Services

Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Medical Equipment/Supplies
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.

Services

Peer to Peer Networking
Driver Training
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Centers for Independent Living
Disability Rights Groups
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Specialized Information and Referral
Driving Evaluation
Disease/Disability Registries
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Helps Nebraskans with disabilities, their families, and professionals obtain assistive technology devices and services.

Provides training on a wide range of assistive devices, as well as early childhood/school age development and technology services.

Locates available funding sources.

Provides information about:
-- Technology solutions, costs, availability, and vendors
-- Specialized or adapted vehicles and mobility devices

Offers technical assistance:
-- Individualized assessments for home and worksite modifications
-- Early childhood and school solutions
-- Website assessments for accessibility

Equipment provision:
-- Demonstrations of assistive technology
-- Short term equipment loans
-- Locating used equipment

Services

Assistive Technology Equipment
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) provides services to individuals with severe disabilities so they can remain in their homes and be as independent as possible. Customers may hire their own PAs to assist in their homes, based on the service plan they have jointly developed with their DRS rehabilitation counselor. Specialized services for people with HIV/AIDS and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are also provided.

Services

Assistive Technology Equipment Sales
Undesignated Home Barrier Removal Services
Personal Care
Home Delivered Meals
Adult In Home Respite Care
In Home Adult Day Programs
Homemaker Assistance
Emergency Signaling Devices
Rehabilitation/Restorative Home Nursing
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Children's In Home Respite Care
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) provides services to individuals with severe disabilities so they can remain in their homes and be as independent as possible. Customers may hire their own PAs to assist in their homes, based on the service plan they have jointly developed with their DRS rehabilitation counselor. Specialized services for people with HIV/AIDS and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are also provided.

Services

Assistive Technology Equipment Sales
Undesignated Home Barrier Removal Services
Personal Care
Home Delivered Meals
Adult In Home Respite Care
In Home Adult Day Programs
Homemaker Assistance
Emergency Signaling Devices
Rehabilitation/Restorative Home Nursing
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Children's In Home Respite Care
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.

Services

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Assistive Technology Equipment
Vocational Rehabilitation
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.

Services

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Assistive Technology Equipment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) provides services to individuals with severe disabilities so they can remain in their homes and be as independent as possible. Customers may hire their own PAs to assist in their homes, based on the service plan they have jointly developed with their DRS rehabilitation counselor. Specialized services for people with HIV/AIDS and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are also provided.

Services

Assistive Technology Equipment Sales
Undesignated Home Barrier Removal Services
Personal Care
Home Delivered Meals
Adult In Home Respite Care
In Home Adult Day Programs
Homemaker Assistance
Emergency Signaling Devices
Rehabilitation/Restorative Home Nursing
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Children's In Home Respite Care
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.

Services

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Assistive Technology Equipment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) provides services to individuals with severe disabilities so they can remain in their homes and be as independent as possible. Customers may hire their own PAs to assist in their homes, based on the service plan they have jointly developed with their DRS rehabilitation counselor. Specialized services for people with HIV/AIDS and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are also provided.

Services

Assistive Technology Equipment Sales
Undesignated Home Barrier Removal Services
Personal Care
Home Delivered Meals
Adult In Home Respite Care
In Home Adult Day Programs
Homemaker Assistance
Emergency Signaling Devices
Rehabilitation/Restorative Home Nursing
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Children's In Home Respite Care
Services for individuals with disabilities. Includes information and referral, service coordination, independent living skills training, individual and system advocacy, equipment loan and rental, barrier removal consultations and grants, and disability awareness training. Assists people with disabilities to transition from nursing homes to community based living.

Services

Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Disease/Disability Registries
Specialized Information and Referral
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Independent Living Skills Instruction
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.

Services

Peer to Peer Networking
Driver Training
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Centers for Independent Living
Disability Rights Groups
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Specialized Information and Referral
Driving Evaluation
Disease/Disability Registries
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
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.

Services

Peer to Peer Networking
Driver Training
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Centers for Independent Living
Disability Rights Groups
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Specialized Information and Referral
Driving Evaluation
Disease/Disability Registries
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) provides services to individuals with severe disabilities so they can remain in their homes and be as independent as possible. Customers may hire their own PAs to assist in their homes, based on the service plan they have jointly developed with their DRS rehabilitation counselor. Specialized services for people with HIV/AIDS and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are also provided.

Services

Assistive Technology Equipment Sales
Undesignated Home Barrier Removal Services
Personal Care
Home Delivered Meals
Adult In Home Respite Care
In Home Adult Day Programs
Homemaker Assistance
Emergency Signaling Devices
Rehabilitation/Restorative Home Nursing
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Children's In Home Respite Care
Limited financial aid for emergency situations including utility deposits, rent, prescription medications, glasses, clothing, school supplies, holiday assistance, transportation, birth certificate retrieval, Iowa identification, books for GED testing, etc.

Services

Rent Payment Assistance
School Supplies
Christmas Programs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) provides services to individuals with severe disabilities so they can remain in their homes and be as independent as possible. Customers may hire their own PAs to assist in their homes, based on the service plan they have jointly developed with their DRS rehabilitation counselor. Specialized services for people with HIV/AIDS and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are also provided.

Services

Assistive Technology Equipment Sales
Undesignated Home Barrier Removal Services
Personal Care
Home Delivered Meals
Adult In Home Respite Care
In Home Adult Day Programs
Homemaker Assistance
Emergency Signaling Devices
Rehabilitation/Restorative Home Nursing
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Children's In Home Respite Care
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) provides services to individuals with severe disabilities so they can remain in their homes and be as independent as possible. Customers may hire their own PAs to assist in their homes, based on the service plan they have jointly developed with their DRS rehabilitation counselor. Specialized services for people with HIV/AIDS and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are also provided.

Services

Assistive Technology Equipment Sales
Undesignated Home Barrier Removal Services
Personal Care
Home Delivered Meals
Adult In Home Respite Care
In Home Adult Day Programs
Homemaker Assistance
Emergency Signaling Devices
Rehabilitation/Restorative Home Nursing
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Children's In Home Respite Care
Frisbie Senior Center provides 65 open programs for seniors in Chicago's Northwest Suburban. Programs include day trips, a fitness center, a medical closet, and facility rentals.

Services

Field Trips/Excursions
Athletic Clubs
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Senior Centers