Health

Disability Training for First Responders

Northern Marianas

The AT Program, housed under the Council for Developmental Disabilities, continues to work with the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Network to complete its goal of training all First Responders in the CNMI.

AT Toolkit for Individuals with new TBI's

Missouri

MoAT collaborated with the Missouri Head Injury Association, the Adult Brain Injury Program within the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Institute for Human Development at the University of Missouri Kansas City on developing an AT Toolkit designe

Increasing AT Awareness through Advertisements

Minnesota

STAR has been connecting with our Aging and Disability Resource Centers, Department of Human Services (Board of aging, Disability Services division, Live Well at Home Grant), and Centers for Independent Living for a few years.

Expanding AT Programs for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Colorado

The Colorado Commission for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind's collaboration with The Center for Inclusive Design and Engineering (CIDE) has greatly helped expand its Communications Technology Program (CTP) through their assessments, installation, and t

The Disability Disaster Access and Resources (DDAR) Program

California

The Disability Disaster Access and Resources (DDAR) program was leveraged through the Ability Tools program and is deeply involved with supporting AT retention and acquisition across the State of California.

Accessing Potential through Assistive Technology (APTAT)

Alabama

In FY 2022 STAR partnered with the ADRS Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (RE&AT) program to utilize their assistive technology expertise to perform several of the activities which resulted in the formation of the Accessing Potential Throu

Awareness and Outreach to Underserved Project

Utah

We partnered with Salt Lake County to educate underserved communities, such as individuals with disabilities, older adults, Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander, Latinx populations, about available resources in Utah during the pandemic.   We have

No Wrong Door and United Way 211 Collaboration

Rhode Island

RI Assistive Technology Access Program (ATAP)  has an established collaboration with the NWD system including the Office of Healthy Aging (OHA) and United Way 211 to reach older individuals that need access to technology and are isolated due to living alon

Mitigate Social Isolation with Technology

Pennsylvania

The PA AT Program partnered with the Pennsylvania Department of Aging  and utilized CARES Act funding to add hundreds of iPad tablets, apps, Chromebooks, and Wi-Fi Hotspots to our AT Lending Library.

Responding to Social Isolation in Michigan

Michigan

Michigan Assistive Technology Program collaborated with Michigan Aging and Adult Services Administration to provide support to Centers for Independent Living and Area Agencies on Aging who received No Wrong Door funds to decrease social isolation for older adul