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NH Links
NH
Future Planning Guide
Provides assistance with the development of a "future plan", including a life
plan and letter of intent. These tools are vehicles for sharing knowledge,
dreams and aspirations for a family member with a disability. The Guide, posted
on the Community Support Network
Inc. (CSNI) website, also offers a variety of legal and financial manuscripts
for legal and financial planning, including valuable information about guardianships,
public benefits considerations, special-needs trusts, health care coverage,
and explains why planning is so important.
Monadnock Center for Successful
Transition (site currently under reconstruction)
Institute on Disability at UNH
The
IOD, a University Center for Excellence on Disability (UCED), works with students
and faculty, conducts statewide training, participates in grant-funded model
demonstration projects, conducts research, and engages in collaborative partnerships
with other statewide organizations that are committed to improving the lives
of persons with disabilities and their families.
NH
Challenge
The New Hampshire Challenge has as its mission to “provide information
to and advocate for families with persons who have disabilities.” The goal
of the organization is to “create a vision for change so families will see
themselves as integral parts of the community at large.”
Brain Injury Association of NH
The Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire (BIANH) is a private,
non-profit, family and consumer-run organization representing more than 5,000
NH residents with acquired brain disorders and stroke, founded in 1983 by
NH parents seeking to bring home their brain injured children from out of
state nursing homes. Mission is to create a better future through brain injury
prevention, education, advocacy and support. The Monadnock Brain Injury
Steering Committee provides local connections and support groups for Keene
and surrounding towns.
New Hampshire Service Link
ServiceLink
is a statewide network of locally administered community-based resources for
seniors, adults with disabilities and their families. ServiceLink is a free
information, referral, and assistance, with local offices in 13 communities
and with many satellite offices throughout New Hampshire. ServiceLink answers
questions and connects users to the appropriate services that support healthy
and independent living.
New Hampshire Partners in Health
NH Partners in
Health are community-based programs designed to address the needs of families
of children with chronic health conditions in New Hampshire. Utilizing a family-centered
approach, they work within the community to facilitate and enhance the care
and services that families feel they need, working with schools, medical providers,
churches, social services, and other community institutions to create a setting
that will enhance the quality of life of the families they serve.
The
River Center, Peterborough
The
River Center provides community resources and connections essential to the
quality of life for people of all ages and abilities in Peterborough and surrounding
towns. River Center partner organizations work together to provide information
and services that are meaningful to community members.
Disabilities
Rights Center
The Disabilities
Rights Center advocates for the legal rights of people with disabilities.
They provide information, advice, brief legal services, and legal representation
in priority areas to people with disabilities who have a legal problem related
to their disability. Problem areas include: special education, access to services,
discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations, and freedom
from abuse, neglect, and unwarranted restraint and seclusion.
Granite State Monarchs is a peer support group providing educational, vocational, interpersonal, social and spriritual opportunities for consumers of mental health services and by facilitating recovery through peer support, empowerment, and personal growth.
National Links
TASH www.tash.org
TASH is an international grassroots leader in advancing inclusive communities
through research, education and advocacy.
The ARC www.thearc.org
The Arc is the world’s largest community-based organization of and for people
with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Provides an array of services
and support for families and individuals, includes over 140,000 members affiliated
through more than 780 state and local chapters across the nation. The Arc
is devoted to promoting and improving supports and services for all people
with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Although there is currently
no state chapter in New Hampshire, there are several
regional chapters, including Concord, Manchester and Salem.
Ability
Online a free interned community where children and youth with disabilities
or illnesses and their parents can meet others, make friends from all over
the world, share hopes and fears, find role models and mentor, and feel like
they belong.
Internet Resource for Special Children Links, links, and more links
to everything from adaptive equipment to laws, to rare disorders, to support
and assistance.
www.disabilitysecrets.com Provides helpful info to individuals
who are applying for disability, thinking of applying, or who need to file
an appeal after they've been denied. The person who heads the website was
a Social Security disability examiner.
Minnesota
Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
Good resource for information, education, and training to build knowledge,
develop skills, and change attitudes that will lead to increased independence,
productivity, self determination, integration and inclusion (IPSII) for people
with developmental disabilities and their families. This site ncludes
an excellent presentation on the History
of Human Services by Wolf Wolfensberger, Ph.Der.
Books and Publications
International Universities Press www.iup.com
University of Minnesota Quality Mall www.qualitymall.org
Program Development Associates www.disabilitytraining.com
Medication Information
Diagnosed Conditions
Autism
Autism Society of America http://www.autism-society.org
Autism Society of Wisconsin www.asw4autism.org
CDC's Web-based Autism Information Center www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/ddautism.htm
Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy www.ucpa.org
Down Syndrome
National Assoc. for Down Syndrome www.ndss.org
Helps parents make or purchase learning materials for infants and toddlers
with special needs. (www.loveandlearning.com)
Mitochondrial
Disorders
Marcel's Way of New Boston NH provides those whose lives are touched by Mitochondrial
Disorders with information, education and support. www.marcelsway.org
Equipment
ATECH
Services does equipment evaluations and innovative things. They do
everything from wheelchairs to little items such as pencil holders for
folks with disabilities.
Transition Coalition
Information, support, and linkages for all people interested and involved
in the transition of students with disabilities from school to adult life.
top
of page
The Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education
Http://wiu.edu/users/mimacp/wiu/
GRANT ASSISTANCE RESOURCES
Children's
Charity Fund
6623 Superior Avenue, Suite B
Sarasota, Fl 34231
Phone: 1-800-643-5787
E-mail: CCF21@AOL.Com
For
individuals up to 18 years old - Grants awarded to provide services, purchase
medical equipment etc. Application requirements include:
- Letter from child's physician stating disability
- Denial from insurance, Medicaid or Medicare
- Photograph of the child
- Most recent tax return
- Notarized application completely filled out
Children's
Fund NHFTL
Children's Fund C/O NEA-NH
103 N. State Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 224-7751 ext. 30
Fax (603) 224-2648
Application available on-line
- Applications must be submitted by a professional who works with the child (not the parents)
- Student must attend a NH public school or preschool
- The fund provides clothes, food, medical, dental and transportation
Coalition
for Recreational Activities for the Developmentally Disabled (CRA/DD)
Fredda Smith
98 Brady Avenue
Salem, NH 03079
Phone/Fax 603-893-8597
Examples
of recreational opportunities that have been funded; swimming lessons, camp
tuition, horseback riding, movement classes, membership to a gym and summer
camp.
- Cap of $250 per individual or family.
- The check must be sent to the activity location, not to the applicant
Disabled
Children's Relief Fund DCRF
PO Box 7420
Freeport, NY 11520
Children
with disabilities are eligible for assistive device grants and rehabilitative
service grants.
- Eligible age range birth to 18
- Preferences given to children with physical challenges
- Application must include physician information and signature
- Incomplete and/or out-of -date applications will automatically be denied
Dream Factory
PO Box 853
Exeter, NH 03833
E-mail: nhdreamfactory@yahoo.com
Creating
the moment of a lifetime for critically ill children. Applicants must provide
parents' names, Child's name, contact information, child's age, diagnosis,
a bit about the child and their "Dream"
Families Come
First
Ministry for Persons with Disabilities
C/O NH Catholic Charities
PO Box 686
215 Myrtle Street
Manchester, NH 03105
Phone 1-800-562-5249 ext. 246 or ext. 233
Fax 603-626-1252
- Funds designed to provide short-term respite care
- Limit of $250 per grant
- The beneficiary must be a NH Resident
- Non-denominational
- Examples of acceptable purposes for respite funds include camps, personal care, educational or enrichments programs etc.
First
Hand Foundation
Cerner Corporation
2800 Rockcreek Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64117-2551
Phone (816) 201-1569
Fax (816) 201-7569
First Hand
Foundation provides grants for children with specific needs relevant to their
health for which there are no other financial resources.
- Applications must follow the request form guidelines
- Application and guidelines available online at www.cerner.com/firsthand
- Examples of funded requests include: durable medical equipment, dental rehabilitations, computer equipment, adapted tricycle and travel expenses to treatment facilities.
- Applications are reviewed monthly
- Things not covered: Home modifications, alternative drugs or therapy, research funding, any expense already incurred.
Doug
Flutie, Jr. Foundation
Committed
to funding organizations that provide direct services, family support grants,
education, advocacy and recreational opportunities with the purpose of improving
the quality of life for individuals with autism and their families.
Good
News Garage
325 Merrill Street
Manchester, NH 03103
Phone: 669-6937
E-mail: goodnewsgarage@LCSNNE.org
Providing
affordable and reliable transportation options to people in need. The program
provides reconditioned vehicles for the cost of repairs.
Grant Money
for Caregivers at Home
NH ServiceLink Network
1-866-634-9412
NH Dept. of Health and Human Services
1-800-852-3345
Program
to help family caregivers care for loved ones in the home. Funding is available,
regardless of income, for critical support services, such as respite care
services and other supportive services, such as transportation, home modifications
and adult day care services that ease the burden of family caregiving.
Who is eligible?
- A family member, friend or neighbor who cares for a person, age 60 or older and who needs assistance with two or more activities, such as bathing, dressing and/or eating;
- A grandparent or other relative, 60 years or older, who is the primary caregiver for a child 18 years of age or younger or;
- A person, 60 years or older, caring for a child with developmental disabilities, who is 18 years of age or younger
Harry
Gregg Foundation
Peg Lewis, Grant Administrator
1 Verney Drive
Greenfield, NH 03047
Phone: 547-3311 ext. 401 Fax: 547-6212
Provides
grants for NH residents of any age with physical, intellectual or emotional
disabilities and or their families. Most grants range from $100 to $1,000
but can be larger. Funds can be requested for non-reimbursed medical and therapy
expenses, specialty equipment, environmental modifications, respite services,
recreational activities, vocational educational assistance and or driver training.
- Physician's statement required
- Faxed applications must be followed by a mailed copy
- Applications are reviewed quarterly
- Written estimates required
Harry
C. Lord Scholarship Fund Trust
First NH Investment Services
PO Box 150
Manchester, NH 03105
Serves
Peterborough residents and surrounding towns.
Hearing
Impaired Kids Endowment (HIKE)
International Order of Job's Daughters
233 West 6th Street
Papillion, Nebraska 68046-2210
Phone: (402) 592-7987
Website: http://www.thehikefund.org
HIKE
provides hearing and/or assistive listening devices to children or institutions
in need. Assistance is provided to children up to 20 years old who have been
identified as:
1.) having a need for hearing aid(s) or an assistive listening device
2.) having a financial need
The Fund has awarded many types of devices including, but not limited to: hearing aids, FM systems, closed caption converters, tactile units, alerting systems, and specialized sports equipment, to aid hearing impaired children in communication.
Keene Lion's
Club (Eyesight and Hearing)
Keene Lion's Club
(Eyesight and Hearing) Committee
PO Box 62
Keene, NH 03431-0062
- Specifically for eyeglasses, eye examinations, hearing aids, and hearing examinations not covered by insurance
- Committee meets 4 times per year
- Local committee will forward application to appropriate town or regional organization
The Kingsbury
Fund
James E O'Neil, Executive Trustee
80 Laurel Street
Keene, NH 03431
Phone: 603-352-5212 ext. 1301
Fax: 603-352-8789
- Special emphasis will be placed on supporting those organizations in which employees are actively involved or from which they derive benefits.
- Exceptions have been made based on individual circumstances.
- Contact James O'Neil for specific requirements prior to application.
The
Krempels Foundation (Brain Injury Support Fund)
Director: Lisa Hanson
PO Box 4388
Portsmouth, NH 03802-4388
Phone: 603-433-9821
Fax: 603-431-3532
- Grants up to $5,000
- Before applying refer to the "Who Can Apply" checklist
- Attachments required with each application; discharge summary, physician's statement and a list of expenses
Lotte Kaliski
Foundation for Gifted Children
Dorothy Dubin
225 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10122
Phone: (212) 268-7251
Fax: (212) 594-0228
E-mail: KalisisFdn@aol.com
The scholarship offers grants to students with special talents in mathematics, science, dance, music, theater, film or art. This is also available to students with physical and/or learning disabilities to assist them in the achievement of their academic and professional goals. The Foundation asks that colleges or schools identify the applicants. To be eligible, the students must be gifted in one or more artistic or academic areas, physically or learning disabled, under the age of 26, socially conscious and responsible, goal directed, motivated to succeed, and in need of financial support.
Peterborough/Monadnock
Rotary Clubs Youth Opportunities Fund
Provides financial assistance for program fees or equipment costs for educational and recreational programs for youth of any age through 8th grade. Recipients should be residents of, Antrim, Bennington, Dublin, Francestown, Greenfield, Hancock, Jaffrey or Peterborough. Requests must come from a program director or town welfare officer.
NH Association
for the Blind
Phone # 1-800-464-3075
Offer lists of optometrists who are willing to donate their services to individuals and families in need.
Special
Medical Services Bureau
1-800-852-3345 Ext. 4488
6 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
Provides clinic care as well as financial assistance to eligible individuals Areas of specialty include; Neuromotor, Nutrition and Feeding, Vision, Neurology, Genetic Counseling etc. Financial assistance based on Office of Medical Benefits, federal poverty guidelines
Sports
for Kids (not necessarily just for sports)
Al Vacanti
PO Box 536
Torrington, WY 82240
Phone (307) 534-1888
Fax (307) 534-2229
- Recipients must be 18 years old or younger
- Gifts range from $50-$500
- Organization prefers to pay for smaller in their entirety
- Examples of gifts previously provided: sign language class, eyeglasses, resource materials, specialized computer software
Sunrise
Lion's Club
PO Box 6007
Keene, NH 03431
- Provide small grants usually $250 or less
- Physician's statement required
- Will consider a wide variety of expenses such as services, medical costs, equipment etc.
Sunshine Foundation
Dream Village
5400 County Road 547
North Davenport, Florida 33837
Phone (800) 457-1976)
Fax: (863) 424-4188
Web: www.sunshinefoundation.org
Grants wishes for Children 3-21 who have been abused or who have significant developmental disabilities or a serious illness. Families must be income eligible. Children can be referred via the internet.
TASH
New England
Designed
to provide grants so that children and adults with disabilities are able to
participate in inclusive activities in their community.
- Applications available on-line at website
- Interest hobby or activities must involve non-disabled people with similar interests (dance or drama classes, inclusive sports and summer camps etc.)
- Grants range from $25-$200.
- Applications are reviewed once a year in the spring (call ahead for deadlines)
- Applications must be mailed (e-mail and faxes will not be considered)
The
Moving Company Dance Center (MOCO)
76 Railroad Street
Keene, NH 03431
Phone: 357-2100
The Moving
Company Dance Center offers instruction in dance, movement arts and theater.
Scholarships may be awarded to individuals who demonstrate a financial need.
To apply, contact The Moving Company to request an application. Documentation
of income must be included with application.
Vision
USA
243 North Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis MO 63141-7881
Fax 314-991-4101
Assists
with eye exams that are not covered by insurance or Medicaid for low income
families.
Keene Family
YMCA
38 Roxbury Street
Keene, NH 03431
Phone: 352-6002
It is the
policy of the Keene Family YMCA that no person be denied membership or program
participation because of inability to pay fees. The YMCA's annual Reach Out
campaign, Monadnock United Way and other funding sources allow them to offer
eligible families financial assistance based on the family's income. For more
information, please contact the Member Services Director. Applications are
available at the Member Services Desk.
Youth with
Chronic Health Conditions Scholarships
and
Family of Children & Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions Grants
Peter E. Clarke, Executive Director
CCACHC -SOPS
Main Building Room 108S
105 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-4991 1-800-852-3345 EXT 4991
Fax: (603) 271-5166
Cell: (603) 396-9238
E-mail: pclarke@dhhs.state.nh.us
Internet: http://www.ccachc.org
- Youth Scholarships are for NH youth up to 21 years of age with a chronic health condition. Grants can be used for camperships, after school activities, field trips, training, special projects and other activities and/or equipment.
- Family Grants are for families of children 0-21 with chronic health conditions and can be used for medical and medically related expenses, family renewal, home and vehicle modifications, transportation and lodging and other expenses relative to needs and challenges due to the consequence of their child's chronic health condition.
To obtain an application and details about eligibility contact Peter E. Clarke, Executive Director
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