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Mon Jul 23 19:28:12 UTC 2012

Louisiana has a db program in place. It will be a few weeks until they begin taking apps for the FCC equipment project. Still ironing out procedure. Cathy Miller

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>   1. Telecommunications and Video Equipment Distribution Program
>      (Janice Toothman)
>   2. Re: Telecommunications and Video Equipment Distribution
>      Program (Marsha Drenth)
>   3. Re: Telecommunications and Video Equipment Distribution
>      Program (Scott Davert)
>   4. Fwd: National deaf-blind equipment distribution program
>      (Scott Davert)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:30:38 -0400
> From: Janice Toothman <janice.toothman at verizon.net>
> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [nfb-db] Telecommunications and Video Equipment Distribution
>    Program
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> Hello Everyone,
> Has anyone tried to call the "entity" in their state and request a 
> determination for eligibility for the free telecommunication equipment? 
> This was supposed to take effect July 1 of this year. Scott Davert had 
> earlier sent out an email listing the programs in each state.
> Janice
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:11:30 -0400
> From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
> To: "'NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List'" <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Telecommunications and Video Equipment
>    Distribution    Program
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> Can that list be sent out again? Or if not to the list to me at
> Marsha.drenth at gmail.com
> 
> Thank you,
> Marsha 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Janice Toothman
> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 2:31 PM
> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List
> Subject: [nfb-db] Telecommunications and Video Equipment Distribution
> Program
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> Has anyone tried to call the "entity" in their state and request a 
> determination for eligibility for the free telecommunication equipment? 
> This was supposed to take effect July 1 of this year. Scott Davert had 
> earlier sent out an email listing the programs in each state.
> Janice
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:43:54 -0400
> From: Scott Davert <scottdavert at gmail.com>
> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Telecommunications and Video Equipment
>    Distribution    Program
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> I'll send it along again when I'm next at my computer. The entities who have been certified just becameas  such, so I'm not quite so sure they yet have programs in place. I New York at least, they're still trying to hire people to do it. I won't be oneof  them and it's unlikely anyone from HKNC will either. I'd alsobe  interested to know if anyone has infoon  programs that are getting off the ground.
> 
> Scott 
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> On Jul 22, 2012, at 3:11 PM, "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Can that list be sent out again? Or if not to the list to me at
>> Marsha.drenth at gmail.com
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Marsha 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Janice Toothman
>> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 2:31 PM
>> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List
>> Subject: [nfb-db] Telecommunications and Video Equipment Distribution
>> Program
>> 
>> Hello Everyone,
>> Has anyone tried to call the "entity" in their state and request a 
>> determination for eligibility for the free telecommunication equipment? 
>> This was supposed to take effect July 1 of this year. Scott Davert had 
>> earlier sent out an email listing the programs in each state.
>> Janice
>> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:34:11 -0400
> From: Scott Davert <scottdavert at gmail.com>
> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [nfb-db] Fwd: National deaf-blind equipment distribution
>    program
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Scott Davert <scottdavert at gmail.com>
>> Date: July 9, 2012 11:24:25 AM EDT
>> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: National deaf-blind equipment distribution program
>> 
>> Hi all.
>> One more from me today, then I promise no more messages for awhile.
>> (smiles). On July 2, while convention was going on and 2 days after my
>> presentation, the FCC released the authorized agencies who will be
>> distributing telecommunications equipment to people who are deaf-blind
>> and have low income. Specifics on the amoun of income were not given.
>> You can read the release in word, pdf, or txt format. Below the links,
>> I have provided the info for each state along with the money that has
>> been alocated for that state for the next 2 years. The reason you see
>> Perkins listed for some states is because they have taken on the task
>> of running the programs in states where no other agencies have
>> applied.
>> word format version of the announcement:
>> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-1051A1.doc
>> pdf:
>> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-1051A1.pdf
>> txt:
>> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-1051A1.txt
>> Name of State
>> NDBEDP Certified Program
>> Funding Allocation for 2012-2013
>> 
>> Alabama
>> Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind
>> $154,278
>> 
>> Alaska
>> Assistive Technology of Alaska
>> $65,692
>> 
>> Arizona
>> Perkins School for the Blind
>> $190,750
>> 
>> Arkansas
>> Perkins School for the Blind
>> $113,790
>> 
>> California
>> Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
>> $868,376
>> 
>> Colorado
>> Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
>> $161,097
>> 
>> Connecticut
>> Connecticut Tech Act Project
>> $127,745
>> 
>> Delaware
>> University of Delaware - Center For Disabilities Studies
>> $69,696
>> 
>> Florida
>> Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc.
>> $463,782
>> 
>> Georgia
>> Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired
>> $263,110
>> 
>> Hawaii
>> Island Skill Gathering
>> $79,850
>> 
>> Idaho
>> University of Idaho - Idaho Assistive Technology Project
>> $84,414
>> 
>> Illinois
>> The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
>> $329,420
>> 
>> Indiana
>> Indiana State University
>> $191,497
>> 
>> Iowa
>> Iowa Utilities Board
>> $116,490
>> 
>> Kansas
>> Assistive Technology for Kansans
>> $112,341
>> 
>> Kentucky
>> Eastern Kentucky University Center on Deafness and Hearing Loss
>> $144,869
>> 
>> Louisiana
>> Affiliated Blind of Louisiana Training Center
>> $149,330
>> 
>> Maine
>> Maine Center on Deafness
>> $78,838
>> 
>> Maryland
>> Perkins School for the Blind
>> $176,545
>> 
>> Massachusetts
>> Perkins School for the Blind
>> $193,030
>> 
>> Michigan
>> Michigan Commission for the Blind
>> $264,434
>> 
>> Minnesota
>> Minnesota Department of Human Services Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service
>> Division
>> $166,049
>> 
>> Mississippi
>> The Arc of Mississippi
>> $114,670
>> 
>> Missouri
>> Missouri Assistive Technology
>> $180,506
>> 
>> Montana
>> Perkins School for the Blind
>> $71,673
>> 
>> Nebraska
>> Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
>> $90,008
>> 
>> Nevada
>> Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advocacy Resource Center
>> $109,129
>> 
>> New Hampshire
>> Northeast Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Inc.
>> $78,621
>> 
>> New Jersey
>> New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
>> $241,527
>> 
>> New Mexico
>> Perkins School for the Blind
>> $95,210
>> 
>> New York
>> Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults
>> $472,633
>> 
>> North Carolina
>> North Carolina Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing
>> 
>> $259,662
>> 
>> North Dakota
>> Interagency Program for Assistive Technology
>> $64,850
>> 
>> Ohio
>> Ohio Deaf-Blind Outreach Program
>> $300,667
>> 
>> Oklahoma
>> Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services
>> $132,322
>> 
>> Oregon
>> Access Technologies, Inc.
>> $134,067
>> 
>> Pennsylvania
>> Institute on Disabilities - Temple University
>> $326,677
>> 
>> Rhode Island
>> Perkins School for the Blind
>> $72,826
>> 
>> South Carolina
>> Perkins School for the Blind
>> $151,597
>> 
>> South Dakota
>> South Dakota Department of Human Services
>> $67,893
>> 
>> Tennessee
>> Tennessee Regulatory Authority
>> $189,031
>> 
>> Texas
>> Perkins School for the Blind
>> $607,455
>> 
>> Utah
>> Utah Public Service Commission
>> $111,168
>> 
>> Vermont
>> Vermont Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing $63,601
>> 
>> Virginia
>> Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
>> $225,795
>> 
>> Washington
>> Department of Social and Health Services - Office of the Deaf and Hard of
>> Hearing
>> $198,295
>> 
>> West Virginia
>> Perkins School for the Blind
>> $90,284
>> 
>> Wisconsin
>> Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
>> $174,015
>> 
>> Wyoming
>> Wyoming Institute for Disabilities - University of Wyoming
>> $62,336
>> 
>> Washington, DC
>> Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
>> $63,418
>> 
>> Puerto Rico
>> Perkins School for the Blind
>> $132,331
>> 
>> U.S. Virgin Islands
>> Perkins School for the Blind
>> $52,310
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