[nFBMI-Talk] FW: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Children with Special Needs Fund receives $50,000 grant; families can apply

Sat Feb 2 16:48:25 UTC 2019

Hi,

I was thinking that this fund is for families who need $$ for accessibility
stuff or doctors or such like.  I did not think it was for organizations,
though I don't know why I think that.

Warmest Regards,

Fred

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Needs Fund receives $50,000 grant; families can apply

We applied to the Gerstacker Foundation a couple of years ago, but that was
for NFB Newsline, I think. The Children's special needs fund doesn't match
what SASS does. Here's what their website says about youth activities.

Youth Activities

The work of the Gerstacker Foundation has always been focused on children,
preparing them for lives of useful service. This has been done by funding
activities that inspire leadership, and that also help troubled youth find
the way. Examples include the Midland Soccer Complex, the Michigan 4-H
Foundation, the Starr Commonwealth for Boys, Eagle Village,Big Brothers Big
Sisters in the Heart of Michigan, and The ROCK Youth Center.

The parents' division might be able to get some funding from Gerstacker, or
it might be better for parents to go directly to the special needs fund. But
I bet it is used mostly for equipment for children with physical
disabilities, and might not be for the technology that parents of blind
children want. Lydia ________________________________
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Subject: [nFBMI-Talk] FW: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Children with Special Needs
Fund receives $50,000 grant; families can apply

From: Anna Schnitzer [mailto:schnitzr at umich.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 1, 2019 11:01 AM
To: cfdc at umich.edu None <Cfdc at umich.edu>
Subject: Fwd: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Children with Special Needs Fund
receives $50,000 grant; families can apply

Thanks to Council member Bonnie for finding and forwarding this notice about
the availability of funding for "Children with Special Needs"

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Subject: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Children with Special Needs Fund receives
$50,000 grant; families can apply
To: <bdede at umich.edu <mailto:bdede at umich.edu> >

Press Release

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 1, 2019

CONTACT: Bob Wheaton, 517-241-2112, wheatonb at michigan.gov
<mailto:wheatonb at michigan.gov>

Children with Special Needs Fund receives $50,000 grant; families can apply

LANSING, Mich. - Children with special needs will have better access to
their homes and communities through the purchase of ceiling and stair lifts
thanks to a Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation grant.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Children with Special
Needs Fund is receiving the $50,000 grant and will be awarding funds twice
this year. Applications received by May 23, 2019, will be reviewed in June,
and applications received by Aug. 22, 2019, will be reviewed in September.

Besides ceiling and stair lifts, the Children with Special Needs Fund also
assists with partial or full payment for items such as wheelchair ramps,
vehicle accessibility devices, transit options, therapeutic tricycles, air
conditioners for certain medical conditions, weighted blankets or vests, and
adaptive recreational equipment. Applications for these items are reviewed
year-round.

"For nearly 75 years, the Children with Special Needs Fund has been a
resource for Michigan families of children with special health care needs,
and it plays an important role in the lives of these children and their
families," said MDHHS Director Robert Gordon. "Many families may not be
aware of the fund, and we want them to know this is a resource they can turn
to when no other resources are available."

Thousands of children with disabilities and serious illnesses have benefited
from the fund with awards of more than $8 million. The fund operates from
private funds through gifts, bequests and donations made by individuals,
organizations and businesses.

Based in Midland, the Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation was established by Eda
U. Gerstacker in 1957 in memory of her husband. Eda Gerstacker died in 1975
and family members continue to serve as officers and trustees of the
foundation. The Children with Special Needs Fund was created in 1944 when
Dr. James Pardee, co-founder of Dow Chemical Company, made a generous
bequest of Dow stock.

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