{"id":176,"date":"2011-02-08T21:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/?p=176"},"modified":"2014-07-16T22:26:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T22:26:58","slug":"how-to-develop-an-at-funding-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/how-to-develop-an-at-funding-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Develop an AT Funding Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">By Kim Cantrell, CFILC\u2019s Director of Programs<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Finding funding for AT can be tricky. If you aren\u2019t able to fund the device you want right away, don\u2019t despair. It\u2019s just time to get creative and develop an AT Funding Strategy. You are much more likely to get the device you need if you have a plan. In fact, while developing a funding strategy you may learn about a variety of AT options that you didn&#8217;t know existed before you started. The process will help you think about a variety of issues including the purpose of the device, how often you will use it, the environment in which it will be used and your abilities. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atnet.org\/how-to\/funding\/dev-funding-strategy.php\">Click here<\/a> to check out the AT Network website for step-by-step instructions describing how you can create a funding strategy. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atnet.org\/\">AT Network website<\/a> offers information explaining how AT may be funded by California&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atnet.org\/law-advocacy\/state\/at-cali-reg-centers.php\">Regional Centers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atnet.org\/law-advocacy\/state\/medi-cal.php\">Medi-Cal<\/a> and Medicare. &nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Also, if you or someone you know needs assistive technology, we encourage you to contact the AT Network\u2019s Information and Referral specialist at 1-800-390-2699 or <a href=\"mailto:info@atnet.org\">info@atnet.org<\/a> to learn about additional funding resources. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Have you been successful in your search for assistive technology funding? What funding barriers have you encountered? Please let us know in the comment box below.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kim Cantrell, CFILC\u2019s Director of Programs Finding funding for AT can be tricky. If you aren\u2019t able to fund the device you want right away, don\u2019t despair. It\u2019s just time to get creative and develop an AT Funding Strategy. You are much more likely to get the device you need if you have a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9,2,18],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-advocacy","tag-at-network","tag-funding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}