{"id":3173,"date":"2019-02-19T10:12:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T16:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucpdane.org\/?page_id=3173"},"modified":"2022-01-13T11:45:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T17:45:01","slug":"bellows-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucpdane.org\/bellows-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellows Fund\/Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Elsie S. Bellows Fund was established in 1995 to provide assistive technology equipment to individuals with disabilities. Assistive technology can play a major role in increasing and maintaining the independence of individuals with disabilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The federal definition of assistive technology is<\/strong><em> <\/em><em>\u201cAny piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some Examples of Allowable Requests for Assistive Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> Wheelchairs (manual and electric)<\/li><li>Augmentative Communication Devices<\/li><li>Environmental Controls<\/li><li>Computer Equipment<\/li><li>Lifts in the nominee\u2019s own\/parent\u2019s van or home<\/li><li>Hearing Aids<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This list is not meant to be inclusive or exclusive of requests eligible for funding under the Elsie S. Bellows Fund.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some Examples of Ineligible Assistive Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Automobiles<\/li><li>Evaluations or other Assistive Technology \u201cservices\u201d<\/li><li>Furniture and appliances (that is not adapted)<\/li><li>Alterations and Renovations to buildings<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This list is not meant to be inclusive or exclusive of requests ineligible for funding under the Elsie S. Bellows Fund.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Equipment funded through a Bellows Grant is the property of the individual , not UCP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guidelines and Application<\/strong>: If you are interested in applying for funding, please complete and submit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ucpdane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bellows-Application.pdf\">Bellows Fund Application<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Elsie S. Bellows Fund was established in 1995 to provide assistive technology equipment to individuals with disabilities. Assistive technology can play a major role in increasing and maintaining the independence of individuals with disabilities.&nbsp; The federal definition of assistive technology is \u201cAny piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucpdane.org\/bellows-fund\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bellows Fund\/Grant&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucpdane.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucpdane.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucpdane.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucpdane.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucpdane.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3173"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ucpdane.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4370,"href":"https:\/\/ucpdane.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3173\/revisions\/4370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucpdane.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}