Iowa Able Loan Programs

The Iowa Able Foundation helps Iowans with disabilities, their families, and older Iowans access  adaptive devices / equipment, and home modifications through its loan programs.The Iowa Able Foundation offers an alternative financial solution by providing low interest loans with flexible terms to help individuals increase their independence.  This statewide 501(c)(3) nonprofit program will loan funds for any item, piece of equipment, product, or home modification that is used to improve an individual’s functional capabilities, mobility, and quality of life.

Loans for Assistive Technology and Home Modifications

In an effort to counter the lack of financial resources many individuals with disabilities and older Iowans face, Iowa Able offers low interest loans for the purchase of assistive technology and home modifications.

Assistive technology is defined as any item, piece of equipment or device that enables an individual to improve individual independence and quality of life. There must be a demonstrable connection between the end user's disability and the need for the equipment.

Allowable equipment includes but is not limited to: wheelchairs, motorized scooters, Braille equipment, voice simulation systems, scanners, assistive listening devices, telecommunications devices for the deaf, augmentative communication systems, environmental control units, computers and adaptive peripherals, building modifications for accessibility, and motor vehicles and vehicle modifications.

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Loans for Telework

The Telework Program seeks to increase home-based employment and self-employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities across the State of Iowa. Telework has proven to be a viable solution for assisting individuals with disabilities to integrate into the workplace due to its elimination of transportation barriers and barriers to accessibility.

The purpose of the Telework Program is to assist individuals to earn an income through the use of the technology or home modifications purchased with program funds.

Allowable equipment for the Iowa Able Telework Program includes but is not limited to: the purchase of computer and peripheral equipment; Internet services; assistive technology hardware, software and equipment; equipment deemed by the employer as necessary for telecommuting; equipment deemed by the entrepreneur as necessary for home-based employment; modifications to home-based work site to facilitate increased productivity.

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