Ability Tools is a program of the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers. The State Assistive Technology Grant Program, funded under the Assistive Technology Act of 2004, supports comprehensive, statewide programs in each state that improve the provision of assistive technology (often home modification-related) to individuals with disabilities of all ages.
The Age Friendly Home Adaptation Grant Program allows Sausalito homeowners or renters (with landlord permission) who are 60 years and older, or younger residents with a disability, to obtain free or reduced cost building permits. The program covers projects of up to $10,000 to improve the safety and accessibility of residences. It makes it more […]
The Area 4 Agency on Aging funds three home modification and repair programs that serve very diverse communities from urban Sacramento to very rural Sierra County. 1) FREED Center for Independent Living: (Nevada, Yuba, Sutter, and Sierra Counties); 2) Placer Independent Resource Services (PIRS) (Placer County); and 3) Rebuilding Together Sacramento (Sacramento County). FREED’s “Fix […]
The Home Modification Benefit is a Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program) benefit that covers specific home modifications in an eligible client’s existing home setting ($14,000 lifetime maximum). The Home Modification Benefit is available through the state Medicaid Waiver programs.
This waiver is an extra set of Health First Colorado benefits for people with a brain injury who need extra support to live in their communities, including home modifications.
This waiver provides services and supports, including home modifications, to help children up to the age of 17 who have developmental disabilities establish a long-term foundation for community inclusion as they grow into adulthood.
This waiver provides case management and in-home support, including the home modification benefit, for medically fragile children up to 17 years of age with significant medical needs and who are at risk for institutional care in an acute hospital or skilled nursing facility.
This program provides assistance to people with mental illnesses that require long-term support and services in order to remain in a community setting, including home modifications.
This Home and Community-Based Services Waiver provides access to 24-hour, seven days a week supervision for individuals age 18 years or older through Residential Habilitation and Day Habilitation Services and Supports. Living arrangements vary and services may include home modification.
This program provides assistance to people age 65 and older who have a functional impairment or are blind, and to people age 18-64 who are physically disabled or have a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS and require long-term support and services in order to remain in a community setting.