Education for Justice FACT SHEET S-6 Fall 2009
FREE PHONE EQUIPMENT FOR
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
WHAT
TYPE OF EQUIPMENT IS OFFERED?
The equipment offered through
this program includes TTY/TDD, Captel, VCO
phones, Light Flashing Ring Signalers, Amplified Telephones (including
cordless), Hands-Free Speakerphones, and Braillephones.
A detailed description of
each type of equipment, as well as photos, is available online at www.tedprogram.org
DO
I QUALIFY?
You
can get this equipment if:
you live in
you have a
hearing loss, speech or physical disability that makes it hard for you to use a
regular telephone
you have a
telephone in your home or have applied for telephone service
your family
income meets these guidelines:
-
if there is 1
person in your household your income cannot be more than $43,391 a year
-
2 people, you
cannot make more than $56,742 a year
-
3 people, you
cannot make more than $70,093 a year
-
4 people, you
cannot make more than $83,444 a year
The income guidelines change
every October. These are for October 1,
2009 through September 30, 2010.
HOW
DO I APPLY?
If you think that you qualify
to get this equipment, you need to apply.
You can get an application 3 ways.
Send an e-mail
to: ted.program@state.mn.us and
ask for an application to be mailed to you.
Call:
1-800-657-3663 (phone), 1-866-635-0082 (VP) or 1-888-206-6555 (TTY) to ask for
an application.
Print out an
application online (PDF format) and fill it out. You can find it at www.tedprogram.org.
After you fill out the
application, mail or fax it, along with copies of the documents they ask for,
to:
Telephone
Equipment Distribution Program Fax: (651) 215-6388
WHAT KINDS OF THINGS DO I NEED TO SHOW
I AM ELIGIBLE?
You need to send in copies of
certain documents to show that you are eligible. These are things like:
A copy of your
license or ID to show that you are a
A phone bill in
your name to show that you have telephone service
Pay stubs or a
public benefits statement to show your income
A letter from a
doctor that says what your disability is and how it affects your ability to use
a regular phone easily.
Once you have submitted your
application, a specialist from your area of
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