The Akudi Program is not your typical loan program. It is a loan program specifically for assistive technology devices and services. Interest rates are well below typical market rates. Loans are available with no required down payment and longer terms which reduces the monthly payment. Akudi loans provide a unique funding alternative for individuals with disabilities who have no other options, who are seeking to establish credit, or who may be seeking to rebuild a negative credit history.
Akudi loans can be used to buy assistive technology devices and services. Assistive technology is often specialized to the needs of the individual. The Akudi Program can assist in directing folks to the right providers to help determine the right device. Assistive Technology devices and services may include:
The Akudi Program also offers loans to individuals on Guam with disabilities who want to start their own businesses or expand an existing business and need funding for equipment, supplies, and inventory.
There is a Michigan mom who quit her job to care for her non-verbal daughter whose group home closed due to a staffing shortage. She was told her 31-year-old daughter could go to a LTC facility or home to her. She chose to take her daughter home. She had to quit her job due to her inability to find anyone to care for her daughter at home. She does not have an accessible vehicle and her daughter is transported in her car only to doctor’s appointments because she feels it is unsafe. He daughter (according to her) has not been out of the house since February.
The issue is she needs an accessible vehicle to transport her, and she is looking for resources that could provide her with a grant or other monies to purchase an accessible vehicle. I have come up empty handed.
My ask is, have any of you have had any success locating resources that will provide a grant or other monies for the purchase of an accessible vehicle? I’d love to know the resource, local, state or national. We can try to locate a comparable resource in MI.
Thank you for any ideas, wisdom and time! Email me at xxxxxx@michigan.gov
Vendella
Sheryl
Sheryl R. Matney, EdD
Director, Technical Assistance
Information & Technical Assistance Center for Councils on DD
202-506-5813 ext. 148
334-268-0245 (direct)
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