COMPUTER RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS
Computer Related Training & Assistance
Recycling Low-Cost or No-Cost Hardware and Software
Computer Related Training & Assistance
Agency
Description
Donka, Inc.
400 N. County Farm Road
Wheaton, IL 60187
Phone: 630-665-8169
Fax: 630-665-1669
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.donkainc.org
ILLINOIS: Donka, Inc. is a not-for-profit
computer training program for persons with
physical disabilities and visual impairments.
EagleEyes
Campus School: Campion Hall
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Phone: 617-552-8214
E-mail: [email protected]
Website:
www.bc.edu/schools/csom/eagleeyes.html
The EagleEyes technology was designed for
people with severe disabilities, those who cannot
speak and can reliably only move their eyes. The
program, intended primarily for children and
young adults with cerebral palsy, congenital brain
disorder or traumatic brain injury, allows them to
control the computer by using their eyes as a
mouse. The program is available at the Boston
College Campus School and through The
Opportunity Foundation of America. Application
for EagleEyes
Lift, Inc.
P.O. Box 4264
Warren, NJ 07059
Phone: 908-226-1193
Fax: 908-226-1480
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.lift-inc.org
NATIONWIDE: Lift, Inc. is a nonprofit
corporation that identifies, trains, and hires
computer professionals who have physical
disabilities through contracts with major
corporations who eventually hire them directly.
Lift combines specialized business experience in
data processing with a desire to give men and
women with disabilities a vocational lift.
MRC Training and Educational
Services
1900 Chicago Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: 612-752-8100
TDD: 612-752-8019
E-mail: Available on website
Website: www.mrc-mn.org
MINNESOTA: MRC offers vocational assessment
and training programs to people who have
disabilities and/or who are economically
disadvantaged. In addition, the organization offers
job placement services.
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Recycling Low-Cost or No-Cost Hardware and Software
Every state in the U.S. has established an assistive technology agency to handle
services on the training of equipment use or a loan program for the purchase of such.
Please contact your governor's office for people with disabilities for more
information.
Agency
Description
Adaptive Computer Empowerment
Services (ACES)
10054 Prospect Avenue, Suite. E
Santee, CA 92071
Phone: 619-448-5253
Fax: 619-448-0636
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.adaptive.org
CALIFORNIA (San Diego County): It accepts
recycled hardware and software for donation to
persons with disabilities. It also provides individual
training in the use of E-mail, websurfing and news
group participation, as well as research and
assistance in finding appropriate assistive
computer devices and technology.
Cooperative Computer Ministry
Memphis Leadership Foundation
P.O. Box 40174
Memphis, TN 38174-0174
Phone: 901-729-2931, ext. 121
Fax: 901-729-2933
E-mail: Available on website
Website: www.schoenster.com/ccm
TENNESSEE: CCM provides refurbished
computers to individuals with special needs, so
that they can make positive steps in job skills and
personal training. The organization also has a
Learning Center, which offers classes regarding
PC's and different types of software packages.
CCM also accepts donations of used computer
equipment.
Microsoft Authorized Refurbishers
(MAR’s)
Phone: 800-659-3579, EXT: 700
E-mail: Available on website
Website: www.techsoup.org/mar/
NATIONWIDE: To access information: scroll
down the page to either the box that says
“Need Computers?” or “Have Computers to
Donate?” Choose “United States” for
listings. MARs are authorized by Microsoft to
install Windows Operating Systems and Microsoft
Works software on eligible refurbished computers,
provided these computers are supplied to eligible
recipients, such as schools and non-profit
organizations. Individuals may receive computers
through these organizations or local Technology
Access Programs (TAP’s). MAR’s also accept
donations of computer equipment. See listings in
your state for specific information.
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Computers for Schools Association
3053 N. Knox Ave.
Chicago, IL 60641
Phone: 800-939-6000
E-mail: Available on website
Website: www.pcsforschools.org
NATIONWIDE: This non-profit organization is
involved in the management of refreshed
(functional systems replaced by up-to-date
equipment) computers and their placement, at a
low cost, into our national schools and educational
institutions. CFSA also provides low-cost
computers to non-profit organizations, as well as
disabled and disadvantaged children and adults in
the community. Individuals should contact their
local school district about becoming part of the
program. Delivery charges apply outside the
Philadelphia and Chicago areas.
Friends of Disabled Adults and
Children (FODAC)
4900 Lewis Road
Stone Mountain, GA 30083
Phone: 866-977-1204; 770-491-9014
E-mail: Available on website
Website: www.fodac.org
GEORGIA: FODAC exists to lift up Christ by
serving the needs of those He chose to focus on
during His ministry on earth. Low cost refurbished
computers are available to persons with
disabilities, who can arrange for shipping and/or
pickup at the facility. Donations of computers are
also accepted.
New Horizons Un-Limited, Inc.
Accessible Technology
811 East Wisconsin Ave, Ste. 937
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 414-299-0124
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.new-horizons.org/
accesstech/
Southeastern Wisconsin: NHU is a non-profit
organization with the mission to make information
and life experience accessible to individuals with
lifelong disabilities, their families and caregivers.
Specific services are also offered, such as the
Computer Redistribution Program, through which
used computers are refurbished and redistributed
to individuals with disabilities and non-profit
organizations who serve them.
Last Updated: September 2011
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