##### Part I: Attachments

OMB Control Number: 1820-0664

Expiration Date: 12/31/2008

**Attachment 1: Basic Information**

Name of Lead Agency: Oklahoma State University, Seretean Wellness Center

Name of Applicable Division and/or Subdivision of Lead Agency: Oklahoma
ABLE Tech

Address of Lead Agency: 1514 W. Hall of Fame

Stillwater, OK 74078-2026

Name and Title of Certifying Representative for Lead Agency: Linda Jaco

Address for Certifying Representative: 1514 W. Hall of Fame

Stillwater, OK 74078-2026

Telephone for Certifying Representative: 405-744-9864

E-mail for Certifying Representative: <linda.jaco@okstate.edu>

Name and Title of Program Director: Milissa Gofourth

Address for Program Director: 1514 W. Hall of Fame

Stillwater, OK 74078-2026

Telephone for Program Director: 405-744-9863

E-mail for Program Director: <milissa.gofourth@okstate.edu>

Name and Title of Program Contact (if different from Program Director):

Address for Program Director: Same.

Telephone for Program Director: Same.

E-mail for Program Director: Same

Name of Implementing Entity: Not applicable.

Name of Applicable Division and/or Subdivision of Implementing Entity:
Not applicable.

Address of Implementing Entity: Not applicable.

Name and Title of Program Director: Not applicable.

Address for Program Director: Not applicable.

Telephone for Program Director: Not applicable.

E-mail for Program Director: Not applicable.

Name and Title of Program Contact (if different from Program Director):
Not applicable.

Address for Program Director: Not applicable.

Telephone for Program Director: Not applicable.

E-mail for Program Director: Not applicable.

**Attachment 2: Lead Agency and Implementing Entity**

**2.1 [Identification and Description of the Lead
Agency]{.underline}** - Identify and describe the Lead Agency referred
to in section 4(c)(1)(A) of the AT Act.

> **2.1A [Identification and Description of Lead Agency if an
> Implementing Entity is not Designated]{.underline}**

***Lead Agency Capacity to Meet Individuals AT Needs***

Governor Frank Keating in 1995 designated Oklahoma State University,
Seretean Wellness Center as the lead agency for Oklahoma ABLE Tech, the
statewide Assistive Technology Program. Oklahoma State University is a
public institution of higher education. Since 1995 ABLE Tech has
provided Oklahomans free access to information and referral services, an
accessible website, and publications in accessible formats on extensive
topics related to disability rights, laws, and policies and funding
opportunities for assistive technology. Additionally, through
collaboration with consumer directed organizations, ABLE Tech has
impacted the state law and policy to ensure more Oklahomans have
accessed and acquired needed assistive technology.

Much of the focus of the Assistive Technology Acts prior to the passage
of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 as amended (ATA 1998 as amended)
was systems change. Oklahoma ABLE Tech had a unique advantage being
housed at an institution of higher education, because this positioned
ABLE Tech in an environment that was not administratively dependent on
any agency that directly provided services to Oklahomans with
disabilities i.e. needed systems change. Therefore, ABLE Tech had the
freedom to impact system change without fear of interference.

The mission of Oklahoma ABLE Tech is to increase the provision of,
access to, and funding for assistive technology for Oklahomans of all
ages and all disabilities through a variety of comprehensive activities
and services statewide. With the passage of the ATA of 1998 as amended,
ABLE Tech will continue its mission and shift its focus from systems
change to that of activities that more directly assist individuals to
ensure even more individuals with disabilities have access to the
technology they need.

***AT Expertise***

ABLE Tech employs a diversified and stable staff who is highly educated
and motivated to meet the varied needs of Oklahomans with disabilities.
Four key personnel have been with the program for 10 years and the fifth
staff person has been with the program for four years. The longevity of
the staff has provided them with opportunities to research AT topics
regarding law, policy, funding, devices and services giving them
expertise to provide enhanced quality products and services to
Oklahomans with disabilities needing AT but also to offer creditable and
valuable AT resources to collaborating entities. The staff credentials
include:

Linda Jaco, M.S. in School Psychology and B.S. Education: Ms. Jaco has
become the Interim Associate Director of Sponsored Programs for the
Seretean Wellness Center and in this capacity will now serve as the
Certifying Representative of the Lead Agency. She will continue to play
an active role in the management of the Oklahoma AT program. Ms. Jaco
has extensive experience in the field of disabilities and in
identification and utilization of AT devices and services. She is
responsible for setting the direction of the program, supervising the
activities of ABLE Tech staff, and regularly reporting to entities such
as ABLE Tech's State Advisory Council, the National Technical Assistance
Program, and the U.S. Department of Education. Her responsibilities have
included the fiscal management of the program, hiring program staff and
managing all program activities mandated under the Technology Related
Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988, the Assistive
Technology Act of 1998, as well as the ATA of 1998 as amended. Ms. Jaco
is on the Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs Board of
Directors. Ms. Jaco is a family member of person with a disability.

Milissa Gofourth, M.S. Health Care Administration and B.S. in Special
Education: Ms Gofourth has been with ABLE Tech since 1996. She now
serves as the Interim Program Director where she manages the day to day
operations of the program. She works with state agencies that provide AT
toward outcomes that will reduce the barriers to the provision of and
funding for AT. Ms. Gofourth is also the Loan Coordinator of the
Alternative Financing Program (AFP), where she manages the day to day
operation of the AFP and has done so since October 2001. She coordinates
all communication and reporting between BancFirst, OkAT Board, loan
applicants, vendors, the national technical assistance program and
State/Federal government. As loan coordinator of the AFP, Ms. Gofourth
has also participated in national workgroups that have studied a variety
of alternative financing issues such as data collection, reporting
procedures and AFP definitions. In addition Ms. Gofourth develops
informational materials, which enhance the understanding and use of AT,
and provides client specific information and referral to public and
private resources. Milissa is working as a consultant with the National
Information System for Assistive Technology (NISAT) grant that is
responsible for the development, implementation, maintenance and
updating of a data collection and reporting system for use by all State
AT programs and the U.S. Department of Education. Ms. Gofourth is a
family member of person with a disability.

Sherril York, PhD. in Physical Education, an M.S. in Physical Education
and a B.S.Ed in Health and Physical Education: Dr. York has been with
ABLE Tech since 2001. She has extensive experience in personnel
training, direct service programming, and research with people with
disabilities across the lifespan. She completed a graduate certificate
in assistive technology from the Louisiana Tech University, and is a
nationally Certified Adapted Physical Educator (CAPE) through the
National Consortium on Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals
with Disabilities (NCPERID). She serves as the Outreach/Training
Specialist where she is engaged in the organization, development and
implementation of training and outreach activities to increase knowledge
of, access to, funding for assistive technology. She has provided
training and technical assistance on a myriad of AT devices across the
lifespan and for community, education, employment, information
technology, and recreational settings. She also coordinates the ABLE
Tech short-term equipment loan and demonstration programs, which enable
consumers and professionals to experience assistive technology prior to
purchase decisions. Dr. York is a person with a disability.

Brenda Dawes, B. S. English, teaching certification secondary level, 14
hours toward Masters degree program in the School of Educational
Studies, Program: Human Resource Development and Adult Education. Ms.
Dawes has been with ABLE Tech since 1995 as a Training/Evaluation
Specialist and then in 1996 as the Marketing Specialist/Web Manager
where she provides public relations and promotion of the ABLE Tech
program and its various initiatives through a variety of marketing
methods in order to increase the knowledge of, access to, and funding
for assistive technology. She promotes the program through the
development, organization, and maintenance of the ABLE Tech website. She
has provided training to state agencies and other groups on a wide array
of assistive technology devices. Ms. Dawes also provides training and
technical assistance to state agencies, post secondary institutions, and
common education regarding accessible information technology laws and
standards. She has participated in various national classes, continuing
education courses, and is involved with a variety of groups specific to
accessible information technology in order to increase the technical
assistance capabilities of the ABLE Tech program. Brenda will be the
Association of Assistive Technology Act Program\'s (ATAP) alternate
member for the advisory committee to the US Access Board that will
provide input for updating the access standards for electronic and
information technology. She facilitates the day to day operation of the
ABLE Tech partners involved with device short-term loan and
demonstration programs. Ms. Dawes is a family member of a person with a
disability.

Diana Sargent, Administrative Assistant: Ms. Sargent has been with ABLE
Tech since 1996. She is responsible to maintain records for all program
activities, coordinates Advisory Council meetings, provides general
secretarial duties for staff, provides computer support to the staff,
and creates the alternative format on program materials. Additionally,
she operates the information and referral line, assists with maintenance
of the AT demonstration center, and the short-term loan program as well
as the reutilization program.

ABLE Tech staff has and will continue to participate in continuing
educational opportunities on an on-going basis in an effort to increase
their skills and knowledge of AT devices and services. Attendance and
invitation to present at nationally recognized conferences in order to
share information on various aspects of AT is indicative of the
expertise of the staff. Staff have presented at national conferences
such as RESNA, AgrAbility, and the National Institute for Recreation
Inclusion, as well as numerous state conferences/workshops. ABLE Tech
staff has also shared their AT expertise through collaborations with
other grant awards such as; Federal Emergency Management Agency,
implementing the "The Fire Safety Solutions for Persons with
Disabilities through the Use of Assistive Technology"; United States
Department of Agriculture, implementing the "Oklahoma AgrAbility
Project"; the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health,
administrating and implementing the "Agricultural Disabilities Awareness
Program"; and Disability Business Technical Assistance Center,
administering and implementing the "Electronic and Information
Technology Accessibility Project". ABLE Tech will continue to explore
ways to share expertise on assistive technology at local, state, and
national venues. Additionally, ABLE Tech will continue to seek both
Federal/State and private AT funding opportunities to advance the
mission of ABLE Tech in an effort to better serve Oklahomans with
disabilities needing AT.

ABLE Tech received the 2005 Disability Agency Partner of the Year Award
from the Department of Rehabilitation Services based on their efforts of
improving AT services delivery to Oklahomans with disabilities. ABLE
Tech was a finalist in 2004 as Tulsa Advocates for the Rights of
Citizens with Developmental Disabilities "Advocate of the Year Award"
due to the AT advocacy that was performed across community living,
education, employment and information technology.

***Capacity to Conduct a Program***

ABLE Tech will continue its operation of device demonstrations centers,
short-term loan programs, device reutilization programs and both an
Alternative Financing Program and Access to Telework Fund Program. ABLE
Tech will continue to partner with both public and private
entities/organizations that provide direct AT services for individuals
with specific types of disabilities in order to provide a comprehensive
and statewide program. (For the purpose of device demonstration centers
and short-term loan programs, ABLE Tech has provided all partners with
an inventory of assistive technology that meets the needs of their
constituents.) This is being accomplished by Memorandums of Agreement
and contracts that specify certain responsibilities pertaining to
service delivery, marketing, data collection, evaluation and consumer
responsiveness to the four required activities of the ATA of 1998 as
amended. ABLE Tech and its partners will continue to address the
assistive technology needs of individuals with disabilities across the
four areas of education, employment, telecommunications, and community
living. This will continue to be accomplished through partners that were
selected based on the following criteria:

1.  Partners are situated in a variety of settings such as,
    private/public Institutions of Higher Education, the State's Library
    for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, hospital affiliation,
    community based organizations, state agency, 26 regional early
    intervention sites, and non-profit organizations.

2.  Partners serve individuals with disabilities who can benefit from
    AT. The specific target audience includes individuals with hearing,
    vision, mobility, information technology, learning, verbal and
    written communication needs.

3.  Partners need the AT resources that ABLE Tech provides including AT
    equipment, as well as materials and information on AT law, funding,
    policy, and advocacy.

4.  Partners have accepted their responsibilities to the service
    delivery of the activities with little to no financial compensation.

As ABLE Tech and its partners evaluate the performance measures
annually, ongoing decisions will be made to explore ways to expand the
comprehensiveness and evaluate the quality of the four required
activities of the ATA of 1998 as amended with regard to education,
employment, community living and information
technology/telecommunication.

***Capacity to Coordinate and Collaborate***

Oklahoma legislators successfully passed a law to create an AT Task
Force to address the barriers to AT for Oklahomans with disabilities in
1998. Under the leadership of ABLE Tech, the AT Task Force addressed AT
issues across use and maintenance, education, employment, and
interagency coordination and established ABLE Tech as a recognized
leader with regard to AT expertise and consumer advocacy. The
recommendations of the AT Task Force were submitted to the Oklahoma
legislature. The AT Task Force findings and recommendations established
a work plan for ABLE Tech and responsible State agencies to begin an
ongoing collaboration to effectively reduce the AT barriers to
Oklahomans with disabilities. ABLE Tech, as a trusted decision-making
entity, began the work of coordinating efforts to reduce AT barriers
with entities that were held responsible in the final AT Task Force
report. However, over time these collaborative efforts have encompassed
a broader array of disability issues thereby bringing together a larger
contingency of agencies and entities that have continued the process of
reducing not only AT barriers but other unmet needs that create barriers
for Oklahomans with disabilities.

Collaborative efforts that ABLE Tech currently participates in and will
continue to take a leadership role as it relates to:

I.  Community Living

    a.  ABLE Tech is one of thirty-seven legislatively appointed members
        to Oklahoma's Olmstead Strategic Planning Committee. It was
        created to improve community services for persons with
        disabilities, to develop Oklahoma's Comprehensive Effectively
        Working Plan for Placing Qualified Persons with disabilities in
        less restrictive settings, and to create a waiting list that
        moves people at a reasonable pace not controlled by the State's
        endeavors to keep its institutions fully populated. Based on
        recommendations of the third year report ABLE Tech led a
        committee and created an AT action plan for the State of
        Oklahoma. 2006 Legislative session extended the Planning
        Committee and ABLE Tech will continue to serve as an appointed
        member.

    b.  ABLE Tech participates as one of twenty-five members on the
        Oklahoma Respite Resource Network. This work group was created
        to develop a system in which various funding sources could
        support statewide respite care for Oklahomans with disabilities.
        ABLE Tech will continue to provide AT expertise as it relates to
        respite care in community living.

    c.  ABLE Tech is an active member of the Oklahoma Arthritis Network
        and holds a position on its steering committee. The purpose of
        this statewide coalition is to educate Oklahomans who have
        arthritis on how to self manage by utilizing AT, pain management
        strategies, and peer support so as to fully participate in
        community living. ABLE Tech will continue to provide public
        awareness on the benefits and appropriateness of AT.

II. Education

    a.  ABLE Tech staff continues to be a member of the Focused
        Monitoring Stakeholder Group. This group will work with the
        National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring
        (NCSEAM) in developing the new focused monitoring system. The
        new focused monitoring system will have a direct and positive
        impact on monitoring effectiveness and improvement of services
        (including AT) for students with disabilities throughout
        Oklahoma. The stakeholder group includes representatives from
        higher education, administration, special and general education,
        early intervention, advocacy groups, parents of special
        education students, and persons with disabilities to assist in
        the development of this system. The Focused Monitoring
        Stakeholder Group is a direct outgrowth of the work of the
        Education Oversight Committee.

    b.  ABLE Tech continues to be a member of the State Performance Plan
        (SPP) Stakeholder Group to assist the Department of Education in
        the creation of the State Special Education Plan. The group is
        composed of individuals involved in or concerned with the
        education of children with disabilities. The panel includes
        parents of children with disabilities; individuals with
        disabilities; teachers; State and local education officials;
        administrators of programs for children with disabilities; and
        other invested parties. The SPP is submitted to the Office of
        Special Education Programs (OSEP), United States Department of
        Education (USDE) by December, 2005.

    c.  ABLE Tech is a member of the State Department of Education
        Transition Work Group and the Summary of Performance Work Group.
        The mission is to assist Local Education Agencies (LEAs) in
        developing effective activities as youth with disabilities
        transition from school to post school activities. The outcome of
        the group is to plan services which may include post secondary
        education, vocational training, integrated employment, supported
        employment, continuing and adult education, adult services,
        independent living and community participation. The outcomes
        will be based on the individual student's needs, preferences and
        interest. ABLE Tech will continue to integrate AT into the
        activities of this work group.

    d.  ABLE Tech participates as members of the Multi-disciplinary AT
        Early Intervention Work Group for children receiving services
        under IDEA Part C. The purpose of the work group is to create
        statewide quality indicators for a comprehensive AT service
        delivery system. ABLE Tech will continue to take a leadership
        role with regard to AT provision for young children with
        disabilities.

    e.  ABLE Tech is a member of the Oklahoma Family Perspective
        partnership. The purpose of the partnership is to give public
        awareness, training and technical support to parents and
        families of individuals with disabilities to ensure they have a
        voice at the decision-making level within State agencies. ABLE
        Tech will continue to provide information and advocacy on the
        laws, policy, and funding of AT devices and services.

    f.  ABLE Tech plans to develop a work group among the five OSU
        system campuses for support of public awareness, training and
        technical assistance of AT utilization at the higher education
        level. Eighty percent of Oklahoma's population lies within the
        radius of the five campuses, thus allowing ABLE Tech to outreach
        to a majority of the State.

    g.  ABLE Tech will be a collaborating partner with the State
        Department of Education and the Accessible Instructional
        Materials Center and the Library for the Blind under the
        National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS)
        Development and Technical Assistance Center. The purpose of this
        endeavor is to ensure Oklahoma students with print disabilities
        will have improved learning outcomes. Oklahoma's state
        legislation passed in 2004 requires textbook publishers to
        provide their books in electronic format.

III. Employment

     a.  ABLE Tech's program manager is a governor appointed member on
         the Oklahoma Rehabilitation Council. The purpose of this
         Council is to partner with the Department of Rehabilitation
         Services to ensure consumer choice with regard to the
         vocational/visual rehabilitation service delivery system. The
         ABLE Tech staff will continue in their active role to advocate
         for consumers to receive appropriate AT devices and services.

     b.  ABLE Tech is a member of the Alliance for Public
         Transportation, a non-profit entity seeking to improve public
         transportation for all Oklahomans. The purpose of the
         organization is to reduce transportational barriers that
         prevent individuals from being able to fully participate in
         employment and other community activities. ABLE Tech will
         continue to provide information and awareness of the need for
         accessible transportation systems.

     c.  ABLE Tech collaborates with the Disability Navigators that are
         located in various Oklahoma Workforce Centers. ABLE Tech
         provides information, training and technical assistance on the
         benefits of AT in the workplace especially with regard to
         Telework.

     d.  ABLE Tech participates on the State Department of
         Rehabilitation Services Customer Service Improvement Committee
         (CSI) which annually addresses the agencies policies and
         procedures. The Committee reviews policy as it relates to the
         Rehabilitation Act and submits recommendations to the agency's
         Commission.

IV. Information Technology/Telecommunication

    a.  ABLE Tech is the legislatively designated facilitator of the
        Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility (EITA)
        Advisory Council. The purpose of this Council is to ensure the
        implementation of Oklahoma's EITA law passed in 2004. The
        Council is charged with the development of the technical
        standards, grievance procedures and the rules that will
        establish how state agencies, public higher education, community
        colleges, and Career Technology Centers will comply and
        implement this new law. ABLE Tech will continue to facilitate
        the work of this Council. The 2006 Legislative session extended
        the EITA Advisory Council and ABLE Tech will continue to serve
        as an appointed member.

    b.  ABLE Tech staff will serve as the secondary appointee for the
        Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs on the Access
        Board.

State agencies and entities that are and will continue to be involved
with ABLE Tech in the collaborative efforts mentioned above are: State
Department of Education, Department of Rehabilitation Services, Oklahoma
Health Care Authority (Medicaid), Department of Health, Office of State
Finance, Department of Central Services, Department of Human Services,
Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, Office of Handicapped
Concerns, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services,
Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Employment Security Commission,
Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, Department of Labor, Centers for
Learning and Leadership, Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council,
Statewide Independent Living Council, and Oklahoma Rehabilitation
Council. ABLE Tech staff will continue to participate at all levels of
memberships on the above mentioned councils, workgroups, initiatives,
and committees that address the needs of Oklahomans with disabilities
across the life span. These collaborations will continue to ensure that
ABLE Tech is in a variety of decision-making positions in order to
guarantee that assistive technology is being effectively addressed
statewide. In turn, the ABLE Tech Advisory Council members proactively
link ABLE Tech to assistive technology issues and activities that are
key to their agencies/organizations.

Apart from ATA of 1998, as amended funds, ABLE Tech participates with
three other grant projects. These projects include the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA), AgrAbility Project, the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Fire Safety Solutions for Persons
with Disabilities Project, and the Southwest Disability Business
Technical Assistance Center (SWDBTAC) Electronic and Information
Technology Accessibility Project. Within these grant programs AT
acquisition and training activities will be reported in the annual data
collection system. Information on these projects can be accessed by
contacting ABLE Tech or at their website. These projects enable ABLE
Tech to have enhanced breadth with regard to outreach to Oklahomans with
disabilities as well as expanded expertise with both State and Federal
agencies. ABLE Tech will continue to seek funding opportunities to
provide an enhanced service delivery program.

***Capacity for Consumer Responsiveness***

ABLE Tech revamped its consumer responsive Advisory Council in February
2005 in order to be in compliance with regards to the ATA of 1998 as
amended. This council has and will continue to provide input and
feedback on the development, implementation and evaluation of the ABLE
Tech program at their quarterly meetings. ABLE Tech strongly supports
full participation for individuals with disabilities with respect to
technology-related assistance, including decisions that affect capacity
building and advocacy activities by providing quality information on how
to access and acquire AT through various systems. ABLE Tech provides
public comment to Federal and State agencies on the improvement of the
provision of AT for persons with disabilities. ABLE Tech assists
individuals in the complaint/grievance process in order to assist them
in accessing and acquiring needed AT. In addition, ABLE Tech will ensure
consumer responsiveness by seeking direct feedback via consumer
satisfaction surveys, on specific service components of the AT program
such as, AFP, information and referral, training, reutilization program
and the quarterly newsletter, annually for the next three years.
Throughout the years ABLE Tech has and will continue to utilize consumer
focus groups to seek specific guidance on many of its programs and
services. ABLE Tech will continue to partner with the Oklahoma Assistive
Technology Foundation (OkAT), a consumer directed non-profit
organization, which promotes the principles of personal responsibility,
self-determination and individual dignity.

ABLE Tech will continue to operate MOA's for both device demonstrations
centers and short-term loan programs with the following entities:

-   Department of Rehabilitation Services, Visual Services Division

-   University of Tulsa, Mary K. Chapman Center for Communicative
    Disorders

-   Hearing Loss Association of Oklahoma

-   Oklahoma Assistive Technology Center, University of Oklahoma Allied
    Health Services

-   Department of Rehabilitation Services, Vocational Rehabilitation
    Division

-   The Tulsa Speech and Hearing Association

-   Oklahoma League for the Blind

-   SoonerStart, (IDEA Part C, Early Intervention Program)

ABLE Tech will continue to operate a reutilization MOA with Sooner
AMBUCS, Share4Life Komputer (ASK) for recycled computers.

ABLE Tech will continue to contract with the Oklahoma Assistive
Technology Foundation (OkAT) to operate both the Alternative Financing
Program and the Access to Telework Fund Program.

**2.1B** **[Identification and Description of the Lead Agency if an
Implementing Entity is Designated]{.underline}**

Not applicable.

**2.2 [Identification and Description of the Implementing
Entity]{.underline}** -- Identify and describe the Implementing Entity
referred to in section 4©(1)(B) of the AT Act, if such an Implementing
Entity is designated by the Governor.

1.  Not applicable**[3 Show of Good Cause for Change in Lead Agency or
    Implementing Entity]{.underline}** -- If the Governor has chosen to
    change the Lead Agency or, if applicable, Implementing Entity as
    allowed in section (1)(C) of the AT Act, provide an explanation of
    good cause for this redesignation.

Not applicable.

**Attachment 3: State Advisory Council**

**3.1 [Membership of the Advisory Council]{.underline}** - Identify the
members of the Advisory Council and each member's designation as an
individual with disabilities who uses AT, a family member or guardian of
such individual, or a representative of a State agency or other entity.

ABLE Tech has had an effective, functional, and operational Advisory
Council since 1995 which has provided input and feedback on the
development, implementation and evaluation of the organization. With the
passage of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 as amended, ABLE Tech
restructured the Advisory Council to be in compliance with the new law.
The Advisory Council membership will continue to have a majority of
persons with disabilities. There are seventeen members of the Advisory
Council, 53% or nine are individuals with disabilities who use AT or
have a family member with a disability. In addition, two agency
representatives are also persons with disabilities or have a family
member with a disability. There is diversity in the types of disability:
autism (1), deaf or hearing impaired (3), learning disability (1),
mobility (4), traumatic brain injury (TBI) (1), and vision impaired (1).

  ------------------------ ----------------------------------------------
  **Who**                  **Affiliation/Representation**

  Jean Jones               Person with a disability

  David Phillips           Person with a disability

  Jane Self                Person with a disability

  Charles Israel           Person with a disability

  Toney Johnson            Person with a disability

  Gail Dunsky              Person with a disability

  James Lawson             Person with a disability

  Sue Keller               Parent of a child with a disability

  Ellen Kimbrell           Parent of a child with a disability

  Larry Bishop             Department of Rehabilitation Services

  Frieda Kleiwer           Center for Independent Living

  Linda Parker             Workforce Investment Board

  Angela Kelley            State Department of Education

  John Gajda               Tulsa Advocates for the Rights of Citizens
                           with Developmental Disabilities

  Theresa Hamrick          Oklahoma Rehabilitation Council

  Debbie Pinnell           Physical Therapist with Department of Human
                           Services, Developmental Disability Services
                           Division

  Marisa New               Occupational Therapist with State Department
                           of Health, Oklahoma Arthritis Network
  ------------------------ ----------------------------------------------

[**3.2 Structure and Operation of the Advisory Council**]{.underline} --
Describe the structure and operations of the Advisory Council.

The Advisory Council by-laws, adopted in 1995, provide a structure in
which the Council operates that includes the following purposes:

> Provide guidance for the expansion of assistive technology devices and
> services on a statewide basis.
>
> Provide guidance to State agencies and local planning and
> administrative entities providing assistive technology devices and
> services.
>
> Provide viewpoints from other organizations, agencies, or
> constituencies;
>
> Provide liaison with State agencies, community groups and other
> constituencies of the organization;
>
> Provide financial or other advice;
>
> Help foster good public relations;
>
> Advise staff on whether the program services are meeting the needs of
> the people to be served;
>
> Help identify any barriers which would impede access to assistive
> technology;
>
> Provide consumer feedback to program staff.

The Council has a standing quarterly meeting scheduled the fourth
Wednesday during the months of January, April, July, and October at the
State Capitol. ABLE Tech leads the meetings, takes minutes, and provides
the Council with written reports, information and updates on all
programs and services provided by ABLE Tech. The Council members have
opportunities throughout the meetings to provide input and feedback on
all issues discussed. The Council serves an advisory role to ABLE Tech;
therefore, no voting procedures are utilized for decision-making
purposes. Additionally, Ad Hoc committees are formed when a topic needs
further explanation or research. ABLE Tech staff and Advisory Council
members make recommendations regarding the appointment of other members.
Factors that are considered in the invitation process are to maintain a
diverse Council includes: geographical representation, race, ethnicity,
types of disabilities across the age span, and users of types of
services that individuals with disabilities may receive.

#### Attachment 4: Measurable Goals 

ABLE Tech will establish a baseline for each of the goals 4.1 through
4.7 during Year Two, and will submit after Year Two an amendment
identifying the long term goals and short-term goals set to improve upon
this baseline during Year Three and subsequent years of the State Plan.
This baseline will be established by using a data collection instrument
and procedures to be determined by RSA.

4.1  Goal for Improving Access to AT in Education

-   Long-term goal:

    -   Short-term goal for Year 3:

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    -   Short-term goal for Year 2: Establish baseline of the percent of
        appropriate targeted individuals and entities who accessed
        device demonstration programs and/or device loan programs and
        made a decision about an AT device or service for educational
        purposes as a result of the assistance they received.

    -   Short-term goal for Year 1: N/A data collection not established.

4.2  Goal for Improving Access to AT in Employment

-   Long-term goal:

> Short-term goal for Year 3:
>
> Short-term goal for Year 2: Establish baseline of the percent of
> appropriate targeted individuals and entities who accessed device
> demonstration programs and/or device loan programs and made a decision
> about an AT device or service for employment purposes as a result of
> the assistance they received.

-   Short-term goal for Year 1: N/A data collection not established.

4.3  Goal for Improving Access to AT in Community Living

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    -   Short-term goal for Year 3:

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    -   Short-term goal for Year 1: N/A data collection not established.

4.4  Goal for Improving Access to IT and Telecommunications

-   Long-term goal:

> Short-term goal for Year 3:

-   Short-term goal for Year 2: Establish baseline of the percent of
    appropriate targeted individuals and entities who accessed device
    demonstration programs and/or device loan programs and made a
    decision about an AT device or service that meets an
    IT/telecommunications need as a result of the assistance they
    received.

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-   Short-term goal for Year 1: N/A data collection not established.

4.5  Goal for Improving Acquisition of AT in Education

        Long-term goal:

> Short-term goal for Year 3:

-   Short-term goal for Year 2: Establish baseline of the percentage of
    appropriate targeted individuals and entities who obtained devices
    or services from State financing activities or reutilization
    programs for educational purposes who would not have obtained the AT
    device or service.

> o       Short-term goal for Year 1: N/A data collection not
> established.

4.6  Goal for Improving Acquisition of AT in Employment

        Long-term goal:

-   Short-term goal for Year 3:

-   Short-term goal for Year 2: Establish baseline of the percentage of
    appropriate targeted individuals and entities who obtained devices
    or services from State financing activities or reutilization
    programs for employment purposes who would not have obtained the AT
    device or service.

> o       Short-term goal for Year 1: N/A data collection not
> established.

4.7  Goal for Improving Acquisition of AT in Community Living

        Long-term goal:

> Short-term goal for Year 3:

-   Short-term goal for Year 2: Establish baseline of the percentage of
    appropriate targeted individuals and entities who obtained devices
    or services from State financing activities or reutilization
    programs for community living purposes who would not have obtained
    the AT device or service.

> o       Short-term goal for Year 1: N/A data collection not
> established.

#### Attachment 5: State-level Activities

**5.1 [State Financing Activities]{.underline}** -- Describe how the
State will implement State financing activities as described in section
4(e)(2)(A) of the AT Act.

Oklahoma ABLE Tech in partnership with the Oklahoma Assistive Technology
Foundation (OkAT), who in turn contracts with BancFirst, offers a
statewide Alternative Financing Program (AFP) and an Access to Telework
Fund Program (ATF) to Oklahomans with disabilities. The AFP is an
interest rate buy down and/or guaranty bank loan program that provides
individuals with disabilities or those that have a dependent with a
disability the opportunity to acquire needed assistive technology by
borrowing money. The ATF is an interest rate buy down and/or guaranty
bank loan that provides individuals with disabilities a telework outcome
by providing an opportunity to acquire needed computers and other
equipment including adaptive equipment by borrowing money. Telework
outcomes can encompass work that can be performed effectively from home
and/or remote sites away from the office, such as work on the road or at
a telework center. Telework would apply to individuals with disabilities
who are currently unemployed, underemployed, self-employed or needing to
maintain employment on a full time or part time basis. ABLE Tech markets
the AFP/ATF program on their fully accessible website
(<http://www.ok.gov/abletech/>), through both ABLE Techs' toll free
number (888-885-5588) and BancFirst's toll free number (800-446-9401),
ABLE Tech's quarterly newsletter, and through flyers to
disability-related agencies, organizations and AT vendors.

ABLE Tech was awarded an additional grant for the Assistive Technology
Alternative Financing Program on October 1, 2005. The infusion of
additional funds ensured expansion of the program over years two and
three.

The AFP/ATF will meet the measurable goals of the state plan by allowing
individuals to acquire needed assistive technology that can be utilized
for the purposes of education, employment or community living. The
AFP/ATF provides needed AT to consumers by offering affordable low
interest loans. Consumers have the opportunity to purchase AT they would
not have otherwise been able to acquire because this program reduces the
obligations of the purchase to a low monthly payment. Although consumers
have the right to choose any type of assistive technology, most
consumers to date have purchased equipment such as hearing aids,
modified vehicles or computers. This occurs because Oklahoma has no
other public or private funding sources available for these assistive
technologies. ABLE Tech provides consumers information on the benefits
and features of various assistive technology devices and services. This
will continue to be accomplished by ABLE Tech and its MOA partners by
providing consumers opportunities to access information and referral,
training and technical assistance, device demonstration centers and
short-term loan programs. ABLE Tech has created and shared fact sheets
on purchasing considerations for both hearing aids and modified vehicles
with other states that administer AFP programs. ABLE Tech also provides
financial counseling to those individuals that have been denied a
BancFirst loan. This consumer service has been instrumental in assisting
individuals from entering into financial obligations that they are not
likely to be able to meet and has reduced the default rate to the
program, ensuring long-term stability.

***Alternative Financing Program - AFP***

Oklahoma's AFP program is operated in the following manner: BancFirst
accepts loan applications from Oklahomans with disabilities or those
that have a dependent with a disability, regardless of their type of
disability, age, income level or location of residence within the state
or type of the assistive technology device or service required. To date
individual borrowers have come from ~~46~~ 51 of the 77 counties across
Oklahoma. In addition, BancFirst accepts referrals for the AFP from
OkAT, ABLE Tech, and other agencies that provide services to individuals
with disabilities in addition to any of the BancFirst branches located
in 45 different cities and towns across Oklahoma. Accordingly,
BancFirst, in its sole discretion, may approve or deny such
applications. BancFirst will process the application in a manner
consistent with consumer loan underwriting guidelines, utilizing a
maximum debt service to gross income ratio of 50%. Loan applications,
for qualified low interest loan applicants, may be completed over the
phone or by fax with loan approval usually within 48 hours.

If an applicant does not qualify for a low interest loan, based on
consumer loan underwriting guidelines and/or credit criteria, a denial
form will be mailed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
If an applicant, upon loan application completion, does not qualify for
the low interest loan program upon release of information, a referral
will be made to OkAT. BancFirst will provide OkAT with appropriate
documentation which will include at a minimum a loan application and
credit report. OkAT in turn, will provide the consumer information
regarding the loan guaranty program. The AFP Loan Coordinator will
contact the applicant to determine if they would be interested in
pursuing a loan guaranty request; if so, a loan guaranty packet will be
mailed to the applicant. Upon return receipt of the completed loan
packet, the Board will meet via telephone conference, within one week of
receiving the necessary information to determine whether an applicant
will qualify for a low interest guaranty loan. As a condition of the
guaranty loan approval, an applicant must agree to an automatic
deduction for the monthly payment from their checking and/or savings
account. Approved applicants for low interest loans or guaranty loans
will have loan documents made available at either a local BancFirst
branch or through the mail. Upon receipt of executed loan documents,
BancFirst will disburse the loan proceeds to the vendor(s) of the
equipment to be financed. All applicants must sign a BancFirst release
of information to OkAT/ABLE Tech for the purposes of reporting loan
disclosure, maintenance, and/or default and for completion of the
Assistive Technology Alternative Financing Survey.

In the event of late payment on a guaranty loan: BancFirst will contact
the loan customer 15 days following a missed loan payment. If the loan
customer and BancFirst agree on an alternate payment arrangement or a
renegotiation of loan terms, no further action is necessary by
BancFirst. If the loan customer and BancFirst do not agree on an
alternate payment arrangement or a renegotiation of loan terms,
BancFirst will contact OkAT in writing to inform them that a guaranty
loan is delinquent. Upon notice of delinquent loan, OkAT will contact
the borrower to make immediate arrangements that may include one of the
following options: (1) OkAT may choose to pay the missed loan payment
within 45 days of original due date. (2) OkAT and the loan customer will
arrange to share in the cost of loan payments on a temporary basis. (3)
OkAT will pay default loan in full. In all three instances OkAT will
then seek reimbursement from the loan customer and/or sends delinquency
obligation to a collection agency for payment.

BancFirst reports the outstanding balance of each guaranty loan every
month and invoices OkAT the interest buy-down amount for each loan
closed that month. In addition, BancFirst will provide a quarterly
report on all outstanding AFP/ATF loans, to OkAT, by the 15th of the
following months: January, April, July, and October. The report must
contain, but is not limited to:

-   Number of loan applications.

-   Number of loans approved and whether it is an OkAT guaranty note.

-   Interest rate and repayment terms of each loan.

-   Types of assistive technology purchased.

-   The outstanding balance of each loan.

-   The total balance of all AFP/ATF loans.

BancFirst efforts to market the AFP/ATF will include distributing
brochures to BancFirst branches across the state for BancFirst customers
to access.

***Access to Telework Fund Program - ATF***

The Access to Telework Fund (ATF) model follows the procedures above
with the exception that the applicant must first be determined eligible
by ABLE Tech prior to completing a BancFirst application. This added
step ensures that the applicant is an Oklahoman with a disability that
has an intended telework outcome, and the computer or other equipment
purchased is for the primary purpose of meeting the telework outcome.

Oklahoma's AFP/ATF model, out of necessity, operates with very minimal
administrative overhead. Each partner fulfills a distinct collaborative
role. OkAT is comprised of a consumer majority volunteer board that
meets quarterly to make all of the decisions of the program and
currently has no paid staff or facility expense. OkAT utilizes the
expertise, manpower, and resources of both ABLE Tech and BancFirst for
the daily operation of the program. This unique, inexpensive partnership
ensures that Oklahomans with disabilities have access to a quality
program in which the bank provides all the administration of the loan as
well as the loan funds. The AT program is the disability/AT expert and
the CBO controls the policies/procedures, and separate accounts of funds
and determination of guarantees. Cost of program includes lead agency
indirect cost, lead agency expenditure to the program, CBO expenses and
default losses. To date, BancFirst has made 274 loans for a total of 1.6
million dollars; of that, OkAT has guaranteed 82 loans for a total of
\$578,830. This cost effective model ensures program permanence.

***Fire Safety Solutions for Oklahomans with Disabilities***

Oklahoma ABLE Tech and Fire Protection Publications (FPP), both of
Oklahoma State University, partnered to create and implement the "Fire
Safety Solutions for Oklahomans with Disabilities" program through
funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The project
targets people statewide who are blind or have low vision, people who
are deaf or hard of hearing, and people with mobility impairments to
provide them with free specialized smoke alarms and fire safety messages
to meet their needs. ABLE Tech accepts applications and determines
eligibility. Then FPP provides trained personnel to install a "Silent
Call" smoke alarm with a strobe light and bed shaker, for individuals
who are deaf or hearing impaired or a "First Alert," with remote control
testing system for individuals with vision or mobility impairments.
Within three to six months, ABLE Tech surveys recipients to determine
their satisfaction with the smoke alarm, the messages and the overall
project. ABLE Tech will report the acquisition of these specialized
smoke alarms in the U.S. Department of Education data reporting system
under "Other State Financing Activities".

**5.2 [Device Reutilization Program]{.underline}** -- Describe how the
State will implement a device reutilization program as described in
section 4(e)(2)(B) of the Act.

Device reutilization includes both device exchange programs and device
repair/recycling programs. Device exchange programs are those in which
pre-owned items are listed in a "want-ad" type posting and consumers can
contact and arrange purchase of the pre-owned item directly from the
current owner. Device repair/recycling programs are those in which
pre-owned devices are accepted (usually by donation) into an inventory,
are repaired or refurbished as needed, and then offered for sale, loan
or give away to consumers as recycled products. ABLE Tech operates both
an assistive technology exchange program and partners through a
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Sooner AMBUCS, a non-profit community
organization, to provide recycled/repaired computers.

ABLE Tech plans to enhance the reutilization exchange program through
the development of an interactive web based "want ad" and have
contracted with AgoraNet, Inc. to provide this service. The web based
program will involve extensive data collection for reporting to the U.S.
Department of Education on the reutilization activity.

***Oklahoma Equipment Connection***

Since 1999 ABLE Tech has operated the Oklahoma Equipment Connection
(OEC) a "want ad" which functions as an exchange program. The OEC is a
free statewide service to help Oklahomans with disabilities acquire
assistive technology that is affordable, used equipment that can meet
their needs. ABLE Tech provides consumers information on the benefits
and features of various assistive technology devices listed on the OEC.
This will continue to be accomplished by ABLE Tech and its MOA partners
by providing consumers with opportunities to access information and
referral, training and technical assistance, device demonstration
centers and short-term loan programs.

Assistive technology is listed on the OEC in the following categories:

+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| -   AAC/Communication Aides       | -   Education/Adapted Toys       |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| -   Assistive Listening           | -   Computers                    |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| -   Switches                      | -   Visual Aides                 |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| -   Environmental/Personal Care   | -   Mobility/Seating Positioning |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| -   Safety Alert/Health           | -   Recreation/Exercise          |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| -   Vehicles/Lifts/Accessories    | -   Wanted Items                 |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+

To put a "want ad" on the OEC, sellers from across the state contact
ABLE Tech either by the website (<http://oec.okstate.edu/>) or the toll
free line (888-885-5588) to post a used AT device(s). ABLE Tech in turn
sends a letter to the seller explaining to them the terms of the listing
which include:

-   ABLE Tech does not warrant the condition of the device.

-   ABLE Tech accepts no liability that may result between the
    transaction of the buyer and the seller.

-   The seller agrees to provide ABLE Tech with the original price and
    the sold price of the item and the contact information of the buyer.

-   The seller provides ABLE Tech with a description of the device along
    with any special features.

-   No personal information is listed on the OEC except for first name,
    city and county.

-   Seller must renew the listing every 90 days or the items will
    automatically be removed from the list.

The seller agrees to the terms and returns the Agrees to Participate OEC
form. ABLE Tech conducts a follow-up customer satisfaction survey via
postage paid mailer on a semi-annual basis.

The OEC provides a cost savings for the seller because this program
provides them a mechanism to sell or donate equipment to a targeted
audience with no advertising expense. The devices on the OEC are
marketed by the AT category on ABLE Tech's fully accessible website and
in hard copy that is mailed to disability-related agencies/organization
and consumers in ABLE Tech's quarterly newsletter.

***The ASK Computer Recycling Program***

Sooner AMBUCS operates Share4Life Komputer (ASK) which is a community
service program to recycle/repair computers. This program combines
donated computers, components and software to put together usable
computers for Oklahomans with disabilities to help recipients gain
independence by acquiring computers that they would not otherwise have
been able to obtain.

The ASK Program provides donated computers that are refurbished, loaded
with software, and given away to adults and children with disabilities
at no charge. The ASK Program was started in 1994. In 2001, ASK became a
National Program of AmBility, and more than 3650 computers have been
acquired by Oklahomans with disabilities. The program gives young
children lower-level programs and computers. They are donated to special
education classrooms and to individual children for their home use. Even
a computer with a relatively small hard drive can be loaded with 60+
games and educational programs (all shareware). A child with a learning
disability, developmental delay, speech and hearing problem, mental
retardation, autism, etc., can greatly benefit from these computer
programs. Additionally, children benefit from computers used in the
classroom. They increase their motor and mental skills, which helps them
grow and learn. It is important for children to have the same
opportunity at home. Siblings within the home also can benefit. The
program attempts to match to the highest level need in the home.
Software includes Spanish and sign language learning activities. The
program also donates computers to older children and adults.
Higher-level programs and computers are provided to this group. People
requiring assistive devices (e.g., screen readers, scanners, voice
recognition software) need a higher-level Pentium system, which may be
provided upon availability.

The ASK Program is operated in the following manner: consumers with
disabilities must make an application and be determined eligible for a
computer. ASK notifies approved applicants on the availability of a
computer that matches the needs of the applicant and makes necessary
arrangements for the applicant to pick-up the computer. If a computer is
not available, ASK maintains a waiting list and notifies the approved
applicant on a first-come first-serve basis. It may take up to three
months to receive an available computer. Currently, consumers statewide
may pick-up computers at either the AMBUCS Norman or Woodward locations.
ASK maintains a website that has a downloadable application.
Additionally they market their program to disability-related
organizations, other AMBUCS chapters and through ABLE Tech's website
link.

Both the OEC exchange program and the ASK computer recycle program
support the acquisition of AT by providing consumers the option to
acquire AT by either directly purchasing or being given a donated item
that is free or inexpensive. Additionally, the eligibility criteria is
minimal or non-existence for persons with disabilities. Therefore, items
can be acquired in a timely manner. Both the OEC exchange program and
the ASK computer recycling program allows all Oklahomans with
disabilities or those that have a dependent with a disability,
regardless of their type of disability, age, income level or location of
residence within the state or type of the assistive technology device to
be able to use these services.

**5.3 [Device Loan Program]{.underline}** -- Describe how the State will
implement a device loan program as described in section 4(e)(2)(C) of
the Act.

Device short-term loans are loans of AT to individuals or organizations
for a variety of purposes such as allowing consumers and agencies to
"try before they buy", assessment, meeting interim needs when devices go
in for repair, and for personnel development activities, etc.
Previously, ABLE Tech had contracted with four Centers for Independent
Living from 1995 until 2003 to provide a short-term loan program. Under
the advice of ABLE Tech 's Advisory Council and based on a reduction of
Federal funds and the age and condition of the equipment, ABLE Tech made
a determination to develop a new program that would be more cost
effective and would better meet the needs of Oklahomans with
disabilities. ABLE Tech now operates the statewide Assistive Technology
Equipment Loan (ATEL) Program out of its Stillwater office.
Additionally, ABLE Tech will continue to offer short-term loan programs
via Memorandums of Agreement (MOA), in partnership with ~~four~~ ~~new~~
eight partners. Both the MOA short-term loan program and the ATEL
program will continue to provide the following specialized equipment:
vision, hearing and speech, computer access, AmTrykes, environmental and
educational technology to Oklahomans with disabilities or those that
have a dependent with a disability, regardless of their type of
disability, age, income level or location of residence within the state
and/or appropriate targeted individuals and entities statewide.

ABLE Tech's Advisory Council will annually evaluate the
comprehensiveness of the program with regard to type of equipment and
audiences reached to determine whether the program should be modified.
During Year One, ABLE Tech's Advisory Council recommended several MOA
partnership modifications. (1) At mid year the Oklahoma Chapter of the
Hearing Loss Association and Oklahoma Assistive Technology Center (OATC)
became partners. OATC will specifically target children accessing
SoonerStart services to loan them an AmTryke. (2) Both the Oklahoma
School for the Deaf and the Oklahoma School for the Blind were
discontinued based on low outcome performance. Equipment from those
programs will be provided at the beginning of Year Two, to Tulsa Speech
and Hearing Association and Oklahoma League for the Blind to outreach to
the targeted population. (3) ABLE Tech will add the Department of
Rehabilitation Services, Vocational Rehabilitation Division as a new MOA
partner beginning Year Two. (4) ABLE Tech expanded the equipment
inventory for both the Department of Rehabilitation Service, Visual
Services Division and the University of Tulsa, Mary K. Chapman Center
for Community Disorders.

The short-term loan partners were selected based on the following
criteria:

-   Partners needed improved access to specialized emerging technology
    that they could not otherwise afford or provide,

-   Partners needed to improve AT services to current consumers,

-   Partners needed to enhance outreach to their specialized
    populations,

-   Partners needed to increase skills and competencies to their staff
    and contracting professionals,

-   ABLE Tech needed to provide additional locations for easier
    equipment access to a larger audience,

-   ABLE Tech needed to expand AT access to individuals with specific
    disabilities across the life span,

-   ABLE Tech needed to partner with entities who could provide
    reputable/quality service delivery, and

-   ABLE Tech needed increased capacity building resources without
    direct expenditures, therefore, leveraging limited federal funding.

***MOA Short-term Loan Programs***

The partners are the Department of Rehabilitation Services, Visual
Services Division; Hearing Loss Association of Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Assistive Technology Center, the University of Tulsa, Mary K. Chapman
Center for Communicative Disorders, The Tulsa Speech and Hearing
Association, Department of Rehabilitation Services, Vocational
Rehabilitation Division, and the Oklahoma League for the Blind. The
partners will continue to provide increased access to equipment to
targeted individuals and entities. The MOA short-term loan programs
operate out of the following locations: 1) the Department of
Rehabilitation Services, Visual Services Division, Sheppard Mall in
Oklahoma City, 2) Hearing Loss Association, in the Integris Baptist
Medical Center, Third Age Life Center, Oklahoma City, 3) Oklahoma
Assistive Technology Center, University of Oklahoma Allied Health
Services, Oklahoma City, 4) University of Tulsa, Mary K. Chapman Center
for Communicative Disorders in Tulsa, 5) Tulsa Speech and Hearing
Association, Tulsa, 6) the Department of Rehabilitation Services,
Vocational Rehabilitation Division, Evaluation Center in Oklahoma City
and 7) the Oklahoma League for the Blind in Oklahoma City. The MOA
outlines an arrangement whereby ABLE Tech provides the specialized
assistive technology in exchange for the partner managing the day to day
operation of the program, as well as program data (outlined below) for
no operating fee. ABLE Tech provided each MOA partner with a budget and
they in turn chose the equipment that they believed would enhance
assistive technology access for improved informed choice to targeted
individuals and entities. ABLE Tech will maintain ownership of all
equipment. This program allows consumers and professionals the
opportunity to borrow AT they would not have otherwise been able to
access because no such program existed for specialized equipment.

The MOA partners have each developed policies and procedures to operate
their short-term loan program. They have agreed to provide the
following:

a)  Identify personnel that will be responsible for the daily operation
    and reporting on device short-term loan.

b)  Space to house the assistive technology equipment.

c)  Provide ABLE Tech with a copy of the programs policies and
    procedures that at a minimum identify: 1) the maximum loan term can
    not exceed 42 calendar days; 2) borrowers are responsible for
    returning item in same condition, excluding normal wear and tear,
    and; 3) borrowers are responsible for the cost of repair.

d)  Acknowledgement of partnership with ABLE Tech on any marketing
    materials, including web links.

e)  Report monthly utilization to ABLE Tech by the 10^th^ of each month
    for the proceeding month's data on device short-term loan using an
    Microsoft Access database.

f)  Report quarterly outcome data to ABLE Tech by the 10^th^ of the
    following months, January, April, July, and October as prescribed by
    ABLE Tech.

g)  Annual inventory report to ABLE Tech on condition of all assistive
    technology equipment using a Microsoft Access database.

h)  Routine maintenance of all assistive technology equipment as long as
    the equipment remains viable. Once equipment is no longer functional
    or is obsolete, the status of the equipment will be reported in the
    monthly report to ABLE Tech.

i)  Two annual anecdotal 'stories' of individuals with disabilities who
    have benefited from these services.

j)  An Assistive Technology (AT) Short-Term Loan Information Survey will
    be completed by the borrower for all short-term loans and returned
    with the device(s).

[]{.mark}

***Assistive Technology Equipment Loan Program -- operated by ABLE
Tech***

ABLE Tech will continue to operate an assistive technology short-term
loan program. ABLE Tech's short-term loan program, known as the
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan (ATEL), accepts applications for
equipment loans from a person with a disability, family members,
advocates or service providers (e.g. therapist, teacher, rehabilitation
counselor). Some devices available for loan may require specialized
support for their use, therefore, the person requesting the loan will be
asked to identify someone who recommended the device to them and who
will provide support during a loan period. Support persons may include
centers for independent living staff, vocational rehabilitation
counselors, teachers, occupational therapists (OT), physical therapists
(PT) s, home health staff, etc. The borrower may request a maximum of
three (3) devices at any one time. The length of the device loan is 42
days with a possible extension. ABLE Tech will charge a rental fee and
shipping and handling (S&H) for each item based on the following chart:

## Device Value 42 day Rental Cost

> \$100 - \$1500 \$10 plus S&H
>
> \$1501 - \$3000 \$20 plus S&H
>
> \$3001 - \$6000 \$30 plus S&H
>
> \$6001 plus \$40 plus S&H

This rental fee will ensure ABLE Tech the ability to sustain the program
and update the equipment as needed. In addition, the borrower will pay
for shipping costs. The ATEL program will ship devices statewide. A
renter may choose to pick up and return the device from the ATEL Program
in Stillwater, eliminating shipping fees.

ABLE Tech will continue to market both the MOA short-term loan programs
and the ATEL program on their fully accessible website, quarterly
newsletter, and through flyers to disability-related agencies and
organizations.

Each time a device(s) is loaned, data will be collected on the
following: 1) characteristics of the person who is borrowing the
device(s) 2) characteristics of the AT user such as age, disability and
rural or urban residence, 3) primary purpose for the loan in regard to,
education, employment, community living or IT/Telecommunication, and 4)
did the loan help the AT user make an informed decision and if not, why.

Both the MOA short-term loan programs and the ATEL program will enhance
informed choice to both individuals and professionals by utilizing
equipment in a natural environment to ensure the device meets their
needs. Additionally, the short-term loan could result in cost savings to
purchasers of the equipment who previously may have experienced
abandonment, as well as lack of:

-   effective utilization,

-   product awareness,

-   knowledge of the product features, and

-   access to a device.

ABLE Tech recognizes that the current short-term loan programs are not
fully comprehensive with regard to type of devices. Both the MOA
short-term loan program and the ATEL program do not provide durable
medical equipment (DME). DME has been restricted based on fiscal
considerations and recommendations of the ABLE Tech Advisory Council.
This decision to not provide DME for the short-term loan programs is
founded on the prohibitive costs associated with purchasing, storing,
shipping, maintaining, and retrieval of DME due to limited funds and
manpower. ABLE Tech along with input from Advisory Council members
determined not to continue a partnership with both the Oklahoma School
for the Blind and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf as a result of their
inability to meet the conditions of the MOA. The addition of new
partners will continue to cover the targeted populations.

Additionally, ABLE Tech is conducting a statewide needs assessment to
determine the most effective way in which to operate a short term loan
program. The objectives of the needs assessment are:

a)  Determine the AT equipment needs of select agencies across the
    state,

b)  Identify constraints and facilitators to agency participation in the
    short term loan program, and

c)  Guide the purchase of appropriate AT devices.

**5.4 [Device Demonstration Program]{.underline}** -- Describe how the
State will implement a device demonstration program as described in
section 4(e)(2)(D) of the Act.

Device demonstration compares the features and benefits of a particular
AT device or category of devices for an individual or small group of
individuals. The purpose of a device demonstration is to enable an
individual to make an informed choice to a particular device to support
effective usage. Device demonstrations should not be confused with
training activities at which devices are demonstrated for larger groups.
Device demonstrations also should not be confused with public awareness
activities at which devices are demonstrated. The key difference is that
device demonstrations are intended to enable an individual to make an
informed choice rather than merely making him or her aware of a variety
of AT.

ABLE Tech will operate an AT device demonstration center out of its
Stillwater office. ABLE Tech will also offer six device demonstration
centers, via an MOA with the same partners utilized for the short-term
loan program (Attachment 5.3) with the exception of the Oklahoma
Assistive Technology Center which only operates a short term loan
program. Additionally, ABLE Tech will continue its MOA with SoonerStart
to provide AT devices for demonstration purposes. Each demonstration
center and SoonerStart will have assigned personnel familiar with AT
devices and services available to demonstrate the device(s) to
individuals and/or groups. Not only will the devices be available at the
seven centers and SoonerStart offices statewide but staff from each
center will have opportunities to demonstrate devices for specialized
training classes, public awareness events and workshop utilization
statewide.

The ABLE Tech center will be open to the public every Monday from 9 to
Noon, every Tuesday from 1:30-4:30 p.m., or call for an appointment at
1-888-885-5588. Requests for equipment demonstrations may be made by a
person with a disability, family members, advocates or service providers
(e.g. therapist, teacher, rehabilitation counselor). ABLE Tech will
sponsor quarterly open houses for featured device demonstrations that
will be advertised to the general public. The six MOA centers will
operate with posted hours as well as by appointment. Each time a
device(s) is demonstrated at any of the centers, data will be collected
on the following: 1) type of participant that is being demonstrated the
device, 2) number and type of devices being demonstrated, 3) primary
purpose for the demonstration in regard to, education, employment,
community living or IT/Telecommunication, and 4) did the demonstration
help the AT user make an informed decision, 5) number and type of
referrals that were provided to the participant, and 6) customer
satisfaction.

ABLE Tech also has a partnership, via a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA),
with SoonerStart which serves children with disabilities birth to 3
years old. The MOA outlines an arrangement whereby ABLE Tech provides AT
demonstration kits for 26 regional offices. In turn, SoonerStart will
allow professionals to utilize the AT kits for the purposes of
demonstrating AT devices for appropriate consideration of AT for the
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). The AT demonstration kits
include devices across various AT categories that include: 1) vision, 2)
assistive listening, 3) self care, 4) positioning, 5) mobility, 6)
communication, 7) early reading, 8) early writing, 9) early math, 10)
computer access, 11) play, and 12) environmental control.

This program will operate in the following way: SoonerStart
professionals will check out the AT demonstration kit to take to the
home of the family. Appropriate devices from the kit, depending on the
child's functional ability, will be utilized during the demonstration.
The professional will record which device(s) will be recommended in the
IFSP, as well as, which device(s) will not benefit the child. For the
first time SoonerStart professionals across the State will have the
necessary tools by which to appropriately make an informed choice for a
child's AT needs.

Each time a device(s) is utilized for a demonstration, a SoonerStart
professional will track the following data with regard to making an
informed decision: 1) features of the device that were/were not
appropriate for the child, 2) how the device could be integrated into
the child's routine (natural environment), 3) family interest and
enthusiasm for the potential of using AT with the child, 4) needed
portability, usability, durability of the device, and 5) how the child
could or could not do things differently using the device.

ABLE Tech will continue to market the MOA device demonstration programs,
the ABLE Tech demonstration program and the SoonerStart demonstrations
on the fully accessible website, quarterly newsletter, and through
flyers to disability-related agencies and organizations.

ABLE Tech recognizes that the six MOA device demonstration programs are
not fully comprehensive with regard to type of devices or statewideness.
The types of devices located in the six device demonstration centers
will be unique to the needs of the populations served by the partners.
Additionally, because of the fact that there are only seven centers, it
may be difficult for individuals not living in close proximity to a
center to access the devices. Device demonstrations will be provided at
different locations throughout the State upon request.

ABLE Tech's Advisory Council will annually evaluate the quality and
comprehensiveness of the program with regard to type of equipment and
audiences reached to determine whether the program should be modified.
During Year One, ABLE Tech's Advisory Council recommended several MOA
partnership modifications. (1) At mid year the Oklahoma Chapter of the
Hearing Loss Association. (2) Both the Oklahoma School for the Deaf and
the Oklahoma School for the Blind were discontinued based on low outcome
performance. Equipment from those programs will be provided at the
beginning of Year Two, to Tulsa Speech and Hearing Association and
Oklahoma League for the Blind to outreach to the targeted population.
(3) ABLE Tech will add the Department of Rehabilitation Services,
Vocational Rehabilitation Division as a new MOA partner beginning Year
Two. (4) ABLE Tech expanded the equipment inventory for both the
Department of Rehabilitation Service, Visual Services Division and the
University of Tulsa, Mary K. Chapman Center for Community Disorders.

#### Attachment 6: Comparable Support

**6.1 [Source and Amount of Support]{.underline}** -- Identify the
State-level activity for which there is comparable support, the source
of this support, the amount of the support, and the project year for
which this support is being provided.

Not applicable.

**6.2 [Comparability]{.underline}** - Demonstrate that this support is
comparable in terms of funding and that the activities are comparable in
terms of scope.

Not applicable.

**6.3 [Coordination and Collaboration]{.underline}** -- Describe how the
State will coordinate activities and collaborate with the appropriate
entity, if the comparable funds are provided to, or the activities are
conducted by, an entity other than the Lead Agency or Implementing
Entity.

Not applicable.

**Attachment 7: State Flexibility**

**7.1 [Activity]{.underline}** -- Identify each State-level activity the
State is choosing not to carry out.

Not applicable.

**7.2 [Maintenance of Statewideness and Comprehensiveness]{.underline}**
-- Demonstrate that the Statewide AT Program will continue to be
comprehensive without conducting this activity.

Not applicable.

**7.3 [Achievement of Measurable Goals]{.underline}** - Demonstrate that
the State can reach its measurable education goals, employment goals,
telecommunications and information technology goals, and community
living goals without conducting such activities.

Not applicable.

**7.4 [Coordination and Collaboration]{.underline}** -- Describe how the
Lead Agency or Implementing Entity will coordinate activities and
collaborate with entities in the State that do conduct this activity, if
the State chooses not to conduct this activity because another entity
already conducts it.

Not applicable.

## Attachment 8: State Leadership Activities

**8.1 [Training and Technical Assistance]{.underline}** Describe how the
State will provide training and technical assistance to enhance the
knowledge, skills, and competencies of individuals from local settings
statewide, including representatives of State and local educational
agencies, other State and local agencies, early intervention programs,
adult service programs, hospitals and other health care facilities,
institutions of higher education and businesses as described in section
4(e)(3)(B)(i) of the AT Act.

***Training***

Over the next three years, ABLE Tech will engage in a number of training
activities. ABLE Tech already has developed a number of training
curriculums targeted for specific audiences (including consumers) and on
specific topics, and anticipates continuing to deliver such trainings
upon request. These include:

-   Training for education professionals will continue to be provided to
    special education teachers, early intervention professionals, career
    technology teachers, adult learning professionals, higher education
    disability specialist and instructors, speech therapists,
    occupational and physical therapists. A number of training sessions
    have been developed for education professionals, ranging from
    providing a basic understanding of AT, to including AT in the
    classroom, understanding the rights of students to access AT under
    various Federal laws such as Individual with Disabilities Education
    Act, (IDEA) Parts B&C, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
    Section 504 and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as
    amended, funding AT, to training on the use of specific devices.

    -   During Year One, ABLE Tech in collaboration with SoonerStart and
        the Oklahoma Statewide Training And Regional Support (STARS)
        provided training to all SoonerStart professionals utilizing the
        AT demonstration kits. The training allowed professionals an
        opportunity to become familiar with the use and features of the
        devices to ensure that AT would become an integral part of the
        child's transition; thereby, fully integrating AT into the
        child's lifestyle and culture. Information was also provided on
        AT law, policy, and funding, in order to assure children with
        disabilities birth to three years old and their families can
        access and acquire needed AT.

-   Training for employment professionals will continue to be provided
    to Vocational Rehabilitation counselors and Visual Services
    counselors of the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services,
    Supported Employment professionals, Disability Navigators of the
    Oklahoma Workforce Centers, and employers. This training includes
    providing a basic understanding of AT, AT services and funding
    options, understanding the rights of employees with disabilities to
    access AT in the workplace under various Federal laws, such as, the
    Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act of
    1973 as amended, Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act
    (TWWIIA), and using specific AT in the workplace.

-   Training for community living professionals will continue to be
    provided to local Area Agencies on Aging, case managers of the
    Department of Human Services, Developmental Disability Services
    Division, community occupational therapists and physical therapists,
    community mental health providers, various disability-related
    support groups, home health professionals, respite care workers,
    Family Perspective, and Partners in Policy Making. A number of
    training sessions have been developed for community living
    professionals, ranging from providing a basic understanding of AT,
    to including AT in various community settings, understanding the
    rights of citizens to access AT under various Federal laws such as
    the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) including the Supreme
    Court ruling of Olmstead vs. LC, Medicaid, Medicare, Section 504 and
    Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended, and
    training on the use of specific devices.

    -   During Year One the AgrAbility Project conducted four
        significant training opportunities to community occupational
        therapists, physical therapists and farmers with disabilities.
        This was accomplished through collaboration with Integris Jim
        Thorpe Rehabilitation Hospital's Learning Resource Center that
        provided CEU's to professionals. The training focused on
        effective methods for rehabilitating farmers with disabilities
        and peer support to enable farmers to continue their occupation.

-   Training for information technology/telecommunication professionals
    will continue to be provided to agency officials and personnel,
    postsecondary institution faculty and staff, K-12 educational
    faculty and staff, procurement officials and staff, information
    technology and telecommunication developers, and consumers. Training
    will promote the development of accessible electronic and
    information technology products and services and compliance to State
    IT accessibility standards according to Section 508 of the
    Rehabilitation Act.

    -   During Year One ABLE Tech conducted an Electronic and
        Information Technology Accessibility training for 755
        professionals that had six different topical sessions.
        Nationally recognized experts conducted all sessions.

    -   During Year One ABLE Tech became one of 46 Microsoft
        Accessibility Resource Centers (MARC) equipped with video
        demonstrations and resource CDs that help individuals learn
        about accessibility options. The MARC program assist's ABLE Tech
        in the AT demonstration center in our effort to connect
        individuals in Oklahoma with the right accessible and assistive
        technology to accommodate their accessibility needs.

The training is developed to include information for a broad array of
disabilities and devices. Upon agency/entity request, ABLE Tech staff
will continue over the next three years to train a variety of
professionals as well as individuals with disabilities and their family
members. ABLE Tech will seek payment for training activities when
appropriate. ABLE Tech also will customize training for organizations
that request training on specific topics or for specific audiences. ABLE
Tech will provide quarterly reports of all training activities to the
Advisory Council, via an AT Training Calendar that will be listed on the
ABLE Tech website.

***Technical Assistance***

Because ABLE Tech provides technical assistance to agencies and
organizations by request, it is difficult to predict the type of
technical assistance that will be provided over the next three years.

In the past, ABLE Tech has provided technical assistance such as the
following:

-   ABLE Tech provided the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) (the
    State Medicaid agency) technical assistance in changing its Durable
    Medical Equipment (DME) policy from providing DME for one month out
    of a twelve month period to that of permanent acquisition. This
    involved educating the OHCA policy staff along with the Oklahoma
    Legislators on the discrepancy between Federal law and Oklahoma
    policy, and seeking directives from the Health Care Financing
    Administration regional office. Technical assistance included
    researching appropriate State funding options along with fiscal cost
    analysis. Additionally, ABLE Tech paid an out-of-state consultant.
    The final outcome of the policy change resulted in ABLE Tech
    providing training and technical assistance to a variety of
    providers and consumers statewide. Other Medicaid related issues
    that ABLE Tech has provided technical assistance include: the
    coverage of DME under Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and
    Treatment (EPSDT) for Medicaid eligible children, Medicaid Buy-In
    options, the Medicaid benefits available to certain children with
    severe disabilities who ordinarily would not be eligible for
    Supplemental Security Income (SSI) because of their parent's income
    or resources through the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
    (TEFRA), local education agencies (LEAs) contracting to be providers
    of EPSDT services for IDEA eligible children, and accessing the need
    for appropriate DME prior to transitioning from institutional
    settings to community settings.

-   ABLE Tech provided the Department of Rehabilitation Services with
    assistance in the development of their Assistive Technology
    Specialist staff positions. This involved training to all Vocational
    and Visual Rehabilitation Counselors, AT work group participation
    with the agency Division Administrators, and providing input on
    policy development. ABLE Tech paid an out-of-state consultant to
    help in the strategic planning process. The agency now employs AT
    Specialists whose primary role is to provide consumer assessment and
    technical support to counselors.

-   ABLE Tech provides the State Department of Education with ongoing
    support in oversight of the Special Education Services Division.
    This involves researching current best practice methods across the
    four areas of service delivery of 1) knowledge and training, 2)
    monitoring 3) complaint and 4) due process. Recommendations have
    been provided across all four areas and an implementation process is
    under review. This effort will ultimately impact the access and
    acquisition to AT for special education students.

During Year One of this State Plan ABLE Tech provided technical
assistance in the following areas:

-   ABLE Tech led an AT subcommittee for the Olmstead Strategic Planning
    Committee. The subcommittee was charged with creating a white paper
    that would be submitted to the Legislature as part of the Oklahoma
    Olmstead Plan. The white paper identified issues, current status,
    barriers and recommendation to the access and acquisition of AT for
    individuals trying to transition from an institutional setting to
    the community or for individuals at high risk of moving into an
    institution.

-   ABLE Tech took the lead in securing successful passage of Senate
    Bill 1493 that has a two-fold purpose, 1) inclusion of special
    education as part of the professional development program and 2)
    specialized training for substitute teachers in special education
    settings. This was a positive outcome of the work supported by the
    State Department of Education, Special Ed Oversight Committee.

-   ABLE Tech provides technical assistance to the AT Early Intervention
    Work Group. The purpose of this group is to create an effective
    system for SoonerStart that will include:

    -   Professional development opportunities on AT devices and
        services

    -   Procurement process for the purchase of AT

    -   Assessment process for determination of appropriate AT which
        includes the use of newly developed forms

    -   Quality indicators for "AT Best Practice"

    -   AT hiring requirements for therapeutic professionals

-   ABLE Tech is the legislatively designated facilitator of the
    Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility (EITA) Advisory
    Council. The purpose of this Council is to ensure the implementation
    of Oklahoma's EITA law passed in 2004. The Council is charged with
    the development of the technical standards, grievance procedures and
    the rules that will establish how state agencies, public higher
    education, community colleges, and Career Technology Centers will
    comply and implement this new law. ABLE Tech will continue to
    facilitate the work of this Council. The 2006 Legislative session
    extended the EITA Advisory Council and ABLE Tech will continue to
    serve as an appointed member.

***Transition***

The transition process must have consumer (and when appropriate family)
involvement that encourages decision-making and planning for
independence, beginning within the family when children are young,
following the individual throughout their life and including aging
issues. Transition assistance to individuals with disabilities should be
a longitudinal plan to ensure a smooth/efficient movement from one or
more program to the next. The transition plan involves interagency
collaboration with a comprehensive process to include preparation,
implementation, and follow-up. ABLE Tech will continue their involvement
in the transition of individuals with disabilities from Special
Education Services to post secondary education, employment and community
living; and from institutional settings to community living with regard
to Olmstead.

***Special Education Services -- IDEA, Part B***

IDEA Part B mandates a formal transition of children and youth with
disabilities from school to post secondary education, employment and
community living environments. ABLE Tech is a member of the State
Department of Education Transition Work Group. ABLE Tech will support
the inclusion of AT in the Transition Work Group strategic plan. During
Year One, ABLE Tech was a sponsor of Oklahoma's first Transition
Institute which brought together 450 professionals that serve high
school students. ABLE Tech also conducted a break-out session entitled
"Assistive Technology and the Transition Planning Process." The
~~outcome of the~~ group will continue ~~is to~~ planning services,
which may include post secondary education, vocational training,
integrated employment, supported employment, continuing and adult
education, adult services, independent living and community
participation. Additionally, the State Department of Education in
collaboration with the Department of Rehabilitation Services and ABLE
Tech will hold an annual transition conference for the next three years.

***Vocational Rehabilitation Services***

The Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) offers Summer
Transition Camps to high school students with disabilities. One is
conducted at the School for the Deaf in Sulphur, Oklahoma and the other
at the Oklahoma Library for the Blind in Oklahoma City. The purpose of
the Camps is to enhance transition planning and services from school to
secondary education and/or work. Youth with disabilities attend where
they develop career goals, job readiness skills and work experience so
that they can make better transitions to college or employment.
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors participate in team building
activities with the students. DRS will track the student's success to
show how the extra training makes them more successful in preparing them
for life after high school.

ABLE Tech, in collaboration with DRS and State Department Education,
Special Education Division, will provide training and demonstration at
the Summer Transition Camps on specific AT devices to enhance the
opportunity for AT to be an integral component of the transition process
as students move from high school to college and work. ABLE Tech will
also link students, families and counselors to the State's short-term
loan programs, device demonstration centers, the reutilization programs,
and the alternative financing options.

***Olmstead -- Transition from Institutional Settings to Community
Living***

ABLE Tech described in Attachment 2 its collaborative involvement with
the Olmstead Strategic Planning Committee. The Third Annual Report of
the Oklahoma Olmstead Strategic Planning Committee, submitted July 2005,
recommended a review of assistive technology issues for both children
and adults as they transition into community living. ABLE Tech took the
lead in this interagency work group that is charged with identifying
barriers to both the access and acquisition of AT, along with the needed
changes and supports with regard to policy, funding and advocacy. The
final Olmstead Strategic Planning Committee Report is due to the
Governor and Oklahoma Legislators, July 2007.

Additionally, this effort will connect interagency transition teams who
are working to assist individuals that are transitioning from
institutional care to community living by providing them information on
how to access and acquire AT. This will be accomplished through
education and public awareness on the existence of the State's
short-term loan programs, device demonstration centers, the
reutilization programs, and the alternative financing options. The
increased opportunities for AT access in natural environments will
provide consumers and professionals with a better understanding of the
benefits of AT, thereby enhancing informed choice.

**8.2 [Public Awareness Activities]{.underline}** Describe how the State
will provide information to targeted individuals and entities relating
to the availability, benefits, appropriateness, and costs of assistive
technology devices and assistive technology services as described in
section 4(e)(3)(B)(ii) of the AT Act.

ABLE Tech will continue to provide the following public awareness
activities:

-   Information and Referral -- The toll free ABLE Tech INFO-line
    provides free information and referral services on AT for people of
    all ages with all disabilities. Family members, services providers
    and others who work in fields related to disabilities or AT may also
    use this service. ABLE Tech staff provides information on the
    availability, benefits, appropriateness and cost of AT devices and
    services. In addition, for many callers, ABLE Tech staff mails AT
    resource and device information in order for them to make a more
    informed decision. ABLE Tech will track all calls and will meet the
    reporting requirements under the data collection system. ABLE Tech
    INFO-line's resources include a statewide computer database,
    national resources, in-house collection of catalogs, and product
    literature. Anyone can call 888-885-5588, V/TDD.

-   Newsletter -- The "small changes...BIG DIFFERENCES" newsletter is
    developed and disseminated both in hard copy and on the website by
    ABLE Tech on a quarterly basis. Regular sections of the newsletter
    include AT information on: current events on ABLE Tech, highlight of
    AT (which discusses features of a specific AT devices) an insert
    that provides the latest Oklahoma Equipment Connection inventory,
    website resources on AT, and during Oklahoma legislative session, an
    update on disability-related legislation. A consumer satisfaction
    survey will be mailed annually to subscribers to determine if they
    are satisfied with the information provided in the newsletter, if
    the information in the newsletter was helpful, and space will also
    be provided to allow the reader to comment on how ABLE Tech could
    improve this newsletter.

-   Website -- The ABLE Tech website features in-depth information on
    the four State Level Activities of the ATA of 1998 as amended, as
    well as information on other programs ABLE Tech is involved with
    outside of the ATA of 1998 as amended: publications, IT Access
    resources, Legislation, AT resources and links. The website also
    provides an opportunity for individuals to directly contact ABLE
    Tech for purposes of feedback, information and referral, listing for
    sale items on the Oklahoma Equipment Connection "want ad" and
    eligibility application for the Access to Telework Fund program. The
    address is <http://www.ok.gov/abletech/>

-   Publications -- Training materials and publications that cover AT
    information have been developed and disseminated for all types of
    audiences across the life span on a broad array of AT related
    issues. All publication materials will be provided free of charge on
    the website and be available in alternative format. Examples are
    provided in Attachment 8 under "Training and Technical Assistance."
    For a complete listing of all publications see the ABLE Tech
    website.

-   The OK Funding for AT, developed by ABLE Tech, is a comprehensive
    manual that details all public/private AT resources available in
    Oklahoma. The manual describes the contact information, purpose,
    eligibility, AT devices provided, AT services provided, appeals
    process, and other pieces to the funding puzzle for each program.
    ABLE Tech continually researches the AT funding and policy
    information of each program and has the agency/entity verify for
    accuracy. The manual will be regularly updated and disseminated not
    only to consumers but also to State agencies, providers, consumer
    organizations and other targeted audiences in order to educate all
    parties. OK Funding for AT will continue to be available in hard
    copy, CD, and on the ABLE Tech website in both PDF and HTML formats.
    This information provides individuals with disabilities, their
    family members and providers an ability to make an informed choice
    on the public/private availability of funding for AT devices and
    services.

-   List Serve - The ABLE Tech List Serve is a public forum for AT
    conversation among parents, consumers and people who work in the
    disability-related field. It is a free service; all you need is
    E-mail. By using the List Serve, everyone on the list will be able
    to participate in a group conversation. To subscribe: Post an E-mail
    message to: LISTSERV@listserv.okstate.edu Type the message:
    SUBSCRIBE ABLETECH-L your name. After you have subscribed, you may
    E-mail a message to everyone on the list by using:
    <ABLETECH-L@listserv.okstate.edu>

-   Exhibits/Booths - ABLE Tech will provide AT information, materials
    and selected AT devices at various statewide conferences/workshops.

**8.3 [Coordination and Collaboration]{.underline} -** Describe how the
State will coordinate activities among public and private entities that
are responsible for policies, procedures, or funding for the provision
of assistive technology devices and assistive technology services to
individuals with disabilities, service providers, and others to improve
access to assistive technology devices and assistive technology services
as described in section 4(e)(3)(B)(iii) of the AT Act.

Because coordination and collaboration with public and private entities
often is based on emerging, new, or changing policies and procedures, it
is difficult to anticipate all of the coordination and collaboration
activities that ABLE Tech will undertake over the next three years. In
the past, coordination and collaboration involved the proposal of new or
changes to current AT policies, providing input on proposed AT policies,
and analysis of the impact of current AT policies. ABLE Tech does this
by participating on task forces sponsored by State agencies, by being a
member of consumer groups, advocacy groups, and disability networks
throughout the State, and through independent efforts.

During Year Two, ABLE Tech ~~is~~ will continue collaborating and
coordinating with:

-   The Olmstead Strategic Planning Committee on the inclusion of AT in
    the State's Comprehensive Effectively Working Plan for Placing
    Qualified Persons with disabilities in less restrictive settings,
    and to create a waiting list that moves people at a reasonable pace
    not controlled by the State's endeavors to keep its institutions
    fully populated.

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-   ABLE Tech participated as one of several agencies that created the
    Education Transition Work Group whose purpose was to implement a
    Transition Institute for secondary teachers, vocational
    rehabilitation counselors and career technology personnel. As a
    result, Oklahoma held its first Transition Institute for over 400
    professionals that will go back to their local entities to train
    others on effective transition services for students with
    disabilities. Regional teams, now established, will collaboratively
    mentor and train other professionals and continue to build future
    Institute opportunities. ABLE Tech will continue to collaborate as a
    member of this work group in order to effectively integrate AT as a
    component of secondary transition. An additional outcome will allow
    ABLE Tech training opportunities.

-   ABLE Tech participates on the State Department of Rehabilitation
    Services Customer Service Improvement Committee which annually
    addresses the agencies policies and procedures. The Committee
    reviews policy as it relates to the Rehabilitation Act and submits
    recommendations to the agency's Commission.

These collaborations will continue to ensure that ABLE Tech is in a
variety of decision-making positions in order to guarantee that
assistive technology is being effectively addressed statewide. ABLE Tech
anticipates coordinating and collaborating on policies in a similar
manner over the next three years.

**Attachment 9: Involvement of Public and Private Entities**

**9.1 [Nature and Extent of Resources]{.underline}** -- Describe the
nature and extent of resources that will be committed by public and
private collaborators to assist in accomplishing identified goals.

As described in Attachment 5, ABLE Tech will work with the Department of
Rehabilitation Services, Visual Services Division and Vocational
Rehabilitation Division, the University of Tulsa, Mary K. Chapman Center
for Communicative Disorders, Hearing Loss Association of Oklahoma,
Oklahoma Assistive Technology Center, Oklahoma League for the Blind and
the Tulsa Speech and Hearing Association to implement its Device Loan
Program and its Device Demonstration Program. Each of these partners
will provide storage space for AT devices free of charge as an in-kind
contribution. They also will provide general administrative support for
the program such as office supplies, telephone, printing, postage as
in-kind contributions.

Also described in Attachment 5, ABLE Tech will work with BancFirst of
Stillwater to implement both its Alternative Financing Program (AFP) and
the Access to Telework Fund (ATF) program. BancFirst waives the
documentation fee of \$75.00 for all consumer loans to \$25.00 for AFP
and ATF borrowers. BancFirst also provides administrative support for
the AFP and ATF beyond their normal business practice by accepting all
applications without a minimum balance requirement. They also will
provide general administrative support for the program such as; office
supplies, telephone, printing, and postage as in-kind contributions.

As described in Attachment 8, ABLE Tech will work with SoonerStart to
implement its AT Demonstration Program. SoonerStart will provide storage
space for AT devices free of charge as an in-kind contribution. They
also will provide general administrative support for the program such
as; office supplies, telephone, printing, and postage as in-kind
contributions.

**9.2 [Mechanisms to Ensure Coordination]{.underline}** - Describe the
mechanisms established to ensure coordination of activities and
collaboration between the implementing entity, if any, and the State.

Not applicable.

**[Involvement of State Advisory Council]{.underline}** - Describe the
nature and extent of the involvement of the State Advisory Council in
the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the activities carried
out through the grant, including setting the measurable goals required
in section 4(d)(3).

The Advisory Council met three times and an Ad Hoc subcommittee met once
before the submittal of this plan in order to set general goals and
objectives and to provide advice on how activities are to be carried
out. The development of new MOA partners for both the Device Loan
Program and the Device Demonstration Program (Attachment 5) are directly
based on the suggestions of the Council and other stakeholders involved
in the planning.

The Council will continue to meet on a quarterly basis to evaluate
progress on the baseline for each required activity. The Advisory
Council will provide guidance on the development of the long-term goal
and short-term goals of the State Plan which will be submitted as an
amendment of this Plan.