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FUNDING SOURCES FOR CHILDREN

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Colorado State Grange Mandy Project
Cindy Greer, Mandy Project Coordinator
7629 CR 100, Hesperus, CO 81326
970-588-3386
hcrdgreer@frontier.net

Application requires audiogram, letter from parent, picture of family, some financial records.  The Project writes a check for the awarded amount.  The check is written directly to the provider.

Communications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CDHH)
Contact: Hal Leith, (303) 278-1204
2050 Mt. Zion Drive
Golden, CO 80401

This is a private citizen who has a donation bank.  These hearing aids are not typically the latest technology but may be suitable for some children.  If a match is found, these aids are donated free of charge.

CNI Center for Hearing
701 East Hampden Ave
Ste.330, Englewood,CO 80113
303-806-7416,303-788-5469
www.TheCNI.org/hearing 
jstucky@thecni.org

Offering a wide array of programs and services for children and families, including support groups,summer camps, donated cochlear implant and bone anchored hearing aid systems,auditory/verbal therapy, and more

Disabled Children's Relief Fund (DCRF)
P.O. Box 7420,
Freeport, N.Y. 11520
#516-377-1605

Mission: To promote the growth and development of children with disabilities, increase public awareness, and support efforts that strengthen compliance with state and federal laws for the benefit of children with disabilities.

Easter Seal Society – El Paso County
719-574-9002

Easter Seals coordinates the HEARS program along with Sertoma in El Paso County.  Applications are due before the end of the month and the board meets the last week of each month to decide about funding.  They work through the Colorado Speech and Hearing Clinic, a United Way Agency.  Digital aids are denied funding typically, but children occasionally qualify for help through an arrangement with Colorado Otolaryngology Associates.   The Clinic may also be a source for assistance.

Friends of Man
P.O. Box 937
Littleton, CO 80160-0937
(303) 798-2342

A therapist, nurse or audiologist must call for the application.

Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Contact: Krista Dann 303-894-2525

Assists individuals over the age of 18 years prepare for, obtain and/or maintain employment.

The HIKE Fund (Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment Fund)
www.thehikefund.org
Local contact: Marilynn Hepp
(303) 986-6705

Purpose: To provide hearing devices for children with hearing impairment from newborn through 20 years of age, whose parents are financially unable to meet this need.  Funding is raised through Job’s Daughters, and typically takes six months from application to receiving funds.  Large amounts are possible.

HEAR Project
Nancy Schrer
(970) 351-2012 (Denver)

Designed to supplement the purchase of amplification, assistive devices, accessories, cochlear implant equipment, FM systems, and services needed for children aged birth to 21 years of age.

LISTEN Foundation
6950 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 102
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(303) 781-9440,
(303) 781-2018 (fax)
email: lstnfoun@aol.com www.listenfoundation.org

Provides financial assistance and a free 90 day diagnostic/evaluation period to families and children who are deaf and /or hard of hearing an opportunity to listen and speak.

Rotary International
District Office: Adele Emerson
(303) 477-0654,
fax (303) 477-0658

Sertoma CI Club
Denver: Al Keeler - 303-771-0395
Jackie Clarke 303-762-2155

For children who need financial assistance to pay for a cochlear implant or parts, primarily for Denver area Residents.

SSI (Supplemental Security Income)
1-800-772-1213

Pure Tone Average must be greater than >90dB and aided discrimination <40%.  This is not assistance with hearing aids per se but would provide supplemental income if parents meet financial guidelines.

Starkey Hearing Foundation
www.starkey.com

Donates more than 10,000 hearing aids each year to people who can’t afford them.

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