Carolyn P. Phillips M.Ed, ATP Georgia Department of Labor Pass It On Center phone: 404-638-0384 email: [email protected] .

Carolyn P. Phillips M.Ed, ATPGeorgia Department of Labor

Pass It On Centerphone: 404-638-0384

email: [email protected]

www.passitoncenter.org

Successful Practices to Pass It On

Minnesota - You are Leading the Way & Making a Difference

Agenda RSA Grant - Thank you Jeremy

Pass It On National Center for AT Reuse

The Power of Assistive Technology ReBoot Model Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Model G-Trade Model The STAR Network AT Reuse Initiative

Connecting the Dots & Lessons Learned What will Reuse Model Look like for Minnesota

Guiding Principles We – Collectively – are Brilliant & Can find an

Innovative Path and Create Brighter Futures

We must Think, Live and Act from a place of Abundance – We Have enough time, money, resources…

We Must Focus on Abilities!

YOU have the Power to make the Difference! Change vs. Progress (Bob Phillips)

Georgia’s AT Act Program

Why Reuse AT?Assistive Technology (AT) reutilization

is a concept that was born out of need.

From local grassroots efforts, it has grown to become a nationally recognized response to providing AT to those people who would otherwise “go without”.

Why Reuse AT?• The benefits in the lives of people able to finally tap

the potential of AT far outweighs whatever costs we have born in developing Georgia’s ReBoot program, Friends of Disabled Adults and Children, too! (FODAC), and G-Trade.

• We have, however, also experienced the incredible frustration of knowing that our efforts have been limited due to the lack of resources.

National Task Force for AT Reuse

Purpose: Identify and find solutions to national issues affecting AT

Reuse.

Participants: Association of Assistive Technology Programs (ATAP) National Assistive Technology Technical Assistance Project

(NATTAP) Assistive Technology Industries Association (ATIA) Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) State AT Projects – Beth Mineo–Mollica, Sara Sack, Jane

Johnson, and Julie Nesbit Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access

(CATEA) Others are being added

• National Classification System & Survey of Reuse Programs

• Sanitization and Liability

• Outcome Measures for AT Reuse Programs

• Medicaid AT and Reuse

• AT Reutilization and Vendor Issues

• Successful Policies, Practices, Procedures & Quality Indicators • Disaster Response

• Useful Life and End-of-Life Issues

• Sustainability

Current National Task Force Study Groups

National Classification System and Survey of Reuse Programs

Identify and research various elements of AT reuse models.

Phase I survey: Collaboration with NATTAP – 600 AT Reuse programs

Phase II survey – More in depth look atsome of 600

Searchable database of AT Reuse programs in all states and territories

PLEASE, list your program!

SanitizationDevelop and facilitate use of appropriate

policies, practices and procedures concerning sanitization.

• Collect all policies, practices, procedures, waiver forms, and information about sanitization of AT reuse grantees

• Review them – develop guidelines, check list

• Audio conference, web-based materials and training at annual conference

• PLEASE, Send your forms, policies and procedures to us.

Liability

Explore and develop policies, practices and procedures concerning liability protection.

• Collect all policies, practices, procedures, waiver forms, and information about liability insurance of AT reuse grantees

• Review them – develop guidelines, sample form

• Audio conference, web-based materials and training at annual conference

• PLEASE, Send your forms, policies and procedures to us.

Liability Issue Categories Products Volunteers Consumers

* Liability levels affected by whether you directly rehabilitate/recycle the equipment and resell/distribute, engage in a “consumer matching” or pass through redistribution, or simply create a marketplace for the exchange of goods.

Products Sanitization

Particularly for DME, but important for all equipment

Safety/Condition of the Equipment Training/Use/Misuse of the Equipment Privacy Copyright Laws/Licensing Durable Medical Equipment

Health Compliance Issues for Sale/Resale/Distribution

VolunteersVolunteer SafetyShielding Volunteers from actions within

their job descriptionVolunteer NegligenceShielding organization from actions

outside of Volunteer’s scope

Pass It On Web Site Designed to Create a National Network Share Resources Grow Your Program Solution Center We Need Your Help!

passitoncenter.org

Exploring the Power of AT Reuse!

Georgia Assistive Technology Project, Tools for LifeDepartment of Labor/Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation

Program/Assistive Technology Unit1-800-497-8665

www.gatfl.org

ReBoot-ATRC

If we Nurture our Dreams,they will take

Root in our Souls& Bear Fruit in our Lives

Over 7,300 “ReBooted” and counting…

A 501c(3) nonprofit affiliated with TFL

Designed to Increase Access to & Acquisition of AT

Focused on: Education, Employment, Community Living andIT/Telecommunications.

ReBoot-ATRC

ReBoot ReBoot is a nonprofit, statewide, collaborative effort

dedicated to actively promoting independence for people with disabilities through Assistive Technology & computer recycling.

Over 7,900 recycled computer systems with people

throughout Georgia.

ReBoot - Georgia’s Computer and AT Reutilization Program

ReBoot–ATRC: www.reboot-atrc.org

ReBootHow We Recycle

ReBoot–ATRC: www.reboot-atrc.org

Acquires Equipment

Evaluate Equipment Repair / Load Software

Distribute & Train

Start

Tax receipt for charitable donation

Request a recycling donation of $10 per system

Assures that items are kept out of our landfills

ReBootBenefits of Recycling

ReBoot-ATRC: www.reboot-atrc.org

Tax Benefits

Minimal fee

Environment

Many Options to Suite Many Needs!

Pkg A - $0 300-450 MHz, no sound, no modem, 98 OS

Pkg AG+ - $35 300-450 MHz, sound, speakers, no modem Pkg B - $150 500-700 MHz, 5-10 GB Hard Drive, 64 RAM, A Drive, CD ROM, sound, speakers, modem, 2000 Pro OS

Pkg C - Custom built to your needs. Price starts at $150

Laptops - Available based on supply. Price starts at $150

Pkg D - New System built to your request. Price quoted


ReBoot

Be an individual with a disability (any age), or be a senior, or an agency providing disability services

Give 20 hours of volunteer time to a nonprofit of your choice

Complete the application, receive computer and basic training session

ReBootGetting a Computer


48%

52%

No Cost Cost

ReBoot – Georgia’s Computer Recycling and Reutilization Center

ReBoot - Georgia’s Computer and AT Reutilization Program

• Help desk available by phone • ReBoot & other system repairs are done at our site

• 6 month to 1 year warranties on all hardware

• ReBoot Support Training for outreach sites

ReBoot Technical Support

FODAC is a statewide provider of Durable medical equipment and has given away over 16,000wheelchairs since 1986. 45 states and 65 countrieshave received some equipment over those years. FODAC is providing the physical needs of people withdisabilities of all types and ages through: Durable medical equipment - wheelchairs and mobility

aids Ramps for Champs – home access ramps and

modifications ReMount – wheelchair and scooter lifts for

vehicles Disposable medical equipment – catheters, braces,

liquid nutrition, etc.

Friends of Disabled Adults

and Children, Too!

FODAC: www.fodac.org

Durable Medical Equipment

FODAC provides wheelchairs, scooters, bathroom aids, hospital beds, walkers, quad canes, and a host of other items such as standers, corner chairs and numerous other therapeutic aids.

FODAC has collection sites around Atlanta andnearby cities that collect used DME. FODAC picksup these donations from local rehab hospitals, DMEcompanies, and homes. Equipment is checked out,cleaned by staff and volunteers, and issued toclients who have no benefits or who have to wait forbenefits from Medicare/Medicaid.

FODAC averages 2000 clients served each year, some with multiple items.


and Children, Too!

FODAC is unique among non-profit organizations in that the value of services provided to clients greatly exceeds the cost of delivering the services.

Donated equipment is received at no cost. It comes from people who have made progress and don’t need it anymore, outgrew it, got a new one, or died.

The refurbishing process adds value to the equipment and the new family saves the cost of purchasing the items.


and Children, Too!


The total value of services provided by FODAC since its inception has been over $50,000,000.

The cost of providing these services has been $5,575,036.

That means that for every dollar FODAC has spent, $9.39 in services were provided.


and Children, Too!


G-Trade Georgia's Assistive Technology Online Equipment

Exchange Program

Web-based

FREE resource for finding and exchanging assistive technology (AT) devices online

Place an ad requesting items for sale, donation, or needed

Georgia’s AT Act Program

The Southeastern Technology Access and Reuse (STAR) Network is designed to meet the Challenges of AT Acquisition.

Thank You RSA!

STAR Network

STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL OF GEORGIA, INC

Combining Efforts to develop Tools for Independent Better Serves Georgia!

LIFE ILC

BAIN ILC

Multiple Choices ILCDisAbilility Link NW

STAR Network Outcome

Maximized independence through AT/DME Services for individuals with disabilities in underserved communities of GA and the Southeast.

STAR Network Outcome Measures

AT service accessDistribution of AT/DME reuse equipment Reuse equipment is at a lowered costConsumer independence or increased

activities in their education, community or work roles

Improved quality of life

Begin with the End in Mind!

Getting Started: Define the program; Clarify planning parameters – how much

time & resources can you put toward the process?

Decide whose input you want/need; Decide how you will structure the process; Decide how you will manage the process; Collect the needed information; and Develop a workplan.

Minnesota Reuse Model

Focus on: Diversifying Funding, Building Organizational

Capacity Building more Community

Support


Vision & Results Orientation:Self-Assessment Summary—Vision and

Results OrientationPrioritizing Existing Strategies and

Activities YOUR LOGIC MODEL


Are you a Connector?The Tipping Point - Gladwell

If Not – meet one! What makes someone a Connector? The

first--and most obvious--criterion is that Connectors know lots of people.

They are the kinds of people who know everyone.

All of us know someone like this. But I don't think that we spend a lot of time

thinking about the importance of these folks.

Connecting the Dots!

End-UserTraining?

MarketingParticipants?

Donors?

Volunteers SkilledTechs?

Model?

Storage -Space?

System?

LicensedSoftware?

Connecting the Dots with Strategic Partnership!

Explore Models! National Cristina Foundation – 1997 Used What You Learned Here AT Projects –

Learn from others, NEAT!, Kansas, Nebraska, Virginia and the list goes on

Steal/Borrow…and Give Credit!

Identify Your Partners Who should be at the table? (96) Diversify – public, private, non-profit Not all will buy-in immediately – don’t hold it against them

Model?


Continue to Identify Your Partners TIP: Evaluate and Evolve! Who should be at the table? RESNA, ATAP, ATIA, ATA, Goodwill

I hope your list Grew while you where here. TIP: Move toward Sustainability with each

Connection Diversify – public, private, non-profit Not all will buy-in immediately – don’t hold it

against them

Model?

Strong Supporters within the First year! Assistive Technology Resource Centers (ATRC) Vocational Rehabilitation Assistive Work Technology, VR Department of Education – GPAT Statewide Independent Living Council Independent Living Centers Council on Aging HP, IBM & EDS

TIP: Hold a State or Region Stakeholders Meeting Communicate & Share Your Vision! Go where the dream makes sense Avoid “…in 1918 we tried that and it Flopped” Promote Buy-In and Build Champions! “You can accomplish anything if you don’t care who gets the

credit.” Post your Model for all to see


Model?

Pallets, Pallet Mule, Racks, Gaylord Boxes Donated by Allegiance – (Yellow Pages – 1999) End-Of-Life Recycler Re-Connected after a few years TIP: Never Burn Bridges!

Georgia Tech Senior Project 1 Semester Interviewed Everyone, Buy-In, TIP: Introduce Change Slowly! All Graduated!

Storage -System?


Donated Space at FODAC Paid for space after 1st year Out grew space and move down the street 2001 TIP: Communicate & Share Your Vision!

King Properties – (Donated a Computer) $3.25 a square foot – wrote off rest as a donation

Alston & Bird (Touch the Future Board) drew up agreement – FREE!

CollectiveGood (Comdex & EPA Meeting) Sub-lease & a percentage

Storage -Space?


Research! Do site visits Partner with an “EPA friendly” Company Contact - Department of Natural Resources

Allegiance – (Yellow Pages – 1999) End-Of-Life Recycler Re-Connected after a few years TIP: Find a Partner you Trust! Avoid “Eyewitness

News” Story from a different Point of View

Storage -End-Of Life


Strong Collaboration with: Assistive Technology

Resource Centers (ATRC) Independent Living Centers Assistive Work Technology –

VR/GDOL High School/High Tech

VR/GDOL


End-UserTraining?

Planting Seeds for Partnerships Keep it Simple

Who Do You Know? Create a Map Mark Johnson - GA – WHO MN Connectors? Private Companies

Who are you talking with? HR Network GDOL Employer Committee

Government Surplus Local, State, Federal

Build your Board/Advisory Council HP, IBM, PriceWaterHouse Coopers


Donors?

Connecting the Dots with

Strategic Partnership!

Social networking sites like Care2, MySpace, and Tribe can play a key role in helping your organization meet other nonprofits, find donations, share information, and more.

Does your organization use a wiki? Google your organization – what do you

find?



Donors?

Worked with the Computer Equipment Disposal and Recycling Council

Pollution Prevention Assistance DivisionSponsor of HB-2, Rep. Terry Coleman



Donors?

“Microsoft Teams With Tools for Life to Provide PCs To People With Disabilities”

Innovative Program Gives New Life to Old Computers ATLANTA, April 21, 1999 — As part of its continued effort to make

computer technology accessible to all individuals, Microsoft Corp. is teaming with Tools for Life, a program operated by the Georgia Department of Human Resources, to update and distribute 80 PCs for free to people with disabilities.

Microsoft's contribution to the project includes software valued at $23,000 and a long-term commitment to support Tools for Life's mission of enabling Georgians with disabilities through the use of technology.

"Microsoft is working hard both locally and at the corporate level to extend access and training to people with disabilities," said Marty Paradise, general manager, Southeast District, Microsoft. "A major part of this effort involves supporting the important work of organizations like Tools for Life."


LicensedSoftware?

The Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) Provides Microsoft Windows Operating

Systems to PC refurbishers To be a Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher,

you must: Supply 50 or more computers per year to charities,

schools, or families. Be a commercial, nonprofit, school, college, or

government-based refurbisher. Be located in the United States


LicensedSoftware?

TechSoup Stock connects nonprofits with donated and discounted technology products.

Both corporate and nonprofit technology partners including Cisco, Groundspring, Microsoft, and Symantec.

Low administrative fees that include shipping, handling, and customer support.


LicensedSoftware?

Partner with Hands On Atlanta!

Partnered with Perimeter College and FODAC to Offer PC Classes on site We offered A+ in exchange for 100 of volunteer

work Become a member of PC User Groups

TIP: Pay for Volunteers to attend training and sharpen their skills

Listen!


Volunteers SkilledTechs?

What are Our Outcomes?Who are Our Partners?

Elizabeth Grossman - 5/31/2006 “The Digital Age was expected to usher in an

era of clean production…

Deep within every electronic device lie toxic materials that make up the bits and bytes, a complex thicket of lead, mercury, cadmium, plastics, and a host of other often harmful ingredients.

Americans alone own more than two billion pieces of high tech electronics and discard five to seven million tons each year.

If you sit at a desk in an office, talk to friends on your cell phone, watch television, listen to music on headphones, are a child in Guangdong, or a native of the Arctic, you are part of this story.

The answers lie in changing how we design, manufacture, and dispose of high tech electronics. “

Create Champions and Ownership

Communicate Listen Evaluate and Evolve Continue to Grow and Share

the Vision & Mission Celebrate your Partners,

Volunteers and Participants! Media Spotlight


If a person does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music

which he hears, however measured or far away.

- Henry David Thoreau

Pass it On!

THANK YOU!“Genius? Nothing!

Sticking to it is the genius! I've failed my way to success.”

--Thomas Edison

Carolyn P. Phillips M.Ed, ATP Georgia Department of Labor Pass It On Center phone: 404-638-0384 email: [email protected] .

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