NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

PURPOSE

To provide low interest loans to assist blind persons with the purchase of assistive technology including; computers, screen-reading hardware and software, electronic notetakers, Braille embossers, refreshable Braille devices, and speech synthesizers. The loans are for one to four-year periods, under $3,000 with an interest rate of 3%. 

CONTACT

Selena Sundling-Crawford,

State President

National Federation of the Blind of Oklahoma

242 E 35th St

Tulsa, OK 74105

(918) 850-6751

Email: selena.j.sundling@irs.gov

FINANCIAL CRITERIA

• Must have sufficient income to pay back loan.

ELIGIBILITY

• Persons who are legally blind (all ages)

• Beginning to work with low vision (borderline vision impairment)

AT SERVICES PROVIDED/COVERED

• Information & Referral

• Training for Consumer & Family

• Locating Alternate Funding

• Advocacy/Other (Low Interest Loans)

AT DEVICES PROVIDED/COVERED

Aids for Vision Impaired

Computer Applications

APPLICATION PROCESS

• Contact by phone, letter or e-mail and request service(s) and/or low interest loan program application. 

• Complete telephone interview for low-interest loan. 

• Complete application including goals and uses of computer-based devices by individual. 

• Award of loan determined by National Office of NFB with Oklahoma affiliate input.

PIECES OF THE PUZZLE

• Membership to NFB of Oklahoma is $1 per year for an individual/family membership.

• Membership is not a requirement to receive a loan.