Funding Sources

Durable medical equipment (DME) can be quite expensive, and sometimes insurance won’t cover part–or sometimes any–of the cost associated with it. Other costs, such as home modifications for seniors aging in place, will usually be out-of-pocket expenses that are not covered by medical insurance at all.

But there are many different funding sources specifically designed to help with problems such as these. Non-profit associations–both local and national, government agencies, and charities offer help for qualified individuals and families with their durable medical equipment-related (DME) purchases.

Please be aware that these funding sources are for informational purposes only. They are not associated with Lift and Care Systems, Inc. or it’s owners, employees, or vendors.

Specific Funding Sources

American Heart and Stroke Association
www.americanheart.org
www.strokeassociation.org

American Parkinson’s Disease Association
www.apdama.org/wcms

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association of MA
www.als-ma.org

Brain Injury Association of MA
www.biama.org

City of New Bedford Office of Housing & Neighborhood Development
http://www.newbedford-ma.gov/community-development/

Community Development Block Grants
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/communitydevelopment/programs

CT Tech Act
http://cttechact.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/LoanProgramBrochure.pdf

Easterseals Massachusetts
https://www.massalternativefinance.org

Edwin Phillips Foundation
https://www.autismspeaks.org/resource/edwin-phillips-foundation

Fallen Patriot Fund
www.fallenpatriotfund.org/about.php

Federation for Children with Special Needs
www.fcsn.org

Help Hope Live
HelpHopeLive.org

Home Modification Loan Program
www.mass.gov/mrc/hmlp

Home Modification Services
http://www.udservices.org/services/home-modifications/

Internal Revenue Service
https://www.irs.gov/

Local Area Agency on Aging
http://www.n4a.org/

Long Term Care Insurance
https://www.nylaarp.com/Landing-Pages/LongTermCare/?tntph=PPCLTC9053&cid=1T3P1E&mkwid=sOy042fDL-dc_pcrid_85032237726_pmt_e_pkw_long%20term%20care%20insurance#/LTCStep1

Make-A-Wish Foundation
http://wish.org/

Massachusetts Assistive Technology Loan Program
www.massatloan.org

Mass Housing, Home Improvement Loan Program
www.masshousing.com
 
M.D. Family Foundation
http://mdff.org/

Medicare/Private Health Insurance
https://www.medicare.gov/

Multiple Sclerosis Society
www.nationalmssociety.org/Chapters/MAM

Muscular Dystrophy Association
www.mda.org

Ocean State Center for Independent Living
https://www.disability.gov/resource/ocean-state-center-for-independent-living-oscil/

Rebuilding Together
www.rebuildingtogether.org

R.I. A Wish Come True
http://www.awish.org/

R.I. Services for the Blind
http://www.ors.state.ri.us/SBVI.html

Spina Bifida Association of Greater New England
www.sbagreaterne.org

Travis Roy Foundation
http://www.travisroyfoundation.org/

United Cerebral Palsy
www.ucpberkshire.org
www.ucpboston.org

USDA Rural Development Home Repair Loan & Grant Program
http://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/single-family-housing-repair-loans-grants

US Department of Agriculture, Rural Development; Home Improvement Loans and Grants
www.rurdev.usda.gov/had-rr_loans_grants

Chive Charities
https://chivecharities.org

General Funding Sources

• Banks
• Brain Injury
• Celebrity/Sports Charities
• Children’s Programs
• Church/Religious Organizations
• Condition-Specific Funding
• Creative Arts
• Disaster Recovery
• Employee Assistance
• Faith-Based
• General Assistance
• Home Modification
• Local Independent Living Centers
• Military/Veterans
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Veterans/Active Military Benefits
• Workers Compensation Insurance

No Guarantee of funding