Grants for Disabled People in Georgia
Mobility, cognition, independent living, hearing, vision, and self-care are all examples of functional disabilities in Georgia. The adult population in the state with either of the disabilities mentioned above is 1,960 756. This equates to 25% or one in every four adults in the state. Disability health costs of up to $20.3 Billion each year, or up to 32% of the state’s healthcare budget, are projected to be over $13,543 per disabled person.
State Assistance
State assistance to disabled people is provided through ADA Coordinator’s office. The office informs the general public about the ADA’s standards applicable to the state government through informal technical help and material dissemination. Also, it conducts outreach efforts with persons with disabilities and representative groups to better understand consumer viewpoints on state government programs, services, and activities. Find more about the functions of ADA’s office at https://ada.georgia.gov/audiences/persons-disabilities.
Healthcare Assistance
Medicaid Program
Medicaid is a medical assistance program that assists many people who cannot afford medical treatment by paying some or all of their medical expenditures. The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) administers Medicaid, which covers medical expenses with state and federal tax dollars.
Georgia Long-Term Care Partnership Program
The Long-Term Care Partnership Program (Partnership), which the Department of Community Health administers in partnership with the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance and the Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging Services, offers a viable alternative to spending down or transferring assets through the formation of a partnership between Medicaid and private long-term care insurance companies.
Waiver Program
The project’s objective is to move more than 2,600 Medicaid long-term care Georgians from institutional settings to the community by December 2018, principally via the utilization of Georgia’s Medicaid waiver programs, namely the Independent Care Waiver Program (ICWP). Read more about the above two programs at https://medicaid.georgia.gov/programs/disabled.
Financial and Social Security Assistance
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
The disability programs for Social Security and SSI are the largest of numerous Federal programs that help persons with disabilities. While these two programs differ in many respects, they are both managed by the Social Security Administration. Only persons with a handicap who fulfill medical requirements may be eligible for payments under either program. If you are “covered,” which means you have worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes, Social Security Disability Insurance will deliver benefits to you and certain family members. Read more at https://www.ssa.gov/disability/.
Housing and Rent Assistance
Home Access Program
The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Home Access Program is aimed to encourage independence and allow individuals with disabilities to live in their homes with the required home adaptations and to avoid needless admittance into nursing facilities. Bathroom retrofitting, including roll-in showers, wheelchair ramp building, lowering of cabinets and countertops, widening of entrances, and installation of visual aids and audio alarms, are eligible activities via the Home Access Program. DCA contracts with agencies such as the Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) and others to carry out home modification initiatives. Find out more about the subject at https://www.dca.ga.gov/safe-affordable-housing/homeless-special-needs-housing/home-access-program.
Utility Bill Assistance
Public Service Commission
Georgia’s electric, gas, and telephone utilities serve millions of consumers, yet many customers need the assistance of a payment assistance program to afford gas, electricity, or basic phone service. Many electric, gas and telephone utility providers offer payment plans to qualified clients. They may enable deferred payment for consumers who cannot pay their entire amount or postpone disconnection for customers attempting to pay their debts. Many civic groups, philanthropic organizations, and churches in local areas assist low-income clients with payment. Contact your gas, electric, or telephone service provider for further information. https://psc.ga.gov/about-the-psc/consumer-corner/consumer-advisories/utility-assistance-programs/.
Transportation Assistance for Disabled People
Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)
MARTA is committed to making public transit accessible to people of all abilities.
U.S. Department of Transportation
The U.S. Department of Transportation aims to offer access to all of its programs, services, and information to persons with disabilities that are similar to the degree of access afforded to others. Read more at https://ada.georgia.gov/helpful-resources/mobility-and-accommodations/transportation.
Food Assistance
Georgia Food Stamps
The Georgia Food Stamp program offers low-income households monthly assistance to help them pay for food. A home might be one person living alone, a family, or a group of unrelated people who buy and cook meals together on a regular basis. Anyone may apply for food stamps. The initiative assists low-income and resource-constrained households. Continue reading at https://dfcs.georgia.gov/snap-food-stamps.
SNAP (Food Stamps)
The Georgia Food Stamp Program (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)) is a federally sponsored program that provides low-income households with monthly payments to assist in covering the cost of food. A home might be one person living alone, a family, or a group of unrelated people who regularly buy and cook meals together. Find more at https://dfcs.georgia.gov/snap-food-stamps.
Clothing Assistance
Clothing Allowance is an annual sum of money paid to any Veteran who, due to a service-connected disability, wears or uses a prosthetic or orthopedic appliance that wears or tears clothing OR uses medication prescribed by a physician for a skin condition caused by a service-connected disability that causes irreparable damage to the Veteran’s outer garments. https://militarypay.defense.gov/PAY/Allowances/clothing.aspx
Assistance for Disabled Veterans
Georgia Department of Veterans Service
The Georgia Department of Veterans Service is a state organization established to advise, counsel, and assist Georgia’s veterans and their families in obtaining appropriate benefits under the broad and complicated framework of veterans’ legislation.
Veterans’ benefits are not automatically awarded; you must apply for them! We exist to assist you in doing just that.
You may have been advised and given information about some of the benefits to which you may be entitled under the law when you were discharged from active military duty. We aim to explain these advantages in full and, if you are eligible, to assist you in acquiring them for free. https://veterans.georgia.gov/about-us.
Assistance for Disabled Seniors
Aging and Disability Network
Georgia’s Aging and Disability Network is a collection of organizations that provide assistance to older persons, individuals with disabilities of all ages, their families, carers, and the professionals that serve them. Contact the Aging and Disability Network for information on aging services such as disability services, mental health resources, health benefits such as Medicare and the Georgia Cares State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP), and assistance programs such as SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, and child support services legal assistance. Find more at https://georgia.gov/contact-aging-and-disability-network.
Assistance from Charities and Nonprofits
Fighting Ability Organization
The organization is focused on fighting stigma and advancing opportunities for disabled people. Respect-Ability is a diverse, disability-led nonprofit organization that works to achieve systemic change in how society sees and appreciates people with disabilities and pushes policies and practices that enable people with disabilities to have a better future. Our purpose is to eliminate stigmas and provide opportunities for persons with disabilities to engage in all parts of community life fully. Read more at https://www.respectability.org.
Development Disabilities Ministries (DDM)
DDM is a humanitarian organization that serves persons with developmental impairments and their families. DDM owns and maintains 18 group homes in Georgia, serving about 70 individuals.
Churches, endowments, memorials, foundations, and private contributions help DDM. Services are offered to people with developmental impairments regardless of race, color, religion, country of origin, gender, or financial status. For more information read at https://ddmga.org/who-we-are/.
