{"id":3610,"date":"2016-09-13T10:18:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3610"},"modified":"2016-09-13T10:18:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:18:22","slug":"portable-ramp-loan-program-91316","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3610","title":{"rendered":"Portable Ramp Loan Program, 9\/13\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Maryland Department of Disabilities Technology Assistance Program Launches Statewide Portable Ramp Access Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\nBaltimore, MD &#8211; Effective September 12th, the Maryland Department of Disabilities Technology Assistance Program is set to launch the Statewide Portable Ramp Access Project (SPRAP). Established with a grant totaling $43,560 from the Christopher &amp; Dana Reeve Foundation, the SPRAP will begin loaning out a variety of portable ramps immediately. For ease of consumer access and pick-up, the portable ramps will be housed at four regional sites throughout the state- The Bay Area Center for Independent Living, Accessible Resources for Independence, Southern Maryland Center for Independent Living, and Resources for Independence.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Statewide Portable Ramp Access Project will loan portable ramps of varying lengths and types, including threshold ramps (for small steps in and around a house), modular ramps ranging from 4 to 12 feet, multifold van ramps, and more. Marylanders will now be able to borrow a ramp for up to 120 days while additional home and vehicle accessibility solutions are identified. Consumers will return the ramp after their short-term need is met or once they have identified funding for a permanent structure, and the ramp is loaned out again to another individual. With the establishment of this seed funding, the program will remain self-sustaining and has the potential to serve up to 32 individials\/families at any given time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Reeve Foundation is committed to supporting organizations that seek to improve the quality of life for people living with paralysis. In this inaugural grant cycle, they have awarded over $342,483 to five nonprofit organizations in the United States that focus on accessibility and assistive technology to improve quality of life for families and individuals living with disabilities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ramp loan requests should be directed to Lori Markland at 1-800-832-4827 or <a href=\"mailto:mdtap@mdtap.org\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">mdtap@mdtap.org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3610\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Department of Disabilities Technology Assistance Program Launches Statewide Portable Ramp Access Project Baltimore, MD &#8211; Effective September 12th, the Maryland Department of Disabilities Technology Assistance Program is set to launch the Statewide Portable Ramp Access Project (SPRAP). Established with a grant totaling $43,560 from the Christopher &amp; Dana Reeve Foundation, the SPRAP will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,36,26,27,24,11,5,20,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3610"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3610"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3620,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3610\/revisions\/3620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}