Idaho

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Idahos Equipment Loan Program
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Facts about Idaho

• Population (2005) 1,395,634
• Children 33.6
• Seniors 11.5
• Below Poverty 11.8
• Population Growth 10.4

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Facts about Idaho

• 82,747 square miles of
• land
• 44 counties 2 are classed
• as metro
• Averages 15.6 people per
• square mile

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Facts about Idaho
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Facts about Idaho

• Large percentage of state is Federal public land

• Colored areas are National Forests
• Does not include Craters of the Moon National
  Monument
• Does not include Native American Reservations
• Does not include Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  land

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Delivery Model

• Centralized device loan library
• Determined by both the nature of our state and a
  needs assessment conducted by the Idaho Tech Act
  Project Idaho Assistive Technology Project
  (IATP)

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UCP of Idaho

• UCP of Idaho started a toy lending library in
  1984 with a small collection of homemade switches
  and switch-adapted toys.
• UCP became a subcontractor for the IATP in 1992.

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Library Staff

• 1.75 FTE
• 1 person ¾ time
• 3 people ¼ time
• 2 volunteers for a total of 7 hours per week
• 1 volunteer adapts/repairs toys 4 hours a month

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Budget

• Annual budget approximately 250,000 annually.
• Library budget approximately 125,000.
• This does not include funds for equipment.

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Who We Serve

• Individuals with disabilities any disability,
  any age
• Family members of individuals with disabilities
• Those who work with individuals with
  disabilities

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Volume of Activity

• In the FY 2006 the UCP library served
• 223 individuals directly,
• 34 individuals with disabilities,
• 73 family members
• 116 service providers.
• There were 483 check-out instances
• 1,123 items were borrowed.

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Fees

• Medicaid, Medicare, Military - 10.00 annually
• None of these Sliding scale with maximum of
  60.00 annually
• Professionals Agencies are based on average
  number of clients they serve, School District
  fees are based on their Average Daily Attendance
  

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Inventory Control