Real Solutions for Real Needs

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Real Solutions for Real Needs
National Summit on Emergency Management and
Assistive Technology Reutilization February
23-24, 2010

• Rob Curtin
• February 24, 2010

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CAP 20 Years of Accommodations

• 1990 CAP was established as DoDs centrally
  funded program to provide accommodations
• 2000 Expanded by Congress to include Non-DoD
  Federal agencies
• 2004 Wounded Service Member Initiative
  established
• Over 81,500 accommodations
• CAP Mission
• To provide assistive technology and
  accommodations to ensure people with disabilities
  and wounded service members have equal access to
  the information environment and opportunities in
  the Department of Defense and throughout the
  Federal government
• Goal To promote the Recruitment, Placement,
  Promotion and Retention of employees with
  disabilities

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Assistive Technology and Services

• Dexterity Impairments
• Alternative keyboards, input devices and voice
  recognition software
• Vision Loss
• Screen readers, Braille terminals, magnification
  software, CCTVs
• Hearing Loss
• Assistive listening devices (ALDs), personal
  amplification devices, TTYs, videophones,
  captioning services
• Cognitive Impairments/TBI
• Cueing/memory aids, literacy software, screen
  readers and ALDs
• CAP Technology Evaluation Center (CAPTEC)
• Assists individuals and supervisors in choosing
  appropriate computer and electronic
  accommodations

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CAP Assists in Disaster Relief

• September 11, 2001
• Provided assistive technology to federal
  employees at the World Trade Center and the
  Pentagon

• Hurricane Katrina
• Provided assistive technology to federal
  employees in the Gulf Coast Region

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CAP Assists in Disaster Relief Case Study

• A budget analyst working in the
  Managerial/Accounting Division, Department of the
  Army at the Pentagon was injured on the job in an
  explosion on her second day on the job.
• Her job included research analysis, and
  crunching numbers using Excel spreadsheets. The
  explosion left her badly burned, the loss of her
  ears, feet and fingers. A long recuperation and
  rehabilitation would be needed.

Total cost of accommodations 5,131.00
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CAP Goes Green Initiative

• Objectives
• Reduce unnecessary AT purchasing and paper usage.
• Reuse AT with other employees or offices.
• Recycle used materials and equipment.
• Buy Green, including energy star and efficient
  products.

Reduce.Reuse.Recycle.
Buy Green.
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AT Reuse through GSAXcess

• Any AT with no use to CAP is reported to the
  General Services Administration (GSA) as excess
  through their website for property reutilization
  www.GSAXcess.gov
• Property can be viewed and requested by other
  federal agencies
• Property can be searched for by category or
  location
• Pictures can be included in property report

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Computers For Learning

• All computer equipment reported to GSAXcess is
  automatically allocated to their Computers For
  Learning (CFL) program.
• Eligibility Requirements
• Must be located in the US, US Virgin Islands,
  American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the
  Northern Mariana Islands.
• A school is eligible if it is public, private, or
  parochial, serving pre-kindergarten through grade
  12 students. An educational nonprofit is eligible
  if it meets ALL of the following criteria
• Be tax exempt under section 501(C) of the U.S.
  tax code, AND
• Serve some portion of the pre-kindergarten
  through grade 12 population, AND
• Operate primarily for the purpose of education.

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CAPs AT Reuse Success Stories

• October 2009
• Transferred two CCTV's to the Victory Innovative
  Christian Academy in Virginia Beach, VA and to
  the Springfield Estates Elementary School in
  Springfield, VA.
• November 2009
• Completed the transfer of two Braille Embossers
  to the Iowa State Prison Industries that are now
  being used by inmates to Braille library cards
  for the Library of Congress.

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www.tricare.mil/cap/green
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CAP Is Accessible

• CAP Office 703-681-8813 (Voice)
• 703-681-3978 (TTY)
• 571-384-5629 (Videophone)
• CAPTEC 703-693-5160 (Voice)
• 703-693-6189 (TTY)
• E-mail cap_at_tma.osd.mil
• Web www.tricare.mil/cap