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Services You Can Use: Minnesota Regions Assistive Technology Collaborative
Click to view a map of Minnesota divided into regions 1-6
Region 1 - Northwest MN
Counties in this region include:
Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau.
Cassandra Robinson
Assisting People Through Technology (APTT)
1819 Bemidji Avenue
Bemidji, MN 56601
218-759-0097
800-450-7338
arcnw@paulbunyan.net
Region 2 - Northeast MN
Counties in this region include:
Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis.
Pam Parson
Center for Independent Living of NorthEastern Minnesota
2104 6th Avenue East
Hibbing, MN 55746
218-262-6675
800-390-3681
parson@accessnorth.net
Region 3 - West Central MN
Counties in this region include:
Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, Wilkin.
Mark Bourdon
Freedom Resource Center for Independent Living
2701 9th Avenue SW
Fargo, ND 58103
Fergus Falls Office
125 West Lincoln #17
Fergus Falls, MN 56537
218-998-1799
218-998-1798 (Fax)
Region 4 - East Central MN
Counties in this region include:
Benton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lac, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Wadena, Wright.
Kathy Pauly Truman
Central Minnesota Assistive Technology Network
SPOT Rehabilitation & Home Health Care
2835 West Saint Germain Street
Saint Cloud, MN 56301
320-259-4151
ktrueman@spot-rehab.com
Region 5 - Southwest MN
Counties in this region include:
Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift, Yellow Medicine.
Dan Stores
SW/WC Service Cooperatives
1420 East College Drive
Marshall, MN 56258
507-537-2272
dan.stores@swsc.org
Region 6 - Southeast MN
Counties in this region include:
Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Le Sueur, Martin, Mower, Nicollet, Olmsted, Rice, Sibley, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Watonwan, Winona.
Michael Brower
People Achieving Change Through Technology (PACTT)
1911 14th Street NW
Rochester, MN 55901
507-535-7101 (Direct)
507-281-6262 (Main)
michaelb@abcinc.org
People Achieving Change Through Technology (PACTT)
Howard Rosten
Southern Minnesota Independent Living Enterprises and Services (SMILES)
709 Front Street Suite 7
Mankato, MN 56001
507-345-7139
hrosten@smilescil.org
Research & Needs Assessment Data
Research and surveys relating to assistive technology.
The Disability Law Center
The Disability Law Center provides legal assistance and protects the rights of individuals with disabilities. Call (800) 292-4150.
Minnesota Legislation
Organizational Strategies
Organizational Strategies for Student Success - Resource List (Word Document)
More Assistive Technology Resources
Find more Assistive Technology resources
Minnesota Assistive Technology Resource Grants have been awarded to:
United Cerebral Palsy of Central Minnesota
510 - 25th Avenue North
Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56303
320-253-0765
Contact: Judy Moening
Recycling used, quality computers to people with disabilities and help in learning how to use them.
Courage Center
3915 Golden Valley Road
Minneapolis, MN 55422
763-588-0811
Contact: Sharon Van Winkel
Courage Center provides people in power wheelchairs the opportunity to participate in a Power Soccer League. There are two adult and two youth teams in the Twin Cities and two adulth teams in the Duluth area.
The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library
325 Cedar Street, Suite 555
Saint Paul, MN 55101
651-642-0359
Contact: Mary Ann Berglund
The Lexington Outreach Branch Library (relocating to University Ave and Dale Street and called Rondo Community Outreach Branch Library) will be supplied with adaptive technology to assist people who are deaf or hard of hearing, blind or vision impaired, people in wheelchairs, people with limited hand and/or arm mobility, people with learning disabilities, and people who are learning English as a second language. Training workshops will be given on the use of these devices.
Center for Independent Living of Northeastern Minnesota
Mesabi Mall, Suite 25
Hibbing, MN 55746
218-262-6675
Contact: Kim Tyler
The Center has an assistive technology lending library and will assist people in the region who need AT devices to acquire them and learn to use them.
The ADVOCATE Program (Adaptive Devices for Voicing Communication And Technical Equipment)
Bethesda Rehabilitation Hospital
559 Capitol Boulevard
Saint Paul, MN 55103
651-232-2353
Contact: Mike Sandmann
The ADVOCATE program will purchase a wheelchair that will be used with a Tongue Touch Keypad (TTK) system for people with high spinal cord injuries and who are ventilator dependent.