Choice 1
Provides services for children under the age of three who have developmental delays and disabilities and their families.
What is Early Intervention?
Is a federally funded, state-administered program that provides temporary cash assistance and support services to low-income families with children
What is Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)?
Is a supplemental nutrition program that provides nutrition services and healthy foods to eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to their 5th birthday. It doesn’t provide all the food you or your child needs every day, but it helps.
What is the Women, Infant & Child program (WIC)?
Helps people with physical, intellectual, mental health, and sensory disabilities find jobs and gain more independence.
What is Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)?
A landmark civil rights law (passed in 1990) in the United States that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It guarantees equal opportunity in areas like employment, state and local government services, public accommodations, and transportation.
What is the American with Disabilities ACT (ADA)?
Is a special service district responsible for providing public transportation throughout the Wasatch Front of Utah
What is the Utah Transit Authority (UTA)?
This program runs under a law commonly known as IDEA which covers 13 disabilities for children 0-22.
What is Special Education?
This confidential 24/7 call center connects people with locally available help. In 2024, 211 fielded 16.8 million requests for help in the US. It connects you with vital community resources like housing, food, healthcare, and more.
What is 211?
A network of 22 pediatric hospitals in the U.S., Canada and Mexico that provide pediatric surgery, care to children with orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injury, and plastic surgery and cleft lip.for certain conditions at no charge and eligibility is not based on income.
What is Shriner's Hospitals?
An agency that helps individuals from being discriminated base on race, color, national origin or disability. It is also the hub for HIPAA issues.
What is the office of civil rights?
We provide a voice to promote and enhance the quality of rural health.
What is RHAU Health Resource Database?
Regular rate is $2.50 Discounted rate for those with disabilities, youth, seniors and people with qualifying income.
What is the UTA fare?
Advances and enforces the legal rights, choices, and opportunities of Utahns with disabilities.
What is the Disability Law Center or Protection and Advocacy agency.
Provides year-round sports training and competition for children (at least 8) and adults with intellectual disabilities.
What is the Special Olympics?
Is a state health insurance plan for children who do not have other insurance. It provides well-child exams, immunizations, doctor visits, hospital, emergency care, prescriptions, hearing and eye exams, mental health services and dental care. Preventative services (well-child visits, immunizations, and dental cleanings) do not require a co-pay.
What is the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)?
Is part of a nationwide network of community based, non-residential organizations that empower people with disabilitys to live independently and participate fully in their communities.
What is the Utah Independent Living Center (UILC)?
A department within the Utah Department of Health and Human Services that provides support and services to individuals with disabilities to help them live self-determined lives. It offers a variety of services such as community living, day services, and supported employment.
What is Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD)?
Our mission is to walk beside individuals with disabilities as they discover their strengths, embrace opportunities, and create lives that reflect their dreams.
What is Bloom Consulting?
A Federal block grant to States that assists in ensuring the health of all mothers, infants, children, adolescents, and children with special health care needs.
What is Title V, Maternal and Child Health Bureau?
A joint federal and state program that helps cover medical costs for some people with limited income and resources.
What is Medicaid?
A federal program that makes monthly payments to people who have low income and few resources and are: Age 65 or older; Blind; or Disabled.
What is Social Security Income (SSI)?
This is a civil rights law that prohibits Discrimination against individuals with disabilities, it ensures that a child with a disability has equal access to education by receiving accommodations and modifications.
What is Section 504 of the ADA?
A statewide resource offering information and technical services to help people with disabilities acquire and use assistive technology devices.
What is Utah Center for Assitive Technology (UCAT)?
Helps people who are currently receiving Social Security disability benefits (SSI/SSDI) and would like information on how work may affect their Social Security and other benefits (Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, housing, etc.)
What is Utah Work Incentive Planning Services (UWIPS)?
A STABLE account is a way for Utahans to save for qualified expenses, invest for future needs, and keep the benefits you rely on every day.
What is Able Utah?
Primarily focuses on the protection of children, not adults with disabilities.
What is Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS)?
Is dedicated to helping parents assist their children, youth, and young adults with disabilities and special healthcare needs.
What is Utah Parent Center (UPC)?
Is to foster the availability of quality, affordable housing and related services using broad community resources.
Housing Authority
Agency that is the primary resource for reporting abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults.
What is Adult Protecyive Services (APS)?
Provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget so they can afford the nutritious food essential to health and well-being.
What is Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)?