Sierra Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides services to people who are blind or visually impaired, including: peer and professional counseling, escorted transportation to medical and agency functions, educational classes, and skills training.

Web pages

• Home - http://www.sierraservices.org/

Gold Country Hearing offers hearing evaluations, hearing aids, pediatric and geriatric diagnostic audiology, digital hearing, wax removal, and hearing aid cleanings.

Web pages

• Home - http://www.goldcountryhearing.com/

FREED provides information and resources to help seniors and people with disabilities get the tools and devices they need to support their daily living.

• Assistive Technology - Provides lightly used devices from community donations. Inventory is always changing but may include bathing aids, toileting aids, and mobility devices such as walkers. There is a minimum 2-week turnaround time. To request equipment, call FREED to let them know what you need and they can start the application process. No same-day or walk-in service due to the multi-week wait time.
• Device Lending and Demonstration Center (DLDC) - Allows individuals, family members, businesses, organizations, and schools to borrow mobility, vision, and hearing aides as well as adaptive technology devises for limited periods at no cost.
• Voice Options
• Digital Divide - Chromebooks
  
  

Web pages

• Home - https://freed.org/
• Assistive Technology (AT) Information - https://freed.org/services/assistive-technology/information/
• Equipment Reuse - h…

Apria provides home medical equipment and supplies for individuals managing chronic conditions or recovering at home.

Services include:

• Supplying home oxygen equipment and respiratory devices, including CPAP and nebulizers
  
• Offering wheelchairs and mobility aids
• Delivering enteral feeding supplies and wound therapy pumps

Web pages

• Home - https://www.apria.com/

The California Department of Rehabilitation provides employment services for people with disabilities and students with disabilities who want to prepare for, get, or keep a job.

Services include:

• Vocational rehabilitation for adults with disabilities who face barriers to employment
• Career counseling, job placement, and job training
• Workplace accommodations and assistive technology
• Student Services for youth with disabilities ages 16–21 who are enrolled in school (including those on break or not yet started)
• Job exploration, work readiness, and self-advocacy for students
• Specialized services for people who are blind or deaf
• Independent living services for people with disabilities

Web pages

• Home - https://www.dor.ca.gov/
• Programs - https://www.dor.ca.gov/Home/Programs
• Student Services - https://www.dor.ca.gov/Home/StudentServices

Cancer Aid Thrift Shop provides financial help and equipment to Nevada County residents receiving cancer treatment. Services support patients with related medical and travel costs.

Services include:

• Reimbursing travel to out-of-county cancer treatment centers
• Covering co-pays for chemo, radiation, X-rays, and scans
• Reimbursing costs for cancer-related prescriptions, wigs, and supplies
• Lending durable medical equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, and commodes

Additional notes:

• Patients must be Nevada County residents and register with Cancer Aid
• Registration paperwork must be signed by a physician and returned to Cancer Aid’s case manager

Placer Independent Resource Services (PIRS) provides free services for people with disabilities.  They serves Placer, El Dorado, and Alpine counties. 

PLEASE NOTE
~ PIRS does not provide any kind of financial assistance.
~ PIRS does not provide direct housing placement. PIRS can provide general information about housing resources and can assist with applications; advises about search strategies and tenant/landlord rights and responsibilities. No referral or placement services provided.

Services include

• Assistive Technology (AT) Resource Coordination
• Peer Support
• Personal Assistant Referral
• Benefits Counseling
• Transportation and Housing Resource Information and Advocacy
• Independent Living Skills Training
• Information and Referral
• Individual and Systems Advocacy
• Minor Home Modification
• Transition to Community-based Living
• Diversion from Institutionalization
• Transition to Adulthood for Post-secondary School Youth with disabilities
• Technical Assistance on Disability Access
• Community Education…

ClearCaptions provides near real-time display of a caller’s words during phone conversations so people with hearing disabilities can both see and hear what callers are saying.

Similar to captioned television, ClearCaptions allows people to see the words callers say on a screen using a home phone or mobile device app.

There is no cost to qualified individuals. Sign up here. Requires high speed internet.

Web pages

• Home - https://clearcaptions.com/
• Sign Up - https://clearcaptions.com/sign-me-up/
  

AT&T provides information about assistive technology and operates the AT&T National Center for Customers with Disabilities.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.att.com/
• AT&T National Center for Customers with Disabilities - https://about.att.com/sites/accessibility/support#:~:text=Contact%20AT%26T's%20National%20Center%20for%20Customers%20with%20Disabilities%3A%20For%20voice,a.m.%20to%207%20p.m.%20PT.

The Community Technology Education Center (CTEC) provides services in Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC), which is the use of personalized methods or devices to increase a person's ability to communicate. Most individuals who use AAC rely on a variety of methods, from "light tech" to "high tech". CTEC will showcase a wide range of AAC systems.

CTEC is a place to:

• See, touch, and try out AAC technology, from light tech to high tech
• Connect with others
• Get assistance with the assessment, trial, and funding process
• Learn how to use new technology

And a place for consumers, family members, and professionals to get the support they need to make appropriate technology decisions.