Access and Design

Contact Person: Arlene Grosso, President ECHM CAPS SRES

Agency Name or Parent Company: M&D Enterprises of FL, Inc d/b/a Access & Design

Name of Home Modification Program / Resource: Arlene J Grosso

Address: 816 40th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, FL 33703

Email Address: [email protected]

Phone Number: 7275608965

Homepage/Website: 816 40th Avenue North

Established: 2/11/2016

Partnerships: Falls Free Pinellas; AARP Tampa Bay; PACE - Empath Health; VA

Services Provided:

• Minor home modifications (e.g., grab bars, raised toilet seats, handheld showers, handrails, lever door handles)
• Major home modifications (e.g., remodel bathrooms, adjust counter/cabinet heights, ramps, elevator/platform or chair lifts, widen doorways, roll-in showers)
• Home assessments
• Refers to providers (e.g., Home modification program, occupational/physical therapists, funding sources)
• Raise consumer and/or professional awareness
• Advocacy for home modification policies and funding
• Participate in task forces/coalitions or planning activities with other agencies
• Integrate home modification or repairs within existing home and community-based and/or long-term care programs
• Partners with state or local non-profit home modification programs (e.g., Rebuilding Together, Habitat for Humanity, etc...)

Funding Source(s):

• Assistive Technology Act programs/Department of Education (e.g., grants for durable medical equipment)
• City/County Housing and Community Development Department (e.g., Community Development Block Grants, HOME Block Grants)
• Weatherization Assistance Program/Department of Energy, State Housing Finance Agency (e.g., home modification loan programs)
• Private Pay
• Fundraising
• Grant funds

Special Features: Many resources for funding projects

Is your organization Non-Profit?: no