Adaptive Device Program and Home Safety Program

Contact Person: Darlene Hettinger, Assistive Technology Case Manager

Agency Name or Parent Company: Cobb County Senior Services

Name of Home Modification Program / Resource: Adaptive Device Program and Home Safety Program

Address: 1150 Powder Springs St SW, Marietta, GA 30064

Email Address: darlene.hettinger@cobbcounty.gov

Phone Number: 770 528 5350

Homepage/Website: https://www.cobbcounty.gov/senior-services

Established: 4/2024

Partnerships: Rebuilding Together Atlanta

Target Population: low income seniors residing in Cobb County

No. of Paid Staff: 1

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
• Raise consumer and/or professional awareness
• Advocacy for home modification policies and funding
• 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):

• Older Americans Act Title IIIB
• City/County Housing and Community Development Department (e.g., Community Development Block Grants, HOME Block Grants)
• Grant funds

Special Features: Use of COTA/L with ATP, CAPS certifications, free assessments and modifications for low income seniors in Cobb County, collaboration with non profit organizations FODAC and Rebuilding Together, historically funded by OAA, public health grants, county funds, non profit organization grants, donations, expanding to CDBG grants and additional OAA grants

Total Budget: varies from grant funding to grant funding, currently $5,000 per client

Is your organization Non-Profit?: yes