Home Assessment Services

Contact Person: Judi Siegert, Occupational Therapy Department Manager

Agency Name or Parent Company: Disability Advocates of Kent County

Name of Home Modification Program / Resource: Home Assessment Services

Address: 160 68th St. SW Ste. 125, Grand Rapids, MI 49548

Email Address: judi.s@dakc.us

Phone Number: 6163232229

Homepage/Website: https://www.dakc.us

Established: 1984

Partnerships: Home Repair Services, Kent County Senior Millage/Area Agency on Aging of West Michigan, Kent County Veterans Services, Disabled American Veterans.

Target Population: Low-income seniors

No. of Persons Served/Year: 400

No. of Paid Staff: 5

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
• 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):

• Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver
• City/County Housing and Community Development Department (e.g., Community Development Block Grants, HOME Block Grants)
• Local General and Millage Funds
• Private Pay
• Grant funds
• Veteran's grants

Special Features: All Occupational Therapy team members are CAPS certified.

Is your organization Non-Profit?: yes