TechOwl Free Special Phone Program
Provides specialized equipment to eligible Pennsylvanians who have disabilities which impede them from having independent access to telephone services. People with disabilities includes people who are deaf, hard of hearing, speech impaired, blind or have visual problems, have physical disabilities or intellectual disabilities.
Physical Address
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Hours
Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 4:00pm
Voice
Website
Application process
Apply online or call for application
Fee
Services free of charge
Eligibility
A) Be a Pennsylvania resident with a disability or disabilities that prevent you from making and/or receiving phone calls independently B) Be six years of age or older C) Have individual gross income of 200% of the federal poverty level or less (low income) D) Have current telephone service E) Have the ability to learn how to use the requested device(s)
Service area
Adams, PA Allegheny, PA Armstrong, PA Beaver, PA Bedford, PA Berks, PA Blair, PA Bradford, PA Bucks, PA Butler, PA Cambria, PA Cameron, PA Carbon, PA Centre, PA Chester, PA Clarion, PA Clearfield, PA Clinton, PA Columbia, PA Crawford, PA Cumberland, PA Dauphin, PA Delaware, PA Elk, PA Erie, PA Fayette, PA Forest, PA Franklin, PA Fulton, PA Greene, PA Huntingdon, PA Indiana, PA Jefferson, PA Juniata, PA Lackawanna, PA Lancaster, PA Lawrence, PA Lebanon, PA Lehigh, PA Luzerne, PA Lycoming, PA McKean, PA Mercer, PA Mifflin, PA Monroe, PA Montgomery, PA Montour, PA Northampton, PA Northumberland, PA Perry, PA Philadelphia, PA Pike, PA Potter, PA Schuylkill, PA Snyder, PA Somerset, PA Sullivan, PA Susquehanna, PA Tioga, PA Union, PA Venango, PA Warren, PA Washington, PA Wayne, PA Westmoreland, PA Wyoming, PA York, PA
Agency info
Institute on Disabilities at Temple University
Maintains Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Act program, 'TechOWL PA' which was designed to help people with disabilities, their families, service providers and others to access and acquire assistive technology devices: device demonstration, device lending, state financing, and device reuse.