EHLS in the News
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EHLS/Ramp Up project featured on WLS-TV
For over 7 years EHLS and United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Chicago have worked together to bring accessibility modifications to clients throughout the Chicagoland area. Since 2001 UCP's Ramp Up Foundation has employed EHLS to perform the majority of their accessibility projects. WLS-TV recently did a story on one of the projects EHLS performed for a Ramp Up client in Chicago.
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EHLS to modify Chicago homes
For the eighth year in a row EHLS will be the exclusive contractor for Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's Mayor's Office for People With Disabilities Program (MOPD). The MOPD program helps Chicago residents obtain needed accessibility modifications they would not otherwise be able to afford. EHLS has been the contractor for the program since its inception 8 years ago. To date the MOPD program has funded over $5 million in modifications for city residents. EHLS has leveraged the impact of these funds by efficiently assessing client needs and delivering appropriate modifications.
You can find out more about the MOPD program by visiting their website here.
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EHLS Receives Second SBIR Grant From National Institutes of Health
In August of 2003 EHLS received a second Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research. This latest grant will fund the development of an online database of accessibility equipment and modification techniques. The database will initially be aimed at professionals who work with people who have a mobility limitation of some sort. The general public may also be able to access database contents at some point in the future.
The new database, tentatively called eCaspar, follows a previous project that successfully developed the Caspar assessment tool. Caspar is a written guide that allows occupational therapists and other professionals devise accessibility solutions based on the specific needs and environment of their clients.
To date EHLS has received over $1.5 million dollars from the NIH to develop better methods for assisting people with disabilities.