Easterseals Crossroads is proud to announce that on January 13, 2025, it was awarded ($25,010) as part of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center 2024 Priority Impact Cycle Quality of Life grants. In 2024, 22 grants totaling $824,289 were funded to support nonprofits empowering individuals living with paralysis. Since its inception, the program has awarded over 3,990 grants totaling $46 million, made possible through a cooperative agreement with the Administration for Community Living.

Easterseals Crossroads’ Home Modification Program provides on-site demonstrations of assistive devices like ramps, lifts and grab bars, ensuring they fit the individual’s needs and home layout. Customizing equipment improves accessibility, mobility and independence, allowing individuals to live more comfortably and safely. The funds will be used to purchase supplies and equipment essential to the program’s success, ensuring high-quality, personalized home modifications.

“Easterseals Crossroads is honored to receive this grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The Home Modification Evaluation Toolkit will help us bring essential assistive technology and home modification solutions directly to individuals with paralysis, ensuring safer, more accessible homes. This initiative empowers greater independence and improves quality of life and we are excited for the impact it will have in our community.” Brian Norton, VP of Adult Services – Administration

“These awards are about restoring independence to our constituents,” said Dan McNeal, Director of the Quality of Life Grants Program, Reeve Foundation. “Our work and number one goal are to enhance the quality of life of people living with paralysis. It is our honor to continue to collaborate with so many dedicated organizations, which have selflessly given their time and efforts to ensure that accessibility and inclusivity remain embedded in the fabric of their programs.”

The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research and improving the quality of life for individuals and families impacted by paralysis. By uniting the brightest minds in the field, we are working tirelessly to accelerate scientific discoveries across the field of spinal cord research by investing in labs across the globe. Additionally, through a cooperative agreement with the Administration for Community Living, the Reeve Foundation’s National Paralysis Resource Center (NPRC) promotes the health, well-being, and independence of people living with paralysis, providing comprehensive information, resources, and referral services assisting over 100,000 individuals and families since its launch in 2002. The Reeve Foundation is committed to elevating our community’s voices and needs to achieve greater representation and independence. We meet all 20 of the Better Business Bureau’s standards for charity accountability and hold the BBB’s Charity Seal.  For more information, please visit our website at www.ChristopherReeve.org or call 800-225-0292.

Easterseals Crossroads is a local resource dedicated to serving individuals and families living with disability. The purpose of Easterseals is to deliver vital services to lead the way to 100% equity, inclusion and access for people with disabilities, families and communities. We believe in serving and advocating for people with disabilities and their families and firmly live by the core values of the organization.

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