RADIO TALKING BOOK SERVICE, INC.
Description
STATEWIDE CLOSED CIRCUIT RADIO READING SERVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES WHICH PREVENT THEM FROM READING PRINTED MATERIAL. SPECIAL RADIO RECEIVERS ARE REQUIRED TO HEAR THE BROADCASTS. THE RECEIVERS ARE LOANED TO ELIGIBLE CLIENTS. NEBRASKA AND IOWA NEWSPAPERS AND DOZENS OF MAGAZINES ARE READ ON A DAILY BASIS.
Contact Information
Address:
7101 NEWPORT AVENUE, STE 205
Omaha
NE
68152
Hours of Operation:
8-8 MONDAY-FRIDAY
Website:
www.rtbs.org
Main Phone:
Phone
402-572-3003
Other Phone(s):
Phone
800-729-7826
Fax
402-572-3002
Main Contact(s):
JOHN FULLERTON
Other Contact(s):
Main Email:
Other Email(s):
rtbsinfo@rtbs.org
General Information
Agency ID: 280
List of Provided Services:
Personal Services: Personal Services
Counties Served: Adams, Banner, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gage, Garden, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, Knox, Lancaster, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Madison, McPherson, Merrick, Morrill, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Stanton, Thayer, Thomas, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, York, Arthur, Antelope
Written material: BRAILLE, LARGE PRINT, AUDIO
Eligibility: MUST FILL OUT APPLICATION. BLIND PERSONS WHOSE VISUAL ACUITY, AS DETERMINED BY COMPETENT AUTHORITY IS, 20/200 OR LESS I THE BETTER EYE WITH CORRECTING LENSES, OR WHOSE WIDEST DIAMETER OF VISUAL FIELD SUBTENDS AN ANGULAR DISTANCE NO GREATER THAN 20 DEGREES. PERSONS WHOSE VISUAL DISABILITY WITH CORRECTION AND REGARDLESS OF OPTICAL MEASUREMENT IS CERTIFIED BY COMPETENT AUTHORITY AS PREVENTING THE READING OF STANDARD PRINTED MATERIAL. PERSONS CERTIFIED BY COMPETENT AUTHORITY AS UNABLE TO READ, SEE OR HANDLE STANDARD PRINTED MATERIAL AS A RESULT OF A PHYSICAL LIMITATION.
Ages Served: All Ages
Disabilities Served: BIMI (Behavioral Impairment/Mental Illness), Brain Injury/Head Injury, DD (Developmental Disability including ID), LD (Learning Disability), OHI - Other Health Impairment, Orthopedic, Visual Disability
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Fees: NONE
Sliding fee schedule: Yes
How to appeal a decision: NO APPEAL PROCEDURE
Languages with interpreters on staff: