iCanConnect

Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND)

Wyoming’s iCanConnect program provides communications technology free of charge to income eligible people of all ages who have combined vision and hearing loss. This program will distribute communications equipment to qualified individuals and provide equipment installation, training and support to help recipients make the most of this technology.

If you are a person who has combined vision and hearing loss, you may be eligible for this program that provides equipment that will allow you to use the phone, e-mail, access the internet, or use other communications technology.

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iCanConnect Qualifications

To qualify for this program you must:

  • Have combined vision and hearing loss to be considered “deaf-blind” as that term is defined by the Helen Keller National Center Act. A practicing professional who has direct knowledge of your vision and hearing loss, such as vision- or hearing-related professionals, educators, medical professionals or community-based service providers, must verify that you are “deaf-blind.”
  • Have an income that does not exceed 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG). Applicants who are enrolled in federal subsidy programs with income thresholds lower than 400 percent of the FPG are automatically deemed income eligible for this program. Applicants who are not enrolled in a qualifying federal low-income program must be deemed eligible by review of a recent income tax return or other means.
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Alternative formats are available upon request including, a digital Braille file (BRF), a printed Braille format, Portuguese and large format in all languages is available upon request. Please contact:

E-mail: Terri Wofford
Phone:  (307) 766-2932 or 1-888-989-9463
TTY: (307) 766-2720
Fax: (307)766-2763

Whistleblower Protection

National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program (NDBEDP) certified programs shall permit, without reprisal in the form of an adverse personnel action, purchase or contract cancellation or discontinuance, eligibility disqualification, or otherwise, any current or former employee, agent, contractor, manufacturer, vendor, applicant, or recipient, to disclose to a designated official of the certified program, the NDBEDP Administrator, the TRS (Telecommunications Relay Services) Fund Administrator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission), or to any federal or state law enforcement entity, any known or suspected violations of the Communications Act or Commission rules, or any other activity that the reporting person reasonably believes to be unlawful, wasteful, fraudulent, or abusive, or that otherwise could result in the improper distribution of Equipment, provision of services, or billing to the TRS Fund.

You may report your concerns to:

The whistleblower protection rule is located at: 47 CFR § 64.6219