Most chassis manufacturers offer a $1,000 customer mobility assistance rebate with the purchase of a new vehicle. (See links to Ford, General Motors, Honda, Toyota.) The $1,000 rebate applies to the purchase of a new wheelchair accessible van by BraunAbility or Vantage Mobility or to adaptive equipment purchased to upfit a new vehicle with a wheelchair lift, power seats, hand controls, steering aids, wheelchair restraints. We can help direct you to those resources.
We strongly recommend that you visit Kansas Truck Mobility before purchasing a vehicle for modification. Not all vehicles are made to accept adaptive equipment. In almost every case, your ability to receive funding will require you to purchase and have the equipment installed by a member of the National Mobility Equipment Dealer Association (NMEDA). Kansas Truck Mobility is a QAP certified mobility equipment dealer of NMEDA.
Kansas Truck Mobility can direct you to various lending organizations which understand the unique characteristics of this equipment and provide terms you may not find at more conventional lenders.
One final note, with a prescription from your doctor for the adaptive equipment, you will not be required to pay state sales taxes on the adaptive equipment.
Here are some helpful funding websites:
National Organization for Vehicle Accessibility (NOVA) https://novafunding.org/grant-program/
Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas (CPRF) https://www.cprf.org/
Friends of Man https://friendsofman.org/
Kansas Society for Children with Challenges https://www.kssociety.org/
Kansas Department of Vocational Rehabilitation https://www.dcf.ks.gov
Department of Veteran Affairs https://www.va.gov
Summary:
1. Most chassis manufacturers offer a mobility assistance rebate.
2. Check with Kansas Truck Mobility before purchasing a vehicle to ensure adaptive mobility equipment can be upfitted to the vehicle you want.
3. Almost every funding source requires the purchase of adaptive equipment from a current member of the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA). Kansas Truck Mobility is a QAP certified member of NMEDA.
4. A doctor’s prescription for your adaptive equipment/van can help you avoid paying state sales tax.
5. A list of some funding sources and their websites.
Overhead view interior of wheelchair van with power wheelchair ramp deployed
