Alabama Telecommunications Access Program (ATAP)
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What is ATAP?
ATAP provides electronic devices and other adaptive equipment to Alabama citizens with a hearing loss and/ or speech disability who require an amplified device to access the telephone from their local or long distance telecommunication carrier.
Eligibility Requirements
- Alabama Picture ID
- Hard of Hearing, Deaf, Speech Disabled or DeafBlind
- Telephone Landline Service or Internet Service/Cell Phone Provider Service
- Meet Income Eligibility Requirement
What Type of Equipment is Available?
- TTY, large visual display(LVD)TTYs and CapTel
- Amplified phones and ring/flashers
- Voice Carry-Over and Hearing Carry-Over telephones
- In-Home notification systems for door, phone, etc.
- TTY software and corresponding modem for a personal computer
- Other adaptive equipment needed to connect to the telephone system
How to apply to get an adaptive equipment?
You can visit the ATAP website and fill out an online ATAP application online.
Contact ATAP
(will translate to Spanish) For more information or to receive an application, contact the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) regional center nearest you:
Birmingham Regional Center
- Dr. Sandra Ware, Director
220 34th Street, South
Birmingham, Alabama 35222
Email: ware.sandra@aidb.org
Office: 205-328-3989
Fax: 205-323-3691 - Counties:
Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, Walker
Dothan Regional Center
- Anthony Pileggi, Director
111 Medical Drive
Dothan, Alabama 36303
Email: pileggi.anthony@aidb.org
Office: 334-677-6270
Fax: 334-793-7044 - Counties:
Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston
Huntsville Regional Center
- Isaac Beavers, Director
600 St. Clair Avenue, Bldg #2
Huntsville, Alabama 35801
Email: beavers.isaac@aidb.org
Office: 256-539-7881
Fax: 256-532-0942 - Counties:
DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall
Mobile Regional Center
- Robbie Stewart, Director
1050 Government Street
Mobile, Alabama 36604
Email: stewart.robbie@aidb.org
Office: 251-432-7777
Fax: 251-432-3199 - Counties:
Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington
Montgomery Regional Center
- Jenny Savage, Director
432 East Jefferson
Montgomery, Alabama 36104
Email: savage.jenny@aidb.org
Office: 334-262-0824
Fax: 334-262-7708 - Counties:
Autauga, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Crenshaw, Dallas, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Tallapoosa, Wilcox
Shoals Regional Center
- Stephanie Pizza, Director
512 North Main Street
Tuscumbia, Alabama 35674
Email: pizza.stephanie@aidb.org
Office: 256-383-3503
Fax: 256-383-3562 - Mary Dunn, ATAP Clerk
Email: dunn.mary@aidb.org
Office: 256-383-3503 - Counties:
Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion, Morgan, Winston
Talladega Regional Center
- Donte Little, Director
412 Cherry Street, P. O. Box 698
Talladega, Alabama 35161
Email: little.donte@aidb.org
Office: 256-761-3370
Fax: 256-761-3693 - Counties:
Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Etowah, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega
Tuscaloosa Regional Center
- Robbie Stewart, Director
2412 Skyland Blvd, East
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35405
Email: stewart.robbie@aidb.org
Office: 205-345-2883
Fax: 205-345-4883 - Saundra Reeves, ATAP Clerk
Email: reeves.saundra@aidb.org
Office: 205-345-2883
Cell: 256-589-7491 - Counties:
Bibb, Choctaw, Fayette, Greene, Lamar, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Hale