- (a) The AATAFP provides assistance with loans for the purchase of assistive technology or for other authorized expenditures to enable persons with disabilities to become more independent members of the community and to improve their quality of life.
(b)
(1) Credit criteria will be applied equitably and fairly to all applicants without regard to:
- (A) Race;
- (B) Gender;
- (C) National origin;
- (D) Color;
- (E) Marital status;
- (F) Religion;
- (G) Age;
- (H) Disability; or
- (I) Any factor other than sound lending and credit practices.
- (2) All borrowers must be legally able to enter into a binding contract with Arkansas Rehabilitation Services.
(c) The AATAFP will guarantee loans only to Arkansans with disabilities and their family members within the state of Arkansas who:
- (1) Meet the Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund Committee standards of being creditworthy; and
- (2) Demonstrate the ability to repay the loan.
(d)
- (1) The AATAFP does not disclose any nonpublic personal information about its customers or former customers to anyone except as permitted by law.
- (2) In addition, the AATAFP maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards complying with federal regulations to guard the nonpublic personal information.