Financial Assistance for People with Disabilities

Provides supports for adult amputees. Includes:

• Financial Assistance
• Information and resources
• Navigation to various eligible services
• Peer support

Provides financial support to older adults living at home with ongoing care needs to pay for their unpaid caregiver. A primary caregiver could be a family member, friend, or neighbor. To enroll, both the care recipient and the primary caregiver must be eligible.

Once enrolled, the care recipients will receive between $250 to $1500 per month, depending on their household income. Once enrolled, no need reapply each year.

Note: Applicant is the care recipient. If the care recipient is unable to participate in the financial assessment due to illness, age, or another reason, an agent such as a family member or an attorney can act on their behalf.

Provides funds to assist kidney patients and their family members to further their education and/or training. Four awards of $500 each may rewarded every year to an individual a maximum of two times.

Application tentatively closes in July each year.

Note: Cheques will be made out directly to post-secondary institutions on behalf of the recipient.

Two types of funding are available to help parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders pay for specific services related to their child's support and education. Includes:

• Preschool Funding: Available for parents of a child who has been enrolled in the Early Years Autism Service to hire an Autism Assistant.
• School-Age Funding: Available through the AccessAbility Supports program to help parents offset the costs of hiring one-on-one tutors and aides in home and group settings.

• Foundation Award: Awards of up to $500 annually toward costs for items approved by the Foundation's Board
• Memorial Scholarship: Scholarships of up to $500 towards the cost of post-secondary education, at a recognized educational institution

Provides monthly direct financial support of up to $200 to individuals with disabilities aged 18 to 54.

Provides monthly disability benefits to people who have made enough contributions to the CPP and who are disabled and cannot work at any job on a regular basis.

The payment amount varies - there is a basic amount and additional money based on how much an individual paid into the Canadian Pension Plan while working.

• Employment counselling and guidance: One-on-one guidance to identify needs, assess education and current job skills, discuss work goals and find out about the current local job market
• Planning a return to work: A vocational rehabilitation specialist will help develop an individualized return-to-work rehabilitation plan in consultation with the treating doctor or nurse practitioner
• Improving skills/retraining: CPP may cover the costs to improve skills, upgrade education or retrain to secure a job
• Developing job-search skills: After work-related rehabilitation is completed, the vocational rehabilitation specialist can help participants find work