Early Years Support Services Registry
This is a resource for health, early learning and child care professionals in York Region who wish to refer a young child or their family for support services. It provides information about programs and services available including information regarding eligibility and referral.
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| Children's Charity | Since their work began, Jennifer Ashley Children's Charity (JACC) has helped almost 14,000 seriously ill children and their families with funding for hospital and household costs, specialized care, medical treatments and therapies. They only provide funding for children who have one or more of the following diagnosis:
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| Brief Resource Service | Children’s Treatment Network Brief Resource Service (BRS) can identify an initial action plan and help CTN families who are waiting for service coordination, or are preparing for a transition. BRS may be used to assist children or youth with special needs and their families access funding, camps, respite and other services. |
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| Financial Assistance | York Region offers a wide range of employment and financial assistance programs to help residents meet their basic needs. Services to qualified individuals can include child care, living expenses, rent, utilities and other essential costs. Each program has its own set of requirements and application instructions. |
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| York Region on a Budget | This peer-led resource guide will demonstrate how to navigate the region when you don’t have a lot of money. It has been assembled by individuals with lived-experience in the hopes that their collective information and personal stories will pay-it-forward and help others navigate through similar situations. It includes numerous critical community resource listings, tips, personal stories of struggle and resilience and other helpful information for individuals struggling to thrive. |
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| Disability Tax Credit | Disability tax credit (DTC) is a non-refundable tax credit that helps people with disabilities or their support systems reduce the amount of income tax they may have to pay. An individual may claim the disability amount once they are eligible for the DTC. This amount includes a supplement for people under 18 years of age at the end of the year. |
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| Housing and Shelters | Salvation Army housing and shelters help men, women, families and children experiencing or at risk of homelessness; they are especially concerned with supporting those experiencing long-term homelessness and facing housing exclusion |
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| Respite Funding | The Children’s Respite Flexible Funding is from the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services to serve as an enhancement for families to access respite services in their community. Families can only apply for these funds once a year (between January and mid-February) and there is no guarantee of the availability of these funds in future years. |
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| Incontinence Supplies Grant Program | This is a grant for children and youth between three and 18 years of age with chronic disabilities (physical or developmental) that result in irreversible incontinence or retention problems lasting longer than six months and requiring the use of incontinence supplies. |
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| Easter Seals | Easter Seals Ontario provides programs and services to children and youth with physical disabilities across Ontario to help them achieve greater independence, accessibility and integration. |
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| Special Services at Home | The Special Services at Home program helps families who are caring for a child with a developmental and/or physical disability. It is funded and managed by the Ministry of Community and Social Services. It helps families pay for special services in or outside the family home as long as the child is not receiving support from a residential program. For example, the family can hire someone to:
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