Grey Bruce Community Resources for Children, Youth and Families Re: Special Needs
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Grey Bruce Community Resources for Children, Youth and Families Re: Special Needs Developmental Services/Autism Resources Agency/Organization What They Do Website/Contact Info Autism Ontario Grey Bruce Chapter Support for families with a child/youth who has autism https://www.autismontario.com/chapte rs/grey-bruce Jessica Steele, Service Navigator Phone: 1 800-472-7789 ext 344 Email: [email protected] Bruce Peninsula Association for Community Support for children and adults with an Intellectual Phone: 519-534-0553 Living Disability and their families http://bpacl.com/ Community Living Hanover and Area: HARC Support for adults with an Intellectual Disability Phone: 519-364-6100 http://www.clhanover.com/ Community Living Kincardine & District Support for children and adults with an Intellectual Phone: 519-396-9434 Disability and their families. Houses Infant http://clkd.ca/ Development/Preschool Resource Community Living Meaford Support for adults with an Intellectual Disability Phone: 519-538-4165 www.communitylivingmeaford.ca Community Living Owen Sound & District Support for children and adults with an Intellectual Phone: 519-371-9251 Disability and their families. Houses Infant www.communitylivingowensound.ca Development/Preschool Resource Community Living Walkerton & District Support for children and adults with an Intellectual Phone: 519-881-3713 Disability and their families. Houses Infant www.clwalkerton.org Development/Preschool Resource Grey Bruce Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder The FASD program provides child/youth and family http://www.keystonebrucegrey.org/spe (FASD) Program centred support to children and youth with FASD or cialized-services/fasd-program/ suspected FASD, while also providing education and Phone: 519-371-4773 ext 194 awareness within the community Toll free: 1-800-567-2384, ext 194 South-East Grey Support Services Support for adults with an Intellectual Disability Phone: 519-924-3339 www.southeastgreysupportservices.com 1 Thames Valley Children’s Centre Services offered support a range of special needs Phone: (519) 370-0777 including physical disabilities, communication disorders, Toll Free: 1-866-590-8822 developmental delays and autism spectrum disorders http://www.tvcc.on.ca/ Child, Youth and Family Services Agency/Organization What They Do Website/Contact Info Keystone Child, Youth & Family Services Keystone is a family engaged counselling and coordinating Phone: 519-371-4773 Lead Agency that is dedicated to providing compassionate, Toll Free: 1-800-567-2384 responsive services to children, youth, families, and http://www.keystonebrucegrey.org/ community members Bruce Grey Child and Family Services Child Welfare Agency responsible for protecting children Phone: 519-371- 4453 from abuse, neglect and other forms of maltreatment. https://www.bgcfs.ca/ BGCFS is committed to working with parents to provide a safe and nurturing environment for their children. They provide counselling, teaching and support programs as well as referrals to other community services, all designed to keep children safe and well at home. Financial Supports/Government Programs Program/Service What They Do Website/Contact Info Ontario Government Government website outlining Special Needs Supports and http://www.children.gov.on.ca/htdocs/English/ Services specialneeds/index.aspx Assistance for Children with a ACSD helps parents with the financial costs of caring for a Phone: 519-376-1951 Severe Disabilities (ACSD) child with a physical disability, a development disability, Toll Free: 1-800-265-3790 and/or a mental health issue Special Services at Home SSAH provides funding directly to families so they can Phone: 519-376-1951 (SSAH) purchase services to provide personal development and Toll Free: 1-800-265-3790 respite relief support to children with a developmental disability and/or a physical disability Assistive Devices Program Help to pay for customized equipment and specialized https://www.ontario.ca/page/assistive-devices- supplies program 2 Child Disability Benefit A tax-free benefit for families who care for a child under age http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/cdb/ 18 with a severe and prolonged impairment in mental or physical functions Disability Tax Credit The disability tax credit (DTC) is a non-refundable tax credit https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue- that helps persons with disabilities or their supporting persons agency/services/tax/individuals/segments/tax- reduce the amount of income tax they may have to pay credits-deductions-persons-disabilities/disability- tax-credit.html Registered Disability Savings A registered disability savings plan (RDSP) is a savings plan https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue- Plan (RDSP) that is intended to help parents and others save for the long agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/registered- term financial security of a person who is eligible for the disability-savings-plan-rdsp.html disability tax credit (DTC) Incontinence Supplies Grant Administered by Easter Seals Ontario, the Incontinence http://www.easterseals.org/services/incontinence- Program Supplies Grant Program provides grants contributing to the supplies-grant/ cost of incontinence supplies for children and youth between the ages of 3 to 18 with chronic disabilities (physical or developmental), lasting longer than six months and requiring the use of such supplies Easter Seals Ontario Provides programs and services to children and youth with http://www.easterseals.org/about-us/what-we-do/ physical disabilities across Ontario to help them achieve greater independence, accessibility and integration March of Dimes HVMP March of Dimes’ Home & Vehicle Modification Program https://www.marchofdimes.ca/en-ca/programs/am (HVMP) provides funding for basic home and/or vehicle modifications. The program is intended to assist permanent Ontario residents with substantial impairment expected to last one year or more Ontario Federation for Providing and initiating a wide range of services, resources https://www.ofcp.ca/ Cerebral Palsy and programs for people with CP and their families as well as professional organizations. Services range from education and recreation to housing and life planning Grey County Day Care Subsidy Grey County Children’s Service offers programs, subsidies and https://www.grey.ca/childrens-services and information on other information for parents and a range of supports for agencies Phone: 519-376-7112 county programs and child care providers. Fee subsidy is available in either a licensed Home Child Care and / or Child Care Centres programs. 3 Bruce County Day Care Bruce County offers a wide range of children’s programs http://www.brucecounty.on.ca/childrens- Subsidy including assisted daycare and learning programs. services Phone: 519-881-0431 Second Chance Kids Second Chance Kids is a non-profit organization dedicated to http://secondchancekids.com/ supporting families of Grey and Bruce Counties who have a apply online or child requiring lengthy out-of-town hospitalization. Offers Email: [email protected] both financial and emotional support, as well as advocacy. Jennifer Ashleigh Children’s JACC has helped over 15,000 seriously ill children and their https://jenash.org/ Charity families with funding for hospital and household costs, specialized care, medical treatments and therapies Ability Gives Creating life-changing experiences for young people with http://abilityonline.org/ disabilities by helping their families obtain much-needed medical devices and mobility aids Make a Wish Canada The Make a Wish Foundation grants wishes to children in https://makeawish.ca/ need from coast to coast. This Canadian affiliate makes dreams and wishes come true for children with life- threatening medical conditions, with the intention to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy Sunshine The Sunshine Foundation is the only Canadian charity to http://www.sunshine.ca/dreams provide individual wishes to children with severe physical disabilities as well as life threatening illnesses. Sunshine encourages children to dream big and then helps make that dream come true Mental Health Supports Agency/Organization What They Do Website/Contact Info Keystone Child, Youth & Family Services Keystone is a family engaged counselling and http://www.keystonebrucegrey.org/ coordinating Lead Agency that is dedicated to Phone: 519-371-4773 providing compassionate, responsive services to Toll Free: 1-800-567-2384 children, youth, families, and community members 4 Choices Choices is a counseling service for youth who https://greybruce.cmha.ca/addictions/choices- are wondering about their use of alcohol or other drug-and-alcohol-counselling-for-youth/ drugs and/or worried about someone else’s Phone: (519) 371-5487 problems of alcohol or drugs. Toll Free: 1-800-265-3133 Wes for Youth Online To provide wellness and emotional support for youth https://wesforyouthonline.ca/who-we-are/ through online professional counselling in a safe, secure, and confidential manner School Mental Health and Addictions Mental Health and Addictions Nursing is available Contact your child’s school resource teacher, Nurses (accessed through your child’s to children and youth in schools who may have mild school guidance counsellor, principal or VP school, provided through the LHINs) to complex mental health and/or substance abuse issues. As well, this program supports students who are transitioning back to school from the hospital or other care setting. CPRI (Child and Parent Resource Provides highly specialized trauma-informed mental www.cpri.ca Institute)