Family Grants

For families who are strapped for cash, it's important to seek other resources to get your child what he/she needs. The following list are grants that fund services not covered by insurance, iPads, camps, and enrichment experiences.

Autism Care & Treatment (ACT TODAY)-Awards quarterly grants between $100 and $5,000 to families with children with autism.

Carbon Lehigh Special Needs Foundation-Summer Camp Gifting Program to help families and students with special needs to pay for day and residential summer camp programs. This program is made possible from participation of many educators and business partners. Students can apply if they are: completing Kindergarten through 12th grade or to age 21, receive services through an IEP in school, attend a public school in Carbon and Lehigh Counties, and who have a summer camp they want to attend.

First Hand Foundation-First Hand accepts applications from all over the world. If you or someone you know would like to apply for assistance on behalf of a child, please review the financial guidelines and the criteria listed below. If your child’s case meets all criteria, we are happy to consider your application.

Fund it Forward-A volunteer run non-profit organization which believes that parents of special needs children are strong, willing and able to endure daily struggles. Mission is the ease the burdens of families with special needs children by raising money for adaptive equipment not covered by health insurance.

Giving Angels Foundation-For over 20 years, our mission is to enhance the daily functioning of a child with a physical disability from a low income family by awarding grants for life-changing equipment, medical supplies, essential family bills, specialized camps, and therapeutic toys.

Johnnys Rainbow Foundation-It is the Foundation's mission to help families with special needs children by providing them with financial support called a Rainbow Grant. The Rainbow Grant is intended to make a significant difference in the life of the special needs child by funding equipment, experiences, family counseling, therapy, or any other of the child’s needs.

Modest Needs.org-At Modest Needs, we all know from experience how hard it is to ask for help, even when you really need it. We're happy that you've found us, and we'll do everything we can to find a way to help you.

My Gym Foundation- Requests, limited to gifts of $500 or less, may include but are not limited to rehabilitative therapy, assistive devices, medical equipment, and sensory items. Please specify exact items needed and where they can be purchased. Because of the overwhelming number of requests we receive, we are unable to research and select items for the applicant.

Applicants must be under the age of 18.

My Goal Autism Enrichment Grant -The MyGOAL Grant Award Program is a need-based grant for treatments (including vitamins and other nutritional needs); enrichment and educational needs that may not otherwise be covered privately or by other third-party funding sources such as school districts, county programs, insurance, and/or other grant making entities. What's covered is Medical, Nutrition, Personal Needs, and Enrichment, Educational and Socialization Needs.

Patches of Light-helps families remain with their sick child during treatments, hospitalizations and recovery. This is accomplished primarily by paying past due bills, buying groceries, gas cards, etc.

Pervis Jackson, Jr Autism Foundation-To provide a spoonful of comfort to the parents of children with Autism and other disabilities. Mission to provide mini-grans to pay for services directly to parents. Grants can be used for camp sessions, respite of parent's choice, cleaning help, cooking help, spa day, urgent bills and other parents needs.

The Ray Tye Medical Aid Foundation-is dedicated to funding in-hospital life saving medical treatment and surgeries for those who do not have medical insurance and for which no other financial resources are available.

Santa's Little Hackers -sends children with special needs an adaptive toy at Christmas time.

Small Steps in Speech-To better serve children with speech and language disorders, Small Steps in Speech will accept applications on behalf of children between 3 and 22 years of age at the time of the application deadline and families with a combined household income under $100,000.

United HealthCare Children's Foundation-UHCCF’s mission is to help fill the gap between what medical services/items a child needs and what their commercial health benefit plan will pay for. UHCCF grants provide financial help/assistance for families with children that have medical needs not covered or not fully covered by their commercial health insurance plan.

Equipment Grants

Many children diagnosed with Autism require additional equipment to help them improve the quality of their lives. Whether it's adapted vehicles, ramps, stair glides, hearing aids, computers with specific software, scotters, assistive technology, etc. The rule of thumb should be "where there's a will there's a way" to access what is needed. Below is a road map of many sources of financing that include loans and grants.

Providers:

Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF)

Mission: To provide education and financing opportunities for people with disabilities and older Pennsylvanians, helping them acquire assistive technology devices and services that improve the quality of their lives. Loans cover hearing aids, portable ramps, flashing fire alarms, manual wheelchairs, computers and tablets with specialized software, scooters, batteries and chargers, and environmental controls. It's available to all ages, all incomes and all disabilities.

Where: 1004 West 9th Ave, King of Prussia, PA 19406

Call: 888-744-1938

Email: PATF@patf.us

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaATF/

REEP (Reused and Exchanged Equipment Partnership)

Temple University

Where: Institute on Disabilities, 1755 N 13th Street, Room 411S, Philadelphia, PA 19122

Voice: 800-204-7428
TTY: 1-215-204-1805

Email:atreause@temple.edu

Equipment Grants:

Bens Blankets-works with volunteers to provide weighted blankets to children who have disabilities and special needs. In order to serve the most children possible we separate applicants into three categories based on income and family situation.

DANNY DID GRANT PROGRAM: The Danny Did Foundation provides financial assistance for qualified individuals who require financial support for the cost of devices for seizure detection or prevention.

Disability Grants-Grant money from charities and trusts is mainly provided to pay for things that cannot be paid for by Government or Local Authorities.

Rifton- Sometimes it can seem impossible to find funding for a piece of adaptive equipment you know will vastly enrich and enhance your child or client’s life. Start by reading the online guides listed below to check that you have tried all the options that may be available to you. In particular, if you are a parent or pediatric therapist, be sure to read Funding Adaptive Mobility Equipment for Young Children with Disabilities which includes a visual algorithm of funding sources.