Family Support

Grants

Act Today!

ACT Today! grants are designed to provide access to individuals and families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders. Grant payments will be made directly to pre-approved treatment providers, assessors, or materials vendors.

Autism Escapes
Autism Escapes will serve as an Angel Network for families of children with autism. Its primary purpose is to arrange air travel on private jets for families in need of medical care for their children.

CARE Family Grant Program
CARE Family Grant Program is mainly for helping families with medication, autism diagnosis/evaluation, therapy sessions (including speech, OT, and ABA,) and autism summer camps.

Danny’s Wish iPads for Autism
Danny’s Wish iPads for Autism applications will only be accepted September 1st through December 31st of each calendar year. Applications received and approved will be acknowledged by email & submitted to a lottery for the next allocation of iPads awarded. Unfortunately, incomplete applications will not be considered for award. iPads will be awarded each April of each calendar year.

First Hand
First Hand is dedicated to impacting the health of children, their families, and communities through reactive and preventative initiatives. To fulfill that mission, we provide funding for individual children with health-related needs when insurance and other financial resources have been exhausted.

FODAC
Our programs have evolved to include free or low-cost wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment, vehicle and home adaptations, and more.

Friends of Man
Friends of Man, the charitable arm of the Institute for the New Man, give help to people who find themselves in a situation where they have nowhere else to turn.

Maggie Welby Foundation Scholarships
The Maggie Welby Foundation offers scholarships for children grades Kindergarten through twelfth grade.

Modest Needs
Modest Needs hallmark grant is our Self-Sufficiency Grant. We make Self-Sufficiency Grants in an effort to assist individuals and families who, because they are working and live just above the poverty level, are ineligible for most types of conventional social assistance but who, all the same, are living one or two lost paychecks away from the kind of financial catastrophe that eventually leads to homelessness.

ASDF’s Holiday Gift Card Program
Through the ASDF’s Holiday Gift Card Program, we provide families across the country with $250 gift cards for the holidays.

iPad For Kids Program
The iPad For Kids Program revolutionized and unlocked the communication barrier for children on the spectrum. The iPad gives a voice to the voiceless.

ASDF Social Skills Camp
Parents email us when they find a camp for their children.  We ask them for the name of the camp, the dates they are looking at, and the cost of the camp.  If funds are available and we are able to help them, we will require documentation from their child’s doctor stating that he/she is on the Autism Spectrum.

MyGOAL Inc
MyGOAL Inc. Enrichment Grant is a grant program that will enable families to take advantage of socialization and educational opportunities designed for individuals with special needs.

NAA’s Give A Voice program
The intent of NAA’s Give A Voice program is to provide communication devices to individuals with autism who are non-verbal or minimally verbal, and whose communication challenges put them at increased risk of injury or harm.

Seal Family Foundation
Our SEALKIDS program supports direct educational diagnostic testing, services, and tutoring/mentoring, and support to the families of active-duty SEALs, SWCC, and support personnel who have special needs children.

Small Steps in Speech
Small Steps in Speech is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization that provides grants on behalf of children with speech and language disorders for therapies, treatments, communicative devices, and other services aimed at improving their communication skills.

UHCCF grants
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.

Varghese Summersett PLLC Annual Scholarships
The special needs scholarships can be used to offset the cost of camp, tutoring, classes, secondary education, post-secondary education, or tools to help them learn and flourish. 

Katie Beckett Deeming Waiver

Deeming Waiver – A Step by Step Guide

Georgia Katie Beckett Medicaid Deeming Wavier Support

TEFRA/Katie Beckett

If you have been denied Katie Beckett and have your letter of denial you can contact Champions for Children for up to $2500 for camps, therapy, etc.

COLLEGE RESOURCES FOR DISABLED STUDENTS

Disability Resources for College Students

Best Colleges’ Disability Guide
Check out this guide below for information on your legal rights, campus life, and resources (including software and Apps to help students will all types of disabilities).

Best Buddies is an international non-profit organization that promotes the inclusion and acceptance of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. At Emory, we pair these individuals in one-to-one friendships (“buddy pairs”) with the university students. Each month, we have chapter events where all members of the program meet together. We also encourage our Emory participants to contact their buddies outside of chapter events (through phone, e-mail, etc.) at least twice a month.