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The First Nations Health Consortium is dedicated to helping families apply for / access and navigate Jordans Principle funding.

The Assisted Living Program provides funds to identified service providers to help provide non-medical, social support services to people living on-reserve with chronic illness or disability.

Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) is a provincial program that provides financial assistance and health benefits to eligible adults with permanent medical conditions or disabilities that prevent them from earning a sustainable income.

Canadians living with a disability could be eligible for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) which reduces the tax amount the caregiver of someone under 18 or the individual themselves has to pay. This is based on how much the disability impacts the person’s daily living. To determine eligibility, a health care provider must fill out a form to validate the disability

Canadians who qualify for the DTC can open a Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP). The RDSP is a long-term savings plan meant to support disabled individuals in their futures. RDSPs can be created and added to until the individual living with a disability turns 59, and the government may add grants and bonds to the RDSP until the individual turns 49.

Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) is provincial funding for the extraordinary costs of raising a child with a disability. Some things that can be funded are therapy (speech therapy, occupational therapy etc), counselling, respite (caregiver relief), aide/behavioral support, medical expenses and more.

The First Nations Health Consoritum is a non-profit that helps First Nations youth transitioniong into adulthood with applications, guidance and more.

The IDC National Indigenous Navigation Services is a free, nation-wide program that supports eligible Indigenous, Mtis and Inuit persons and families navigate federal, provincial/territorial and regional disability-related benefits. They support indigenous peoples free of charge with the Disability Tax Benefit (DTC), Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP), Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Canada Pension Plans (CPP), Provincial Income Assistance Programs and more.

Jordan’s Principle is funding from the Government of Canada to help First Nations Children under 18 living on or off reserve. This funding can help with the cost of assessments, therapies, educational related needs and more. Contact the First Nations Health Consortium for help with applications and payments.

PDD is NOT available to adults living on reserve. Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) is provincial funding that helps adults with developmental disabilities get services to live as independently as possible in their community.