Financial empowerment for people with disabilities

Financial Empowerment for People with Disabilities is a three-year project which aims to develop an effective benefits service, with the potential for sustainable scaling, that can support people with disabilities (PWD) – at no or low cost to them – to access government benefits they are eligible for but not yet receiving.

Resources:

Clearing the way: A guide to providing access to benefits supports for peoples with disabilities
Common steps to get disability benefits
Disability Tax Credit (DTC) Program - Application process steps (B.C.)
Persons with Disabilities designation (B.C.) - Application process steps
Designing Impactful Financial Empowerment Programs - Disability Benefits Compass
Roadblocks and Resilience - Insights from the Access to Benefits for Persons with Disabilities project
Increasing Access to Benefits for Peoples with Disabilities: Developmental Evaluation of the Benefit Screening Tool Project Final Report
Advancing Benefits for People with Disabilities
Service Model - Increasing access to benefits with the Disability Benefits Compass
March of Dimes - A Benefit without Barriers: Overview
March of Dimes - A Benefit without Barriers: Report
Increasing Access to Benefits for Peoples with Disabilities project: Insights and Recommendations

This project was made possible through the generous funding provided by the Government of Canada’s Social Development Partnerships Program – Disability Component