Family and Funding Resources

Family and Funding Resources

 

AMBUCS/Amtryke: provide people with adaptive trykes (including “foot trykes, hand trykes, and hand & foot trykes”)

Any Baby Can: works with parents to address any concerns within the first three years, impacting the child's health and success for a lifetime.

Autism Care Today: provides funding assistance to families for treatment, assessments, and equipment throughout the United States on a quarterly basis. They also have ACT Today SOS Program for needs that can’t wait and an ACT program for military families.

Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation offers scholarships for swimming lessons, iPads, equine therapy, film school, and gift cards during the holidays.

Alyssa V Phillips Foundation supports individuals with cerebral palsy to maximize independence.

Bellas Bumbas: provides mobility chairs for young children

Blind Children's Vocational Discovery and Development Program: helps provide support to families and children with visual disabilities, provide support and training to parents and caretakers so they understand their rights and responsibilities throughout the educational process, assist children and their families in the vocational discovery and development process, provide training to increase children independence and ability to participate in vocational related activities, provide information about additional resources.

Blubonnet Trails: “provision of valued services to adults with serious mental illness; to children and adolescents with serious mental illness or emotional disorders, autism or pervasive developmental disorders; to persons with developmental disabilities; to infants and toddlers with developmental delays; and to adults and children with family health care needs.”

Camp in Motion: adaptive camp partnered between Dell Children’s Hospital and YMCA for kids ages 5-20 with mild to moderate cerebral palsy (GMFCS Level I, II, and III), or other similar neurological diagnoses

The Caring Place: assists in providing financial assistance for those in our service area including: rent, mortgage, housing deposit, utilities, transportation and emergency dental and prescription assistance with verifiable proof of crisis

Casey’s Circle: Provides tools and resources to help in the day to day care, social events designed for children with complex medical needs, bereavement events designed to celebrate the lives of children that have passed away due to medical illness, and help educate providers and families on how to best care for medically complex children as a team/circle of care.

CPATH: non-profit organization that individuals with cerebral palsy and has a free equipment closet

Cerner Charitable Foundation provides funds to families with limited incomes for medical/psychiatric services, vehicle modification, transportation, or items not covered by insurance.

Challenged Athletes Foundation has grants for sports equipment, training, or even costs for children with physical disabilities.

 Early Childhood Intervention: “is a statewide program within the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for families with children birth up to age 3, with developmental delays, disabilities or certain medical diagnoses that may impact development. ECI services support families as they learn how to help their children grow and learn.”

Easter Seals: “provides essential services and on-the-ground supports from early childhood programs for the critical first five years, to autism services, to medical rehabilitation and employment programs, to veterans’ services, and more.”

Gia Nicole Angel Foundation enhances the daily functioning of a child with special needs and his/her family by awarding assistance through the purchase of a specific item or items. Gives grants to children with disabilities or health care needs who meet certain income requirements. Grants might be for therapies, equipment, essential family bills, camps, and more.

Holton’s Heroes gives grants to children (18 and younger) with brain injuries that happened after birth. As part of the application, they ask for a short video about your child or family.

 The LENN Foundation is a nonprofit helping children with cerebral palsy by providing financial relief for medical needs not covered by insurance.

McClindon Family Foundation gives adaptive bicycles to children with disabilities. Thera is no application; email or call them after talking to your child’s doctor or therapist about if a bicycle could be right for your child.

The Morgan Project provides resources, gently used disability equipment, and small grants.

Ride on Center for Kids:  nonprofit organization that provides equine-assisted services to children, adults, and veterans(2-90+ years old) with physical, cognitive and emotional challenges

Sammy’s House: nonprofit agency that provides services for children with and without special needs: child development center, a respite care program, summer camp and family support services to fill the gaps in services for children, especially those who are medically fragile and/or developmentally delayed 

Small Steps in Speech has grants for children and young adults (age 22 and younger) with speech and language conditions.

 Special Kids Fund donates wheelchair capable vans to families in need.

United Healthcare Children’s Foundation Grant provides financial assistance for families with children that have medical needs not covered or fully covered by their commercial insurance plan.

Wheelchairs 4 Kids gives wheelchairs, vehicle and home modifications, and assistive devices to children and young adults up to age 21