Insurance Company

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In Ontario, most insurance companies provide coverage options for psychotherapy or counselling services provided by Registered Social Workers (RSWs). However, each employer negotiates with their insurer to select the specific services included in their employee benefits plan.

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If you are not sure whether you are eligible for coverage for counselling or psychotherapy provided by a social worker, it’s a good idea to contact your insurance / benefits provider to ask. If your benefit plan does not cover services provided by a social worker, you may wish to raise this with your employer or insurance provider. You can ask that social workers be added to the list of covered mental health professionals.

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Nourishing Hearts provides a receipt that can be submitted for reimbursement.

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Special Services at Home (SSAH)

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A program helps families taking care of a child with a developmental and/or physical disability. It provides funding to buy services and supports that help parents with caring for their child, or that support the child to join activities at home and in the community.

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The goal of the SSAH program is to assist children with physical and/or developmental disabilities and their families to do what's important to them. This includes:

• Assessments and hands-on therapy such as mental health services, like counseling or psychotherapy

• Assistance for the child to participate in activities that support their growth and development.

  • Functioning: An activity that helps the child build a skill

  • Family: Helps the child participate in a family activity

  • Friends: Helps the child participate in a social activity

  • Fun: Helps the child do something they enjoy

  • Fitness: Helps the child do a physical activity

  • Future: Helps plan for the child’s future

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To be eligible for Special Services at Home (SSAH), a child must:

• need extra support, beyond what is expected for their age, because of a physical and/or developmental disability, so that they can take part in daily activities at home and in the community

• be a resident of Ontario and legally entitled to live in Canada

• be under 18 years old

• live at home with their main caregiver or live separately from their main caregiver without support from other government-funded out-of-home (residential) services

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Ontario Autism Program (OAP)

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Offers support to families of children and youth on the autism spectrum. Children and youth who have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by a qualified professional are eligible for the program. Children receive services and supports until the age of 18.

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Core clinical services is one of the streams of support and includes mental health services, including counselling and/or psychotherapy.

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Non Insured Health Benefits

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Mental health counselling benefits for First Nations and Inuit.

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Every calendar year, an eligible client can receive up to 22 hours of counselling performed by an eligible provider on a fee-for-service basis, such as, individual or group counselling.

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Boost for Kids - Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Counselling Program

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A counselling referral and funding program funded by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.

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A short-term counselling for child and youth victims of Internet exploitation and to their impacted family members. If you are a victim, you can refer yourself to the program or be referred to the program by someone you trust – a teacher, police officer or victim services worker.

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Passport Program

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A program that helps adults 18 years or older with a developmental disability to participate in their communities and live as independently as possible. 

 

Passport is a reimbursement program where people and families submit invoices and receipts for admissible expenses. Then we reimburse admissible expenses up to the amount of the annual funding allocation.

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Passport provides funding for services and supports so adults with a developmental disability can:

• take part in community classes or recreational programs

• develop work, volunteer and daily life skills

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Cerebral Palsy - Life Enriching Activity Fund

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For members to access financial assistance to enrich, enhance or augment an activity the member currently participates in or is interested in.

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Up to $300 dollars per year

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Muscular Dystrophy Canada: Community Services Fund Ontario

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Financial assistance for the purchase of medical equipment or to support such needs as  adapted recreation programs and  therapies.

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Through this fund Chapters can assist persons with neuromuscular disorders within their community, who are registered with Muscular Dystrophy Canada and a member of a Community Volunteer Chapter.

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Dayforce Cares

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