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• Assists homeowners with repairs to address health and safety issues and increase energy efficiency
• Provides assistance in the form of an interest-free forgivable loan
• Provides a grant to make a home more accessible for a household member with a disability

Repairs may include:

• Doors and windows
• Electrical
• Fire safety
• Heating
• Plumbing
• Roofs
• Septic systems
• Structural
• Well water
• Improved accessibility such as ramps, handrails, chair and bath lifts, height adjustment for countertops and cues for doorbells/fire alarms
• Safety-related features that help seniors stay in their home

• Functions as a property manager and provides expertise for property services
• Provides services for private homeowners, public service administrators, real estate investors and property owners/managers
• Tailors service packages to meet the needs of each client

Provides a full spectrum of property services including:

• Asset Management
• Building Condition Assessments
• Construction administration and management
• Eco-Energy Audits
• Facility Management
• Financial management and reporting
• Lease Administration
• Marketing
• Property Administration
• Property Management

Offers various services including but not limited to property management, administrative assistance or inspections for the following programs:

• Aboriginal Conservation Program (ACP)
• Energy Savings Program
• First Nation, Inuit, Métis Urban and Rural (FIMUR) Housing Program
• Ontario Renovates
• Rural and Native Housing (RNH)
• Thunder Bay Social Housing

Provides financial assistance in making modifications to homes and/or vehicles for people with physical disabilities

Financial assistance towards the cost of basic home or vehicle modifications and is intended for permanent Ontario residents with a substantial mobility impairment

By reducing or eliminating life safety risks, these modifications enable children and adults with mobility restrictions to:

• continue living in their homes
• avoid job loss
• participate in their communities
  

COVID19 -- LIFE sessions and After Stroke programs are being offered virtually


Community-based rehabilitation and advocacy; affordable supportive housing for people with physical disabilities

Attendant Care Services -- non-medical assistance with activities of daily living

MODC Non-Profit Housing -- supportive care in 6 unit house, capacity 8, in Meynell House with additional houses around Ontario

Assistive Devices Program, 1-866-765-7237 -- financial assistance for adults to purchase or repair devices that increase their mobility and functional independence; may also assist with information or resources to assist in locating additional funding sources

Pop can tabs collection program -- proceeds support Assistive Devices Program

Home and Vehicle Modification Program, 1-877-369-4867 or 1-877-369-HVMP -- financial assistance (up to $15,000) for basic home and vehicle modifications for permanent Ontario residents with a substantial impairment expected to last one year or more

Acquired Brain Injury Services -- life skills, communication, community integration, emotional and behavioural support, vocational support, recreation

Conductive Education -- for people with neurological motor disorders; physical rehabilitation and education to train the brain and the body

DesignAbility, 1-800-263-3463, ext 7211

• volunteers work with persons with mobility challenges to craft creative, custom-built solutions to overcome barriers to work, play, personal hygiene and other daily activities
• no charge, except for building materials

LIFE (Learning Independence for Future Empowerment) -- skill-building transition sessions to provide support to young adults with a disability

Post-Polio Canada, polio@marchofdimes.ca, www.marchofdimes.ca/en-ca/programs/postpolio -- in-person and virtual support services, resources and information for polio survivors

After Stroke, afterstroke@marchofdimes.ca, afterstroke.ca -- person-to-person support, educational opportunities and community-based programs designed to provide connection to other people, hope and life after stroke

Business and training services for other non-profit agencies

Volunteers build custom-designed solutions and modification to help meet the daily needs of people with mobility issues and to maintain independence to the greatest extent possible. Projects are taken on if there is no commercial solution available or the cost of a commercial solution is prohibitive.

Provides funding to eligible applicants for basic home and/or vehicle modifications which enables children and adults with mobility restrictions to continue living in their homes, avoid job loss, and participate fully in their communities.

• helps enhance the quality, affordability and choice of housing
• works to enhance housing finance options
• assists those who cannot afford housing in the private market
• improves building standards and housing construction
• provides policymakers with the information and analysis they need to sustain a vibrant housing market

Affordable Housing Programs in Ontario: click here for information on affordable housing

Information and research on ataxia

• partial financial assistance (matches donations that you receive) (max of $5,000)
• technical help
• adaptations
• services
• equipment such as wheelchairs, Smartdrive, smart home, physiotherapy, etc