Deadline: 12-Nov-21
The Avery-Fuller-Welch Children’s Foundation is seeking applications for its Grant Program to provide grants that allow low-income families with children in need of educational, speech, psychological, and/or physical therapy to have access to those professional services.
Funding Information
- The foundation provides grants in the range of $3,000-$10,000, with an average of $6,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Avery-Fuller-Welch Children’s Foundation provides grants that allow low-income families with children in need of supportive, remedial therapy to have access to those professional services.
- Grants are made for:
- Speech Therapy (including devices, such as hearing aids)
- Psychotherapy
- Remedial Education
- Physical and/or Occupational Therapy (including devices that help mobility and functionality)
- Note: The foundation’s focus is on providing grants for treatment/therapy. The foundation will consider payment of assessments for up to $2,500on a case by case basis, only when it is part of a grant for comprehensive treatment.
- Grants are paid to:
- The service provider/practitioner administering restorative therapy for children (24 years of age or younger) diagnosed with a remedial disability, from low-income families.
- Grant selection is based upon:
- Evidence of a strong motivation in the child, the therapist, and the family. In partnership with the Foundation, the therapist is required to provide a discount on services for the child. Families are encouraged to contribute to the cost if possible.
- Favorable prognosis for achieving independent functioning or significant progress towards the goals set forth within the date parameters of the grant period.
- Inability to pay or obtain full support elsewhere.
- Grants are limited to services provided to residents of the following Bay Area counties:
- Alameda
- Contra Costa
- Marin
- San Francisco
- San Mateo
For more information, visit https://www.afwchildrensfoundation.org/