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Family Scholarship Grants 		   
Summary Statement:

Family Scholarship Grants

TACA is pleased to announce a new program for TACA families – the Family Scholarship Grants.

Raising a child with autism is expensive - TACA would like to help.

Purpose:

The TACA Family Scholarship Fund was developed to help families who are pursuing treatment for their children with autism, but are struggling to find the funding. We understand how difficult it is to stretch the family budget to include things like, DAN doctors, independent evaluations or conference registration. It is our desire to provide limited financial assistance to qualified families.

Eligibility:

Families must meet the criteria below to be eligible to receive assistance from the TACA Family Scholarship Fund.

DAN Conference Scholarship and Other Scholarships Criteria:

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Have one or more children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
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Be a TACA member for at least 6 months (Membership is free. You may join at your local TACA meeting or online)
* Have a combined annual household income of less than $65,000. (Applicants with higher household incomes will be considered, but priority will be given to those below $65,000.)

DAN Doctor Scholarship Criteria:

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Be a TACA member (sign up online, it’s FREE!)
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Attend a TACA meeting or New Parent Seminar. If a New Parent Seminar is not available nearby, we ask that you watch the DVD. (This can be loaned to you if finances are an issue.)
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Have a Parent Mentor for at least 2 months – Parent Mentors are available in person, on the phone or via email. OR have a TACA Chapter Coordinator recommend you to the program
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Have a combined annual household income of less than $65,000. (Applicants with higher household incomes will be considered, but priority will be given to those below $65,000.)
* Join the TACA-USA Yahoo! Group

Available Scholarships:

TACA will provide financial assistance to families with a child with autism for the following:

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Initial DAN doctor appointment

Families can apply to receive funding for an initial appointment and one follow-up appointment with a DAN doctor. As part of the application process the family must chose a DAN doctor and confirm the costs of an initial visit and follow-up. If travel is required the applicant family must provide a breakdown of travel (airfare can be obtained through Miracle Flights with a doctor’s referral) and accommodation expenses
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Follow-up appointment with current DAN doctor.

Families can apply for a follow-up appointment for their current DAN doctor. The application would need to include cost breakdown for the appointment and the date of the last appointment.
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Lab work – as recommended by a DAN doctor. Application would need to include information on the cost breakdown of the lab work being requested and the contact information for the preferred Lab.
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Independent Assessment with a licensed/credentialed professional (Speech, OT or Educational Assessments with report). Families can apply for an independent assessment with a licensed/credentialed professional in order to assist in the pursuit of services.
* DAN Conference Scholarship (registration, hotel and airfare) – You and a buddy can apply to attend a DAN conference. TACA requests that the two attendees be from two different families. Scholarship recipients will be required to share a room at the conference, and may be needed for volunteer duties while at the conference.

NOTE: Payments, once authorized, are NOT made directly to the family, but are instead paid on the family’s behalf directly to the vendor who is providing goods and services. Please understand vacations, trips to Disneyland and other similar events are not selected for funding.
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grants,  scholarships
Submission Date:

09/08/2008by: shannonj
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