Families often find themselves managing many different pieces at the same time: recommendations from providers, school information, insurance questions, costs, possible funding programs, applications, and follow-up.
Finding a list of programs is only part of the process. Parents also need a clear way to understand what their child needs, prepare the information funders may ask for, and keep track of what happens next.
The Autism Funding Guide and Companion Workbook were created to work together.
The Autism Funding Guide and Companion Workbook were created to work together to help parents explore possible funding sources, organize what they need, prepare stronger requests, and take practical next steps.
Notify Me When AvailableThe Guide helps families understand the possibilities. The Workbook helps them put the process into action.
Spanish-language versions of the Autism Funding Guide and Companion Workbook are coming soon.
These resources will help more Spanish-speaking families access practical financial advocacy guidance, funding information, organization, and next-step support.
They will also give healthcare professionals, schools, autism organizations, therapy providers, nonprofits, and community partners resources they can share with Spanish-speaking families.
Real Families. Real Voices.
Saxton loves water. He is drawn to it. And like many children with autism, he does not always understand that water can be dangerous.
His family has worked hard to put safety measures in place. But every outing, every backyard moment, every trip near a pool or lake comes with an awareness that most families never have to think about.
Saxton also wanders. Escaping from safe spaces is something his family navigates every day — door alarms, fencing, constant vigilance.
His family's goal is a trained service dog — a dog that could provide both safety and a constant companion for Saxton. A dog that could help him navigate the world more confidently and give his family a little more peace of mind.
His full story is coming soon.
A practical step-by-step process to help parents organize what their child needs, explore possible funding sources, prepare stronger requests, follow up, and keep moving forward.
Explore Tammy’s Proven 13-Step ProcessYears ago, Tammy was sharing the Disability Funding Guide at a three-day Generation Rescue autism conference in Texas when she noticed something important.
Families were facing many of the same kinds of financial needs she had already been helping other parents navigate, but many were not connecting with a resource called the Disability Funding Guide.
One of Tammy's daughters helped her recognize the disconnect. The information could still be useful, but families needed to recognize that the resource was created for them.
On the airplane home from Texas, Tammy began writing the Autism Funding Guide.
The lesson stayed.
Families may share similar financial needs while describing their child's experience very differently. That is why The Funding Project has distinct family resource areas, while Tammy's Proven 13-Step Process connects the work behind them.
Autism + Community Partners
Autism organizations, healthcare professionals, therapy providers, schools, family support organizations, nonprofits, and community partners can help connect families with The Funding Project's Autism Funding Guide, Companion Workbook, Tammy's Proven 13-Step Process, and practical next-step guidance.
Partners can help expand access through resource sharing, family education, community distribution, and connections with families who may benefit from these resources.
Connecting families with the right resources at the right time helps parents feel more prepared to navigate the financial challenges of raising a child with autism.
Autism Resource Support
Corporate, healthcare, communication technology, sensory, safety, education, foundation, donor, and other aligned support can help expand printing, digital access, family education, distribution, outreach, and national awareness of The Funding Project's Autism resources.
Support helps turn these resources into greater access for families and helps The Funding Project continue developing, updating, and expanding Autism resources as needs change.
Your support helps make it possible for more families to receive practical financial advocacy education and organized next steps toward funding what their child needs.
COMING SOON
The National Family Resource Awareness Campaign will help more families discover The Funding Project's resources while bringing together family prizes, product partners, sponsors, and national outreach.
The Sweepstakes is not open yet, but families can learn more and be among the first to know when it launches.
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