• Grants and Scholarships for Higher Education – Scholarships and other non-repayable financial supports.
  • WorkBC Employement Services for People with Disabilities – Discover job options and services designed to support people with disabilities.
  • Access the Registered Disability Services Plan (RDSP) – Access RDSP is a partnership between BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS), Disability Alliance BC (DABC), and Plan Institute, designed to help people become informed, become eligible, and open an RDSP.
  • Applying for Disability Assistance – Disability assistance can help you if you need financial or health support. You must be designated as a Person with Disabilities (PWD) to receive this type of assistance.
  • Persons on Disability Assistance – When you’re on disability assistance the amount of financial support you receive depends on the size of your family. It also depends on whether another person in your family has the Persons with Disabilities designation.
  • Income Assistance  – If you are in need and have no other resources, you may be eligible for income assistance. This can help support your transition to employment.
  • Training Tax Credit – The training tax credit is for employers and apprentices who take part in eligible apprenticeship programs administered through the Industry Training Authority (ITA).
  • CRA Disability Tax Credit – The disability tax credit (DTC) is a non-refundable tax credit that helps persons with disabilities or their supporting persons reduce the amount of income tax they may have to pay. An individual may claim the disability amount once they are eligible for the DTC. This amount includes a supplement for persons under 18 years of age at the end of the year.
  • Child Disability Credit – The child disability benefit is a tax-free monthly payment made to families who care for a child under age 18 with a severe and prolonged impairment in physical or mental functions.
  • Variety Children’s Charity – Variety – the Children’s Charity steps in where health care ends, providing direct help to children with special needs in BC. For over 50 years, Variety has ensured that children have the support to reach their potential and thrive.
  • CRA Medical Expenses Tax Credit – Service Animals – Currently, the METC provides tax relief in respect of certain expenses related to an animal specially trained to assist a patient in coping with the following impairments: blindness, profound deafness, severe autism, severe diabetes, severe epilepsy or a severe and prolonged impairment that markedly restricts the use of the patient’s arms or legs. For the expenses to qualify for the METC, the animal must be provided by a person or organization one of whose main purposes is providing this special training.
  • BC Housing Assistance – BC Housing works in partnership with the private and non-profit sectors, provincial health authorities and ministries, other levels of government and community groups to develop a range of housing options.
  • BC FoodBank
  • Application for Monthly Nutritional Supplement – Form for determining eligibility for the monthly nutritional supplement (Sample). PART A – Must be completed by the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction. PART C – Must be completed by the medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or registered dietitian.

To be eligible for this supplement, the applicant must be designated a Person with Disabilities, be in receipt of disability assistance, be receiving treatment from a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner for a chronic, progressive deterioration of health due to a severe medical condition. The items requested in the application must be required to alleviate specific symptoms that are a direct result of the chronic, progressive deterioration of health and are necessary to prevent imminent danger to life. In addition, the ministry must be satisfied that there are no other resources available to the family unit to pay for the items for which the supplement may be provided. Eligibility is not based solely on the person’s medical condition.

Disability Alliance BC has prepared this Help Sheet to help you complete the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction’s (MSDPR) application form for the Monthly Nutritional Supplement (MNS) benefit.