Friends and Fellow Authors
The following links provided are the sites for fellow authors and friends Donna has made over the years.
The author for Dream Paladin, the book is a Fantasy novel. The author donates 15% of all royalties to the National CF Foundation.
The author for Team Up For Your Child. The book is a guide to working with doctors, schools, insurers, and agencies. Contributed information from 23 professionals in their fields.
Resource Sites
A networks of professional and aspiring writers with a common goal in mind. The site contains useful writing tools for the hobbyist as well as the professional author. Great site!
Children's Special Needs Network
Children's Special Needs Network, Inc., CSNN, is a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for and serving families with children with special needs. The organization is open to professionals and parents of children with special needs and anyone else who would like to serve our membership.
United Healthcare Children's Foundation
The grants provide financial relief for families who have children with medical needs not covered or not fully covered by their commercial health benefit plan. The Foundation aims to fill the gap between what medical services/items your child needs and what your commercial health benefit plan will pay for.
An article site dedicated to parents and parenting. Many special interest articles pertaining to parenting.
AUTISM RELATED
A group of families and professionals who have an interest in autism spectrum disorders. It is a great place to encourage each other as you face the challenges (and share the joys) of loving someone with an autism spectrum disorder.
This collaborative agency offers funding to families across the United States who are living with autism and also are coping with a major crisis such as flood or fire. "AutismCares assists families who meet the eligibility criteria to cover costs associated with housing, automobile repair, insurance premiums, medical care, prescriptions, daycare, funeral expenses, and other items on a case-by-case basis. In most instances, payments are made directly to the vendor providing the services and not directly to the family. Assistance provided can not exceed $1,500 per family."
Autism Grants - This organization does give grants to families, but the details are unclear from their website. It seems to be the case that they fund families with multiple autistic children first; then those with greater financial need.
One-time $500 grants are awarded to families in financial need. All funds awarded are paid directly to the vendor or service provider to pay for therapy equipment, safety equipment or services.
This organization uses donor funds to provide financial assistance, support, guidance, recreational activities and educational training to families and friends of children and young adults with autism spectrum disorder. Grants total no more than $400 per family, and may be limited to the Vermont area (though that information isn't provided on the foundation's website).
Families living in Wisconsin may apply for up to $500 per year in support of medical treatments for their child with an autism spectrum disorder. Funds from the grant go directly to the medical provider (and not to the family).
This is a unique program that provides interest free microloans (in the amount of a few hundred dollars) to families from other families. Families interested in receiving a loan post on the blog, and may receive contributions that must be paid back over time.
Autism Assistance Resources and Information Blog
The creators of this blog list dozens of small local granting agencies which give to families and organizations.
Autism Speaks Family Services Community Grants
Autism Speaks offers larger grants (up to $20,000) to organizations which create, provide and/or manage services for families living with autism. They will not award grants to individuals or fund an individual or family for participation in personal programs.
The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation
The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation is uniquely qualified to develop, identify, support and supervise programs that provide adolescents and adults with autism opportunities to live, work and participate in community life.
This foundation supports programs that include people with autism in typical community and recreational activities. It does not provide direct grants to families.
This site includes a list of foundations offering small grants to families living in Massachusetts and New England.
The Doug Flutie Foundation makes grants to organizations that support families living with autism. The foundation gives only in New England, New York, New Jersey, parts of Canada and California.
Neighborheart Quality of Life Grants
Neighborheart grants are only for families located in Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Families that care for children and adults with autism in this region can apply for a Quality of Life Grant in the range of $100 to $500.