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Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Info-GuideLast Verified:
2005-07-11
This Info-Guide is a document designed to help you navigate through the different government programs, services and regulations and identify those of interest. The selected items provide a helpful overview. This list is not exhaustive. Further information on each item can be obtained by contacting the organization directly or by contacting the Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre at 426-8604 or 1-800-668-1010 or visiting our Web site; http://www.cbsc.org/ns. TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Financial Assistance Accessible Transportation Assistance Program (ATAP) The purpose of ATAP is the enhancement of existing inclusive transportation services through the purchase of accessible vehicles. Up to $10,000 is available for a used vehicle and $20,000 for a new vehicle. Administered by Transportation and Public Works, but funded by Housing and Municipal Affairs (Funding renewed on a yearly basis). For additional information: Community ACCESS-Ability- Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations The Community ACCESS-Ability Program improves access to community facilities and venues for persons with disabilities by providing financial assistance in the form of a grant for accessibility-related capital improvements. For additional information: EIP: Employment Incentives Program - Nova Scotia Workers' Compensation Board The Employment Incentives Program (EIP) is a program offered by Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia that provides financial as well as technical assistance to employers who are able to provide workers/employees, who have been injured on the job, a chance to re-enter the workforce. For additional information: Employability Assistance for People with Disabilities Program Funded by the federal and provincial governments, the main objective is to train or retrain individuals. The program is available to any physically or mentally disabled Nova Scotian, 16 years of age or older not currently in the school system. For additional information: Mattinson Endowment Fund Scholarship for Disabled Students For permanent Canadian residents who are enrolled in a first undergraduate degree program. All disciplines are eligible. Awards of $2,500 are available for one year. Canadian Awards Program On-the-Job Training - Nova Scotia Workers' Compensation Board The On-the-Job (OJT) Program offers assistance to employers of Nova Scotia who are interested in training workers that have been injured on the job. Employers must provide valuable one-on-one training and experience to the employee selected. For additional information: Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities - Social Development Canada The objective of the Opportunities Fund is to generate innovative activities which help persons with disabilities prepare for, obtain and keep employment or self-employment. Participants must not be eligible for employment benefits assistance or similar provincial and territorial programs. For additional information: The Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP) for Persons with Disabilities - The Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP) for Persons with Disabilities offers financial assistance to homeowners and landlords to undertake accessibility work to modify dwellings occupied or intended for occupancy by persons with disabilities. For additional information: TEAM Work Cooperative Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities- Affirmative Industry Association of Nova Scotia The Opportunity Fund for Persons with Disabilities provides financial assistance to unemployed persons with disabilities to help them prepare for, obtain and keep employment or self-employment. Applicants must be unemployed persons with disabilities living in the Halifax Regional Municipality and must be ineligible for other funding sources. This is a national program, however, the fund is administered differently in each region. The national program information can be found in the record above entitled: Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities - Service Canada. For additional information: The Andrew Peacock Fund for Enterprise Development Administered by the Affirmative Industry Association of Nova Scotia, the Andrew Peacock Fund for Enterprise Development provides financial support in the form of loans for new and existing businesses run by entrepreneurs with disabilities. The fund assists all entrepreneurs with disabilities, including mental health consumers and includes a mentorship program. For additional information: Assistive Devices Industry Office (ADIO) - Industry Canada The Assistive Devices Industry Office (ADIO) is a part of Industry Canada, a Federal Government department which provides support to Canada's business sector, while also looking after the interests of the consumer. ADIO works with Canadian assistive device developers, producers and vendors, providing them with advice, support and market intelligence. ADIO also provides its colleagues in other parts of Industry Canada with the information needed to ensure the rights and needs of consumers with disabilities are respected. For additional information: Assistive Technology Centre A non-profit charitable organization whose mandate is to create solutions through technology to enable full participation in all aspects of social and economic life for individuals with disabilities; to improve access to education, employment opportunities, independent living and general information through current use of technology; and to be a first step in establishing a network of technology access services on the South Shore of Nova Scotia and beyond. For additional information: Self Employment Opportunities (SEO) This organization supports the development of self-employment opportunities for mental health consumers in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Mental health consumers interested in developing their own business idea will be supported by SEO through personal awareness of the demands on the individual of self-employment; validation of your business idea; developing a business plan; links to information, funding sources, technology, skill-development and educational opportunities; and referrals, follow-up and on-going support. individuals living within the Halifax Regional Municipality who have, or have had at some point in their lives, a personal mental For additional information: Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Network (EDN) Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Network , founded in 1995, is an Atlantic Canada-based organization that promotes and facilitates entrepreneurship among persons with disabilities. The organization also plays an advocacy role, representing the needs and interests of existing and potential entrepreneurs with disabilities. For additional information: Nova Scotia Disability Partnerships Partnerships by area: Nova Scotia Organization Network This organization offers free web site design and hosting for people serving citizens facing disability and health challenges. For additional information, refer to the Web site: http://www.nsnet.org ReachAbility ReachAbility is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to improve equality and justice for people with disabilities. ReachAbility has several local lawyers who donate their time (persons with disabilities can access these free For additional information: TEAMWork Co-operative TEAM Work Co-operative's purpose is to develop excellent services which support individual and group employment/self-employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. For additional information: Technical Resource Centre (TRC) The focus of TRC is to provide a reference for community organizations and agencies in Nova Scotia that service citizens facing disability and health challenges. The TRC has adopted as its Role to: "Conduct research, develop knowledge-based resources, disseminate information, increase awareness, facilitate professional development, and present a range of technology solutions to consumers and professionals that encourages "best practices" for appropriate, functional and cost effective technology interventions." For additional information, please contact: Accessibility Checklist Download and Searchable Accessibility Index- Canadian Paraplegic Association, N Is your business barrier free? Take a look at the Canadian Paraplegic Association Nova Scotia’s Accessibility Checklist Download, which conforms to the Nova Scotia Building Code. By completing the checklist and sending it to the association, a business can have its information included in the association's Searchable Accessibility Index – a data base of what is accessible and what is partially accessible in For additional information: Canadian Clearinghouse on Disability Issues (CCDI) Collects and provides information related to disability on Federal Government programs and services as well as programs of Provincial governments. To access this service, *The 1-800 number is an Information Line for the Government of Canada. They take messages for the Canadian Clearinghouse on Disability Issues and will have someone return the call. Disability Database - Statistics Canada Statistics Canada maintains records on the prevalence of disability in Canada and the impact of disability on the life of Canadians with disabilities. Topics included in these records are: information on the existence, nature and severity of disability; the use of technical aids and services; data on persons with disabilities such as demographic, household, labour force, employment, education, transportation, and income. For additional information: Opening Horizons : Entrepreneurs with Disabilities who Have Made a Contribution to the Canadian Economy This is a book of success stories about people with disabilities who have integrated into the entrepreneurial work force. The book profiles 12 people, with a variety of disabilities, who have achieved success in business. The project showcases the contribution these individuals have made to the Canadian economy and provides advice to businesses serving entrepreneurs with disabilities as well as to potential entrepreneurs. This is a priced publication. The cost is $10.00 and this includes shipping, handling and HST. For additional information: Tax Information for People With Disabilities Available from Canada Revenue Canada, this publication contains information about the disability tax credit. Blind or visually impaired persons can get this publication in Braille and large print, and on audio cassette and computer diskette by calling 1-800-267-1267 (weekdays between 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) Disability WebLinks http://www.disabilityweblinks.ca The Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) - Office for Disability Issues National Institute of Disability Management and Research Persons with Disabilities Online
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