Grant Information
Grant Criteria
Child must be diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (PDD, Autism, Aspergers syndrome).
Child must be under the age of 18.
Child must reside in The ISAAC Foundation service area (Spokane, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Lincoln, Whitman, Kootenai Counties).
The intervention services being sought must be on the list of approved interventions.
The applicant must be able to begin receiving intervention services at the time of the grant award.
Applicant may only receive a therapy grant once per year (from the quarter grant was previously awarded).
In the event grant funds are not available for the applied quarter, applications will be held and considered for the next grant quarter.
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Grant Determination
Grant applications will be reviewed by the grant committee. Final determinations are based, in part, on the information submitted in the Applicant Questionnaire, the amount of coverage the applicant receives through insurance and other programs versus the amount of out-of-pocket monthly therapy expenses the applicant’s family is expected to pay, and subject to the availability of funds in the specific therapy fund the request is being made. The financial income of the family is not considered for grant determination.
Therapy Funds
Donors are allowed to make donations to specific therapy funds. “Unspecified” donations are placed into the General Therapy Fund which may be used for any approved therapy intervention. Foundation fundraising proceeds are equally distributed to the approved therapy funds. A one percent administration fee is subtracted from all “Unspecified” donations and Foundation fundraising proceeds and placed into the Administration Fund. The Administration Fund is used for the operating expenses of The ISAAC Foundation. All individuals working for, or on behalf of, The ISAAC Foundation are volunteers. This ensures that the donations received by The ISAAC Foundation are strictly used for assisting families with therapy needs and for the daily operating expenses of running the foundation. The Therapy Funds include:
- Speech Therapy Fund
- Occupational Therapy Fund
- Physical Therapy Fund
- Hippotherapy (Horse PT/OT) Fund
- DIR (Floortime) Fund
- RDI (Relationship Development Intervention) Fund
- ABA (Behavioral) Fund
- Interactive Metronome Fund
- Therapeutic Listening Fund
- Service Animal Fund
- Program Coordinator Fund
- Graduate Student Aid Fund
- General Therapy Fund
Payment of Therapy Intervention Services
Once a grant has been awarded and accepted, payment of the grant will be issued monthly to the provider rendering the therapy service upon receipt of an itemized billing statement. Itemized billing statements received prior to the 15th day of each month will be distributed by the 20th day of each month . Billing statements received after the 15th day of each month will be paid by the 20th day of the next month. Payments will be issued to the therapy provider until the amount of the grant award has been exhausted. At that time, all remaining therapy expenses outstanding become the responsibility of the applicant’s parent or guardian. Itemization of grant disbursements will be e-mailed to parent/guardian and provider monthly.
Grant Application and Award Schedule
Grants are awarded on a quarterly basis as follows:
Winter Quarter
Deadline for applications: December 1st
Grant award letters mailed: January 2nd
Grant therapy coverage begins: January 1st
Spring Quarter
Deadline for applications: March 1st
Grant award letters mailed: April 1st
Grant therapy coverage begins: April 1st
Summer Quarter
Deadline for applications: June 1st
Grant award letters mailed: July 1st
Grant therapy coverage begins: July 1st
Fall Quarter
Deadline for applications: September 1st
Grant award letters mailed: October 1st
Grant therapy coverage begins: October 1st
