Grant Application

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Next Application Cycle starts December 1, 2024

Applications must be completed by January 15, 2025
Recipients will be announced by January 31, 2025

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Jacob’s Touch Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3), community based organization in the Tampa Bay area, dedicated to providing financial care and assistance to families with children on the Autistic Spectrum. Jacob’s Touch Foundation provides grants for therapy, medical services, and education. Jacob’s Touch Foundation is proud to offer a grant program for approved therapies that may not otherwise be covered privately or by other third-party funding sources, such as school districts, government programs, insurance or other grant making entities.

Applicants who meet the following grant program criteria and complete the grant application will be considered for Jacob’s Touch Foundation grants. Since in most cases, the applicant’s parent or guardian will be completing the application, it is understood that the applicant will be the individual receiving the benefits of the grants. Grant payments will be made directly to pre-approved treatment providers.

Parental/Family Involvement

Parents and family members are central to helping children with autism achieve their full potential. Family and parental commitment and involvement in a child’s treatment is critical to the success of any treatment program. Therefore, Jacob’s Touch Foundation will consider the child’s family’s dedication and involvement in their child’s treatment as an important factor in awarding grants for treatment.

Grant Amounts and Selection of Recipients

Grants of up to $5,000.00 will be allocated based on annual fundraising activities. Recipients will be evaluated and ranked based on all information provided. The Board of Directors will make the final decision and determine the number and amounts of each grant. Grant recipients must reside in the Tampa Bay area (Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties). Jacob’s Touch Foundation board members and their families are not eligible for treatment grants.

Applicants must demonstrate financial need by providing the following:

  • Proof of household income
  • Number of dependents and number of dependents with Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Information about access to third-party funding sources

Provider Certification

  • Grants to be paid periodically to approved providers.
  • Jacob’s Touch Foundation reserves the right to require documentation from the child’s provider, including documentation of progress, continuing need for therapy and parental / familial involvement in the child’s prescribed treatment.

The following must be submitted in order to be eligible for grants:

  • Completed, signed and dated grant application.
  • Verification of diagnosis (please provide documentation as proof of diagnosis).
  • Documentation from the provider of your requests, stating costs of the requested item.
  • Brief description of current family situation. Copy of previous year’s tax return.
  •  We encourage families to share photos and stories.

Saving Your Application
If you need to save and return your grant application later before submission, you can click SAVE at the bottom of any page.  You will then be prompted to copy a link, which you will need to pick up where you left off. 

Reviewing and Submitting Your Application 
On the final page of the application, you will be provided the opportunity to review all responses before submitting your grant application. Simply press REVIEW.  If you need to modify any of your responses, you will be able to go back and make the necessary changes.  Once you have successfully submitted your application, you will be taken to a thank you page.

Any applicant receiving a grant agrees to repay the grant if any services paid for with the grant are reimbursed by another funding source, such as a school district, state scholarship funding, Medicaid or private insurance company. The grant deadline is posted below. Incomplete grant applications will not be considered. Grants will be approved for only the following: Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), alternative communication devices and alternative communication therapy, direct medical costs associated with the child’s ASD diagnosis and direct educational costs associated with the child's ASD diagnosis. The grant must be used in one calendar year from the date of award. 

Please direct any questions to: Kimmie@JacobsTouch.org.

    Attach Documents

    Please upload all documentation for consideration - this includes the Autism Diagnosis, support documents for direct treatment, financial information for both guardians, and two recommendation letters
    Submitted files must be a pdf, jpg, jpeg, png, doc, docx or gif and under 4MBs to be accepted.






     

    General Information

    Dependent/Sibling Information


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    YesNo


    YesNo


    YesNo


    YesNo

    History

    Consent: This form authorizes the use and/ or release of the protected health information as noted below for purposes of the Jacob’s Touch Foundation grant review process. I give the Jacob’s Touch Foundation permission to verify treatment information by contacting the treatment vendors directly. This authorization shall be valid for one year unless otherwise stated.

    I understand that I may revoke this authorization in writing at any time.







    Treatment

    Speech Therapy


    CurrentPastNot Applicable

    Occupational Therapy


    CurrentPastNot Applicable

    Physical Therapy


    CurrentPastNot Applicable

    Applied Behavioral Analysis


    CurrentPastNot Applicable

    Special Diets


    CurrentPastNot Applicable

    Social Skills/Exercise Groups


    CurrentPastNot Applicable

    Educational Treatment (i.e., ASD specific education)


    CurrentPastNot Applicable

    Other (please explain):


    CurrentPastNot Applicable

    Please describe the child’s parental/family involvement in the foregoing treatment program(s), including the amount of time parents/ guardians are involved in therapy programs or at-home therapy regimens:

    Grant Funds Request

    Please complete requested information and include copies of supportive documentation, such as letters of support from service providers, service / intervention descriptions, treatment cost sheets, provider brochures, receipts, etc. Supportive documentation must include cost of treatment/ items. Please explain if this is a continuing treatment. If so, how has this treatment benefited your child? What has been the outcome from this treatment?

    Direct Treatment


    YesNo


    Speech TherapyOccupational TherapyApplied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)Direct Medical Cost – ASD DiagnosisDirect Educational Costs – ASD Diagnosis


    Financial Information

    Funding Sources (including other grants and scholarship awards)

    Check all funding sources that apply and complete the requested information.

    Private/Health Insurance

    Medicaid/Other State Program

    School District

    Other

    Other

    Other

    Description of Family Situation

    Please briefly describe in the space provided below your family situation.

    Letters of Recommendation (optional). Please attach no more than two letters of recommendation from service providers, case workers or other individuals familiar with your family’s situation. Letters of recommendation are optional and should be no more than one page in length.

    RELEASE AND AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF IMAGE

    I hereby release the Jacob’s Touch Foundation to use photographs, reproductions, video tapes, recordings or endorsements of/ by me and/ or my child for publicity, fundraising or any other purpose.

    I hereby grant the Jacob’s Touch Foundation the following rights:

    1. To use my / my child’s first name (you may ask that names are withheld — see below), photograph, picture, portrait, likeness, and voice in connection with its educational materials or publicity or for any other legitimate reason.

    2. To use, reproduce, publish, exhibit, distribute, and transmit my/my child’s image individually or in conjunction with other images or printed matter in the production of brochures, motion pictures, television tape, sound recordings, still photography, CD-ROM, and other media.

    3. To record, reproduce and amplify my image.


    I hereby release and discharge the Jacob’s Touch Foundation, including but not limited to its Board members, officers, committee members, volunteers and agents, from any and all claims, actions and demands arising out of or in connection with the use of said image, including, without limitation, any and all claims for invasion of privacy and libel. I hereby waive the right to inspect or approve my/ my child’s image or any finished materials that incorporate my image. understand and agree that I will receive no compensation, now or in the future, in connection with the use of my / my child’s image.

    I represent that I have read the preceding and completely understand the contents.


    YesNo