Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities Benefit @ Community Living Central Huron

​ This is an income based benefit program of the Ministries of Community and Social Services and Children and Youth Services to help families with extraordinary expenses related to their child’s condition. The ACSD benefit is available for children who, Live at homeAre 17 or less years of ageAre diagnosed with having a condition causing a severe functional loss which affects ability to perform activities of normal daily living, such as walking, self-feeding, dressing, personal hygiene, communication etc.The funding granted is a monthly entitlement which considers family size, family income, and total yearly extraordinary expenses related to the child’s condition. Once an application is approved, a family could receive between $25.00-month up to a maximum of $455.00 – month to assist in covering ongoing extraordinary expenses. Additional benefits upon approval include, Drug Card-covers the cost of most prescriptions, but not their dispensing feesDental Card-covers the cost of basic dental careEyeglasses and hearing aids-prior approval is required.