May 08, 2025
Accessing financial support is often challenging for people with disabilities and their caregivers.
March of Dimes Canada (MODC) is partnering with the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence (CCCE) -- a program of the Azrieli Foundation – to identify and eliminate barriers that prevent people with disabilities and caregivers accessing the financial support and benefits they need.
This partnership is intended to make sure as many people as possible have access to the information and tools they need to apply for and receive important benefits, such as the Disability Tax Credit (DTC), Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP), and more.
Together, we are:
- Working with people with disabilities and caregivers to figure out how we can make applying for the DTC and other benefits easier and more straightforward.
- Creating tools and resources based on community feedback to help people with disabilities apply for the DTC and other benefits.
- Developing public outreach and awareness campaigns to make sure as many people as possible who qualify for these benefits get the support they need.
We’ve started this work in advance of the CDB application period, which starts in June 2025, because people with disabilities must have the DTC to qualify for the CDB.
People eligible to receive the CDB could get up to $200 a month in federal income support based on their income and family situation, beginning July 1, 2025.
The DTC, meanwhile, opens the door to other financial benefits, such as annual tax deductions, the RDSP, which provides people with disabilities up to $90,000 in savings grants and bonds, and other provincial supports.
We’re proud to partner with CCCE on this important work and thank them for their generous financial contributions.
People with disabilities and their caregivers have a right to financial security and to live independently within their communities. We believe it’s everyone’s responsibility to make this a reality.
