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Friends of the Disabled (Renfrew) Inc.
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Furthering ACCESSABILITY
since 1985
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Introduces our new
C.A.R.E. Initiative |
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Community
Access to Recreation
Events |
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What is the C.A.R.E. Initiative? |
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The C.A.R.E. Initiative is a program
of subsidies provided by the Friends of the Disabled organization aimed at assisting
local Facilities in increasing community and recreational outings for their residents
and clients. |
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Who qualifies for the subsidies program? |
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Facilities who provide live-in long term care for residents or retirement residence
accommodation and are willing to provide organized trips and outings on behalf of
their clients qualify. The program is aimed at effectively doubling your transportation
budgets using subsidies provided under approval by Friends of the Disabled on a
fifty/fifty basis. Accessible transportation is provided by Sunshine Coach. |
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What is the C.A.R.E. Initiative Partnership Triangle?
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The partnership that exists under this initiative involves
Friends of the Disabled who will provide a 50% subsidy for qualifying and approved
outings, Sunshine Coach Service who will handle all logistics related to the accessible
transportation for your outing and Your Facility. This model provides Your
Facility with the opportunity to extend the number of outings you undertake in any
given year by a factor of 100% up to the budgetary maximum ceiling for subsidies
under this initiative, as determined on an annual basis by the Friends of the Disabled
organization. |
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Step By Step Procedure |
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Planning and executing your outing and applying for your
subsidy is easy, just follow these steps:
- Contact Sunshine Coach Operations Department during
regular business hours, Monday to Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. You
may reach them by telephone at 613-432-2134 or via e-mail at sunshinecoach@sunshinecoach.ca.
- Please provide the details of your outing such as
the date, times (pick-up & return), origin, destination and number of clients
from your Facility who will be participating. If known, it would be helpful
to classify your clients as Ambulatory, Wheelchair and how many Attendants will
be on board. Any other details that will assist in determing the vehicles
and manning required for your outing would be appreciated.
- Specifying an alternate date and time would be beneficial
in the event that our schedule does not allow accommodation of your outing on the
initial date
- Please indicate that you would like a quotation for
the trip based on the parameters you have furnished
- Please indicate that your Facility would like to apply
for a subsidy of 50% to be provided by Friends of the Disabled. Sunshine Coach
Operations Department will forward the quotation together with your request for
a subsidy to Friends of the Disabled for their review.
- Please provide complete contact information for the
staff member at your Facility who will be the liaisson for your outing. Sunshine
Coach Operations Staff and/or Friends of the Disabled will be in contact with you
to finalize details.
- If possible, please take photographs of your outing
and share these with us. These could be posted to our website as well as submitted
to the local newspaper as a memento of your outing.
- Please note that planning your tentative outing as
much in advance as possible will allow Sunshine Coach the greatest possible flexibility
in ensuring that your particular trip can be accommodated.
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