Here is a website with info on funding possibilities for people with disabilities: http://www.thenba.ca/
Local Resources
Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance
Persons with disabilities applications.
Penticton/Summerland: 250-487-4403 (Fax: 250-487-4448); Oliver/Osoyoos: 250-485-6016 (Fax: 250-498-5261)
Princeton: 250-295-6901 (Fax: 250-295-0592)
Toll-free: 1-866-866-0800 www.mhr.gov.bc.ca/pwd
Penticton & Area Women’s Centre, Poverty Law Program
209, 304 Martin Street, Penticton, B.C. V2A 5K4
Assistance with applications and appeals for CPP disability, persons with disabilities and long term
disability.
Telephone: 250-493-6822 Toll-free: 1-866-493-6822 www.pawc.ca
Salvation Army Community Services Law Clinic
2395 South Main Street, Penticton, B.C. V2A 5J1
Half hour free appointment with a lawyer. Telephone: 250-492-4788
South Okanagan Women In Need Society
Completion of disability assessor reports for women who have experienced abuse.
Office: 218, 246 Martin Street, Penticton, B.C. V2A 5K3
Telephone: (Outreach) 250-493-4366 Fax: 250-493-3158 www.sowins.com
Toll-free: 1-800-814-2033
Disability: telephone and online resources
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
Advocacy Access Program, 204-456 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 1R3
Toll-free: 1-800-663-1278 TTY: 604-875-8835 www.bccpd.bc.ca
Publish help sheets about CPP Benefits, transportation and housing and disability legislation under the employment and assistance legislation.
Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefits, Office for Disability Issues, Service Canada
Forms for disability benefits.
Telephone: 1-800-277-9914 TTY: 1-800-255-4786 www.sdc.gc.ca
Canada Revenue Agency
Toll-free: 1-800-959-8281 TTY: 1-800-665-0354 www.cra-arc.gc.ca
Information about disability tax credit, medical expenses, for those who support people with disabilities, community volunteer income tax program.
Service Canada
Persons With Disabilities Online www.pwd-online.ca
Toll-free: 1-800-269-9607 TTY: 1-800-465-7735 Fax: 1-613-941-1827
The following online and telephone resources may also be useful. See the index for page numbers.
Dial-A-Law and the Lawyer Referral Service
Electronic Law Library LawLINK LawLINE
People’s Law School UBC Law Student’s Legal Advice Program, “The LSAP Manual”
PovNet
Keremeos - Lower Similkameen Community Services Society can connect people with
Volunteer Drivers for appointments etc, Meals on Wheels, and Telephone Reassurance.
Call Susan Kellar or Cheri Mitchell at 250-499-2352 Mon-Fri 8am-noon
For those with chronic pain conditions and other long term health problems, medicinal cannabis is
legal in Canada. See this Health Canada webpage for info on how to apply for a liscense to access this medicine:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/marihuana/how-comment/applicant-demandeur/index-eng.php
Contact the Kelowna Compassion Club at bekindok@hotmail.com for info on accessing medicinal cannabis in the Okanagan.