Accessibility Fund: Project Support
“Ontario. Ontario Arts Council”
$5,000.00
Maximum Eligible Amount
Government Grant
Fund Type
The program provides supplementary funds to Deaf- and disability-identifying project grant recipients to help them remove barriers to accessibility they may face while completing their OAC-funded project.
This program funds transportation, including ride sharing, taxi, car rental, public transportation, air and train travel (with explanation); equipment rental, including ergonomic equipment, accessible devices; technological expenses, including computer hardware rental, accessible software licensed for the duration of the project; equipment, hardware and software purchases of less than $100; counselling services that are directly related to the project; sign language interpretation (up to $70 per hour); personal support worker or attendant care (up to $30 per hour); communication supports, including captioning, audio description, communication assistants; other expenses related to making a project accessible to the project grant recipient or to other lead artists, collaborators or Elders involved in the project who identify as Deaf or as having a disability.