How to allocate Autism Funding

In order to use your autism funding to pay for services with Creative Diversity Friends Club (CDFC) you first need to submit a Request to Pay (RTP) form to the Autism Funding Unit. This will allocate funds to CDFC for your current funding period.  Once approved, we will then invoice Autism Funding directly for services that have been completed. 

There are two ways to submit the RTP form:

  1. Through your autism funding dashboard (quickest to process)

  2. Fill out the paper version of the form and send by email or mail (easier)

Business info for the RTP form:  

Provider Type:    Business
Business Name: Creative Diversity Friends Club
Contact Name:   Deanna Brook
Phone Number:  604-589-1025
Address:  9969 121 St, Surrey BC; V3V 4K3

Services:   you can enter services one of two ways.  We typically use Life Skills Program, but have also been approved as Behaviour Interventionist

  1. Intervention Services:  Life Skills Program ($40/hour)

  2. Intervention Services:  Behaviour Interventionist ($40/hour)

Membership fee:  It is also an option to submit the membership fee, under training & equipment:
Training & Equipment – Equipment – Annual Membership Fee ($20)

Notes:

  • Services and Membership fee (training & equipment) must be submitted as separate requests in the funding dashboard

  • please note that while we are setup as a service provider with Autism Funding and have been approved in the past, their approval is granted on a case by case basis and is not guaranteed. 

  • Once approved you can easily adjust the dates or total amount through the dashboard. 

Detailed Instructions

Paper version of the RTP Form:

  1. Download the pre-filled PDF version of our RequestToPay_CDFC form

  2. Fill in the parent & child info

  3. Fill in the extra fields highlighted in yellow (these can all be adjusted later if needed):

    1. Start Date for services

    2. End Date for services

    3. Total amount to allocate

  4. Sign and date the form

  5. Send the completed form to Autism Funding. Choose one of three ways:

    1. Scan and send by email:   mcf.autismfundingunit@gov.bc.ca

    2. Fax to:  250-356-8578

    3. Mail to:
      Autism Funding Unit
      Ministry of Children and Family Development
      PO BOX 9776  STN PROV GOVT
      Victoria,  BC;  V8W 9S5

Autism funding dashboard

  1. Log into My Family Services using your basic BCeID

  2. Under My Cases on the Services tab of your home page, select “View Details”

  3. On the right side of your Autism Funding page, select the link “Request to Pay a Service Provider”

  4. Click the button to Add a New Provider

  5. Fill in the CDFC business info (see above) and “Intervention Services” for type of service

  6. Click the button to Continue

  7. Fill in the service info and click the button to Submit

Use Training & Equipment to add the membership fee [optional]

  1. From your Autism Funding page, select the link “Request to Pay a Service Provider”

  2. Select CDFC from the list of providers (or add us as a new provider if needed)

  3. Select “Travel, Training, Equipment and Supplies” for type of service

  4. Click the button to Continue

  5. Click the + sign to expand the option to Add Equipment and Supplies

  6. Enter membership details:

    Retail Contact Person: Deanna Brook
    Description of Item: Annual Membership Fee
    Cost of Item: $20

  7. Click the button to Save Items