Funding Assistance

Columbia Speech and Language Services maintains a list of charities and agencies who fund children and adults in need of financial assistance for our stuttering programs.

Referring speech-language pathologists please note: Clients and their families need as much notice as possible to arrange their schedules and to contact funding agencies to apply for financial assistance, if necessary. For example, Columbia advises summer program clients to submit funding applications before spring break.

Not all funding is based on financial need. The Fred Gingell Memorial Stuttering Treatment Support Program offers funding to residents of B.C. who are 19 and older. People can apply for this grant - even if they are not in need financially. For more information, visit The Provincial Voice Care Resource Program

Sometimes third parties provide funding to people who want to take Columbia's stuttering treatment programs. For example, employers may fund employees who stutter. The Insurance Corporation of B.C. and the B.C. Crime Victim Assistance Program have offered funding to people who stutter as a result of motor vehicle accidents or criminal injuries. Extended medical plans often cover a portion of stuttering treatment fees.

For more information, please contact Columbia at: 604-875-9100.