Description

Helps cover costs of prescription drugs and eye care for children aged 18 and under. This program is for low-income families.

Benefit Amount

• Amount may vary

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility:

• you’re a Yukon resident;

• your child is under 19 years of age;

• your child was diagnosed with a disability or identified as possibly having a disability by a qualified health care professional; and

• you’ve accessed other resources, such as private insurance or employee benefits, before contacting Children’s Disability Services.

If you share the custody of a child, you will get 50% of the provincial payment that you would have received if the child lived with you all of the time.

Application Process

HOW:

Your doctor applies to the program on behalf on behalf of your child. In communities that do not have a resident doctor, a community-health nurse can submit the application.

Your doctor applies to the program and then you can make a purchase. But, sometimes you can make the purchase without pre-approval for the program.

If you have questions about the Children’s Drug and Optical Program, phone 867-667-8494, or

phone toll-free in Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories 1-800-661-0408, extension 8494.