FSN Family Support Navigator

What FSN finds

What can FSN help you find?

FSN researches support from many places at once — national, state, local, nonprofit and private — and organizes what it finds into one library, in the areas its research currently covers. Focused first on autism-related opportunities, with broader disability support included where it may apply.

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The kinds of help in the library

Every program is recorded in the same shape, with the official source it came from — so instead of searching every system separately, families can start with one organized library and see which opportunities may be worth a closer look.

  • Grants & financial assistance

    Grants from private organizations, government benefit programs, and money back for costs your family has already paid.

  • Scholarships & education support

    Scholarships, tutoring and other funding toward school and learning costs, where covered.

  • Therapy & treatment support

    Programs that may help pay for therapy, treatment or related services, including the ongoing costs that come after a diagnosis.

  • Equipment & assistive technology

    Adaptive equipment, communication tools, and help toward the changes that make a home or vehicle work for your child.

  • Respite, camps & recreation

    Respite care, support for the caregiver doing the daily work, and camps and recreation for the child.

  • Travel & experience programs

    Travel assistance, medical travel, and wish/experience programs. Coverage here is just beginning.

  • Government & community programs

    Public support at the federal, state, county and community level, including Medicaid waivers, where FSN has researched coverage.

  • Broader disability support

    Much of what FSN has researched is not autism-specific but may still apply — to an autistic child, or to another family member with a qualifying disability.

Coverage varies by location and program type and continues to expand. FSN shows what it knows, what it has not verified, and what still needs confirmation.

Support can come from more places than one.

  • Federal / national
  • State
  • County & local
  • Private foundations & nonprofits
  • Community programs

FSN is designed to bring these sources together in one place, then filter them through what is known about your family, instead of asking you to search every system separately. Today the library is deepest in state programs, with coverage expanding.

A match is a starting point, not a guarantee.

FSN may call a program a likely fit, a possible fit, something that needs more information from you, a likely non-fit, not currently open — or simply not yet evaluated. It shows the reasons behind that result and links to the official program source. Programs make their own eligibility and award decisions.

Some of the words you will see on Matches once you have access:

  • Potential match
  • Possible match
  • Needs more information
  • Probably not a fit
  • Not open now
  • Not checked

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