SPHERE-Québec receives an average of $3.5 or $4 million annually for persons with disabilities in Quebec. Those amounts are clearly inadequate. Even though they enable us to help between 500 and 700 persons with disabilities each year, there are other needs that must be met.
The Opportunities Fund supplements the provincial programs. There are already programs of this kind in Quebec. To avoid any overlap, we strive, in as flexible a manner as possible, to meet individual needs, to fill certain gaps. The service offered varies with each region, the needs of each person, the availability of funding in Quebec and that of our own funds.