New Passport Funding Features Are Now Available

Frequently Asked Questions

Passport Funding

Getting Started

What is MyDirectPlan?

MyDirectPlan is a free online tool designed to help you manage your Special Services at Home (SSAH), Passport and Residential funding. MyDirectPlan allows you to manage expenses, submit invoices electronically to your funding agency (Ministry Regional Office or Passport Agency) and view your remaining balance from your account.

What browsers support MyDirectPlan?

MyDirectPlan can be used on any updated compatible browser (Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge) on both desktop (computer) and on your mobile device (phone/tablet) when you download our mobile app from the Google Play or Apple App store. We always recommend keeping your browser up-to-date on any device to ensure optimal performance.

Who can use MyDirectPlan?

Recipients of Special Services at Home (SSAH), Passport, or Residential Funding, their support workers, and any person managing their funds may use MyDirectPlan. MyDirectPlan’s Expense Management Tool can be used by agencies to more easily manage and submit Passport-eligible expenses online and directly to PassportONE on behalf of their clients.

How do I register for MyDirectPlan?

To create your free MyDirectPlan account, click here.

Sign up only takes a minute and you will be directed through the necessary steps. Please make sure you have your Passport/SSAH funding documents handy.

Who is a Person Managing Funds/Primary Contact?

For Special Services at Home (SSAH), the ‘Primary Contact’ is the parent/primary caregiver who is managing the child’s funding and whose signature is being placed on the invoice. For Passport and Residential funding, the ‘Person Managing Funds’ is an individual who is managing the funding and whose signature is being placed on the reimbursement forms. This could be the Recipient or another individual such as the parent/caregiver.

Who is a Recipient?

‘Recipient’ refers to the individual with a disability who has been approved for either Special Services at Home (SSAH) or Passport funding. For SSAH, the ‘Recipient’ is the child with a developmental and/or physical disability who has been approved for SSAH funding. For Passport, the ‘Recipient’ is the adult with a developmental disability who has been approved for Passport funding.

Should I register as a Person Managing Funds or Recipient?

If you are an adult with a developmental disability that has been approved for Passport funding, you will register as a ‘Recipient’. If you are managing the SSAH or Passport funding on behalf of someone you support, you will register as a ‘Fund Administrator’ / ‘Person Managing Funds’. When creating an account to manage SSAH funding, you will not be given the option to register as a ‘Recipient’.

How do I know if I am eligible for Passport/SSAH funding?

For more information on program eligibility and how to apply, visit our Passport and SSAH pages.

Funding and Expenses

How much is my Funding? What is my client code?

Your funding amount and client code is determined by either the Ministry Regional Office (SSAH) or Passport Agency (Passport), and this information is outlined in the funding package you will have received from them. If you cannot find this information, please kindly contact your local Ministry Regional Office or Passport Agency as they will have this information.

For help locating your Regional Office or Passport Agency, please visit our Passport and SSAH pages.

What expenses are eligible for reimbursement?

Eligibility for reimbursement is determined by your Passport Agency or Ministry Regional Office. We kindly request that you speak directly with them to determine if an item is eligible for reimbursement. 

For help locating your Regional Office or Passport Agency, please visit our Passport and SSAH pages.

Where do I submit my direct deposit info?

Your direct deposit and banking information is handled directly by your Ministry Regional Office or Passport Agency. You will need to contact them to submit your direct deposit and banking information. 

For help locating your Regional Office or Passport Agency, please visit our Passport and SSAH pages.

Which fiscal year budget information will be available?

MyDirectPlan will display budget information for up to three fiscal years:

  • Previous fiscal year
  • Current fiscal year
  • Next fiscal year
What happens if my budget information shows as zero or is not available?

You can continue submitting expenses as usual, as budget information may not always be immediately available, particularly for the future fiscal year. Budget information will appear automatically when it becomes available.

Account Management

Why must I register my workers on MyDirectPlan?

MyDirectPlan requires worker accounts to be created in order to verify their hours worked, rate, and total amount of the expense being claimed. 

Workers log into their MyDirectPlan account and digitally approve the expenses entered by the Recipient or Person Managing Funds in lieu of providing a physical signature on a claim. This allows MyDirectPlan to place an electronic signature on the claim so it can be submitted for reimbursement.

Are any changes to my personal account information reflected with my Funding Agency?

No. The MyDirectPlan system is not directly connected with your Ministry Regional Office or Passport Agency’s system. Any changes to your personal details (ex. phone number, address, banking information) need to be reported directly by you to your Regional office or Passport Agency. 

For help locating your Regional Office or Passport Agency, please visit our Passport and SSAH pages.

Why can’t I make changes to certain information in my account?

For an SSAH funding Recipient, after submitting your first invoice through MyDirectPlan, the ‘Recipient’s Legal First Name’, ‘Recipient’s Middle Name’ and ‘Recipient’s Legal Last Name’ fields on the Child Recipient Profile will be locked. To make changes to these fields, please contact MyDirectPlan Customer Support.

For a Passport funding Recipient,  the ‘Registered Passport Name’ and ‘Client Code’ fields become locked after a profile is verified. To update these fields, please contact MyDirectPlan Customer Support.

Need more information?

Check out the MyDirectPlan Knowledge Base for answers to your questions on managing support workers, expenses, and your account.

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Passport New Features

Real Time Budget

No more manual setup. Your funding balance updates automatically — total funding, amount used, claims under review, and available balance all in one place.

Automatic Support Contact Updates

Your Support contact information will stay current automatically — including the Recipient, Person Managing Funds, Payee, Support Worker(s), and Passport Agency details.

Passport Agency & Coordinator Info

View your Passport Agency and Coordinator details all in one place.

For more information, please check our updated FAQs page

Important Announcements!

Are you managing Passport funding? We want to hear from you!

Your feedback will help us identify opportunities to improve the Passport Program. The survey will remain open until October 2026. Take the survey with the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Passport_pmf

Updates to our Terms of Use

Our Terms of Use have been updated as of June 15, 2026. Please take a moment to review the changes. View Terms of Use

New deadline for Passport program claims

There’s now a deadline to send in your claims for reimbursement through the Passport program. You must submit all past eligible claims, up to and including the 2025–2026 fiscal year, by March 31, 2027. After that, you’ll have 12 months when each fiscal year ends to send in eligible claims. For example, if your expenses are from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027, you’ll need to send your claim by March 31, 2028. Click here here to get all the details.

Nouvelles fonctionnalités du
programme Passeport

Budget en temps réel

Plus de configuration manuelle. Votre solde de financement est mis à jour automatiquement – le financement total, le montant utilisé, les demandes en cours d’examen et le solde disponible sont regroupés au même endroit.

Mises à jour automatiques des coordonnées

Vos coordonnées seront mises à jour automatiquement, y compris celles du bénéficiaire, du gestionnaire des fonds, bénéficiaire du paiement, préposé(s) aux services de soutien et de l’organisme du programme Passeport.

Coordonnées de l’organisme et du coordonnateur du programme Passeport

Consultez les détails de votre organisme et du coordonnateur du programme Passeport en un seul endroit.

Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter notre page de la FAQ mise à jour

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