Deadline: 22-Jul-22
The Government of Canada is offering grants for Scaling Up for Seniors stream of the Age Well at Home (AWAH) Initiative.
This stream provides funds to eligible organizations to scale up (expand) services that have already demonstrated results in helping seniors age in place. Applications must include the delivery of services in Canada in more than 1 province or territory. However, Indigenous governments, and organizations located in Quebec can choose whether to propose to scale up within a single province or territory, or scale up within more than 1 province or territory.
Objectives
Employment and Social Development Canada will accept project proposals from eligible organizations that focus on both objectives:
- scale up services, previously delivered in Canada, that have already shown positive results in helping seniors age at home
- deliver services directly to beneficiaries (seniors or seniors-serving organizations) to help seniors age at home.
Priority Areas
The following priorities will be applied:
- projects in as many provinces and territories as possible
- projects that meet the needs of groups of seniors who are:
- Black and racialized
- Indigenous
- LGBTQ2+
- members of Official Language Minority Communities (OLMCs)
- newcomers
- speak languages other than English or French
Eligible Projects
Your project must meet all of the following criteria:
- end by March 31, 2025
- request no less than $100,000
- request no more than $2,000,000
- demonstrate the need for the proposed project, including the target group(s) of seniors
- scale up services that have already shown positive results in Canada in helping seniors age at home
- an evaluation of the activities/service(s) was conducted in the last 5 years
- propose to deliver services in more than 1 province or territory
- Indigenous governments and organizations located (headquarters) in Quebec can choose to propose to scale up within a single province or territory, or within more than 1 province or territory
Eligible Activities
Eligible activities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- developing and implementing services
- adapting services or programs to enable the scaling up of those services or programs
- training and supporting volunteers
- reaching out to low-income and otherwise vulnerable seniors
- establishing partnerships and engaging in collaboration with partners (such as developing shared objectives, creating a Community of Practice, etc.)
- developing and sharing information and tools for seniors or seniors-serving organizations
- developing and implementing services to support caregivers of vulnerable seniors (such as respite care services)
- activities related to sustainability planning (staff training, improving fundraising skills, etc.)
- activities related to evaluation (designing data collection methods, collecting and analyzing data, writing evaluation report, etc.)
Mandatory Activities
- Your project must include the following mandatory activities:
- scaling up (expanding) services that have already demonstrated results in Canada in helping seniors age at home
- developing a sustainability plan
- developing an evaluation plan
- participating in a Community of Practice convened by ESDC
Note: Your participation in the Community of Practice convened by ESDC will provide you with additional training and knowledge-sharing opportunities.
Note: Funded organizations will be required to collect and report meaningful data on project impacts.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your organization must have experience in delivering programs and services to seniors.
- Your organization can only submit 1 application under the Scaling Up for Seniors stream Call for Proposals (CFP).
- Your organization must be located in Canada, have a CRA business number or charitable registration number and must be 1 of the following types:
- not-for-profit organizations (including charities)
- municipal governments
- educational institutions
- Indigenous entities including:
- band councils
- tribal councils
- self-government entities
- health and social services institutions.
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