Deadline: 28-Jan-22
The Employment and Social Development Canada has announced a call for proposals for the Enabling Accessibility Fund to improve accessibility and safety in regulated and/or licensed ELCC centres.
This will help support children with disabilities, parents/guardians with disabilities and/or employees with disabilities. The goal is to ensure that all Canadian families have access to high-quality, affordable and inclusive early learning and child care.
Objective
This funding supports projects that addresses the following objective:
- to expand access to registered and/or licensed ELCC facilities in Canadian communities by improving accessibility and safety for persons with disabilities. This includes children, parents/guardians and employees of child care organizations with disabilities.
Funding Information
- The ELCC call for proposals (CFP) will provide up to $25,000,000 in funding over 2 years ($12,500,000 in fiscal year 2021 to 2022, and $12,500,000 in fiscal year 2022 to 2023).
- Eligible organizations can only submit 1 application to this CFP and can apply for up to $70,000 for:
- new construction, renovation and/or retrofit activities that will increase accessibility and expand access to ELCC centres in Canadian communities; and/or
- accessible information and communication technologies
- ESDC will fund 100% of eligible project costs up to $70,000.
Eligibility Criteria
To receive funding your organization must be a regulated and/or licensed child care organization. Funding is limited to:
- not-for-profit child care organizations
- child care organizations run by municipalities
- Indigenous child care organizations
- for-profit child care organizations (provided that the nature and intent of the activity is non-commercial, not intended to generate profit, and supports program priorities and objectives); and
- organizations that operate in public schools (primary and secondary) or on public school property. If this is the case, the ELCC will be required to demonstrate that the proposed project activity is exclusively for the use of the child care centre/program
Ineligible
- Home-based child care providers/organizations
- Child care organizations on provincial or federal property (excluding public schools)
- Child care organizations on public health care or public hospital property, and
- Unlicensed/unregulated child care centres or facilities
For more information, visit https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/enabling-accessibility-fund-early-learning-child-care.html