Deadline: 29-Jul-22
The Canadian Red Cross is pleased to announce the Strengthening Community Capacity to Support Mental Health and Wellbeing: COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing Grant Program.
This new grant program is intended to assist community organizations working on the frontlines supporting those whose mental health and wellbeing have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
Community-based organizations understand these challenges first-hand and are on the frontlines of service delivery, working tirelessly to meet the increasing mental health and wellbeing needs of people and their families.
Goals
- Promote mental health and wellbeing in the context of COVID-19 by building protective factors and/or reducing risk factors and enhancing resilience.
- Prevent longer-term mental health illnesses including those associated with COVID-19-related traumatic experience.
- Respond by equipping organizations and service providers to offer safe, responsive, and effective programming and support for those whose mental health and wellbeing has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Focus Areas
- Enhancing organizational capacity to address the current surge in demand for mental health and wellbeing promotion/mental illness prevention programs (e.g., training, technology, time-limited staffing)
- Adapting to new models of promotion and prevention program delivery
Funding Information
- Project budgets must be a minimum of $10,000 and a maximum of $75,000
- Projects must begin between October 1 and December 1, 2022
- Project activities must be complete no later than January 31, 2024
Program Outcome: increased capacity of community-based organizations to address the mental health and wellbeing needs of populations whose mental health and wellbeing has been disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations that meet ALL of the following criteria are eligible to apply for funding from this program:
- Have a mandate, guiding statement, and/or established history of delivering mental health and wellbeing services, including strengthening social connectedness, in communities in Canada
- Have been in operation since on or before December 31, 2019, and have operated throughout the COVID-19 pandemic without prolonged cessation of services
- Are incorporated or established in Canada or have a principal registered office address in Canada
- Are registered federally as a charity or qualified donee, registered provincially, territorially, or federally as a non-profit, and are in good standing, or are an established Indigenous governing body
- Have a governance structure with at least three people on the board, management committee, etc.
- Have internal accountability measures such as practices and procedures for internal controls and accountability
- Have a bank account in the name of the organization and a financial management system to effectively track the income and expense transactions of the organization
Ineligible
- Individuals
- For-profit organizations or businesses
- Political organizations
- Organizations (including non-profits) that are serving private business or economic development needs
- Organizations that are not headquartered or incorporated in Canada
- Organizations that are not assisting Canadian communities
For more information, visit https://www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/current-emergency-responses/covid-19-%E2%80%93-novel-coronavirus/strengthening-community-capacity-to-support-mental-health-and-wellbeing