Deadline: 21 October 2016
The Community Development and Homelessness Partnerships Directorate (CDHPD) at the Department of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) is inviting applications for small scale projects or prototypes that develop effective and innovative practices, tools, or initiatives that prevent or reduce homelessness in Canada.
The Innovative Solutions to Homelessness funding stream is delivered nationally and supports the development of innovative approaches to reducing homelessness.
Focus Areas
Funding can be used to support activities in three key areas:
- community-based innovative projects to reduce homelessness and/or the cost of homelessness
- building strategic partnerships with key stakeholders
- testing and/or sharing tools, technology, social metrics, and research findings geared towards homelessness
Objectives
- Data collection: effective practices, tools, or initiatives used to measure the number, scope and nature of homelessness.
- Interventions for specific populations: practices, tools, or initiatives that work for specific populations such as youth, Indigenous peoples, women fleeing violence, and veterans.
- Strategic partnerships: practices, tools, or initiatives that encourage strategic partnerships of service organizations, funders, and unique players (e.g. private sector) to coordinate resources and provide streamlined services to the client.
- Improve socio-economic outcomes: practices, tools, or initiatives that improve employment and related outcomes for homeless or formerly homeless clients.
Funding Information
The total amount of funding available for this CFP under the Innovative Solutions to Homelessness (ISH) funding stream of the Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) is approximately $250,000.
Eligible activities
- Development and testing of new innovative tools and resources to prevent and/or reduce homelessness that can be scaled.
- Modest capital investments required in connection with an innovative project may be considered on an exceptional basis, up to 25% of the project.
- Knowledge development, dissemination, analysis and studies (including those on best practices, regional, national and international experiences, and the feasibility of adopting specific approaches) and translation of the final report.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible entities include:
- Not-for-profit organizations
- Municipal governments
- Individuals
- Research organizations and research institutes
- Public health and educational institutions
- Band/tribal councils and other Aboriginal organizations
- In Quebec, Integrated Health and Social Services Centres and Integrated University Health and Social Services Centres, consistent with the formal Canada-Quebec agreement
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Canada
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