Funding for Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care – Quality Improvement Projects (Canada)

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3 years ago

Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood Grants Program (US)

Deadline: 11-Apr-23

The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Karina Gould, launched a call for proposals for the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Quality Improvement Projects.

The funding for Quality Improvement Projects aims to advance the vision and goals of the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework through research and innovation. It will complement and inform the other Indigenous-specific investments in place to build governance systems, expand access to culturally-appropriate programs and services, support training and retaining a skilled early learning and child care workforce, undertake repairs and renovations of existing Indigenous ELCC centres, and build new centres in additional communities.

This call for proposals is targeted towards First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, governments and organizations and will support Indigenous practices and approaches to early learning and child care that are grounded in Indigenous languages, cultures, and ways of knowing and learning. The results achieved through these research and innovation projects will contribute to a pool of knowledge and expertise, such as identifying best practices and developing service delivery models to improve early learning and child care services available to Indigenous communities.

Objectives

They will fund projects that aim to achieve at least 1 of the following objectives:
- defining what high-quality Indigenous ELCC means to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis. This could include:
  - designing governance models that support Indigenous-led ELCC decision-making
  - testing different ways of developing partnerships,
  - designing ways to measure results and success
  - finding ways to support ongoing education and training for IELCC leaders, management, and staff
  - building and strengthening local IELCC licensing rules and procedures, and
  - making tools and training that support IELCC staff who work with children with special needs.

Funding Information

You can apply for up to $2 million
Projects can last up to 36 months.

Eligibility Criteria

Your organization must be 1 of the following types of recipients:
- Indigenous communities
- Indigenous governments
- Indigenous organizations.

For more information, visit Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care.