Social Development Partnerships Program – Children and Families – Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Children and Youth

Eligible organizations can apply for up to $3,000,000. We will fund projects that increase the social inclusion and wellbeing of vulnerable children and youth.

Application period

Current status: Closed

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You can apply from May 25, 2021 at 12:00 pm (noon), to July 6, 2021 at 12:00 pm (noon) Eastern daylight time (EDT).

We expect to make funding decisions in fall 2021.

Description of the funding

Eligible organizations can apply for up to $3,000,000. We will fund projects that increase the social inclusion and wellbeing of vulnerable children and youth.

Projects cannot extend past March 31, 2026.

You may also be eligible for the Financial Empowerment of Low-Income People Call for Proposal. You can only submit an application for 1 of the 2 Calls for Proposals. If you submit more than 1 application, we will only review the first one.

Objective

This funding supports projects that focus on the following objective:

• develop and carry out services and supports to help increase the social inclusion and wellbeing of vulnerable children and youth

Projects should target children and youth who are at highest risk of, or are experiencing negative impacts to their physical and mental wellbeing due to social isolation.

Find more information about the Social Development Partnerships Program

Eligibility

To apply, you must meet all the following eligibility criteria.

Eligible applicants

Your organization must:

• be located in Canada
• have:
  • proof of a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) business number, or
  • CRA registration number, or
  • proof of provincial incorporation or registration
• be 1 of the following organization types:
  • not-for-profit (including charities and other qualified donees)
  • Indigenous (including band councils, tribal councils and self-government entities)
  • provincial/territorial entities, such as (but not limited to):
    • educational institutions: school boards, colleges and universities
    • health and social services: hospitals, community health centres, community centres
    • municipalities: towns, cities or municipal government departments and agencies

Note to organizations located and operating in Quebec

If we accept your application for funding, you may need to get approval from the Quebec government before you can accept our funding.

Consult the Act respecting the Ministère du Conseil exécutif.

Eligible projects

Your project must meet all of the following criteria:

• must end by March 31, 2026
• request no more than $3 million per project
• meet the objective of this funding process
• include at least 1 formal partnership
• offer chances to children and youth up to 30 years of age to actively contribute to the project’s design and implementation
• activities must take place in Canada
• propose activities to increase the capacity of your organization in the areas of:
  • engaging and collaborating with partners
  • sustainability planning

Note: Activities can be local, regional, or national in scope.

For your application to be considered complete, you must meet all of the eligibility requirements above and provide the necessary documentation:

• submit your application before 12:00 pm (noon) Eastern daylight time, July 6, 2021
• a complete application package including the following 4 items:
  • completed form with all mandatory information (questions 3 to 9 and question 22 in the instructions)
  • completed attestation (part 4 of the application form)
  • completed budget detail template
  • a document that includes the address of your organization and your :
    • Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) business number, or
    • registration number, or
    • proof of provincial incorporation or registration

Note: It is important to submit a complete application. Make sure you have all the documents you need before you apply.

How we assess your application

Note: Read and follow the instructions Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Children and Youth to complete your application form. This guide includes details for each question of the form.

If your project is eligible, we will assess it as follows:

1. Project objectives – (refer to question 55 of the instructions)

Show how your project will achieve the program objectives.

2. Organization’s capacity (refer to question 49 of the instructions)

Demonstrate your recent, significant, and relevant experience in delivering programs and services, which could include (not limited to):

• programs targeted at vulnerable children and youth who face barriers to fully participate in and contribute to their communities

Recent experience: delivering programs and services at any time within the past 5 years

Significant experience: delivering programs and services for 2 years

Relevant experience: delivering programs and services that target

• similar target group as the proposed project, and
• similar objectives as this Call for Proposals

3. Project activities, timelines and feasibility (refer to question 56 of the instructions)

Your application must:

• give a clear description of your project activities:
  • activities need to align with the project objective
  • activities need to show how they support the achievement of the project outcomes
• give clear and realistic timelines to complete the project activities
• have at least 1 formal partnership:
  • clearly describe the roles and responsibilities of each partner for each activity
  • describe your strategy for engaging and collaborating with partners
• propose activities to increase the capacity of your organization in the areas of:
  • engaging and collaborating with partners
  • sustainability planning
• offer chances for community members targeted by the project to actively contribute to its design and implementation. This will ensure that the project will reflect their needs.

4. Project results and impact (refer to questions 57 and 58 of the instructions)

Your application must describe your project’s expected results, outputs and outcomes:

• describe what your project will achieve and how it aligns with the objective of this funding process
• describe how your project will impact the social inclusion and wellbeing vulnerable children and youth
• describe how your project will impact the capacity of your organization in the areas of:
  • engaging and collaborating with partners
  • sustainability planning
• outcomes and outputs must be:
  • specific
  • concrete
  • measurable
• outline how your organization plans to collect, measure, and report on your project’s results

It is important to set measurable results, qualitative (descriptive) or quantitative (numeric), so that you can track the success of your project.

5. Project budget (refer to Part 3, Section B – questions 70 to 76 of the instructions and the budget detail template)

• Give a short and clear explanation of how you intend to use the money
• Show that your project costs are reasonable, detailed and support the project activities

6. Considerations (refer to question 55 of the instructions)

• Include rural or remote coverage
• Focus exclusively on Official Language Minority Communities
• Target diverse groups of vulnerable children and youth

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