Are you a grassroots group led by parents, guardians, and caregivers with over two years of experience delivering a community project? If yes, then apply for a Family Innovations Scale grant to enhance your existing project for a deeper impact on parents, guardians, and caregivers or to expand your project to reach more parents, guardians, and caregivers.
Funding Information
Maximum $125,000
Minimum 3 years, Maximum 4 years
Outcomes
Creating safe spaces for Indigenous and/or Black parents, guardians, and caregivers to strengthen relationships, build strong community and cultural connections, and heal from trauma
Supporting parents, guardians, and caregivers to navigate and access resources for economic stability
Supporting parents, guardians and caregivers to effectively navigate, access, and influence systems that affect family well-being
Eligibility Criteria
Beneficiaries:
Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit) parents, guardians, and caregivers
Black parents, guardians, and caregivers
Racialized parents, guardians, and caregivers
Newcomer parents, guardians, and caregivers
Francophone parents, guardians, and caregivers
Parents, guardians, and caregivers and/or their children who are two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (2SLGBTQ+)
Parents, guardians, and caregivers and/or their children living with disabilities or special needs
Parents, guardians, and caregivers living in rural, remote and/or Northern communities
Parents, guardians, and caregivers and/or their children in conflict or at risk of being in conflict with the law
Parents, guardians, and caregivers at risk of contact or in contact with child welfare services
Parents, guardians, and caregivers in low income situations
Parents, guardians and caregivers who are homeless or at risk of being homeless
Parents, guardians, and caregivers whose children are at-risk of dropping out or have dropped out of school
YOF supports projects led by parents, guardians, and caregivers who share identities, experiences, and face the same systemic barriers as those who will benefit from the project.
Is led by parents, guardians, and caregivers who share identities and experiences with those they will engage in project activities
Has three or more core group members
Exists independent of a larger organization
Is based in Ontario, and programming benefits parents, guardians and caregivers living in Ontario
Core team members have a history and experience doing work together. This experience can included delivering core program model or other activities.
Is an:
Unincorporated group or
Incorporated not-for-profit with independently managed revenues no higher than $50,000 in either of the last two years. Board members and day-to-day management must also meet the by and for requirements, and identify with parents, guardians and caregivers
Agrees to work with an Organizational Mentor (OM)
Ineligible
Groups specifically designed to serve parents, guardians, and caregivers through committees or clubs of institutions, including municipalities, universities, schools, and hospitals
Groups looking to design programming for children
Groups/projects based at an existing organization (not-for-profit or for profit)
