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Types of
Funding
The Healthy Children Initiative has
two different types of funding available: Community
Initiatives and Supporting Child Services.
The Community Initiatives funding
provides aid to existing programs or services that improve
the development of early childhood intervention programs for
children 0-6 years old and their families.
The Supportive Child Services fund is
used on an individual basis for children who need intensive
support or specific assistance such as: supported child
care, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and
language therapy and is also designed to support integration
of children with identified needs in centre-based early
childhood programs.
Principles of the
Initiative
The key principles guiding the
development of the Healthy Children Initiative are:
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Community ownership;
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Culturally based
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Building on existing strengths of the child, parent(s),
family and community;
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That families are the primary teachers and caregivers;
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Access to a full range of family support;
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Agencies working together to support families;
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Evaluation and continuous improvement.
Why this
Initiative is Important
It is critical that children
from birth to five years of age, and their families have
access to programs and services that give them a strong,
positive start in their early years.
Proposal for
Funding Guidelines
If you are interested in starting up a
program or service that will work towards helping achieve
the vision of: Healthy children of healthy parents
growing up in strong supporting families in caring
communities, then please send us a proposal for funding.
Answers to the following questions should be considered when
writing a proposal:
What
is your project idea?
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What is your project about
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What do you want to do?
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What are the goals of your project?
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When do you plan to start your project?
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When does the project end?
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How does this project relate the goal and principle of
the Healthy Children Initiative?
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Why is this project important to your community?
Who
is involved?
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Which
community or communities will benefit from this project?
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What
people, groups and/or organizations were involved in the
planning of this project?
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How
are the people, groups and/or organizations going to
continue to work together?
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What
are the roles of the partner groups and organizations?
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Who
will deliver the program or service?
How much will the project cost?
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What
exactly are you planning to spend the money on?
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How
much are you planning to spend on each item?
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Are
there other groups and organizations that you will be
getting money from?
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Are
there any people, groups or organizations that will be
providing other resources to the project? (e.g. buildings,
equipment, services, etc.)
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How
much money are you asking for?
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When
do you need the money?
How will you know if the project is a
success?
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How
will you know when you achieve the goals of the project?
(e.g. short term goals are 1 to 6 months, medium termed
goals are 6 months to a year and long term goals are more
than one year)
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When
your project is over how will you know if it was successful?
Applying for Funding
Please send proposals to the Early
Childhood office in your region.
Contact information for
regional offices can be found here. |
