JULY 1996 -
JANUARY 1997
GRANTS
Agincourt Community Services Association, Scarborough
$20,000 to develop a broadcast quality video to assist other communities to learn from this successful program, which develops alternatives to food banks.
The Ambassador Partnership, Toronto
$50,000 to support a partnership of eight organizations which will engage street youth in a community development process to reduce the barriers which prevent homeless youth from levering themselves into more stable and productive lifestyles.
Arab Community Centre of Toronto, Etobicoke
$10,000 toward a two-day conference for Arab youth, which will serve as a catalyst for the development of an ongoing volunteer peer support and networking program.
Association of Community Cooperatives of the District of Muskoka, Bracebridge
$257,400 (over 4 years) to establish a network of community cooperatives in small towns in the Muskoka region.
Atikokan Public Library
$10,000 to develop and distribute a tool kit which will assist social service agencies in small and rural communities when making referrals to literacy programs.
Bernadette McCann House for Women, Pembroke
$10,000 to develop a model for evaluating the effectiveness of violence prevention work in Renfrew County. The model will be used to develop an effective violence prevention strategy and ensure that limited resources are allocated for maximum impact.
Bonnechere Metis Association, Golden Lake
$25,000 to assess the training and development needs and opportunities for aboriginal people in Ontario through a grassroots, province-wide collaboration of urban and rural aboriginal communities.
CBC Television, Halifax
$25,000 toward a "Street Cents" program to encourage young Canadians to become involved in their communities.
Campaign 2000 - Windsor Essex
$65,700 to increase community responsiveness to child poverty and its effects in Windsor and Essex County.
Canadian ACCESSability Network Inc., Don Mills
$21,100 to undertake production of the first 13 weeks of an ongoing weekly radio program which will focus on topics and issues of relevance to older Canadians, people with disabilities, their families, and caregivers.
Canadian Association for Community Care, Ottawa
$100,000 (over 2 years) to develop and evaluate a model of respite care for children which is suited to community needs.
Canadian Centre for Social Justice, North Bay
$50,000 for further support of The Young People's Press.
Canadian Council on Social Development, Ottawa
$225,000 (over 3 years) toward a research project which will examine the differences and similarities in the situation among and between women and men throughout Canada in relation to disability and literacy issues.
Canadian Mothercraft of Ottawa-Carleton
$20,000 to develop a formal research-based evaluation process for a model prevention program for young pregnant women/mothers (the model was initially funded by Trillium); and to ensure the 100 single parents and pregnant teens matched with volunteers this year are served during a transition period while ongoing funding sources for the initiative are solidified.
Canadian Policy Research Networks, Toronto
$25,000 to conduct a study entitled "Society/Values Implications of Charities Undertaking Business".
Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, North York
$18,000 to write, publish and distribute a manual for women's groups on new models of collaboration and work in a time of fiscal restraint.
Carlington Community & Health Services, Ottawa
$180,000 (over 3 years) to increase the capacity of low-income community families to feed themselves and to improve cross-cultural understanding and communication through sharing of expertise in growing, preparing and preserving food.
Centre d'action bénévole, Cornwall
$90,000 (over 2 years) to reduce duplication of volunteer services and create a new system of volunteering which encourages a better use of resources among diverse community groups.
Le Centre d'alphabétisation - Moi, J'apprends du comté de Russell, Rockland
$17,000 to develop family-based prevention materials for pre-school age children who are at high risk of becoming illiterate due to the lack of literacy skills of their parents.
Centre des services familiaux de Prescott-Russell, Hawkesbury
$18,000 to increase the capacity of francophone children with problems in learning, communication and hyperactivity to function well within their school and home settings.
Centre medico-social communautaire de Toronto
$57,100 toward the pilot of a networked database accessible by telephone and Internet to provide quick and easy access to information about community groups, services, programs and activities serving the francophone community in Metro Toronto.
Le Cercle de l'Amitié, Brampton
$3,500 for the purchase of library materials, and for publicity, and activity expenses for the program "les P'tits amis français".
The Children's International Learning Centre, Hamilton
$25,000 (over 18 months) to support the design and delivery of a workshop for children entitled "How We Work For Peace".
Church Council on Justice and Corrections, Ottawa
$21,000 to work toward systemic and community change in justice and corrections through the dissemination of the content, analysis and challenges emanating from the council's "Satisfying Justice" research..
Coalition for Services for Lesbian and Gay Youth, Toronto
$25,000 to strengthen the outreach to gay and lesbian youth in more isolated regions of Ontario, and to facilitate the implementation of support strategies for these youth.
Coalition franco-ontarienne sur le logement, Ottawa
$23,000 to improve access to housing for low-income families in Ottawa-Carleton by facilitating the process of collective property acquisition.
Le Collectif des femmes francophones du Nord-est ontarien, Sudbury
$25,000 to develop strategies and action regarding social issues facing francophone women across Ontario, including family violence, aging, poverty, illiteracy, employment equity, health.
Comité d'action communautaire Prescott et Russell, Hawkesbury
$25,000 to create a positive social vision for Prescott-Russell through a collaborative, cross-sectoral initiative to identify and respond to community priorities.
Community in Schools - Canada, Ottawa
$50,000 (over 2 years) toward an evaluation of existing Community in Schools programs to define best practices informing replication of the model in other locations across Ontario
Community Legal Assistance - Sarnia
$5,200 toward the establishment of a Community Law School which will provide lay advocacy and self help training sessions to the people of Sarnia/Lambton in the areas of law which affect the low-income community.
Community Opportunities Development Association, Cambridge
$195,000 (over 3 years) to develop and establish a new lending and development finance organization in Waterloo-Wellington Region which will address the pressing community need for access to capital, which is not available through traditional lending institutions.
Community Opportunity & Innovation Network (Peterborough) Inc.
$294,400 (over 5 years) to create a seamless venture development network that will focus training and business development resources on the creation of new ventures that have the capacity to provide sustainable jobs.
Community Systems Alliance of North York
$210,000 (over 3 years) to initiate a community process in order to develop structures and strategies which will enable local communities to influence program, institutional, and policy changes which result in positive changes for low-income children, youth, and families.
Confederation Court Community House, Ottawa
$191,800 (over 4 years) to optimize the potential of disadvantaged youth by creating opportunities for teens in an isolated, low-income neighbourhood in south Ottawa.
Conseil de la Coopération de l'Ontario, Ottawa
$195,000 (over 3 years) to facilitate and foster the social and economic well-being and collective responsibility of the francophone community in Ontario, through a cooperative approach to community development.
Creche Child & Family Centre, Toronto
$150,000 (over 3 years) to replicate the Family Reconnection Centre, a whole-family support package for substance-abusers and their young children, and test its applicability with a range of high-risk groups in the Parkdale area.
Elder Help - Peel, Mississauga
$90,000 (over 3 years) to support a multicultural seniors' program designed by seniors to bring older adults from a variety of cultures together to discuss concerns, learn about existing support services, share and learn from each other's life stories, and create a common voice.
Environmental Vision Exchange, Toronto
$8,000 toward a network of clubs in four community sites where youth and community members can learn problem solving techniques, applied to specific local problems, using information technology.
Esprit Place, Parry Sound
$25,000 to plan and implement a multi-pronged strategy responding to the food security issues of low-income people in the Parry Sound area.
Etobicoke Brighter Futures Coalition
$174,000 (over 3 years) to support a 32 member, broad-based coalition of community and social services to lead a system-wide reconfiguration of services and resources in the Etobicoke community.
Family Mental Health Alliance, Toronto
$3,000 to organize a November, 1996 conference for family members of people with serious mental health problems.
Family Services Centre of Sault Ste. Marie and District
$20,000 to support an early prevention program for families.
Family Services of Peel, Mississauga
$271,400 (over 3 years) to support the replication of an exceptionally successful American prevention/early intervention program in which whole families gather and participate in specific, fun, research-based activities aimed at strengthening family relationships.
Fédération des femmes canadiennes-françaises de l'Ontario, Sudbury
$14,000 to increase the economic independence of francophone women in Ontario through the development and dissemination of an "economic development tool kit" adapted to the specific realities faced by francophone women across the province.
Federation of Community Information Centres of Greater Toronto, Scarborough
$10,000 to support a study to determine the most feasible and cost-effective way for clients who do not speak English to obtain access to accurate information and help in their own language from the community information centres in the GTA.
The Funders Alliance, Toronto
$25,000 toward the research and production of a resource guide on effective strategies to support healthy child development.
Grand River Polytechnic, Hagersville
$64,000 (over 2 years) to support community consultations and research within the Six Nations Community to elicit input into the curriculum development of human services courses, so that they will be based on the values, vision and philosophy of the Hodenosaunee people.
Grassroots Economic Opportunity Development and Evaluation, Sudbury
$324,300 (over 5 years) to build and support community infrastructures in low-income neighbourhoods in Sudbury in order to enhance opportunities for mutual aid and cross-sectoral cooperative endeavours.
Groupe d'action communautaire en prévention primaire, Cornwall
$65,000 (over 4 years) to increase the capacity of francophone families to identify their needs and to collaborate in finding solutions.
Harambee Centres Canada, Toronto
$75,000 toward the implementation of the Extended Family Care program in Ottawa and Toronto locations.
Harbourfront Community Centre, Toronto
$206,800 (over 3 years) to support a comprehensive community development project in a high need community located in downtown Toronto.
Homes First Society, Toronto
$25,000 to support a broad community organizing process which will involve homeless persons, social services, and the immediate community surrounding a new west-end housing development, where homeless people will be permanently housed.
Income Maintenance Group, Mississauga
$8,000 to host a conference for consumers with disabilities concerning social assistance policy changes.
J'aime apprendre, Cornwall
$35,000 to increase the capacity of low-income, illiterate francophone adults to take charge of their economic future through the development of a community-based employability and cooperative enterprise program.
John Howard Society of Metropolitan Toronto
$210,000 (over 3 years) toward a 3-year pilot family group conferencing program targeted at youth and young adult offenders through two Toronto courts as an incarceration alternative.
Junior Achievement of Metro Toronto and York Region, Toronto
$70,000 to expand delivery of the Economics of Staying in School Program to include every grade 8 class in Metro Toronto and York region through additional recruitment of private sector volunteers and sponsorship from small and medium-sized businesses.
LAMP Consultants to Non-Profits, Kitchener
$9,500 to develop interactive searchable database links and the key word text search protocol that will be used to link users to the information they need when using the Canadian Non-Profit Resource Network.
The Learning Partnership, Toronto
$300,000 (over 4 years) for the evaluation of the Hands On Information Technology project, which aims to equip teachers with the skills, knowledge, and tools to integrate information technology into their curriculum and thus transform the culture for learning.
London Battered Women's Advocacy Centre
$43,800 to initiate a new program component to expand their community development and capabilities for positive social change beyond individual service.
London Family Court Clinic
$23,700 to fund the final report of a collaborative research study which will highlight the key issues pertaining to child victims of crime whose cases are prosecuted in criminal court, and identify "best practices".
Maison des jeunes de Hawkesbury
$150,000 (over 3 years) to foster the integration of youth into the community as a whole and to reduce or eliminate the problems associated with the lack of opportunities for the region's youth.
Metro Association of Family Resource Programmes, Toronto
$50,000 (over 2 years) to support a project which will increase the capacity of family resource programs across Metro Toronto to provide more effective supports at the neighbourhood level for low-income families and families at risk.
Metro Woman Abuse Council, Toronto
$146,600 (over 2 years) to implement three initiatives to improve the accountability and support of women victims of violence throughout the formal systems involved -- a court watch program, coordination of court support and accompaniment services, and community participation.
Metropolitan Toronto Children's Mental Health Centres Network
$25,000 toward the development of a plan to restructure the children's mental health services sector in Metro Toronto.
Midaynta Association of Somali Service Agencies, Toronto
$25,000 to conduct a skills inventory in the Somali community in order to use it as the basis for the development of action plans which will ultimately reduce barriers to employment and increase self-sufficiency.
Mixed Company, Toronto
$10,000 to work with community-based organizations to develop skills/training on the use of theatre to raise awareness about relevant social issues and stimulate proactive responses.
Mocreebec Non-Profit Development Corporation, Moose Factory
$180,000 (over 3 years) to reconstruct the social fabric and decision-making structures of the Mocreebec people, enabling the community as a whole to participate in the development of economic opportunity.
Montreal Community Loan Association
$10,000 toward a national conference - Alternative Investment Strategies: Community Development Loan Funds - which will bring together groups and individuals as the first step in the process of the creation of a Canadian Association of Community Loan Associations.
Moulin à Fleur, Sudbury
$20,000 to assess the need for and develop the necessary linkages to create a "community of welcome" for members of all francophone community groups in the Sudbury region.
Multicultural Inter-Agency Group of Peel, Mississauga
$25,000 to pilot a coordinated service approach for refugee and immigrant services in Peel through Internet technology.
Muskrat Dam First Nation
$19,500 to implement the meno bimahdizewin (social development) strategy for Muskrat Dam.
National Education Association of Disabled Students, Ottawa
$61,500 to ensure access to higher education and career training for post-secondary students with disabilities through the development of a coordinated national approach to services, accommodations, and policies.
Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
$35,000 to conduct a feasibility study and develop a business plan which will provide the blueprint for the establishment of a comprehensive community economic development initiative with two-fold objectives.
New Beginnings for Youth, Ottawa
$15,800 to develop a series of tools, procedures and templates to assist other communities within Ontario establish programs similar to Helping Hands.
Nicickousemenecaning First Nation, Fort Frances
$10,000 to restructure the community decision-making process while encouraging community input.
North Bay Community Housing Initiatives
$150,000 (over 3 years) to build the capacities of tenants in non-profit and public housing to respond to structural changes and create positive change in the community life of housing developments in North Bay.
North Bay Social Planning Council
$178,700 (over 3 years) to establish an integrated approach to human service delivery systems, ensuring that area residents have an effective, responsive, and efficient system of care.
North Halton Cultural Awareness Council, Limehouse
$5,000 to support the North Halton Cultural Awareness Council in its pro-active anti-racism work in the Halton Hills community.
Northumberland Clothesline Project, Cobourg
$15,600 (over 2 years) to test a public awareness campaign on the issue of violence against women and children and set up an ongoing self-help structure for women who have survived violence.
The Northwestern Ontario Youth In Action Partnership, Toronto
$105,000 (over 2 years) to develop a model of youth initiated community alliances which will address issues of local concern, in this case substance abuse, in a way that recognizes the unique perspectives of youth and that works toward solutions that involve the greater community.
Ontario Coalition for Children & Youth, Toronto
$2,500 additional funds to assist OCCY in creating an independent organization.
Ontario Halfway House Association, Kingston
$24,000 to improve the ability of member agencies to deliver more effective and better quality services through a reassessment of intervention work and the opportunity for new program delivery.
Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition, Toronto
$225,000 (over 3 years) to further develop the existing 76 healthy communities groups, based on the healthy community model, with particular emphasis on increasing participation of all sectors in the community.
Ontario Social Development Council, Toronto
$10,000 to support the research and development of a resource publication on food security issues.
Opening New Doors, Kitchener
$112,500 (over 3 years) to create a more welcoming, supportive and inclusive community for all citizens, with a focus on people with developmental challenges moving from institutions to the community.
Opportunities Kingston
$7,500 to create a documentary video on the development of peer lending circles.
Orillia Coalition for a Healthy Community
$24,000 to support the Orillia Coalition for a Healthy Community in its effort to assess and minimize the social impact of the Rama Casino on local communities.
Our Community Cares, Burlington
$77,800 (over 3 years) to support Our Community Cares in its efforts to create a healthy, interactive, participative community in which residents support each other, and where conflict is dealt with through discussion, negotiation and other peaceful means.
Parkdale Community Legal Services, Toronto
$25,000 to support a project which seeks to document and make recommendations on policy issues and systemic barriers faced by undocumented workers.
The Parent Relief Project, Toronto
$9,900 to support a province-wide study of cooperative babysitting, including a literature review, documentation of experiences and best practices, and analysis of the usefulness and limitations of cooperatives.
Patient Action, Timmins
$2,500 (over 3 years) to support Patient Action in its efforts to advocate on behalf of and to support patients in Northern Ontario who must seek health care in other major centres.
Payukotayno - James and Hudson Bay Family Services, Moosonee
$72,000 (over 2 years) to build a collaborative, community-based support team composed of professionals and volunteers who will be able to respond to after-hour crisis calls in the Moosonee area.
Peel Multicultural Council, Mississauga
$240,000 (over 4 years) to support a Community Economic Development (CED) training and business development initiative for low-income women and immigrants in Peel Region in order to increase participants' access to self-employment opportunities and economic self-reliance.
Pegasus, Toronto
$25,000 to pilot a skills training program for persons with severe developmental disabilities.
Performers for Literacy, Toronto
$10,000 to contribute toward community outreach and partnership-building in Toronto, Ottawa, London and Chatham to maximize the use of Second Story storefront facilities and programs.
Le Phénix - Service d'Intégration Sociale, Alfred
$25,000 to fill a gap in existing services/information for people with disabilities by developing a "document d'orientation" of all services available/offered by government, associations, non-profits and business.
Pinecrest-Queensway Health and Community Services, Ottawa
$184,000 (over 3 years) to develop a model for community action to address drug/alcohol abuse and to create community initiated approaches to solving problems based on the community's own strengths and resources.
Power Camp, Ottawa
$28,000 to test and evaluate a community-based project model to enhance the self-esteem of girls aged 11 to 15 through a preventive developmental summer and fall program.
Rainbow Women's Business & Employment Centre, Ottawa
$135,000 (over 3 years) to provide micro-enterprise entrepreneurial training and a forum for mutual support for women on social assistance through a community economic development project to create a cooperative in culturally specific sewing and fashion design.
Regional Social Planning Network of Durham, Ajax
$24,400 to conduct a skills and assets inventory of community members in the Ajax-Pickering area to provide the foundation for a system of neighbourhood-based groups which will ultimately be able to respond to community issues in a more self-sufficient manner.
Rexdale Community MicroSkills Development Centre
$52,000 to pilot a business skills training and micro-enterprise development program which will assist low-income women to achieve greater economic self-reliance.
Riverdale Immigrant Women's Centre, Toronto
$35,000 toward the development of a community economic development (CED) initiative which aims to develop a new methodology for product development building on the indigenous knowledge and skills of immigrants and their communities.
Sage Youth, Ottawa
$18,400 to improve and consolidate a volunteer after-school academic upgrading program for children and youth in two ethnically diverse low-income neighbourhoods of Ottawa-Carleton.
Sandalwood, Don Mills
$25,000 to support the completion of a documentary entitled "Just a Little Red Dot", the development of teacher training materials, and the dissemination of this educational tool, which is designed to stimulate discussion about racism and cultural diversity among children.
Sekyereman Society of Ontario, Toronto
$10,000 to support the second phase of the mentoring project designed to offer Ghanaian youth alternative and workable positive development models.
Self Help Centre of Hamilton-Wentworth
$150,000 (over 3 years) to support a technical assistance for self-help program, designed to develop and support self-help groups in the Hamilton-Wentworth region.
Seniors Training Seniors, Cornwall
$18,000 (over 3 years) to create a lecture series focused on the needs of community seniors.
Service Club Task Group on Violence in the Community, Caledon East
$83,800 (over 3 years) to increase male participation in ending woman abuse and all forms of violence in the communities of Peel and Dufferin through a partnership of service clubs.
Sineonokway Education Authority, Kasabonika Lake First Nation
$20,000 to develop a traditionally-based aboriginal outdoor education curriculum package for students in the Aboriginal Education Program and teachers in First Nation communities.
Social Development Network Consortium, Toronto
$25,000 to support a network development project which will lay the groundwork for new methods of inter-organizational collaboration among grassroots organizations in the social development field.
Social Investment Organization, Toronto
$18,000 to investigate the creation of a Socially Responsible Economic Research and Promotion Network.
Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries
$13,700 to increase youth participation in the public policy and decision making forums within the Cambridge community.
Somali Centre for Youth, Women and Community Development, Ottawa
$195,000 (over 3 years) Youth Empowerment Project: to address and develop an intervention model in order to assist youth to integrate successfully into the mainstream community.
Somerset West Community Health Centre, Ottawa
$24,600 to develop mutual understanding, programs and services between citizens' groups concerned about safety and people who are working in the sex trade.
Southside Community Solutions, Ottawa
$24,700 to test a more meaningful, effective, speedier and community-based response to crime, beginning with youth in conflict with the law.
The Steering Committee for Ontarians with Disabilities, Toronto
$25,000 to enable persons with disabilities in Ontario and the grassroots consumer groups working with them, to come together through ongoing meetings, and to investigate the feasibility of establishing a province-wide cross-disability consumer group.
Streetlight Foundation, Toronto
$105,000 (over 3 years) toward the establishment of an outreach, peer support, referral and counselling program enabling street prostitutes to leave the streets in favour of viable alternatives.
Sudbury Sexual Assault Crisis Centre
$150,000 (over 3 years) to develop and implement a model for raising awareness, providing community education and training community members to provide services for survivors of sexual abuse in rural communities.
Support & Trustee Advisory Services of Brampton Caledon
$100,500 (over 3 years) to support individuals with developmental disabilities in their endeavour to enter into and maintain relationships and networks of support in local communities.
Théâtre la Catapulte, Ottawa
$21,000 to produce a play dealing with the issue of suicide among young persons 20 to 30 years of age.
Toronto Community Training and Social Services
$108,600 (over 2 years) toward a pilot of the Mothers Against Poverty project to provide home-based numeracy and literacy, job readiness, self-employment training, parenting and personal development to sole support mothers in Moss Park, Regent Park, and St. Jamestown.
Uganda North American Association of Ontario, Mississauga
$10,000 to support the attendance of Ugandan youth from across Ontario at the Uganda North American Convention in Toronto in September 1996.
Unemployed Professional African Wo(men) Association, Toronto
$10,000 (over 2 years) to support UPAWA to work in collaboration with existing organizations to address issues of access to employment and training services
United Indian Anishnaabeg Councils, Barrie
$5,000 toward an aboriginal youth conference and round table "Pathways to the Future", where young people will discuss a number of social and political issues including: the question of sovereignty for First Nations, self-government, and healing and wellness in First Nations communities.
The Upper Madawaska Theatre Group, Golden Lake
$24,400 to provide a forum for rural youth with limited career and work prospects to express themselves regarding issues which affect them through a video series.
Volunteer Canada, Ottawa
$60,000 to test and evaluate an innovative model approach to managing volunteers on a shared basis for a range of voluntary organizations.
West Indian Social & Cultural Society, Toronto
$17,000 to support a community capacity-building project which will stimulate and sustain local citizen participation initiatives among members of the Black and Caribbean communities in Scarborough, Halton, Durham, and York regions.
Wesway, Thunder Bay
$80,000 (over 2 years) to develop and implement a sustainable approach to support individuals with disabilities and their families to enhance their natural support networks in neighbourhoods as a way of meeting the respite care of the community.
Working Women Community Centre, Toronto
$24,000 to support a skills and enterprise development program designed to equip low-income immigrant women to establish home childcare enterprises in order to ultimately assist them to become more self-reliant and reduce their dependence on social assistance.
Wraparound Project Steering Committee, St. Agatha
$114,400 (over 3 years) to establish Wraparound in seven communities in a consistent and coordinated manner which will improve the capacity of each community to help children with very complex needs lead better lives.
YWCA of Peterborough, Victoria & Haliburton, Peterborough
$242,700 (over 4 years) to work collaboratively with high-density, low-income housing communities to create healthy and safe communities.
The Youth Action Council in Sudbury
$105,000 (over 2 years) for the development of a centre to be called "The Third Millennium - A Resource Centre for Youth". The project is designed to mobilize local youth to work toward improving the quality of life in their community.
Youth Link, Toronto
$10,000 toward an AIDS prevention peer education project delivered by former street youth to homeless young people and youth at risk.
Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa-Carleton
$56,000 (over 2 years) for a participatory evaluation project measuring the impact of the Youth Services Bureau's Drop-In Centre for street youth.
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