Apply for funding for the Canada Service Corps Program – Service Placements Regional stream

From: Employment and Social Development Canada

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Applicants should not start their proposed projects until:

Please note that not all applications submitted under this process will be approved. Funding is limited. It is subject to budget considerations of ESDC and allocation of funds by Parliament.

Decisions are final and there is no appeal process.

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Description of the funding

The Canada Service Corps (CSC) supports a national movement to, build a culture of service in Canada.

It encourages youth between 15 and 30 years of age, to give back to their community through meaningful service, with unique opportunities to:

Projects should focus on at least one of the following service themes:

The CSC supports different types of service opportunities. In this CFP, each program stream requires a unique application. There are 4 streams in this Call for Proposals:

All streams will have an intake through a Call for Proposals, and eligible organizations may only submit one application per stream. Applications will be screened for eligibility and assessed against the criteria outlined on this page and in the Applicant Guides.

Objectives

The Canada Service Corps (CSC) promotes civic engagement among young people from 15 to 30 years old through access to meaningful volunteer service placements that help them gain essential life skills and experience.

Objective of the CFP

The objective of this CFP is to continue to expand the CSC program and strengthen diversity. This goal is aligned with the Government of Canada’s commitment to youth programming and the pledge to equity, diversity and inclusion through the new Anti-racism Strategy. This CFP identifies the engagement of Indigenous and under-served youth as a key program focus and the need to increase the level of participation of these youths in the program.

Objective of the Service Placements Regional stream

This stream provides funding to organizations to establish projects that deliver volunteer service placements in communities across Canada, so that youth can gain valuable skills and experiences, contribute to communities, and promote civic engagement and inclusion.

The objective of this stream is to fund organizations which have a strong reach into local volunteer networks and support smaller communities across Canada.

The government will invest up to $25,300,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 in Grants and Contributions (Gs&Cs) to fund regional projects through the Canada Service Corps. A majority of this funding will be spent on amending current contribution agreements and support the continuation of existing programming with the remainder supporting the establishment of projects through this Call for Proposals. The government will invest up to $30,725,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 in Grants and Contributions (Gs&Cs) to fund regional projects through the Canada Service Corps with this funding supporting projects funded through this Call for Proposals. Eligible organizations can receive up to a maximum of $3M annually to develop CSC projects.

Project under the Service Placements Regional stream will be required to:

Project proposals must also describe:

Innovative approaches to encourage youth volunteer service including non-financial incentives, supports, and recognition to attract and retain youth in service projects (e.g., completion certificates, digital badges, and networking opportunities) can be explored. ESDC welcomes organizations to submit these ideas in their application.

Project requirements

This section describes the mandatory requirements for projects in the Regional Service Placements stream. Your application will be assessed based on how it meets the requirements listed below.

Projects in this stream will be required to:

Eligible applicants must:

Applicants in this stream will be required to complete Program Specific Questions to indicate whether your organization meets the diversity-related or youth-led prioritization criteria. If you do not wish to answer, or if these questions do not apply to your organization, you may select “No”. If you select “No”, your application will still be assessed for funding, however, will not be considered for prioritization under these criteria.

Diversity-related prioritization:

Youth-led prioritization:

Eligibility

This section describes how your application will be screened to determine its eligibility. Your application must meet the eligibility criteria listed below to apply for this program. Otherwise, your application will be deemed ineligible.

Eligible recipients

Eligible recipients are:

Note to organizations located and operating in Quebec: Ministère du Conseil Exécutif (M-30)

The Quebec National Assembly adopted An Act respecting the Ministère du Conseil exécutif (M-30). The provisions of this Act include certain conditions on Quebec government bodies and certain other entities wanting to contract with the federal government. You may wish to consult the provisions of M-30 at the following website prior to submitting your Application for Funding to ensure compliance with the Act respecting the Ministère du Conseil exécutif (M-30). Any entity that is subject to the Act is responsible for obtaining such authorization before signing any agreement with the Government of Canada.

Eligible participants

In order to be an “eligible participant,” an individual must be:

  1. A Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or has been granted refugee status in Canada; and
  2. At least 15 years of age upon starting participation in the program and no older than 30 years of age at time of application.

Eligible activities

Eligible activities in this stream may include, but are not limited to the following:

Eligible expenditures

Eligible expenditures are those considered necessary to support the purpose of the funding. The following expenditures are eligible for your project in this Call for Proposals:

Where the recipient further distributes contribution funding to a third-party organization to carry out project activities, payments from the recipient to the third party to reimburse the latter for the above-listed types of expenditures incurred are also eligible expenditures.

Other eligibility requirements:

Contact us

If you have questions about this call for proposals, send an email to NC-DGOP-POB-CSC-SJC-GD@SERVICECANADA.GC.CA. Please use the following naming convention in the subject line of your email when sending an inquiry: Organization Name-CSC Regional Service Placements stream-Question.

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