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Grants to Canada Nonprofits, For-Profits, and Agencies to Improve Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities

Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) - Small Projects Component


Agency
Federal

GrantWatch ID#
154538

Funding Source
Government of Canada - Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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Geographic Focus
Canada:Alberta;   British Columbia;   Manitoba;   New Brunswick;   Newfoundland and Labrador;   Northwest Territories;   Nova Scotia;   Nunavut;   Ontario;   Prince Edward Island;   Quebec;   Saskatchewan;   Yukon;

Important Dates
Deadline: 11/01/22 3:00 PM EDT Save

Grant Description
Grants to Canada nonprofit organizations, municipalities, territorial governments, businesses, and Indigenous organizations to improve accessibility in workplaces and community facilities. Funding is intended for small construction projects that will increase safety and accessibility. Examples of projects are renovations, retrofit projects, construction, and improved communication technology.

This funding supports projects that improve accessibility and safety for persons with disabilities in:

  • A facility where persons with disabilities work or could work in the future (Workplace Accessibility Stream); or
  • A community space where programs or services are, or will be available for persons with disabilities (Community Accessibility Stream)

The Department will prioritize funding to projects that help improve accessibility and safety for persons with disabilities in:

  • Shelters, for those experiencing violence and/or gender-based violence
  • Workplaces where persons with disabilities work or could work in the future
  • Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) centers
  • Indigenous projects to improve accessibility in Indigenous organizations. Eligible organizations can only submit 1 application to this CFP for:
    • Small construction, renovation or retrofit of existing spaces to improve accessibility
    • Accessible Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Project activities can be under one of the 2 categories (or a combination of the 2).

  • Flat rate project activities – which are the most commonly requested EAF activities. These include:
    • Ramps
    • Accessible doors
    • Accessible washrooms
    • Elevators
    • Accessible lifts
    • Pool lifts
    • Multi-sensory rooms and stations
    • Accessible playgrounds
  • Non-flat rate project activities – all other types of accessibility activities. These could include, but are not limited to:
    • Accessible kitchens
    • Accessibility equipment
    • Raised accessible garden beds
    • Accessible pathways
    • Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) projects

For information regarding project eligibility, see URL for Full Text (RFP), below. 



Recipient

Eligibility
  • Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)

Additional Eligibility Criteria
Your organization must be 1 of the following:
- Not-for-profit organization
- For-profit organization with a maximum of 99 full-time equivalent employees
- Municipalities
- Indigenous ELCCs, including band councils, tribal councils and self-government entities
- Registered and/or licensed Early Learning and Child Care centers. ELCC centers situated in or on public school property will be required to demonstrate that the proposed project activity is exclusively for the use of the child care center/program
- Indigenous ELCCs, ESDC recognizes that not all Indigenous ELCC centres (including those on reserves, operating in Inuit communities, or operated by Self-Governing First Nations or Modern Treaty Holders) are issued a registration or licensing number. These organizations are still eligible to apply under this call. In question 34 of the application for funding form, please include a statement if this is the case
- Territorial government

Your organization cannot be 1 of the following:
- Federal or provincial government
- Public school (primary and secondary), including an organization submitting proposals for projects that would take place on publicly funded school property. Exception applies to registered and/or licensed ELCC centres where the proposed project activity is exclusively for the use of the child care centre/program
- Public health care facilities or public hospitals (health care is an area of provincial or territorial jurisdiction, accordingly public health care facilities and hospitals have access to funding to support accessibility), including projects that take place on public health care and public hospital property
- Home-based child care centres
- Crown corporation and entities that are controlled by a federal, provincial or territorial government
- Organizations who have received funding through the 2021 EAF Mid-size projects funding process

Your project cannot be one of the following:
- Retrofit of motor vehicles (for example, cars, vans, buses) for community or individual use
- Construction, renovation or retrofit activities that aim to decorate or improve esthetics of a building or its surroundings
- Construction, renovation, retrofit or any activities for personal use
- Project activities in a private home or dwelling
- Contingency costs
- Routine repairs and maintenance costs, or general costs (overhead, administrative, operating costs and amenities, and etc.) - Employee salaries and benefits

Examples of ineligible costs (not limited to):
- Costs incurred before the signing of the agreement
- Costs for the purchase of furniture or equipment that does not include features to increase accessibility for persons with disabilities. For example: lockers, refrigerators, Interac terminals, defibrillators
- Costs linked to constructing, renovating, or retrofitting: Government of Canada properties, publicly funded hospitals, publicly funded schools, private homes or dwellings
- Costs linked to purchasing, retrofitting and modifying motor vehicles (for example cars, vans, buses)
- Training costs associated with the project
- Routine repairs and maintenance costs, or general costs (overhead, administrative and operating costs, etc.)
- Costs related with the research and the development of a technology
- Costs related with the commercialization, the marketing and the promotion of a product or a service
- Employee salaries and benefits
- Landscaping for esthetic purposes

Pre-Proposal Conference
ESDC will hold virtual information sessions to provide an overview of this application process for organizations interested in applying for funding.

The sessions will also be fully accessible and include American Sign Language (ASL), Langue des signes québécoise (LSQ) and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART).

The date for the sessions are as follows:
- September 19, 2022 at 10:00 AM (EDT) – French for shelter organizations
- September 19, 2022 at 1:00 PM (EDT) – English for shelter organizations
- September 20, 2022 at 1:00 PM (EDT) – English – all organizations
- September 21, 2022 at 1:00 PM (EDT) – French – all organizations
- September 28, 2022 at 10:00 AM (EDT) – French for Indigenous organizations
- September 28, 2022 at 1:00 PM (EDT) – English for Indigenous organizations
- October 5, 2022 at 1:00 PM (EDT) – English – all organizations
- October 6, 2022 at 1:00 PM (EDT) – French – all organizations
- October 19, 2022 at 1:00 PM (EDT) – English – all organizations
- October 20, 2022 at 1:00 PM (EDT) – French – all organizations

If you are interested, send an email and specify your preferred language (English or French) and if you need accommodations. You will be provided with the dates of the information sessions and the instructions on how to attend.

Pre-Application Information
You can apply between September 7, 2022 and November 1, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). If you need help or accommodations, please send an email before November 1, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. EDT.

Questions sent before November 1, 2022 at 3:00 PM EDT will be answered.

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) will communicate decisions to applicants within 16 weeks from the closing of the application period.

Eligible organizations can only submit 1 application to this CFP.

ESDC will screen applications, using a first-come, first-served approach. ESDC will prioritize projects that help improve accessibility and safety for persons with disabilities in:
- Shelters, for those experiencing violence and gender-based violence
- Workplace projects that increase accessibility to places where persons with disabilities work or could work in the future
- Early learning and child Care (ELCC) centres
- Indigenous Organizations

Applicant Guide:
https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/enabling-accessibility-fund-small-projects/applicant-guide.html

Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) centers: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/enabling-accessibility-fund-small-projects.html#h2.09-h3.08

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT): https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/enabling-accessibility-fund-small-projects.html#h2.09-h3.12

Enabling Accessibility Fund flat rate information: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/enabling-accessibility-fund/flat-rate.html

Grant application for Funding - Small projects component under the Enabling Accessibility Fund (EMP5670): https://catalogue.servicecanada.gc.ca/content/EForms/en/Detail.html?Form=EMP5670

Additional Funding Information

Estimated Total Program Funding:

$57,950,000

Number of Grants
A minimum of 580 accessibility projects and a minimum of 65 Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) projects.

Estimated Size of Grant
Of the total amount of your project, ESDC may fund up to 80% of eligible project costs, up to a maximum of $100,000.

Term of Contract
Projects cannot exceed 24 months.

Contact Information
Send your complete application package and register for an information session at NC-HIP-PIP-EAF_ODI-GD@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca

Enabling Accessibility Funds (EAF) calculator: https://srv217.services.gc.ca/ihst4/Intro.aspx?cid=9be277f6-e997-4878-b1fa-eed9dd773a5f&lc=eng

Questions and requests for information may also be sent to the email above.

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