Halton Region Community Investment Fund (HRCIF) - Category Two Funding

The HRCIF supports a holistic response to human service needs and is part of Halton’s approach to Community Safety and Well-Being (CSWB) planning. To be considered for funding, programs and initiatives must:

• Meet all eligibility criteria outlined in the funding guidelines.
• Achieve a defined impact, including measurable objectives and a clear evaluation plan. The community’s need for the program or initiative should be supported by program, population, or community data. 
• Demonstrate an impact on one (or more) of the following three Community Safety and Well-Being  (CSWB) objectives: 
• Health: A community where everyone is supported to reach both physical and mental well-being. 
• Safety: A community where everyone can go about their daily activities without risk or fear of harm. 
• Well-Being: A community where everyone is connected and engaged with a vibrant, healthy environment and strong social supports.
• Fit within the CSWB planning framework. The framework highlights four key areas that work together to make communities safer and healthier. 
• Social development: Improve the social determinants of health (the things that make people healthy) and reduce the probability of harm and victimization.
• Prevention: Reduce risks to community safety and well-being before they result in crime, victimization and/or harm.
• Risk intervention: Prevent an incident from occurring and reduce the need for incident response.
• Emergency response: Respond immediately to a situation that involves a sense of urgency. 

For more information about the CSWB objectives, see the CSWB web page (https://www.halton.ca/The-Region/Projects-and-Initiatives/Community-Safety-and-Well-Being-in-Halton) and the CSWB 2020 Population Level Indicator Report listed in Supporting Documents below.

To be considered for funding, the program or  for which funds are requested must:

• Have a clear human service objective (such as social services or community health);
  
• Be delivered in an equitable and inclusive way to support diverse, equity-deserving, or marginalized populations in Halton;
• Impact the health, safety, or well-being of people who are vulnerable to negative health or social outcomes, including those at risk of becoming vulnerable; and
• Provide services to residents of Halton. Applicants that are not located in Halton will be considered only if the request is entirely focused on providing services to Halton residents. 

For further information on program eligibility, see https://www.halton.ca/getmedia/08ae9001-d6f9-4dc0-84c3-bbf333e54f17/HRCIF-guidelines-for-2024-funding-category-two.aspx#page=6.

The HRCIF has two categories of funding. These guidelines are for Category Two. Category Two awards funding for up to three years of funding per grant, with no set maximum on the amount of funding that can be requested. The applicant must be an incorporated non-profit and a registered charity.