Family & Community Support Services funding allocations
Family & Community Support Services (FCSS) is a joint municipal-provincial funding program designed to establish, administer and operate preventive social services. The goal is to allocate funding to community partners who address a wide range of issues such as, improving parenting skills, reinforcing positive child and youth development, increasing adult personal capital, strengthening positive social ties for vulnerable Calgarians and creating stronger neighbourhoods.
Funding process: For information on current open funding calls visit call for funding proposals.
The projects listed have been approved for funding through FCSS.
2028 Family & Community Support Services - funding allocations
| Organization | Program name and description | Funding amount |
|---|---|---|
| Organization : Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Honouring the Bonds: To support long-term healing and parenting among Indigenous children and their caregivers who experience social and cultural challenges from inter-generational trauma. |
Funding amount :
$112,610 |
| Organization : Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Alex Community Food Centre: To improve the health, social wellbeing and community participation of low-income, vulnerable Calgarians through civic engagement, food access, skill development and wellness programming. |
Funding amount :
$204,128 |
| Organization : Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Youth Case Management: To provide preventative, integrated, inclusive and diverse approaches to social support for vulnerable youth, which promote opportunities for skill building, competence, social/cultural connection and provide hope for a better quality of life. |
Funding amount :
$288,861 |
| Organization : Arusha Centre Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary Dollars: To increase participants' social and economic capital, and financial and digital literacy to develop independence, strengthen coping skills and resistance to socio-economic crises. |
Funding amount :
$46,347 |
| Organization : Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Youth Mentorship Program: To promote positive development for Indigenous youth through cultural mentorship with Elders and Traditional Knowledge holders. |
Funding amount :
$185,068 |
| Organization : Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
Community Mentoring: To improve executive function, develop social-emotional skills and build resilience in vulnerable youth through a relationship with a caring adult mentor. |
Funding amount :
$208,250 |
| Organization : Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
In-School Mentoring: To establish a relationship between youth and a caring mentor to expand their network of natural supports, improve their social-emotional skills, executive function and resilience. |
Funding amount :
$202,362 |
| Organization : Bow Cliff Seniors |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$103,848 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Bridge Club: To cultivate a community of caring and belonging, promote positive social-emotional development and facilitate opportunities to gain and practice life skills for newcomers, refugee and low–income elementary students, Grades 1-6. |
Funding amount :
$340,101 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
NxtGen After School Program: To cultivate a culture of equity and inclusion, promote positive self-identity, community involvement and to develop leadership skills that help newcomer and low-income youth, Grades 7-12, to reach their goals. |
Funding amount :
$458,451 |
| Organization : Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Regional Outreach Project: To develop stronger, inclusive communities by working with grassroots, ethno-cultural communities and service providers within and beyond the east side of Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$180,364 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Chinese Community Helpers Program: To increase peer support and positive social ties and increase social inclusion among Chinese older adults. |
Funding amount :
$147,368 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Support Program: To promote social connection and reduce isolation among seniors by providing accessible programs and services. |
Funding amount :
$121,936 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$416,809 |
| Organization : Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Family Violence Program: To help individuals, couples and families experiencing abuse in intimate relationships to understand and change aggressive and abusive behavior and live violence-free lives. |
Funding amount :
$301,126 |
| Organization : Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Responsible Choices for Children and Families: To develop skills for parents to support children in managing emotions, navigating social relationships and exercising self-regulation skills. |
Funding amount :
$79,791 |
| Organization : Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Family Reunification and Resiliency Program (Fam Jam!): To enhance family cohesion, social inclusion and positive relationships among separated or recently reunited families by fostering improved family functioning, community engagement, sense of belonging and social participation. |
Funding amount :
$118,625 |
| Organization : Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Immigrant Girls Leading Our Way (iGLOW): To support the social inclusion and positive development of immigrant girls (9 -19 years) through social-emotional learning, mentorship and leadership opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$155,719 |
| Organization : Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To support the social inclusion and participation of immigrant women, girls and seniors through meaningful volunteer opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$123,999 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Ksisskstaki Ikamotaan: To help Indigenous youth build a strong sense of identity, be connected to and contribute to their community and adopt a meaningful lifestyle that prevents involvement in crime. |
Funding amount :
$98,166 |
| Organization : Calgary Legal Guidance Society |
Program name and description :
Social Benefits Advocacy Program: To enhance positive social and economic outcomes for clients whose social benefits have been denied or suspended, by supporting eligible clients to access the benefits they are legally entitled to. |
Funding amount :
$330,663 |
| Organization : Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
SeniorConnect Program: To identify seniors who are at risk and address or prevent issues related to their social isolation through community activation. |
Funding amount :
$452,564 |
| Organization : Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion Supports for Seniors: To facilitate socially cohesive communities through the engagement and mobilization of volunteers to increase positive social ties and increase social capital. |
Funding amount :
$300,697 |
| Organization : Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older persons. |
Funding amount :
$315,273 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Men's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
YMCA Calgary Bunch Stars (Ihkanakaatsiks): To support Indigenous youth through legacy education and positive cultural identity on a healing journey to undo the effects of intergenerational trauma and support the transition into adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$190,000 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Adult Counselling: To increase family cohesion by embedding skillful behaviour into family systems, reducing instances of family violence and other adverse events. |
Funding amount :
$586,927 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Community Outreach: To increase personal capacity and positive choices by providing information and support focused on resources to meet instrumental needs. |
Funding amount :
$198,646 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Mindful Kids: To increase social inclusion by improving family functioning through the introduction of skillful behaviour to children and younger adolescents. |
Funding amount :
$250,162 |
| Organization : Calgary Youth Justice Society |
Program name and description :
In the Lead: To provide effective early intervention to support vulnerable youth in achieving key developmental outcomes and overcome adversity, increase overall wellbeing and successfully transition to adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$299,216 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
CanLearn Friends and Teen Talk: To support the successful transition into adolescence and adulthood by enhancing social and emotional skills, increasing sense of belonging and fostering social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$207,735 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Families Learning Together: To improve healthy child development outcomes by improving parenting practices and a positive home learning environment in low-income, socially isolated families. |
Funding amount :
$101,012 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Taking Charge: To encourage adults with low education levels to develop literacy, life skills and personal capacities to create a foundation for high school equivalency and/or the pursuit of employment and community participation. |
Funding amount :
$87,694 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Financial Wellness: To offer financial literacy training through our Financial Wellness program team, allowing participants to gain knowledge and practical skills relevant to their circumstances and needs. |
Funding amount :
$68,172 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Elder Friendly Communities: To increase social connections and create sustainable elder-friendly communities where vulnerable older adults are valued, have purpose and contribute to their communities. |
Funding amount :
$397,829 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Families in Community: To strengthen families and enhance childhood development using a protective-factors and a place-based approach. |
Funding amount :
$242,167 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling: To increase family cohesion and healthy development and to mitigate the effects of toxic stress by improving attachment, coping skills and connection to natural supports. |
Funding amount :
$1,079,822 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Older Adult Counselling: To improve the overall quality of life for older adults through counselling supports aimed at strengthening coping skills, improving connections to natural supports and facilitating social connections. |
Funding amount :
$230,431 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
The Way In Network - Older Adult Outreach (NW Central and Network Backbone): To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$1,208,987 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Village Commons - A Community Hub for Connection: To provide a welcoming and inclusive space where residents are actively involved in service design and delivery which in turn increases social inclusion, belonging and connection. |
Funding amount :
$162,247 |
| Organization : Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
Advancing Healthy Relationships: To ensure that all Calgarians, human service organizations and relevant systems have the supports and resources needed for individuals to achieve sexual wellbeing across their lifespan. |
Funding amount :
$402,996 |
| Organization : Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
WiseGuyz - Healthy Relationships and Life Skills Program: To change young men's endorsement of and adherence to masculine gender norms that harm health and wellbeing, interpersonal relationships, communities and society. |
Funding amount :
$245,000 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Nurturing Newborns: To provide parents with infants younger than six months with respite care in their homes in times of vulnerability to maintain and strengthen the family unit. |
Funding amount :
$210,752 |
| Organization : Closer to Home Community Services Society |
Program name and description :
Stronger Communities: To equip parents, especially newcomer families, with knowledge and skills that help them find needed resources, build supportive relationships and connections and improve their parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$281,064 |
| Organization : Connections for Families Society |
Program name and description :
Financial Coaching Program: To support family members with cognitive challenges to improve financial wellbeing and economic stability, feel confident in their ability to care for their children and gain financial independence. |
Funding amount :
$217,480 |
| Organization : CUPS Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
CUPS Family and Child Development Centre: To co-create positive outcomes with low-income families experiencing multiple risk factors by building protective factors and strengthening family functioning using a two-generational approach. |
Funding amount :
$659,259 |
| Organization : Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Child & Youth Program: To strengthen family relationships, coping skills and parenting practices for families who have experienced domestic violence by mitigating adverse effects and preventing future domestic violence. |
Funding amount :
$416,429 |
| Organization : Distress Centre Calgary |
Program name and description :
211: To facilitate seamless connections between Calgarians and community, health, government and social services through information and referral services, analysis and sharing of data and leadership in community initiatives. |
Funding amount :
$629,834 |
| Organization : Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
Community Bridge Program: To reduce social isolation, promote social connection and prevent distress. To create an inclusive and supportive society by ensuring social mobility is accessible to all Calgarians. |
Funding amount :
$115,360 |
| Organization : Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
Empower Youth - Afterschool Program: To empower children and youth of immigrant or diverse backgrounds by supporting programs that build self-confidence, self-esteem, social bonding and resiliency. |
Funding amount :
$147,262 |
| Organization : EthioCare |
Program name and description :
EthioCare Community Development: To engage Ethiopian, Eritrean and East African communities to determine needs, issues and priorities and to increase community participation, leadership and volunteer opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$157,037 |
| Organization : Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Fathering for the Future: To provide support services and educational resources designed specifically for fathers in vulnerable families that will help them be positive, supportive, informed and engaged parents. |
Funding amount :
$324,341 |
| Organization : Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Perinatal Mental Health Program: To provide support for families in Calgary struggling with postpartum depression and other perinatal mental health issues with the resources they need to heal and achieve wellness. |
Funding amount :
$277,970 |
| Organization : Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Successful Young Parents: To ensure at-risk families led by young parents receive the support they need to be successful, healthy and thrive. |
Funding amount :
$72,333 |
| Organization : FearIsNotLove Society |
Program name and description :
Community Services Counselling Program: To reduce risk for adult victims of family violence and their children through intensive support, community resources, safety planning, parenting groups, advocacy and systems navigation. |
Funding amount :
$441,816 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Calgary Community Family Literacy Programs: To provide barrier-free literacy programs for families with low literacy or English skills, cultural differences, unemployment or family violence to break cycles of low-literacy and poverty. |
Funding amount :
$164,298 |
| Organization : Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections: To increase positive social ties, develop networks of support, strengthen sense of belonging and create engagement opportunities for community members who are vulnerable and at risk of social isolation. |
Funding amount :
$156,062 |
| Organization : Hospice Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
The Children's Grief Centre: To increase capacity and build resiliency, promote emotional wellbeing, foster positive social ties and reduce risky lifestyle behaviors through early interventions for children, teens and families who grieve. |
Funding amount :
$294,895 |
| Organization : Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Braiding the Sweetgrass: To build a foundation for Indigenous families that is healthy and free from the trauma cycle. |
Funding amount :
$349,161 |
| Organization : Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Mentors Matter: To build healthy connections between members of the community, youth and their families through professionally facilitated mentoring relationships. |
Funding amount :
$124,842 |
| Organization : Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Patch: To deliver integrated, wrap-around services within Housing Company complexes for individuals and families to increase financial stability, employment and education opportunities and foster social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$518,114 |
| Organization : Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Community Initiatives for Immigrant Seniors Program: To enhance social inclusion by improving the personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties, support networks and civic engagement of immigrant seniors. |
Funding amount :
$273,830 |
| Organization : Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To increase social inclusion and enhance personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties and support networks of newcomers through volunteerism. |
Funding amount :
$103,332 |
| Organization : Jewish Family Service (Calgary) |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$273,708 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Active Aging: To reduce social isolation among seniors by providing a safe, positive, inclusive and affordable environment to socialize, engage in learning and recreational activities, interact with others and remain connected. |
Funding amount :
$214,405 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Senior Supports: To reduce social isolation among seniors that are low-income and support access to social, financial and medical benefits to enhance their sense of belonging and community. |
Funding amount :
$188,000 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To provide a positive, safe, flexible and inclusive environment for seniors and others to socialize, volunteer and contribute to their community. |
Funding amount :
$119,280 |
| Organization : Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Student Transition Supports: To connect students to educational, employment and basic needs supports and build personal capacity and resiliency to ensure they have skills and resources for their transition to adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$269,634 |
| Organization : McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Youth Alternative Program: To support young people in developing life skills that will help protect against risk factors and promote safe, positive life choices. |
Funding amount :
$245,445 |
| Organization : Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Little Dancing Buffalo Cultural Teaching Program: To increase social ties among Aboriginal children (9 - 12 years) through culturally safe and promising healing practices offered in a traditional cultural education program. |
Funding amount :
$81,144 |
| Organization : Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Little Thunderbird - Calgary After School: To increase social inclusion among vulnerable Aboriginal children through culturally based activities such as sports, art, music and traditional teachings from Aboriginal adults and Elders. |
Funding amount :
$87,190 |
| Organization : Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Native Network Positive Parenting Program: To address the impact of residential schools on parenting through child and parent development learning, strengthening family functioning, increasing cultural belonging and support. |
Funding amount :
$398,862 |
| Organization : Millican Ogden Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections: To support and equip parents by providing them with learning opportunities and the supportive relationships that are needed to improve their parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$95,195 |
| Organization : Miskanawah Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Nitsanak Mamawintowak ("families coming together" in Cree): To offer culturally grounded supports to disrupt intergenerational cycles of trauma, reduce interactions with harmful systems and build resiliency, strength and wellness. |
Funding amount :
$392,496 |
| Organization : Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Asset Building: To support low-income households in building a sustainable livelihood by setting financial and life goals, learning to manage money, increasing assets and building saving behaviours. |
Funding amount :
$512,425 |
| Organization : Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Public Policy: To advance systems change through research and advocacy in poverty reduction and community economic development. |
Funding amount :
$266,066 |
| Organization : Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Thriving Communities: To build the capacity of community leaders to develop businesses that have a positive impact and leverage existing local businesses to become agents for social impact in priority neighbourhoods. |
Funding amount :
$154,998 |
| Organization : MPC Foundation |
Program name and description :
Seniors Connect Club: To address social isolation for seniors with vulnerabilities that face barriers to participation in society. |
Funding amount :
$70,886 |
| Organization : Ogden House Senior Citizens' Club |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To increase the engagement of people 50+ living in the Ogden, Lynnwood, Millican and Riverbend communities. |
Funding amount :
$192,284 |
| Organization : Parkdale Nifty Fifties Seniors Association |
Program name and description :
Older Adult Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among older Calgarians by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$126,065 |
| Organization : Radiance Family Society |
Program name and description :
Radiance Children's Centre: To nurture securely attached parent-child relationships, support healthy child development, strengthen family functioning and increase protective factors to mitigate the effects of domestic violence, toxic stress and trauma. |
Funding amount :
$142,193 |
| Organization : Renfrew Educational Services Society |
Program name and description :
Renfrew Family Support Program: To provide individualized support for families to meet the needs of their child(ren) and fully participate in their social and community networks. |
Funding amount :
$271,596 |
| Organization : SafeLink Alberta Society |
Program name and description :
Strong Voices Prevention Program: To ensure Indigenous people at risk of HIV/HCV/STI's have access to holistic and culturally relevant services to support wellbeing, resiliency and reduced infectious disease vulnerability. |
Funding amount :
$100,742 |
| Organization : Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Peer Support Program: To empower those impacted by domestic abuse to lead safe, healthy lives, increasing their social participation and inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$122,676 |
| Organization : Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Cultural Initiative for Healing: To increase cultural inclusion among marginalized Indigenous populations, particularly men, through cultural education and traditional healing such as smudging, sweat lodges and pipe ceremonies. |
Funding amount :
$109,370 |
| Organization : Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling Program: To support family healing from addiction and foster improved family functioning and parenting skills through education, peer support, family involvement and reconnection to cultural identity. |
Funding amount :
$85,457 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Heart Home Network's Child Development Program: To provide counselling, parenting support, group programming and intentional, age-appropriate child development services for families fleeing from domestic violence. |
Funding amount :
$159,030 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Community Clubs: To provide affordable, accessible, quality programs for children, youth and families through learning and discovery, health and wellbeing, social and emotional literacy, leadership development and connection. |
Funding amount :
$603,221 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Hera: To provide therapeutic, client-directed support to help equip youth removed from exploitive situations with the skills, education and resources necessary to move forward positively and create healthy sustainable futures. |
Funding amount :
$124,826 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Homestay: To support vulnerable families to increase their economic self-sufficiency and housing stability. |
Funding amount :
$288,041 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Youth Programming: To foster skills and enhance natural supports to reach their health and wellbeing, education and employment goals, with increased sense of belonging, self-confidence, social skills and decreased isolation. |
Funding amount :
$282,371 |
| Organization : Two Wheel View - Calgary Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Calgary After School - Earn-a-Bike: To utilize the bike as a tool for youth to build resiliency and social-emotional learning competencies such as emotion management, empathy and teamwork. |
Funding amount :
$271,792 |
| Organization : Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth |
Program name and description :
Indigenous Inclusion Program: To support urban Indigenous youth on their healing journey to strengthen their overall positive Indigenous identity and increase their inclusion in society. |
Funding amount :
$104,207 |
| Organization : Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Calgary After School, Girl Power, Girl Force, Girls Lead YYC: To build girls' social-emotional, critical thinking and leadership skills to address root causes of issues that affect their lives, leading to enhanced wellbeing and social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$143,316 |
| Organization : Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Capacity-Building Among Peers: To build social capital among women that will support vulnerable women in particular to participate more fully in the social, economic and political life of their communities. |
Funding amount :
$618,945 |
| Organization : Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Work for Change - an Intersectional Feminist Policy Agenda: To develop and advocate and intersectional feminist policy agenda, which improves the status of women, girls and those with shared experiences of misogyny in Calgary and Alberta. |
Funding amount :
$172,007 |
| Organization : Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Inglewood Opportunity Hub: To provide a comprehensive continuum of services and help youth improve their wellbeing, support social inclusion, increase employability, exit precarious living situations and enhance self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$234,297 |
| Organization : Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Youth Culinary Arts Program: To increase employability skills, sustainable employment, independence, coping skills, resiliency, social inclusion opportunities for multi-barriered youth in our community. |
Funding amount :
$168,880 |
| Organization : Youth Central Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion, Youth Empowerment and Leadership Development: To empower youth, including vulnerable or marginalized, to participate in volunteer and leadership activities, gaining life skills, increasing confidence and empathy. |
Funding amount :
$151,985 |
2027 Family & Community Support Services - funding allocations
| Organization | Program name and description | Funding amount |
|---|---|---|
| Organization : Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Honouring the Bonds: To support long-term healing and parenting among Indigenous children and their caregivers who experience social and cultural challenges from inter-generational trauma. |
Funding amount :
$112,610 |
| Organization : Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Alex Community Food Centre: To improve the health, social wellbeing and community participation of low-income, vulnerable Calgarians through civic engagement, food access, skill development and wellness programming. |
Funding amount :
$204,128 |
| Organization : Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Youth Case Management: To provide preventative, integrated, inclusive and diverse approaches to social support for vulnerable youth, and which promote opportunities for skill building, competence, social/cultural connection and provide hope for a better quality of life. |
Funding amount :
$288,861 |
| Organization : Arusha Centre Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary Dollars: To increase participants' social and economic capital, and financial and digital literacy to develop independence, strengthen coping skills and resistance to socio-economic crises. |
Funding amount :
$46,347 |
| Organization : Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Youth Mentorship Program: To promote positive development for Indigenous youth through cultural mentorship with Elders and Traditional Knowledge holders. |
Funding amount :
$185,068 |
| Organization : Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
Community Mentoring: To improve executive function, develop social-emotional skills and build resilience in vulnerable youth through a relationship with a caring adult mentor. |
Funding amount :
$208,250 |
| Organization : Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
In-School Mentoring: To establish a relationship between youth and a caring mentor to expand their network of natural supports, improve their social-emotional skills, executive function and resilience. |
Funding amount :
$202,362 |
| Organization : Bow Cliff Seniors |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$103,848 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Bridge Club: To cultivate a community of caring and belonging, promote positive social-emotional development and facilitate opportunities to gain and practice life skills for newcomers, refugee and low–income elementary students, Grades 1-6. |
Funding amount :
$340,101 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
NxtGen After School Program: To cultivate a culture of equity and inclusion, promote positive self-identity, community involvement and to develop leadership skills that helps newcomers and low-income youth, Grades 7-12, to reach their goals. |
Funding amount :
$458,451 |
| Organization : Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Regional Outreach Project: To develop stronger, inclusive communities by working with grassroots, ethno-cultural communities and service providers within and beyond the east side of Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$180,364 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Chinese Community Helpers Program: To increase peer support and positive social ties and increase social inclusion among Chinese older adults. |
Funding amount :
$147,368 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Support Program: To promote social connection and reduce isolation among seniors by providing accessible programs and services. |
Funding amount :
$121,936 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$416,809 |
| Organization : Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Family Violence Program: To help individuals, couples and families experiencing abuse in intimate relationships to understand and change aggressive and abusive behavior and live violence-free lives. |
Funding amount :
$301,126 |
| Organization : Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Responsible Choices for Children and Families: To develop skills for parents to support children in managing emotions, navigating social relationships and exercising self-regulation skills. |
Funding amount :
$79,791 |
| Organization : Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Family Reunification and Resiliency Program (Fam Jam!): To enhance family cohesion, social inclusion and positive relationships among separated or recently reunited families by fostering improved family functioning, community engagement, sense of belonging and social participation. |
Funding amount :
$118,625 |
| Organization : Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Immigrant Girls Leading Our Way (iGLOW): To support the social inclusion and positive development of immigrant girls (9 -19 years) through social-emotional learning, mentorship and leadership opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$155,719 |
| Organization : Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To support the social inclusion and participation of immigrant women, girls and seniors through meaningful volunteer opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$123,999 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Ksisskstaki Ikamotaan: To help Indigenous youth build a strong sense of identity, be connected to and contribute to their community and adopt a meaningful lifestyle that prevents involvement in crime. |
Funding amount :
$98,166 |
| Organization : Calgary Legal Guidance Society |
Program name and description :
Social Benefits Advocacy Program: To enhance positive social and economic outcomes for clients whose social benefits have been denied or suspended, by supporting eligible clients to access the benefits they are legally entitled to. |
Funding amount :
$330,663 |
| Organization : Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
SeniorConnect Program: To identify seniors who are at risk and address or prevent issues related to their social isolation through community activation. |
Funding amount :
$452,564 |
| Organization : Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion Supports for Seniors: To facilitate socially cohesive communities through the engagement and mobilization of volunteers to increase positive social ties and increase social capital. |
Funding amount :
$300,697 |
| Organization : Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older persons. |
Funding amount :
$315,273 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Men's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
YMCA Calgary Bunch Stars (Ihkanakaatsiks): To support Indigenous youth through legacy education and positive cultural identity on a healing journey to undo the effects of intergenerational trauma and support the transition into adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$190,000 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Adult Counselling: To increase family cohesion by embedding skillful behaviour into family systems, reducing instances of family violence and other adverse events. |
Funding amount :
$586,927 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Community Outreach: To increase personal capacity and positive choices by providing information and support focused on resources to meet instrumental needs. |
Funding amount :
$198,646 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Mindful Kids: To increase social inclusion by improving family functioning through the introduction of skillful behaviour to children and younger adolescents. |
Funding amount :
$250,162 |
| Organization : Calgary Youth Justice Society |
Program name and description :
In the Lead: To provide effective early intervention to support vulnerable youth in achieving key developmental outcomes and overcome adversity, increase overall wellbeing and successfully transition to adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$299,216 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
CanLearn Friends and Teen Talk: To support the successful transition into adolescence and adulthood by enhancing social and emotional skills, increasing sense of belonging and fostering social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$207,735 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Families Learning Together: To improve healthy child development outcomes by improving parenting practices and a positive home learning environment in low-income, socially isolated families. |
Funding amount :
$101,012 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Taking Charge: To encourage adults with low education levels to develop literacy, life skills and personal capacities to create a foundation for high school equivalency and/or the pursuit of employment and community participation. |
Funding amount :
$87,694 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Financial Wellness: To offer financial literacy training through our Financial Wellness program team, allowing participants to gain knowledge and practical skills relevant to their circumstances and needs. |
Funding amount :
$68,172 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Elder Friendly Communities: To increase social connections and create sustainable elder-friendly communities where vulnerable older adults are valued, have purpose and contribute to their communities. |
Funding amount :
$397,829 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Families in Community: To strengthen families and enhance childhood development using a protective-factors and a place-based approach. |
Funding amount :
$242,167 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling: To increase family cohesion and healthy development and to mitigate the effects of toxic stress by improving attachment, coping skills and connection to natural supports. |
Funding amount :
$1,079,822 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Older Adult Counselling: To improve the overall quality of life for older adults through counselling supports aimed at strengthening coping skills, improving connections to natural supports and facilitating social connections. |
Funding amount :
$230,431 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
The Way In Network - Older Adult Outreach (NW Central and Network Backbone): To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$1,208,987 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Village Commons - A Community Hub for Connection: To provide a welcoming and inclusive space where residents are actively involved in service design and delivery which in turn increases social inclusion, belonging and connection. |
Funding amount :
$162,247 |
| Organization : Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
Advancing Healthy Relationships: To ensure that all Calgarians, human service organizations and relevant systems have the supports and resources needed for individuals to achieve sexual wellbeing across their lifespan. |
Funding amount :
$402,996 |
| Organization : Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
WiseGuyz - Healthy Relationships and Life Skills Program: To change young men's endorsement of and adherence to masculine gender norms that harm health and wellbeing, interpersonal relationships, communities and society. |
Funding amount :
$245,000 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Nurturing Newborns: To provide parents with infants younger than six months with respite care in their homes in times of vulnerability to maintain and strengthen the family unit. |
Funding amount :
$210,752 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Stronger Communities: To equip parents, especially newcomer families, with knowledge and skills that help them find needed resources, build supportive relationships and connections and improve their parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$281,064 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Financial Coaching Program: To support family members with cognitive challenges to improve financial wellbeing and economic stability, feel confident in their ability to care for their children and gain financial independence. |
Funding amount :
$217,480 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
CUPS Family and Child Development Centre: To co-create positive outcomes with low-income families experiencing multiple risk factors by building protective factors and strengthening family functioning using a two-generational approach. |
Funding amount :
$659,259 |
| Organization : Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Child & Youth Program: To strengthen family relationships, coping skills and parenting practices for families who have experienced domestic violence by mitigating adverse effects and preventing future domestic violence. |
Funding amount :
$416,429 |
| Organization : Distress Centre Calgary |
Program name and description :
211: To facilitate seamless connections between Calgarians and community, health, government and social services through information and referral services, analysis and sharing of data and leadership in community initiatives. |
Funding amount :
$629,834 |
| Organization : Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
Community Bridge Program: To reduce social isolation, promote social connection and prevent distress. To create an inclusive and supportive society by ensuring social mobility is accessible to all Calgarians. |
Funding amount :
$115,360 |
| Organization : Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
Empower Youth - Afterschool Program: To empower children and youth of immigrant or diverse backgrounds by supporting programs that build self-confidence, self-esteem, social bonding and resiliency. |
Funding amount :
$147,262 |
| Organization : EthioCare |
Program name and description :
EthioCare Community Development: To engage Ethiopian, Eritrean and East African communities to determine needs, issues and priorities, and to increase community participation, leadership and volunteer opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$157,037 |
| Organization : Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Fathering for the Future: To provide support services and educational resources designed specifically for fathers in vulnerable families that will help them be positive, supportive, informed and engaged parents. |
Funding amount :
$324,341 |
| Organization : Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Perinatal Mental Health Program: To provide support for families in Calgary struggling with postpartum depression and other perinatal mental health issues with the resources they need to heal and achieve wellness. |
Funding amount :
$277,970 |
| Organization : Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Successful Young Parents: To ensure at-risk families led by young parents receive the support they need to be successful, healthy and thrive. |
Funding amount :
$72,333 |
| Organization : FearIsNotLove Society |
Program name and description :
Community Services Counselling Program: To reduce risk for adult victims of family violence and their children through intensive support, community resources, safety planning, parenting groups, advocacy and systems navigation. |
Funding amount :
$441,816 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Calgary Community Family Literacy Programs: To provide barrier-free literacy programs for families with low literacy or English skills, cultural differences, unemployment or family violence to break cycles of low-literacy and poverty. |
Funding amount :
$164,298 |
| Organization : Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections: To increase positive social ties, develop networks of support, strengthen sense of belonging and create engagement opportunities for community members who are vulnerable and at risk of social isolation. |
Funding amount :
$156,062 |
| Organization : Hospice Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
The Children's Grief Centre: To increase capacity and build resiliency, promote emotional wellbeing, foster positive social ties and reduce risky lifestyle behaviors through early interventions for children, teens and families who grieve. |
Funding amount :
$294,895 |
| Organization : Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Braiding the Sweetgrass: To build a foundation for Indigenous families that is healthy and free from the trauma cycle. |
Funding amount :
$349,161 |
| Organization : Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Mentors Matter: To build healthy connections between members of the community, youth and their families through professionally facilitated mentoring relationships. |
Funding amount :
$124,842 |
| Organization : Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Patch: To deliver integrated, wrap-around services within Housing Company complexes for individuals and families to increase financial stability, employment and education opportunities and foster social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$518,114 |
| Organization : Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Community Initiatives for Immigrant Seniors Program: To enhance social inclusion by improving the personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties, support networks and civic engagement of immigrant seniors. |
Funding amount :
$273,830 |
| Organization : Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To increase social inclusion and enhance personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties and support networks of newcomers through volunteerism. |
Funding amount :
$103,332 |
| Organization : Jewish Family Service (Calgary) |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$273,708 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Active Aging: To reduce social isolation among seniors by providing a safe, positive, inclusive and affordable environment to socialize, engage in learning and recreational activities, interact with others and remain connected. |
Funding amount :
$214,405 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Senior Supports: To reduce social isolation among seniors that are low-income and support access to social, financial and medical benefits to enhance their sense of belonging and community. |
Funding amount :
$188,000 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To provide a positive, safe, flexible, and inclusive environment for seniors and others to socialize, volunteer and contribute to their community. |
Funding amount :
$119,280 |
| Organization : Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Student Transition Supports: To connect students to educational, employment and basic needs supports and build personal capacity and resiliency to ensure they have skills and resources for their transition to adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$269,634 |
| Organization : McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Youth Alternative Program: To support young people in developing life skills that will help protect against risk factors and promote safe, positive life choices. |
Funding amount :
$245,445 |
| Organization : Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Little Dancing Buffalo Cultural Teaching Program: To increase social ties among Aboriginal children (9 - 12 years) through culturally safe and promising healing practices offered in a traditional cultural education program. |
Funding amount :
$81,144 |
| Organization : Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Little Thunderbird - Calgary After School: To increase social inclusion among vulnerable Aboriginal children through culturally based activities such as sports, art, music and traditional teachings from Aboriginal adults and Elders. |
Funding amount :
$87,190 |
| Organization : Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Native Network Positive Parenting Program: To address the impact of residential schools on parenting through child and parent development learning, strengthening family functioning, increasing cultural belonging and support. |
Funding amount :
$398,862 |
| Organization : Millican Ogden Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections: To support and equip parents by providing them with learning opportunities and the supportive relationships that are needed to improve their parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$95,195 |
| Organization : Miskanawah Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Nitsanak Mamawintowak ("families coming together" in Cree): To offer culturally grounded supports to disrupt intergenerational cycles of trauma, reduce interactions with harmful systems and build resiliency, strength and wellness. |
Funding amount :
$392,496 |
| Organization : Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Asset Building: To support low-income households in building a sustainable livelihood by setting financial and life goals, learning to manage money, increasing assets and building saving behaviours. |
Funding amount :
$512,425 |
| Organization : Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Public Policy: To advance systems change through research and advocacy in poverty reduction and community economic development. |
Funding amount :
$266,066 |
| Organization : Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Thriving Communities: To build the capacity of community leaders to develop businesses that have a positive impact and leverage existing local businesses to become agents for social impact in priority neighbourhoods. |
Funding amount :
$154,998 |
| Organization : MPC Foundation |
Program name and description :
Seniors Connect Club: To address social isolation for seniors with vulnerabilities that face barriers to participation in society. |
Funding amount :
$70,886 |
| Organization : Ogden House Senior Citizens' Club |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To increase the engagement of people 50+ living in the Ogden, Lynnwood, Millican and Riverbend communities. |
Funding amount :
$192,284 |
| Organization : Parkdale Nifty Fifties Seniors Association |
Program name and description :
Older Adult Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among older Calgarians by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$126,065 |
| Organization : Radiance Family Society |
Program name and description :
Radiance Children's Centre: To nurture securely attached parent-child relationships, support healthy child development, strengthen family functioning and increase protective factors to mitigate the effects of domestic violence, toxic stress and trauma. |
Funding amount :
$142,193 |
| Organization : Renfrew Educational Services Society |
Program name and description :
Renfrew Family Support Program: To provide individualized support for families to meet the needs of their child(ren) and fully participate in their social and community networks. |
Funding amount :
$271,596 |
| Organization : SafeLink Alberta Society |
Program name and description :
Strong Voices Prevention Program: To ensure Indigenous people at risk of HIV/HCV/STI's have access to holistic and culturally relevant services to support wellbeing, resiliency and reduced infectious disease vulnerability. |
Funding amount :
$100,742 |
| Organization : Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Peer Support Program: To empower those impacted by domestic abuse to lead safe, healthy lives, increasing their social participation and inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$122,676 |
| Organization : Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Cultural Initiative for Healing: To increase cultural inclusion among marginalized Indigenous populations, particularly men, through cultural education and traditional healing such as smudging, sweat lodges and pipe ceremonies. |
Funding amount :
$109,370 |
| Organization : Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling Program: To support family healing from addiction and foster improved family functioning and parenting skills through education, peer support, family involvement and reconnection to cultural identity. |
Funding amount :
$85,457 |
| Organization : The Brenda Strafford Foundation Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Heart Home Network's Child Development Program: To provide counselling, parenting support, group programming and intentional, age-appropriate child development services for families fleeing from domestic violence. |
Funding amount :
$159,030 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Community Clubs: To provide affordable, accessible, quality programs for children, youth and families through learning and discovery, health and wellbeing, social and emotional literacy, leadership development and connection. |
Funding amount :
$603,221 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Hera: To provide therapeutic, client-directed support to help equip youth removed from exploitive situations with the skills, education and resources necessary to move forward positively and create healthy sustainable futures. |
Funding amount :
$124,826 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Homestay: To support vulnerable families to increase their economic self-sufficiency and housing stability. |
Funding amount :
$288,041 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Youth Programming: To foster skills and enhance natural supports to reach their health and wellbeing, education and employment goals, with increased sense of belonging, self-confidence, social skills and decreased isolation. |
Funding amount :
$282,371 |
| Organization : Two Wheel View - Calgary Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Calgary After School - Earn-a-Bike: To utilize the bike as a tool for youth to build resiliency and social-emotional learning competencies such as emotion management, empathy and teamwork. |
Funding amount :
$271,792 |
| Organization : Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth |
Program name and description :
Indigenous Inclusion Program: To support urban Indigenous youth on their healing journey to strengthen their overall positive Indigenous identity and increase their inclusion in society. |
Funding amount :
$104,207 |
| Organization : Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Calgary After School, Girl Power, Girl Force, Girls Lead YYC: To build girls' social-emotional, critical thinking and leadership skills to address root causes of issues that affect their lives, leading to enhanced wellbeing and social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$143,316 |
| Organization : Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Capacity-Building Among Peers: To build social capital among women that will support vulnerable women in particular to participate more fully in the social, economic and political life of their communities. |
Funding amount :
$618,945 |
| Organization : Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Work for Change - an Intersectional Feminist Policy Agenda: To develop and advocate and intersectional feminist policy agenda, which improves the status of women, girls and those with shared experiences of misogyny in Calgary and Alberta. |
Funding amount :
$172,007 |
| Organization : Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Inglewood Opportunity Hub: To provide a comprehensive continuum of services and help youth improve their wellbeing, support social inclusion, increase employability, exit precarious living situations and enhance self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$234,297 |
| Organization : Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Youth Culinary Arts Program: To increase employability skills, sustainable employment, independence, coping skills, resiliency, social inclusion opportunities for multi-barriered youth in our community. |
Funding amount :
$168,880 |
| Organization : Youth Central Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion, Youth Empowerment and Leadership Development: To increase employability skills, sustainable employment, independence, coping skills, resiliency, social inclusion opportunities for multi-barriered youth in our community. |
Funding amount :
$151,985 |
2026 Family & Community Support Services - funding allocations
| Organization | Program name and description | Funding amount |
|---|---|---|
| Organization : Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Honouring the Bonds: To support long-term healing and parenting among Indigenous children and their caregivers who experience social and cultural challenges from inter-generational trauma. |
Funding amount :
$112,610 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion and Economic Empowerment Project: To enhance sense of belonging and economic empowerment of RCs by strengthening social and professional connections, building capacities, improving access to economic opportunities and eliminating systemic barriers to economic and social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$392,154 |
| Organization : Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Alex Community Food Centre: To improve the health, social wellbeing and community participation of low-income, vulnerable Calgarians through civic engagement, food access, skill development and wellness programming. |
Funding amount :
$204,128 |
| Organization : Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Youth Case Management: To provide preventative, integrated, inclusive and diverse approaches to social support for vulnerable youth, and which promote opportunities for skill building, competence, social/cultural connection and provide hope for a better quality of life. |
Funding amount :
$288,861 |
| Organization : Alzheimer Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Learning and Support Services: To provide person-centered, evidence-informed support and education to help families build resilience and positive social ties to prevent crises and enhance wellbeing. |
Funding amount :
$180,831 |
| Organization : Arusha Centre Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary Dollars: To increase participants' social and economic capital, and financial and digital literacy to develop independence, strengthen coping skills and resistance to socio-economic crises. |
Funding amount :
$46,347 |
| Organization : Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured (ARBI) |
Program name and description :
From Surviving Alone to Thriving Together: To mitigate social isolation and bolster resilience and social inclusion by providing skillful, timely and continual access to psychosocial support to Calgarians affected by an acquired brain injury. |
Funding amount :
$132,721 |
| Organization : Autism Calgary Association |
Program name and description :
Family Support: To provide preventive and interventional programming to reduce chronically elevated levels of social isolation, stress, anxiety and depression experienced by parents of children with autism. |
Funding amount :
$162,232 |
| Organization : Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Youth Mentorship Program: To promote positive development for Indigenous youth through cultural mentorship with Elders and Traditional Knowledge holders. |
Funding amount :
$185,068 |
| Organization : Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
Community Mentoring: To improve executive function, develop social-emotional skills and build resilience in vulnerable youth through a relationship with a caring adult mentor. |
Funding amount :
$208,250 |
| Organization : Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
In-School Mentoring: To establish a relationship between youth and a caring mentor to expand their network of natural supports, improve their social-emotional skills, executive function and resilience. |
Funding amount :
$202,362 |
| Organization : Bow Cliff Seniors |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable, and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$103,848 |
| Organization : Bridge to Oasis (BTO) Foundation |
Program name and description :
CONNECT to Empower: Collaborative Network for Black Elders’ Care: To enhance the wellbeing and quality of life for Black seniors residing in Calgary. The program focuses on creating opportunities and providing support to encourage active engagement, foster meaningful connections and promote empowerment within their communities. |
Funding amount :
$226,070 |
| Organization : Bridges Social Development |
Program name and description :
Unveiling Youth Potential Calgary: To support BIPOC youth and young adults explore their own strengths, passions and reasons for creating change and have supports to lead these changes forward. |
Funding amount :
$70,000 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Bridge Club: To cultivate a community of caring and belonging, promote positive social-emotional development and facilitate opportunities to gain and practice life skills for newcomer, refugee and low–income elementary students, Grades 1-6. |
Funding amount :
$340,101 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
NxtGen After School Program: To cultivate a culture of equity and inclusion, promote positive self-identity, community involvement and to develop leadership skills that helps newcomer and low-income youth, Grades 7-12, to reach their goals. |
Funding amount :
$458,451 |
| Organization : Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Immigrant Seniors Integration Project: To provide culturally responsive, senior-led programing designed to increase immigrant seniors' overall wellbeing and sense of belonging. |
Funding amount :
$168,969 |
| Organization : Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Regional Outreach Project: To develop stronger, inclusive communities by working with grassroots, ethno-cultural communities and service providers within and beyond the east side of Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$180,364 |
| Organization : Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Resources & Engagement: To foster social inclusion and build social capital by developing volunteer programming and supports for new immigrants and refugees of all ages. |
Funding amount :
$79,209 |
| Organization : Calgary Cerebral Palsy Association |
Program name and description :
Family Support, Resource and Mental Health Program: To provide services focused on needs assessments, barrier and risk factor reduction and strengthening mental health supports for parents of children with a neuromotor disability. |
Funding amount :
$81,322 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Chinese Community Helpers Program: To increase peer support and positive social ties and increase social inclusion among Chinese older adults. |
Funding amount :
$147,368 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Support Program: To promote social connection and reduce isolation among seniors by providing accessible programs and services. |
Funding amount :
$121,936 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$416,809 |
| Organization : Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Family Violence Program: To help individuals, couples and families experiencing abuse in intimate relationships to understand and change aggressive and abusive behavior, and live violence-free lives. |
Funding amount :
$301,126 |
| Organization : Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Responsible Choices for Children and Families: To develop skills for parents to support children in managing emotions, navigating social relationships and exercising self-regulation skills. |
Funding amount :
$79,791 |
| Organization : Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Family Reunification and Resiliency Program (Fam Jam!): To enhance family cohesion, social inclusion and positive relationships among separated or recently reunited families by fostering improved family functioning, community engagement, sense of belonging and social participation. |
Funding amount :
$118,625 |
| Organization : Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Immigrant Girls Leading Our Way (iGLOW): To support the social inclusion and positive development of immigrant girls (9 -19 years) through social-emotional learning, mentorship and leadership opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$155,719 |
| Organization : Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To support the social inclusion and participation of immigrant women, girls and seniors through meaningful volunteer opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$123,999 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Ksisskstaki Ikamotaan: To help Indigenous youth build a strong sense of identity, be connected to and contribute to their community and adopt a meaningful lifestyle that prevents involvement in crime. |
Funding amount :
$98,166 |
| Organization : Calgary Legal Guidance Society |
Program name and description :
Social Benefits Advocacy Program: To enhance positive social and economic outcomes for clients whose social benefits have been denied or suspended, by supporting eligible clients to access the benefits they are legally entitled to. |
Funding amount :
$330,663 |
| Organization : Calgary Meals on Wheels |
Program name and description :
Home Meal Delivery Program: To deliver nutritious, reliable and accessible food to Calgarians through an engaged network of volunteers to enhance the social safety net and prevent social isolation. |
Funding amount :
$424,695 |
| Organization : Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
SeniorConnect Program: To identify seniors who are at risk and address or prevent issues related to their social isolation through community activation. |
Funding amount :
$452,564 |
| Organization : Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion Supports for Seniors: To identify seniors who are at risk and address or prevent issues related to their social isolation through community activation. |
Funding amount :
$300,697 |
| Organization : Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older persons. |
Funding amount :
$315,273 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Men's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
YMCA Calgary Bunch Stars (Ihkanakaatsiks): To support Indigenous youth through legacy education and positive cultural identity on a healing journey to undo the effects of intergenerational trauma and support the transition into adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$190,000 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Adult Counselling: To increase family cohesion by embedding skillful behaviour into family systems, reducing instances of family violence and other adverse events. |
Funding amount :
$586,927 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Community Outreach: To increase personal capacity and positive choices by providing information and support focused on resources to meet instrumental needs. |
Funding amount :
$198,646 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Early Talks: To foster positive interactions between parents and their young children, leading to positive social-emotional development and academic preparedness. |
Funding amount :
$222,164 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Mindful Kids: To increase social inclusion by improving family functioning through the introduction of skillful behaviour to children and younger adolescents. |
Funding amount :
$250,162 |
| Organization : Calgary Youth Justice Society |
Program name and description :
In the Lead: To provide effective early intervention to support vulnerable youth in achieving key developmental outcomes and overcome adversity, increase overall wellbeing and successfully transition to adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$299,216 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
CanLearn Friends and Teen Talk: To support the successful transition into adolescence and adulthood by enhancing social and emotional skills, increasing sense of belonging and fostering social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$207,735 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Families Learning Together: To improve healthy child development outcomes by improving parenting practices and a positive home learning environment in low-income, socially isolated families. |
Funding amount :
$101,012 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Taking Charge: To encourage adults with low education levels to develop literacy, life skills and personal capacities to create a foundation for high school equivalency and/or the pursuit of employment and community participation. |
Funding amount :
$87,694 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Financial Wellness: To offer financial literacy training through our Financial Wellness program team, allowing participants to gain knowledge and practical skills relevant to their circumstances and needs. |
Funding amount :
$68,172 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Elder Friendly Communities: To increase social connections and create sustainable elder-friendly communities where vulnerable older adults are valued, have purpose and can contribute to their communities. |
Funding amount :
$397,829 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Families in Community: To strengthen families and enhance childhood development using a protective-factors and a place-based approach. |
Funding amount :
$242,167 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling: To increase family cohesion and healthy development and to mitigate the effects of toxic stress by improving attachment, coping skills and connection to natural supports. |
Funding amount :
$1,079,822 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Older Adult Counselling: To improve the overall quality of life for older adults through counselling supports aimed at strengthening coping skills, improving connections to natural supports and facilitating social connection. |
Funding amount :
$230,431 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
The Way In Network - Older Adult Outreach (NW Central and Network Backbone): To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$1,208,987 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Village Commons - A Community Hub for Connection: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$162,247 |
| Organization : Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Real Me After-School Services: To provide culturally responsive intervention and prevention services that support youth and families in achieving greater integration, social inclusion and economic success in Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$261,430 |
| Organization : Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
Advancing Healthy Relationships: To ensure that all Calgarians, human service organizations and relevant systems have the supports and resources needed for individuals to achieve sexual wellbeing across their lifespan. |
Funding amount :
$402,996 |
| Organization : Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
WiseGirlz – Healthy Relationships and Life Skills Program: To empower girls aged 9-15, across school and community-based settings. Through a participatory approach, it fosters knowledge acquisition and development of social-emotional skills to equip girls with the tools they need to cultivate healthy bodies, relationships and communities.
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Funding amount :
$160,000
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| Organization : Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
WiseGuyz - Healthy Relationships and Life Skills Program: To change young men's endorsement of and adherence to masculine gender norms that harm health and wellbeing, interpersonal relationships, communities and society. |
Funding amount :
$245,000 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Nurturing Newborns: To provide parents with infants younger than six months with respite care in their homes in times of vulnerability to maintain and strengthen the family unit. |
Funding amount :
$210,752 |
| Organization : City of Calgary - Community Services |
Program name and description :
Calgary After School (CAS), Children's and Youth Programs: To provide after school programming for children in Grades 4-12 experiencing vulnerabilities. |
Funding amount :
$590,065 |
| Organization : City of Calgary - Community Services |
Program name and description :
Community and Social Development: To engage Calgarians through a community development model. |
Funding amount :
$2,799,763 |
| Organization : City of Calgary - Community Services |
Program name and description :
FCSS Administration: To administer and provide oversight of the FCSS funding program. |
Funding amount :
$2,262,540 |
| Organization : City of Calgary - Community Services |
Program name and description :
Research and Evaluation: To conduct research, evaluation and data analysis. |
Funding amount :
$806,239 |
| Organization : City of Calgary - Community Services |
Program name and description :
Strategy Development and Implementation: To advance policies and strategies at the systems-level. |
Funding amount :
$679,234 |
| Organization : Closer to Home Community Services Society |
Program name and description :
Stronger Communities: To equip parents, especially newcomer families, with knowledge and skills that help them find needed resources, build supportive relationships and connections and improve their parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$281,064 |
| Organization : Community Kitchen Program of Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary's Cooking: To work with low-income and vulnerable Calgarians in the development of skills to select, plan and prepare affordable, healthy meals and cross ethnic barriers by having multicultural kitchens in the city. |
Funding amount :
$159,132 |
| Organization : Confederation Park 55+ Activity Centre |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$102,879 |
| Organization : Connections for Families Society |
Program name and description :
Financial Coaching Program: To support family members with cognitive challenges to improve financial wellbeing and economic stability, feel confident in their ability to care for their children and gain financial independence. |
Funding amount :
$217,480 |
| Organization : CUPS Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
CUPS Family and Child Development Centre: To co-create positive outcomes with low-income families experiencing multiple risk factors by building protective factors and strengthening family functioning using a two-generational approach. |
Funding amount :
$659,259 |
| Organization : Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Child & Youth Program: To strengthen family relationships, coping skills and parenting practices for families who have experienced domestic violence by mitigating adverse effects and preventing future domestic violence. |
Funding amount :
$416,429 |
| Organization : Distress Centre Calgary |
Program name and description :
211: To facilitate seamless connections between Calgarians and community, health, government and social services through information and referral services, analysis and sharing of data and leadership in community initiatives. |
Funding amount :
$629,834 |
| Organization : Distress Centre Calgary |
Program name and description :
Crisis Program: To provide an accessible, no-cost crisis service that enhances the quality of life in our community, while creating stronger community connections by engaging community members to provide crisis support. |
Funding amount :
$655,296 |
| Organization : Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
Community Bridge Program: To reduce social isolation, promote social connection and prevent distress. To create an inclusive and supportive society by ensuring social mobility is accessible to all Calgarians. |
Funding amount :
$115,360 |
| Organization : Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
Empower Youth - Afterschool Program: To empower children and youth of immigrant or diverse backgrounds by supporting programs that build self-confidence, self-esteem, social bonding and resiliency. |
Funding amount :
$147,262 |
| Organization : EthioCare |
Program name and description :
EthioCare Community Development: To engage Ethiopian, Eritrean and East African communities to determine needs, issues and priorities, and to increase community participation, leadership and volunteer opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$157,037 |
| Organization : Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Fathering for the Future: To provide support services and educational resources designed specifically for fathers in vulnerable families that will help them be positive, supportive, informed and engaged parents. |
Funding amount :
$324,341 |
| Organization : Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Perinatal Mental Health Program: To provide support for families in Calgary struggling with postpartum depression and other perinatal mental health issues with the resources they need to heal and achieve wellness. |
Funding amount :
$277,970 |
| Organization : Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Successful Young Parents: To ensure at-risk families led by young parents receive the support they need to be successful, healthy and thrive. |
Funding amount :
$72,333 |
| Organization : FearIsNotLove Society |
Program name and description :
Community Services Counselling Program: To reduce risk for adult victims of family violence and their children through intensive support, community resources, safety planning, parenting groups, advocacy and systems navigation. |
Funding amount :
$441,816 |
| Organization : FearIsNotLove Society |
Program name and description :
Men's Counselling Service: To support participants in having healthy family relationships, free of violence and abuse through individual and group counselling, parenting groups and ongoing partner checks. |
Funding amount :
$120,412 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Calgary Community Family Literacy Programs: To provide barrier-free literacy programs for families with low literacy or English skills, cultural differences, unemployment or family violence to break cycles of low-literacy and poverty. |
Funding amount :
$164,298 |
| Organization : Good Companions 50 Plus Club |
Program name and description :
Seniors Program: To promote social connectedness and reduce isolation among seniors through accessible, affordable programs that take into account health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$76,367 |
| Organization : Greater Forest Lawn 55+ Society |
Program name and description :
Greater Forest Lawn Seniors: To increase social participation, health and wellness of all seniors including immigrants and Indigenous peoples through community connection, providing a sense of purpose and belonging. |
Funding amount :
$162,023 |
| Organization : Highbanks Independent Living for Parenting Youth Society |
Program name and description :
Moving the Fulcrum: To support young mothers (16 - 24 years) who are actively pursuing educational goals while raising healthy, happy children. |
Funding amount :
$113,665 |
| Organization : Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections: To increase positive social ties, develop networks of support, strengthen sense of belonging and create engagement opportunities for community members who are vulnerable and at risk of social isolation. |
Funding amount :
$156,062 |
| Organization : Hospice Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
The Children's Grief Centre: To increase capacity and build resiliency, promote emotional wellbeing, foster positive social ties and reduce risky lifestyle behaviors through early interventions for children, teens and families who grieve. |
Funding amount :
$294,895 |
| Organization : Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Braiding the Sweetgrass: To build a foundation for Indigenous families that is healthy and free from the trauma cycle. |
Funding amount :
$349,161 |
| Organization : Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Mentors Matter: To build healthy connections between members of the community, youth and their families through professionally facilitated mentoring relationships. |
Funding amount :
$124,842 |
| Organization : Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Patch: To deliver integrated, wrap-around services within Housing Company complexes for individuals and families to increase financial stability, employment and education opportunities and foster social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$518,114 |
| Organization : The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) |
Program name and description :
Beyond Translation - Mitigating Negative Impacts of Child Language Brokering: To raise awareness of potential child language broking impacts, and to empower children and prevent the harmful effects of child language broking. |
Funding amount :
$192,993 |
| Organization : The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) |
Program name and description :
Thrive Together - Healthy Minds for Families: To enhance newcomer families’ holistic wellbeing and social inclusion through a continuum of culturally responsive family supports that build skills and resilience and affords meaningful connections to peers and community. |
Funding amount :
$368,896 |
| Organization : Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Community Initiatives for Immigrant Seniors Program: To enhance social inclusion by improving the personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties, support networks and civic engagement of immigrant seniors. |
Funding amount :
$273,830 |
| Organization : Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Gateway: To work with partners in the community, with the goal of increasing service uptake in newcomers. |
Funding amount :
$581,244 |
| Organization : Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To increase social inclusion and enhance personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties and support networks of newcomers through volunteerism. |
Funding amount :
$103,332 |
| Organization : Inn From the Cold Society |
Program name and description :
Strengthening Child and Youth Developmental Outcomes: To build resiliency of children and youth within families connected with Inn from the Cold. |
Funding amount :
$205,750 |
| Organization : Jewish Family Service (Calgary) |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$273,708 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Active Aging: To reduce social isolation among seniors by providing a safe, positive, inclusive and affordable environment to socialize, engage in learning and recreational activities, interact with others and remain connected. |
Funding amount :
$214,405 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Senior Supports: To reduce social isolation among seniors that are low-income and support access to social, financial and medical benefits to enhance their sense of belonging and community. |
Funding amount :
$188,000 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Thrive: To provide increased access to food resources and reduce social isolation to seniors in our community. Act as a gateway to reaching isolated, frail and/or immobile low-income seniors with the goal of assisting them to age in place in their communities. |
Funding amount :
$206,664 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To provide a positive, safe, flexible and inclusive environment for seniors and others to socialize, volunteer and contribute to their community. |
Funding amount :
$119,280 |
| Organization : Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Outreach Parent Support: To increase parent’s skills, capacity, enhance family resiliency and social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$223,573 |
| Organization : Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Parent Infant Relationship Team: To strengthen positive parenting practices and enhance the parent-child relationship, creating the foundation for babies’ optimal development. |
Funding amount :
$307,046 |
| Organization : Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Student Transition Supports: To connect students to educational, employment and basic needs supports and build personal capacity and resiliency to ensure they have skills and resources for their transition to adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$269,634 |
| Organization : Korean Social Services Centre |
Program name and description :
Welcome Home!: To provide resources for newcomers and residents and to reach the core mission of becoming a resource hub: provide social services info, system navigation and point of contact for social connections. |
Funding amount :
$172,500 |
| Organization : Ladies in the Family Foundation |
Program name and description :
Cook for Inclusion: To support Black girls and their families suffering from social exclusion and low income to develop their social capital which will result in increased natural supports and share experiences for improved wellbeing. |
Funding amount :
$60,708 |
| Organization : Lionheart Foundation |
Program name and description :
Youth Mental Health Counselling: To ensure that adolescents and their families facing anxiety-related mental health challenges receive support to achieve mental health and wellbeing. |
Funding amount :
$212,864 |
| Organization : Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Victim Support Program: To offer a child-focused and trauma-informed model of care to children, youth and families impacted by child abuse to prevent further instances of abuse and increase connection with community. |
Funding amount :
$161,099 |
| Organization : Maskan Family Association |
Program name and description :
Maskan-Prevention and Addressing Family Violence: To build a culturally competent support ecosystem for immigrants and newcomers to build a sustainable, socially inclusive life and break intergenerational violence. |
Funding amount :
$134,332 |
| Organization : McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Youth Alternative Program: To support young people in developing life skills that will help protect against risk factors and promote safe, positive life choices. |
Funding amount :
$245,445 |
| Organization : Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Little Dancing Buffalo Cultural Teaching Program: To increase social ties among Aboriginal children (9 - 12 years) through culturally safe and promising healing practices offered in a traditional cultural education program. |
Funding amount :
$81,144 |
| Organization : Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Little Thunderbird - Calgary After School: To increase social inclusion among vulnerable Aboriginal children through culturally based activities such as sports, art, music and traditional teachings from Aboriginal adults and Elders. |
Funding amount :
$87,190 |
| Organization : Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Native Network Positive Parenting Program: To address the impact of residential schools on parenting through child and parent development learning, strengthening family functioning, increasing cultural belonging and support. |
Funding amount :
$398,862 |
| Organization : Millican Ogden Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections: To support and equip parents by providing them with learning opportunities and the supportive relationships that are needed to improve their parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$95,195 |
| Organization : Millican Ogden Community Association |
Program name and description :
Mo's Place: To provide an afterschool program for children in Millican Ogden with activities and mentoring that increase the participants' self-concept, academic success, social skills and importance of citizenry. |
Funding amount :
$90,049 |
| Organization : Miskanawah Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Diamond Willow Youth Lodge: To provide a culturally grounded, safe space that Indigenous youth can access any time that they need connection and support. |
Funding amount :
$193,800 |
| Organization : Miskanawah Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Nitsanak Mamawintowak ("families coming together" in Cree): To offer culturally grounded supports to disrupt intergenerational cycles of trauma, reduce interactions with harmful systems and build resiliency, strength and wellness. |
Funding amount :
$392,496 |
| Organization : Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Asset Building: To support low-income households in building a sustainable livelihood by setting financial and life goals, learning to manage money, increasing assets and building saving behaviours. |
Funding amount :
$512,425 |
| Organization : Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Public Policy: To advance systems change through research and advocacy in poverty reduction and community economic development. |
Funding amount :
$266,066 |
| Organization : Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Thriving Communities: To build the capacity of community leaders to develop businesses that have a positive impact and leverage existing local businesses to become agents for social impact in priority neighbourhoods. |
Funding amount :
$154,998 |
| Organization : MPC Foundation |
Program name and description :
Seniors Connect Club: To address social isolation for seniors with vulnerabilities that face barriers to participation in society. |
Funding amount :
$70,886 |
| Organization : Nepalese Community Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion Support to Enhance Elders' Resiliency: To develop the resilience of elders, increasing social inclusion and reducing mental and emotional distress. |
Funding amount :
$53,588 |
| Organization : Nisa Foundation |
Program name and description :
Nisa Homes Calgary: To support at-risk women and children in meeting their goals through increased self-sufficiency, social participation and a sense of belonging in the community. |
Funding amount :
$95,706 |
| Organization : North of McKnight Communities Society |
Program name and description :
Communities Empowering Women Entrepreneurs & Jobseekers: To provide women with training and support to overcome socio-economic, cultural, language and other barriers to entrepreneurship or employment. |
Funding amount :
$92,245 |
| Organization : Ogden House Senior Citizens' Club |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To increase the engagement of people 50+ living in the Ogden, Lynnwood, Millican and Riverbend communities. |
Funding amount :
$192,284 |
| Organization : Parkdale Nifty Fifties Seniors Association |
Program name and description :
Older Adult Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among older Calgarians by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$126,065 |
| Organization : Portail de l'Immigrant Association de Calgary (PIA) |
Program name and description :
Francophone HIPPY and SMART Program: To empower parents and support families in preparing their children for school success. |
Funding amount :
$172,795 |
| Organization : Portail de l'Immigrant Association de Calgary (PIA) |
Program name and description :
Francophone Youth Centre: To provide safe, caring and creative environments for youth to enhance and enrich their lives. |
Funding amount :
$123,999 |
| Organization : Pregnancy, Infant & Child Loss Support Centre |
Program name and description :
Still We Rise - Bereavement Peer Support Program: To provide peer support for grieving families, while increasing social support systems, mental health and enhancing family life. |
Funding amount :
$216,223 |
| Organization : Punjabi Community Health Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Sahara Family Support Program: To use a holistic, culturally and language appropriate approach in family counselling, mental health and addiction services to stabilize and empower South Asian clients and families. |
Funding amount :
$223,198 |
| Organization : Radiance Family Society |
Program name and description :
Radiance Children's Centre: To nurture securely attached parent-child relationships, support healthy child development, strengthen family functioning and increase protective factors to mitigate the effects of domestic violence, toxic stress and trauma. |
Funding amount :
$142,193 |
| Organization : Renfrew Educational Services Society |
Program name and description :
Renfrew Family Support Program: To provide individualized support for families to meet the needs of their child(ren) and fully participate in their social and community networks. |
Funding amount :
$271,596 |
| Organization : Rise Calgary Resource Centres Society |
Program name and description :
Earn and Learn Matched-Savings Program: To empower low-income individuals and families to achieve financial stability and resilience through building savings habits and growing financial assets. |
Funding amount :
$67,052 |
| Organization : Rise Calgary Resource Centres Society |
Program name and description :
Economic and Social Mobility Coaching: To increase economic and social mobility for Calgarians living on low incomes, empowering them to achieve long-term stability and self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$146,732 |
| Organization : Rise Calgary Resource Centres Society |
Program name and description :
Financial Coaching: To empower individuals and families to achieve financial stability and self-sufficiency through personalized financial education and coaching. |
Funding amount :
$67,052 |
| Organization : SafeLink Alberta Society |
Program name and description :
Drumbeat Prevention Program: To provide holistic and culturally relevant services to increase positive social ties, mitigate potential harms and improve health outcomes for racialized people who at risk of and affected by sexually transmitted and blood borne infections. |
Funding amount :
$143,098 |
| Organization : SafeLink Alberta Society |
Program name and description :
Strong Voices Prevention Program: To ensure Indigenous people at risk of HIV/HCV/STI's have access to holistic and culturally relevant services to support wellbeing, resiliency and reduced infectious disease vulnerability. |
Funding amount :
$100,742 |
| Organization : Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Peer Support Program: To empower those impacted by domestic abuse to lead safe, healthy lives, increasing their social participation and inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$122,676 |
| Organization : Scenic Acres Community Association |
Program name and description :
Primetimers Senior Program at SACA: To bring seniors together to develop friendships and mutual support, to provide interesting, engaging and fun activities, and provide safe and welcoming space. |
Funding amount :
$41,185 |
| Organization : Shanghai Cultural Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Golden Years Wellness: To enrich the physical, mental and social well-being of the senior community in Calgary, especially in the post-COVID-19 era by fostering community engagement, health education and psychological support through a series of carefully curated seminars and outdoor activities. |
Funding amount :
$191,430 |
| Organization : Skipping Stone Scholarship Foundation |
Program name and description :
Community Group Programs: To support trans and gender diverse Calgarians in building meaningful connections, enhance capacity to confidently engage in society and foster a sense of hope. |
Funding amount :
$66,897 |
| Organization : Societe de la petite enfance et de la famille du sud de l'Alberta |
Program name and description :
Happy and Healthy Families: To provide comprehensive support and assistance to Francophone families in Calgary through a range of services and initiatives, to strengthen families, promote their wellbeing and enhance their overall functioning. |
Funding amount :
$131,232 |
| Organization : Society for Autism Support and Services (Calgary Region) |
Program name and description :
SASS Pre-employment Program: To help autistic job seekers age 15 and older to gain meaningful/competitive employment or enter school that will reduce social isolation and increase economic self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$242,021 |
| Organization : Somali Canadian Society of Calgary (SCSC) |
Program name and description :
Community Facilitation: To support individuals and families as they integrate into society by bridging the gap from new Canadians into mainstream society. |
Funding amount :
$164,739 |
| Organization : SOS Congo Foundation |
Program name and description :
SOS Congo Tutoring, Mentorship and Anti-racism Program: The mentorship and tutoring program provides free academic support to low-income BIPOC families, bridging an important gap in educational access. Beyond homework help, it serves as a community-building platform for youth to share stories and experiences in a safe space. The program also includes leadership training to empower the next generation of change-makers. Additionally, it incorporates anti-racism toolkit information developed in partnership with the Poverty Institute at Ambrose University. |
Funding amount :
$66,619 |
| Organization : Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Cultural Initiative for Healing: To increase cultural inclusion among marginalized Indigenous populations, particularly men, through cultural education and traditional healing such as smudging, sweat lodges and pipe ceremonies. |
Funding amount :
$109,370 |
| Organization : Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling Program: To support family healing from addiction and foster improved family functioning and parenting skills through education, peer support, family involvement and reconnection to cultural identity. |
Funding amount :
$85,457 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
Heart Home Network's Child Development Program: To provide counselling, parenting support, group programming and intentional, age-appropriate child development services for families fleeing from domestic violence. |
Funding amount :
$159,030 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Community Clubs: To provide affordable, accessible, quality programs for children, youth and families through learning and discovery, health and wellbeing, social and emotional literacy, leadership development and connection. |
Funding amount :
$603,221 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Hera: To provide therapeutic, client-directed support to help equip youth removed from exploitive situations with the skills, education and resources necessary to move forward positively and create healthy sustainable futures. |
Funding amount :
$124,826 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Homestay: To support vulnerable families to increase their economic self-sufficiency and housing stability. |
Funding amount :
$288,041 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Youth Programming: To foster skills and enhance natural supports to reach their health and wellbeing, education and employment goals, with increased sense of belonging, self-confidence, social skills and decreased isolation. |
Funding amount :
$282,371 |
| Organization : Tribe Artist Society |
Program name and description :
Cultural Cypher- Indigenous Empowerment and Reconciliation Through Music and Arts: To empower Indigenous peoples through artistic expression such as music, fosters empowerment, cultural revitalization and reconciliation. |
Funding amount :
$84,106 |
| Organization : Two Wheel View - Calgary Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Calgary After School - Earn-a-Bike: To utilize the bike as a tool for youth to build resiliency and social-emotional learning competencies such as emotion management, empathy and teamwork. |
Funding amount :
$271,792 |
| Organization : Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth |
Program name and description :
Indigenous Inclusion Program: To support urban Indigenous youth on their healing journey to strengthen their overall positive Indigenous identity and increase their inclusion in society. |
Funding amount :
$104,207 |
| Organization : Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research |
Program name and description :
The Newcomer Employment Program: To help newcomers who face barriers to employment to enhance and expand skills needed to prepare for and maintain successful employment, thus improving economic self-sufficiency, social inclusion and wellbeing. |
Funding amount :
$107,100 |
| Organization : West Hillhurst Go-Getters Association |
Program name and description :
West Hillhurst Go-Getters Association: To promote social connections and reduce isolation among seniors through programs and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$87,392 |
| Organization : Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Calgary After School, Girl Power, Girl Force, Girls Lead YYC: To build girls' social-emotional, critical thinking and leadership skills to address root causes of issues that affect their lives, leading to enhanced wellbeing and social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$143,316 |
| Organization : Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Capacity-Building Among Peers: To build social capital among women that will support vulnerable women in particular to participate more fully in the social, economic and political life of their communities. |
Funding amount :
$618,945 |
| Organization : Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Work for Change - an Intersectional Feminist Policy Agenda: To develop and advocate and intersectional feminist policy agenda, which improves the status of women, girls and those with shared experiences of misogyny in Calgary and Alberta. |
Funding amount :
$172,007 |
| Organization : Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Eastside Family Centre: To reduce the distress of vulnerable youth and families so they quickly return to functioning in their home, school, work and community following a personal crisis. |
Funding amount :
$101,377 |
| Organization : Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Inglewood Opportunity Hub: To provide a comprehensive continuum of services and help youth improve their wellbeing, support social inclusion, increase employability, exit precarious living situations and enhance self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$234,297 |
| Organization : Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Youth Culinary Arts Program: To increase employability skills, sustainable employment, independence, coping skills, resiliency, social inclusion opportunities for multi-barriered youth in our community. |
Funding amount :
$168,880 |
| Organization : Workers' Resource Centre |
Program name and description :
Outreach Program: To improve the financial wellbeing and social participation of Albertans in navigating employment rights, and advocating within the claims, complaints and appeals processes as required. |
Funding amount :
$282,097 |
| Organization : Youth Central Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion, Youth Empowerment and Leadership Development: To empower youth, including vulnerable or marginalized, to participate in volunteer and leadership activities, gaining life skills, increasing confidence and empathy. |
Funding amount :
$151,985 |
2025 Family & Community Support Services - funding allocations
| Organization | Program name and description | Funding amount |
|---|---|---|
| Organization: Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Honouring the Bonds: To support long-term healing and parenting among Indigenous children and their caregivers who experience social and cultural challenges from inter-generational trauma. |
Funding amount :
$112,610 |
| Organization: ActionDignity Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion and Economic Empowerment Project: To enhance sense of belonging and economic empowerment of RCs by strengthening social and professional connections, building capacities, improving access to economic opportunities and eliminating systemic barriers to economic and social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$392,154 |
| Organization: Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Alex Community Food Centre: To improve the health, social wellbeing and community participation of low-income, vulnerable Calgarians through civic engagement, food access, skill development and wellness programming. |
Funding amount :
$204,128 |
| Organization: Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Youth Case Management: To provide preventative, integrated, inclusive and diverse approaches to social support for vulnerable youth, which promote opportunities for skill building, competence, social/cultural connection and provide hope for a better quality of life. |
Funding amount :
$288,861 |
| Organization: Alzheimer Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Learning and Support Services: To provide person-centered, evidence-informed support and education to help families build resilience and positive social ties to prevent crises and enhance wellbeing. |
Funding amount :
$180,831 |
| Organization: Arusha Centre Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary Dollars: To increase participants' social and economic capital, and financial and digital literacy to develop independence, strengthen coping skills and resistance to socio-economic crises. |
Funding amount :
$46,347 |
| Organization: Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured (ARBI) |
Program name and description :
From Surviving Alone to Thriving Together: To mitigate social isolation and bolster resilience and social inclusion by providing skillful, timely and continual access to psychosocial support to Calgarians affected by an acquired brain injury. |
Funding amount :
$132,721 |
| Organization: Autism Calgary Association |
Program name and description :
Family Support: To provide preventive and interventional programming to reduce chronically elevated levels of social isolation, stress, anxiety and depression experienced by parents of children with Autism. |
Funding amount :
$162,232 |
| Organization: Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Youth Mentorship Program: To promote positive development for Indigenous youth through cultural mentorship with Elders and Traditional Knowledge holders. |
Funding amount :
$185,068 |
| Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
Community Mentoring: To improve executive function, develop social-emotional skills and build resilience in vulnerable youth through a relationship with a caring adult mentor. |
Funding amount :
$208,250 |
| Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
In-School Mentoring: To establish a relationship between youth and a caring mentor to expand their network of natural supports, improve their social-emotional skills, executive function and resilience. |
Funding amount :
$202,362 |
| Organization: Bow Cliff Seniors |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$103,848 |
| Organization: Bridge to Oasis (BTO) Foundation |
Program name and description :
CONNECT to Empower: Collaborative Network for Black Elders’ Care: To enhance the wellbeing and quality of life for Black seniors residing in Calgary. The program focuses on creating opportunities and providing support to encourage active engagement, foster meaningful connections and promote empowerment within their communities. |
Funding amount :
$226,070
|
| Organization: Bridges Social Development |
Program name and description :
Unveiling Youth Potential Calgary: To support BIPOC youth and young adults explore their own strengths, passions and reasons for creating change and have supports to lead these changes forward. |
Funding amount :
$70,000 |
| Organization: Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth |
Program name and description :
Bridge Club: To cultivate a community of caring and belonging, promote positive social-emotional development, and facilitate opportunities to gain and practice life skills for newcomers, refugee and low–income elementary students, Grades 1-6. |
Funding amount :
$340,101 |
| Organization: Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth |
Program name and description :
NxtGen After School Program: To cultivate a culture of equity and inclusion, promote positive self-identity, community involvement and to develop leadership skills that helps newcomer and low-income youth, Grades 7-12, to reach their goals. |
Funding amount :
$458,451 |
| Organization: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Immigrant Seniors Integration Project: To provide culturally responsive, senior-led programing designed to increase immigrant seniors' overall wellbeing and sense of belonging. |
Funding amount :
$168,969 |
| Organization: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Regional Outreach Project: To develop stronger, inclusive communities by working with grassroots, ethno-cultural communities and service providers within and beyond the east side of Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$180,364 |
| Organization: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Resources & Engagement: To foster social inclusion and build social capital by developing volunteer programming and supports for new immigrants and refugees of all ages. |
Funding amount :
$79,209 |
| Organization: Calgary Cerebral Palsy Association |
Program name and description :
Family Support, Resource and Mental Health Program: To provide services focused on needs assessments, barrier and risk factor reduction and strengthen mental health supports for parents of children with a neuromotor disability. |
Funding amount :
$81,322 |
| Organization: Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association |
Program name and description :
Chinese Community Helpers Program: To increase peer support and positive social ties and increase social inclusion among Chinese older adults. |
Funding amount :
$147,368 |
| Organization: Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association |
Program name and description :
Support Program: To promote social connection and reduce isolation among seniors by providing accessible programs and services. |
Funding amount :
$121,936 |
| Organization: Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$416,809 |
| Organization: Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Family Violence Program: To help individuals, couples and families experiencing abuse in intimate relationships to understand and change aggressive and abusive behavior and live violence-free lives. |
Funding amount :
$301,126 |
| Organization: Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Responsible Choices for Children and Families: To develop skills for parents to support children in managing emotions, navigating social relationships and exercising self-regulation skills. |
Funding amount :
$79,791 |
| Organization: Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Family Reunification and Resiliency Program (Fam Jam!): To enhance family cohesion, social inclusion and positive relationships among separated or recently reunited families by fostering improved family functioning, community engagement, sense of belonging and social participation. |
Funding amount :
$118,625 |
| Organization: Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Immigrant Girls Leading Our Way (iGLOW): To support the social inclusion and positive development of immigrant girls (9 -19 years) through social-emotional learning, mentorship and leadership opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$155,719 |
| Organization: Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To support the social inclusion and participation of immigrant women, girls and seniors through meaningful volunteer opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$123,999 |
| Organization: Calgary John Howard Society |
Program name and description :
Ksisskstaki Ikamotaan: To help Indigenous youth build a strong sense of identity, be connected to and contribute to their community and adopt a meaningful lifestyle that prevents involvement in crime. |
Funding amount :
$98,166 |
| Organization: Calgary Legal Guidance Society |
Program name and description :
Social Benefits Advocacy Program: To enhance positive social and economic outcomes for clients whose social benefits have been denied or suspended, by supporting eligible clients to access the benefits they are legally entitled to. |
Funding amount :
$330,663 |
| Organization: Calgary Meals on Wheels |
Program name and description :
Home Meal Delivery Program: To deliver nutritious, reliable and accessible food to Calgarians through an engaged network of volunteers to enhance the social safety net and prevent social isolation. |
Funding amount :
$424,695 |
| Organization: Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
SeniorConnect Program: To identify seniors who are at risk and address or prevent issues related to their social isolation through community activation. |
Funding amount :
$452,564 |
| Organization: Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion Supports for Seniors: To facilitate socially cohesive communities through the engagement and mobilization of volunteers to increase positive social ties and increase social capital. |
Funding amount :
$300,697 |
| Organization: Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older persons. |
Funding amount :
$315,273 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Men's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
YMCA Calgary Bunch Stars (Ihkanakaatsiks): To support Indigenous youth through legacy education and positive cultural identity on a healing journey to undo the effects of intergenerational trauma and support the transition into adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$190,000 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Adult Counselling: To increase family cohesion by embedding skillful behaviour into family systems, reducing instances of family violence and other adverse events. |
Funding amount :
$586,927 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Community Outreach: To increase personal capacity and positive choices by providing information and support focused on resources to meet instrumental needs. |
Funding amount :
$198,646 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Early Talks: To foster positive interactions between parents and their young children, leading to positive social-emotional development and academic preparedness. |
Funding amount :
$222,164 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Mindful Kids: To increase social inclusion by improving family functioning through the introduction of skillful behaviour to children and younger adolescents. |
Funding amount :
$250,162 |
| Organization: Calgary Youth Justice Society |
Program name and description :
In the Lead: To provide effective early intervention to support vulnerable youth in achieving key developmental outcomes and overcome adversity, increase overall wellbeing and successfully transition to adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$299,216 |
| Organization: CanLearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties |
Program name and description :
CanLearn Friends and Teen Talk: To support the successful transition into adolescence and adulthood by enhancing social and emotional skills, increasing sense of belonging and fostering social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$207,735 |
| Organization: CanLearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties |
Program name and description :
Families Learning Together: To improve healthy child development outcomes by improving parenting practices and a positive home learning environment in low-income, socially isolated families. |
Funding amount :
$101,012 |
| Organization: CanLearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties |
Program name and description :
Taking Charge: To encourage adults with low education levels to develop literacy, life skills and personal capacities to create a foundation for high school equivalency and/or the pursuit of employment and community participation. |
Funding amount :
$87,694 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Financial Wellness: To offer financial literacy training through our Financial Wellness program team, allowing participants to gain knowledge and practical skills relevant to their circumstances and needs. |
Funding amount :
$68,172 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Elder Friendly Communities: To increase social connections and create sustainable elder-friendly communities where vulnerable older adults are valued, have purpose, and can contribute to their communities. |
Funding amount :
$397,829 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Families in Community: To strengthen families and enhance childhood development using a protective-factors and a place-based approach. |
Funding amount :
$242,167 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling: To increase family cohesion and healthy development and to mitigate the effects of toxic stress by improving attachment, coping skills and connection to natural supports. |
Funding amount :
$1,079,822 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Older Adult Counselling: To improve the overall quality of life for older adults through counselling supports aimed at strengthening coping skills, improving connections to natural supports and facilitating social connection. |
Funding amount :
$230,431 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
The Way In Network - Older Adult Outreach (NW Central and Network Backbone): To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$1,208,987 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Village Commons - A Community Hub for Connection: To provide a welcoming and inclusive space where residents are actively involved in service design and delivery which in turn increases social inclusion, belonging and connection. |
Funding amount :
$162,247 |
| Organization: Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Real Me After-School Services: To provide culturally responsive intervention and prevention services that support youth and families in achieving greater integration, social inclusion and economic success in Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$261,430 |
| Organization: Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
Advancing Healthy Relationships: To ensure that all Calgarians, human service organizations and relevant systems have the supports and resources needed for individuals to achieve sexual wellbeing across their lifespan. |
Funding amount :
$402,996 |
| Organization: Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
WiseGirlz – Healthy Relationships and Life Skills Program: To empower girls aged 9-15, across school and community-based settings. Through a participatory approach, it fosters knowledge acquisition and development of social-emotional skills to equip girls with the tools they need to cultivate healthy bodies, relationships and communities. |
Funding amount :
$160,000 |
| Organization: Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
WiseGuyz - Healthy Relationships and Life Skills Program: To change young men's endorsement of and adherence to masculine gender norms that harm health and wellbeing, interpersonal relationships, communities and society. |
Funding amount :
$245,000 |
| Organization: Children's Cottage Society of Calgary, An Alberta Society |
Program name and description :
Nurturing Newborns: To provide parents with infants younger than six months with respite care in their homes in times of vulnerability to maintain and strengthen the family unit. |
Funding amount :
$210,752 |
| Organization: City of Calgary - Community Services |
Program name and description :
Calgary After School (CAS), Children's and Youth Programs: To provide after school programming for children in Grades 4-12 experiencing vulnerabilities. |
Funding amount :
$590,065 |
| Organization: City of Calgary - Community Services |
Program name and description :
Community and Social Development: To engage Calgarians through a community development model. |
Funding amount :
$2,799,763 |
| Organization: City of Calgary - Community Services |
Program name and description :
FCSS Administration: To administer and provide oversight of the FCSS funding program. |
Funding amount :
$2,262,540 |
| Organization: City of Calgary - Community Services |
Program name and description :
Research and Evaluation: To conduct research, evaluation and data analysis. |
Funding amount :
$806,239 |
| Organization: City of Calgary - Community Services |
Program name and description :
Strategy Development and Implementation: To advance policies and strategies at the systems-level. |
Funding amount :
$679,234 |
| Organization: Closer to Home Community Services Society |
Program name and description :
Stronger Communities: To equip parents, especially of newcomer families, with knowledge and skills that help them find needed resources, build supportive relationships and connections and improve their parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$281,064 |
| Organization: Community Kitchen Program of Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary's Cooking: To work with low-income and vulnerable Calgarians in the development of skills to select, plan and prepare affordable, healthy meals and cross ethnic barriers by having multicultural kitchens in the city. |
Funding amount :
$159,132 |
| Organization: Confederation Park 55+ Activity Centre |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$102,879 |
| Organization: Connections for Families Society |
Program name and description :
Financial Coaching Program: To support family members with cognitive challenges to improve financial wellbeing and economic stability, feel confident in their ability to care for their children and gain financial independence. |
Funding amount :
$217,480 |
| Organization: CUPS Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
CUPS Family and Child Development Centre: To co-create positive outcomes with low-income families experiencing multiple risk factors by building protective factors and strengthening family functioning using a two-generational approach. |
Funding amount :
$659,259 |
| Organization: Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Child & Youth Program: To strengthen family relationships, coping skills and parenting practices for families who have experienced domestic violence by mitigating adverse effects and preventing future domestic violence. |
Funding amount :
$416,429 |
| Organization: Distress Centre Calgary |
Program name and description :
211: To facilitate seamless connections between Calgarians and community, health, government and social services through information and referral services, analysis and sharing of data and leadership in community initiatives. |
Funding amount :
$629,834 |
| Organization: Distress Centre Calgary |
Program name and description :
Crisis Program: To provide an accessible, no-cost crisis service that enhances the quality of life in our community, while creating stronger community connections by engaging community members to provide crisis support. |
Funding amount :
$655,296 |
| Organization: Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
Community Bridge Program: To reduce social isolation, promote social connection and prevent distress. To create an inclusive and supportive society by ensuring social mobility is accessible to all Calgarians. |
Funding amount :
$115,360 |
| Organization: Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
Empower Youth - Afterschool Program: To empower children and youth of immigrant or diverse backgrounds by supporting programs that build self-confidence, self-esteem, social bonding and resiliency. |
Funding amount :
$147,262 |
| Organization: EthioCare |
Program name and description :
EthioCare Community Development: To engage Ethiopian, Eritrean and East African communities to determine needs, issues and priorities and to increase community participation, leadership and volunteer opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$157,037 |
| Organization: Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Fathering for the Future: To provide support services and educational resources designed specifically for fathers in vulnerable families that will help them be positive, supportive, informed and engaged parents. |
Funding amount :
$324,341 |
| Organization: Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Perinatal Mental Health Program: To provide support for families in Calgary struggling with postpartum depression and other perinatal mental health issues with the resources they need to heal and achieve wellness. |
Funding amount :
$277,970 |
| Organization: Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Successful Young Parents: To ensure at-risk families led by young parents receive the support they need to be successful, healthy and thrive. |
Funding amount :
$72,333 |
| Organization: FearIsNotLove Society |
Program name and description :
Community Services Counselling Program: To reduce risk for adult victims of family violence and their children through intensive support, community resources, safety planning, parenting groups, advocacy and systems navigation. |
Funding amount :
$441,816 |
| Organization: FearIsNotLove Society |
Program name and description :
Men's Counselling Service: To support participants in having healthy family relationships, free of violence and abuse through individual and group counselling, parenting groups and ongoing partner checks. |
Funding amount :
$120,412 |
| Organization: Further Education Society of Alberta |
Program name and description :
Calgary Community Family Literacy Programs: To provide barrier-free literacy programs for families with low literacy or English skills, cultural differences, unemployment or family violence to break cycles of low-literacy and poverty. |
Funding amount :
$164,298 |
| Organization: Good Companions 50 Plus Club |
Program name and description :
Seniors Program: To promote social connectedness and reduce isolation among seniors through accessible, affordable programs that take into account health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$76,367 |
| Organization: Greater Forest Lawn 55+ Society |
Program name and description :
Greater Forest Lawn Seniors: To increase social participation, health and wellness of all seniors including immigrants and Indigenous peoples through community connection, providing a sense of purpose and belonging. |
Funding amount :
$162,023 |
| Organization: Highbanks Independent Living for Parenting Youth Society |
Program name and description :
Moving the Fulcrum: To support young mothers (16 - 24 years) who are actively pursuing educational goals while raising healthy, happy children. |
Funding amount :
$113,665 |
| Organization: Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections: To increase positive social ties, develop networks of support, strengthen sense of belonging and create engagement opportunities for community members who are vulnerable and at risk of social isolation. |
Funding amount :
$156,062 |
| Organization: Hospice Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
The Children's Grief Centre: To increase capacity and build resiliency, promote emotional wellbeing, foster positive social ties and reduce risky lifestyle behaviors through early interventions for children, teens and families who grieve. |
Funding amount :
$294,895 |
| Organization: Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Braiding the Sweetgrass: To build a foundation for Indigenous families that is healthy and free from the trauma cycle. |
Funding amount :
$349,161 |
| Organization: Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Mentors Matter: To build healthy connections between members of the community, youth and their families through professionally facilitated mentoring relationships. |
Funding amount :
$124,842 |
| Organization: Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Patch: To deliver integrated, wrap-around services within Housing Company complexes for individuals and families to increase financial stability, employment and education opportunities and foster social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$518,114 |
| Organization: The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) |
Program name and description :
Beyond Translation - Mitigating Negative Impacts of Child Language Brokering: To raise awareness of potential child language broking impacts, and to empower children and prevent the harmful effects of child language broking. |
Funding amount :
$192,993 |
| Organization: The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) |
Program name and description :
Thrive Together - Healthy Minds for Families: To enhance newcomer families’ holistic wellbeing and social inclusion through a continuum of culturally responsive family supports that build skills and resilience and affords meaningful connections to peers and community. |
Funding amount :
$368,896 |
| Organization: Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Community Initiatives for Immigrant Seniors Program: To enhance social inclusion by improving the personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties, support networks and civic engagement of immigrant seniors. |
Funding amount :
$273,830 |
| Organization: Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Gateway: To work with partners in the community, with the goal of increasing service uptake in newcomers. |
Funding amount :
$581,244 |
| Organization: Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To increase social inclusion and enhance personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties and support networks of newcomers through volunteerism. |
Funding amount :
$103,332 |
| Organization: Inn From the Cold Society |
Program name and description :
Strengthening Child and Youth Developmental Outcomes: To build resiliency of children and youth within families connected with Inn from the Cold. |
Funding amount :
$205,750 |
| Organization: Jewish Family Service (Calgary) |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$273,708 |
| Organization: Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Active Aging: To reduce social isolation among seniors by providing a safe, positive, inclusive and affordable environment to socialize, engage in learning and recreational activities, interact with others and remain connected. |
Funding amount :
$214,405 |
| Organization: Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Senior Supports: To reduce social isolation among seniors that are low-income and support access to social, financial and medical benefits to enhance their sense of belonging and community. |
Funding amount :
$188,000 |
| Organization: Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Thrive: To provide increased access to food resources and reduce social isolation to seniors in our community. Act as a gateway to reaching isolated, frail and/or immobile low-income seniors with the goal of assisting them to age in place in their communities. |
Funding amount :
$206,664 |
| Organization: Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To provide a positive, safe, flexible and inclusive environment for seniors and others to socialize, volunteer and contribute to their community. |
Funding amount :
$119,280 |
| Organization: Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Outreach Parent Support: To increase parent’s skills and capacity, enhance family resiliency and social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$223,573 |
| Organization: Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Parent Infant Relationship Team: To strengthen positive parenting practices and enhance the parent-child relationship, creating the foundation for babies’ optimal development. |
Funding amount :
$307,046 |
| Organization: Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Student Transition Supports: To connect students to educational, employment and basic needs supports and build personal capacity and resiliency to ensure they have skills and resources for their transition to adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$269,634 |
| Organization: Korean Social Services Centre |
Program name and description :
Welcome Home!: To provide resources for newcomers and residents and to reach the core mission of becoming a resource hub: provide social services info, system navigation and point of contact for social connections. |
Funding amount :
$172,500 |
| Organization: Ladies in the Family Foundation |
Program name and description :
Cook for Inclusion: To support Black girls and their families suffering from social exclusion and low income to develop their social capital which will result in increased natural supports and share experiences for improved wellbeing. |
Funding amount :
$60,708 |
| Organization: Lionheart Foundation |
Program name and description :
Youth Mental Health Counselling: To ensure that adolescents and their families facing anxiety-related mental health challenges receive support to achieve mental health and wellbeing. |
Funding amount :
$212,864 |
| Organization: Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Victim Support Program: To offer a child-focused and trauma-informed model of care to children, youth and families impacted by child abuse to prevent further instances of abuse and increase connection with community. |
Funding amount :
$161,099 |
| Organization: Maskan Family Association |
Program name and description :
Maskan-Prevention and Addressing Family Violence: To build a culturally competent support ecosystem for immigrants and newcomers to build a sustainable, socially inclusive life and break intergenerational violence. |
Funding amount :
$134,332 |
| Organization: McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Youth Alternative Program: To support young people in developing life skills that will help protect against risk factors and promote safe, positive life choices. |
Funding amount :
$245,445 |
| Organization: Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Little Dancing Buffalo Cultural Teaching Program: To increase social ties among Aboriginal children (9 - 12 years) through culturally safe and promising healing practices offered in a traditional cultural education program. |
Funding amount :
$81,144 |
| Organization: Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Little Thunderbird - Calgary After School: To increase social inclusion among vulnerable Aboriginal children through culturally based activities such as sports, art, music and traditional teachings from Aboriginal adults and Elders. |
Funding amount :
$87,190 |
| Organization: Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Native Network Positive Parenting Program: To address the impact of residential schools on parenting through child and parent development learning, strengthening family functioning, increasing cultural belonging and support. |
Funding amount :
$398,862 |
| Organization: Millican Ogden Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections: To support and equip parents by providing them with learning opportunities and the supportive relationships that are needed to improve their parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$95,195 |
| Organization: Millican Ogden Community Association |
Program name and description :
Mo's Place: To provide an afterschool program for children in Millican Ogden with activities and mentoring that increase the participants' self-concept, academic success, social skills and importance of citizenry. |
Funding amount :
$90,049 |
| Organization: Miskanawah Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Diamond Willow Youth Lodge: To provide a culturally grounded, safe space that Indigenous youth can access any time that they need connection and support. |
Funding amount :
$193,800 |
| Organization: Miskanawah Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Nitsanak Mamawintowak ("families coming together" in Cree): To offer culturally grounded supports to disrupt intergenerational cycles of trauma, reduce interactions with harmful systems and build resiliency, strength and wellness. |
Funding amount :
$392,496 |
| Organization: Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Asset Building: To support low-income households in building a sustainable livelihood by setting financial and life goals, learning to manage money, increasing assets and building saving behaviours. |
Funding amount :
$512,425 |
| Organization: Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Public Policy: To advance systems change through research and advocacy in poverty reduction and community economic development. |
Funding amount :
$266,066 |
| Organization: Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Thriving Communities: To build the capacity of community leaders to develop businesses that have a positive impact and leverage existing local businesses to become agents for social impact in priority neighbourhoods. |
Funding amount :
$154,998 |
| Organization: MPC Foundation |
Program name and description :
Seniors Connect Club: To address social isolation for seniors with vulnerabilities that face barriers to participation in society. |
Funding amount :
$70,886 |
| Organization: Nepalese Community Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion Support to Enhance Elders' Resiliency: To develop the resilience of elders, increasing social inclusion, and reducing mental and emotional distress. |
Funding amount :
$53,588 |
| Organization: Nisa Foundation |
Program name and description :
Nisa Homes Calgary: To support at-risk women and children in meeting their goals through increased self-sufficiency, social participation and a sense of belonging in the community. |
Funding amount :
$95,706 |
| Organization: North of McKnight Communities Society |
Program name and description :
Communities Empowering Women Entrepreneurs & Jobseekers: To provide women with training and support to overcome socio-economic, cultural, language and other barriers to entrepreneurship or employment. |
Funding amount :
$92,245 |
| Organization: Ogden House Senior Citizens' Club |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To increase the engagement of people 50+ living in the Ogden, Lynnwood, Millican and Riverbend communities. |
Funding amount :
$192,284 |
| Organization: Parkdale Nifty Fifties Seniors Association |
Program name and description :
Older Adult Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among older Calgarians by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$126,065 |
| Organization: Portail de l'Immigrant Association de Calgary (PIA) |
Program name and description :
Francophone HIPPY and SMART Program: To empower parents and support families in preparing their children for school success. |
Funding amount :
$172,795 |
| Organization: Portail de l'Immigrant Association de Calgary (PIA) |
Program name and description :
Francophone Youth Centre: To provide safe, caring and creative environments for youth to enhance and enrich their lives. |
Funding amount :
$123,999 |
| Organization: Pregnancy, Infant & Child Loss Support Centre |
Program name and description :
Still We Rise - Bereavement Peer Support Program: To provide peer support for grieving families, while increasing social support systems, mental health and enhancing family life. |
Funding amount :
$216,223 |
| Organization: Punjabi Community Health Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Sahara Family Support Program: To use a holistic, culturally and language appropriate approach in family counselling, mental health and addiction services to stabilize and empower South Asian clients and families. |
Funding amount :
$223,198 |
| Organization: Radiance Family Society |
Program name and description :
Radiance Children's Centre: To nurture securely attached parent-child relationships, support healthy child development, strengthen family functioning and increase protective factors to mitigate the effects of domestic violence, toxic stress and trauma. |
Funding amount :
$142,193 |
| Organization: Renfrew Educational Services Society |
Program name and description :
Renfrew Family Support Program: To provide individualized support for families to meet the needs of their child(ren) and fully participate in their social and community networks. |
Funding amount :
$271,596 |
| Organization: Rise Calgary Resource Centres Society |
Program name and description :
Earn and Learn Matched-Savings Program: To empower low-income individuals and families to achieve financial stability and resilience through building savings habits and growing financial assets. |
Funding amount :
$67,052 |
| Organization: Rise Calgary Resource Centres Society |
Program name and description :
Economic and Social Mobility Coaching: To increase economic and social mobility for Calgarians living on low incomes, empowering them to achieve long-term stability and self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$146,732 |
| Organization: Rise Calgary Resource Centres Society |
Program name and description :
Financial Coaching: To empower individuals and families to achieve financial stability and self-sufficiency through personalized financial education and coaching. |
Funding amount :
$67,052 |
| Organization: SafeLink Alberta Society |
Program name and description :
Drumbeat Prevention Program: To provide holistic and culturally relevant services to increase positive social ties, mitigate potential harms and improve health outcomes for Racialized people who at risk of and affected by sexually transmitted and blood borne infections. |
Funding amount :
$143,098 |
| Organization: SafeLink Alberta Society |
Program name and description :
Strong Voices Prevention Program: To ensure Indigenous people at risk of HIV/HCV/STI's have access to holistic and culturally relevant services to support wellbeing, resiliency and reduced infectious disease vulnerability. |
Funding amount :
$100,742 |
| Organization: Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Peer Support Program: To empower those impacted by domestic abuse to lead safe, healthy lives, increasing their social participation and inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$122,676 |
| Organization: Scenic Acres Community Association |
Program name and description :
Primetimers Senior Program at SACA: To bring seniors together to develop friendships and mutual support, and to provide interesting, engaging, fun activities and provide safe and welcoming space. |
Funding amount :
$41,185 |
| Organization: Shanghai Cultural Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Golden Years Wellness: To enrich the physical, mental and social well-being of the senior community in Calgary, especially in the post-COVID-19 era by fostering community engagement, health education and psychological support through a series of carefully curated seminars and outdoor activities. |
Funding amount :
$191,430 |
| Organization: Skipping Stone Scholarship Foundation |
Program name and description :
Community Group Programs: To support trans and gender diverse Calgarians in building meaningful connections, enhance capacity to confidently engage in society and foster a sense of hope. |
Funding amount :
$66,897 |
| Organization: Societe de la petite enfance et de la famille du sud de l'Alberta |
Program name and description :
Happy and Healthy Families: To provide comprehensive support and assistance to Francophone families in Calgary through a range of services and initiatives, to strengthen families, promote their wellbeing and enhance their overall functioning. |
Funding amount :
$131,232 |
| Organization: Society for Autism Support and Services (Calgary Region) |
Program name and description :
SASS Pre-employment Program: To help autistic job seekers age 15 and older to gain meaningful/competitive employment or enter school that will reduce social isolation and increase economic self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$242,021 |
| Organization: Somali Canadian Society of Calgary (SCSC) |
Program name and description :
Community Facilitation: To support individuals and families as they integrate into society by bridging the gap from new Canadians into mainstream society. |
Funding amount :
$164,739 |
| Organization: SOS Congo Foundation |
Program name and description :
SOS Congo Tutoring, Mentorship and Anti-racism Program: The mentorship and tutoring program provides free academic support to low-income BIPOC families, bridging an important gap in educational access. Beyond homework help, it serves as a community-building platform for youth to share stories and experiences in a safe space. The program also includes leadership training to empower the next generation of change-makers. Additionally, it incorporates anti-racism toolkit information developed in partnership with the Poverty Institute at Ambrose University. |
Funding amount :
$66,619 |
| Organization: Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Cultural Initiative for Healing: To increase cultural inclusion among marginalized Indigenous populations, particularly men, through cultural education and traditional healing such as smudging, sweat lodges and pipe ceremonies. |
Funding amount :
$109,370 |
| Organization: Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling Program: To support family healing from addiction and foster improved family functioning and parenting skills through education, peer support, family involvement and reconnection to cultural identity. |
Funding amount :
$85,457 |
| Organization: The Brenda Strafford Foundation Ltd. | Program name and description : |
Funding amount :
$159,030 |
| Organization: Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Community Clubs: To provide affordable, accessible, quality programs for children, youth and families through learning and discovery, health and wellbeing, social and emotional literacy, leadership development and connection. |
Funding amount :
$603,221 |
| Organization: Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Hera: To provide therapeutic, client-directed support to help equip youth removed from exploitive situations with the skills, education and resources necessary to move forward positively and create healthy sustainable futures. |
Funding amount :
$124,826 |
| Organization: Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Homestay: To support vulnerable families to increase their economic self-sufficiency and housing stability. |
Funding amount :
$288,041 |
| Organization: Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Youth Programming: To foster skills and enhance natural supports to reach their health and wellbeing, education and employment goals, with increased sense of belonging, self-confidence, social skills and decreased isolation. |
Funding amount :
$282,371 |
| Organization: Tribe Artist Society |
Program name and description :
Cultural Cypher- Indigenous Empowerment and Reconciliation Through Music and Arts: To empower Indigenous peoples through artistic expression such as Music, fosters empowerment, cultural revitalization and reconciliation. |
Funding amount :
$84,106 |
| Organization: Two Wheel View - Calgary Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Calgary After School - Earn-a-Bike: To utilize the bike as a tool for youth to build resiliency and social-emotional learning competencies such as emotion management, empathy and teamwork. |
Funding amount :
$271,792 |
| Organization: Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth |
Program name and description :
Indigenous Inclusion Program: To support urban Indigenous youth on their healing journey to strengthen their overall positive Indigenous identity and increase their inclusion in society. |
Funding amount :
$104,207 |
| Organization: Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research |
Program name and description :
The Newcomer Employment Program: To help newcomers who face barriers to employment to enhance and expand skills needed to prepare for and maintain successful employment, thus improving economic self-sufficiency, social inclusion and wellbeing. |
Funding amount :
$107,100 |
| Organization: West Hillhurst Go-Getters Association |
Program name and description :
West Hillhurst Go-Getters Association: To promote social connections and reduce isolation among seniors through programs and services that are accessible, affordable, and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$87,392 |
| Organization: Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Calgary After School, Girl Power, Girl Force, Girls Lead YYC: To build girls' social-emotional, critical thinking and leadership skills to address root causes of issues that affect their lives, leading to enhanced wellbeing and social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$143,316 |
| Organization: Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Capacity-Building Among Peers: To build social capital among women that will support vulnerable women in particular to participate more fully in the social, economic and political life of their communities. |
Funding amount :
$618,945 |
| Organization: Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Work for Change - an Intersectional Feminist Policy Agenda: To develop and advocate and intersectional feminist policy agenda, which improves the status of women, girls and those with shared experiences of misogyny in Calgary and Alberta. |
Funding amount :
$172,007 |
| Organization: Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Eastside Family Centre: To reduce the distress of vulnerable youth and families so they quickly return to functioning in their home, school, work and community following a personal crisis. |
Funding amount :
$101,377 |
| Organization: Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Inglewood Opportunity Hub: To provide a comprehensive continuum of services and help youth improve their wellbeing, support social inclusion, increase employability, exit precarious living situations and enhance self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$234,297 |
| Organization: Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Youth Culinary Arts Program: To increase employability skills, sustainable employment, independence, coping skills, resiliency, social inclusion opportunities for multi-barriered youth in our community. |
Funding amount :
$168,880 |
| Organization: Workers' Resource Centre |
Program name and description :
Outreach Program: To improve the financial wellbeing and social participation of Albertans in navigating employment rights and advocating within the claims, complaints and appeals processes as required. |
Funding amount :
$282,097 |
| Organization: Youth Central Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion, Youth Empowerment and Leadership Development: To empower youth, including vulnerable or marginalized, to participate in volunteer and leadership activities, gaining life skills, increasing confidence and empathy. |
Funding amount :
$151,985 |
2024 Family & Community Support Services - funding allocations
| Organization | Program name and description | Funding amount |
|---|---|---|
| Organization: Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Honouring the Bonds Parenting Program: To support parenting and long-term healing among Indigenous children and their caregivers who experience social and cultural challenges resulting from inter-generational trauma. |
Funding amount :
$108,979 |
| Organization: ActionDignity Society |
Program name and description :
LEAD for Change: To address systemic inequity, promote racial equity and foster inclusion in public systems, policies and service eco-systems to enhance full economic, social and civic participation of Racialized people. |
Funding amount :
$401,626 |
| Organization: Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Community Food Centre: To improve the health, social and community participation of low-income, vulnerable Calgarians through civic engagement, food access, skill development and wellness programming. |
Funding amount :
$197,545 |
| Organization: Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Youth Case Management: To improve the physical and mental health of vulnerable youth through the provision of evidence-informed case management. |
Funding amount :
$231,158 |
| Organization: Alzheimer Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Learning and Support Services: To build resilience and positive social ties for individuals navigating a dementia diagnosis through evidence-based support and education. |
Funding amount :
$175,000 |
| Organization: Arusha Centre Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary Dollars: To increase participants' social and economic capital, as well as financial and digital literacy to develop independence, strengthen coping skills and resistance to socio-economic crisis. |
Funding amount :
$44,852 |
| Organization: Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured (ARBI) |
Program name and description :
From Surviving Alone to Thriving Together: To mitigate social isolation, bolster resilience and foster social inclusion by providing timely access to psychosocial supports to brain injured clients and their natural supports at no cost. |
Funding amount :
$207,300 |
| Organization: Autism Calgary Association |
Program name and description :
Family Support: To provide preventive and interventional programming to reduce the chronically elevated levels of social isolation, stress, anxiety and depression experienced by parents of children with Autism. |
Funding amount :
$157,000 |
| Organization: Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Youth Mentorship Program: To promote positive youth development for Aboriginal youth through cultural mentorship with Elders and Traditional Knowledge Holders. |
Funding amount :
$179,100 |
| Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
Community Mentoring: To improve executive function, develop social-emotional skills and build resilience in vulnerable youth through a developmental relationship with a caring adult mentor. |
Funding amount :
$201,534 |
| Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
Mentoring in Schools: To establish a developmental relationship between youth and a caring adult or teen mentor to expand their network of natural supports, improve their social-emotional skills, executive function and resilience. |
Funding amount :
$195,836 |
| Organization: Black Canadian Women in Action Society |
Program name and description :
Black Girls Empowerment Program: To provide opportunities for Black youth to realize their full potential through programming focused on mental and social wellbeing, self-esteem, leadership and mentorship and their Canadian and multicultural heritage. |
Funding amount :
$147,202 |
| Organization: Bow Cliff Seniors |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$100,497 |
| Organization: Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Bridge Club: To support the academic success and positive social-emotional development of children and youth (Grades 1-6) of immigrant, refugee and low-income families through a continuum of intentional after school and summer programs. |
Funding amount :
$329,134 |
| Organization: Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: NxtGen: To support the academic success and positive social-emotional development of children and youth (Grades 7-12+) of immigrant, refugee and low-income families through a continuum of intentional after school and summer programs. |
Funding amount :
$443,667 |
| Organization: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Immigrant Seniors Integration Project: To increase social inclusion and reduce social isolation for immigrant seniors. |
Funding amount :
$163,520 |
| Organization: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Regional Outreach Project: To facilitate the development of stronger, inclusive communities by working with grassroots, ethno-cultural communities and service providers within and beyond the east side of Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$174,548 |
| Organization: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Resources and Engagement: To foster social inclusion and build social capital by developing volunteer programming and supports for new immigrants and refugees of all ages. |
Funding amount :
$76,655 |
| Organization: Calgary Cerebral Palsy Association |
Program name and description :
Family Support, Resources and Mental Health Programs: To provide enhanced family support services focused on needs assessment, barrier and risk factor reduction and strengthening mental health supports for parents raising a child living with a neuromotor disability. |
Funding amount :
$78,700 |
| Organization: Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association |
Program name and description :
Chinese Community Helpers Program: To increase peer support and positive social ties among Chinese older adults and increase social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$142,616 |
| Organization: Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association |
Program name and description :
Support Program: To promote social connection and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing accessible programs and services. |
Funding amount :
$118,004 |
| Organization: Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program: Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$403,368 |
| Organization: Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Responsible Choices for Children and Families: To develop parenting skills to support their children in managing emotions, navigating social relationships and exercising self-regulation skills. |
Funding amount :
$77,465 |
| Organization: Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Family Violence Program: To help individuals, couples and families experiencing abuse in intimate relationships to understand and change aggressive and abusive behavior and live violence-free lives. |
Funding amount :
$291,415 |
| Organization: Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre Society |
Program name and description :
Participation and Integration into the Community Program: To strengthen neighbourhoods by providing access to transportation to foster social inclusion and economic self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$27,245 |
| Organization: Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To support and enhance the social inclusion and participation of immigrant women, girls and seniors through meaningful volunteer opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$120,000 |
| Organization: Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Youth Program: To support the social inclusion and positive development of immigrant girls (9-19 years) through social-emotional learning, mentorship and leadership opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$150,697 |
| Organization: Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Family Reunification and Resiliency Program: To increase the social inclusion of newcomer women and their families by providing opportunities to develop positive social ties and supports and ensure positive relationships within their families. |
Funding amount :
$114,800 |
| Organization: Calgary John Howard Society |
Program name and description :
Ksisskstaki Ikamotaan: To help Indigenous youth build a strong sense of identity, be connected with and contribute to their community, and live a meaningful lifestyle that prevents their involvement in crime. |
Funding amount :
$95,000 |
| Organization: Calgary Legal Guidance Society |
Program name and description :
Social Benefits Advocacy Program: To enhance the positive social and economic outcomes for clients whose social benefits have been denied or suspended, by supporting eligible clients to access the benefits to which they are legally entitled. |
Funding amount :
$320,000 |
| Organization: Calgary Meals on Wheels |
Program name and description :
Home Meal Delivery Program: To deliver nutritious, reliable and accessible food to Calgarians through an engaged network of volunteers to enhance the social safety net and prevent social isolation. |
Funding amount :
$411,000 |
| Organization: Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion Supports for Vulnerable Seniors: To facilitate socially cohesive communities through the engagement and mobilization of volunteers to increase positive social ties and increase social capital. |
Funding amount :
$291,000 |
| Organization: Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older persons. |
Funding amount :
$305,106 |
| Organization: Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
SeniorConnect Gatekeeper Program: To identify seniors who are at risk and address or prevent issues related to their social isolation through community activation. |
Funding amount :
$437,970 |
| Organization: Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter Association |
Program name and description :
Community Services Counselling Program: To reduce risk and increase protective factors for vulnerable adult victims of family violence and their children through intensive support, community resources, safety planning, parenting groups, advocacy and systems navigation. |
Funding amount :
$427,569 |
| Organization: Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter Association |
Program name and description :
Men's Counselling Service: To support participants in having healthy family relationships, free of violence and abuse through individual and group counselling, parenting groups and ongoing partner checks. |
Funding amount :
$116,529 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Men's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Calgary Bunch Stars: To support Indigenous youth in learning about legacy education and positive cultural identity to support a healing journey undoing the effects of intergenerational trauma and supporting their transition into adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$167,144 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Adult Counselling Program: To increase family cohesion by embedding skillful behaviour into family systems thereby reducing instances of family violence and other adverse events. |
Funding amount :
$568,000 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Community Outreach: To increase personal capacity and choices by providing information and support focused on acquiring resources to meet instrumental needs. |
Funding amount :
$192,240 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Child Development - Mindful Kids: To increase social inclusion by improving family functioning through the introduction of skillful behavior to children and younger adolescents. |
Funding amount :
$242,095 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Child Development - Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) Program: To foster positive interactions between parents and their young children leading to positive social-emotional development and academic preparedness. |
Funding amount :
$215,000 |
| Organization: Calgary Youth Justice Society |
Program name and description :
In the Lead: To provide effective early intervention that supports vulnerable youth in achieving key developmental outcomes and protective factors needed to overcome adversity, increase overall wellbeing and thriving and successfully transition to adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$289,567 |
| Organization: Canadian Pakistani Support Group Association |
Program name and description :
Maskan - Prevention and Addressing Family Violence: To build a culturally competent support ecosystem for immigrants and newcomers to build a sustainable, socially inclusive life and break the intergenerational violence. |
Funding amount :
$130,000 |
| Organization: CanLearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties |
Program name and description :
Taking Charge: To encourage adults with low education to develop their literacy, life skills and personal capacities to create the foundation for completing high school equivalency and/or the pursuit of employment and community participation. |
Funding amount :
$84,866 |
| Organization: CanLearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties |
Program name and description :
Families Learning Together: To improve healthy child development outcomes by improving positive parenting practices and the home learning environment in low-income, socially isolated families. |
Funding amount :
$97,755 |
| Organization: CanLearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties |
Program name and description :
Friends and Teen Talk: To support successful transition into adolescence and adulthood for children and youth, by enhancing the development of social and emotional skills, increasing their sense of belonging and fostering social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$201,036 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
The Way In Network - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$1,170,000 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Elder Friendly Communities: To increase social connections for vulnerable older adults and create sustainable elder-friendly communities where older adults are valued, have purpose, can contribute to their communities and as a result all citizens thrive. |
Funding amount :
$385,000 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling: To increase family cohesion and healthy development in families and to mitigate the effects of toxic stress by improving attachment, coping skills and connection to natural supports. |
Funding amount :
$1,045,000 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Older Adult Counselling: To improve the overall quality of life for older adults by providing counselling supports aimed at strengthening coping skills, improving connections to natural supports and facilitating social connection through community programs. |
Funding amount :
$223,000 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Prime Time: To strengthen families and enhance childhood development using a protective factors and a place-based approach. |
Funding amount :
$234,358 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Village Commons: Community Hub: To provide a welcoming and inclusive community hub space where residents are actively involved in service design and delivery which in turn supports residents in increasing social inclusion, belonging and connection. |
Funding amount :
$157,015 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Financial Wellness: To offer a spectrum of financial literacy training that is specific, tailored and delivered through our Financial Wellness program team, participants will gain knowledge and practical skills that are relevant to their circumstances and needs. |
Funding amount :
$65,973 |
| Organization: Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Avenue Youth: To provide culturally responsive intervention and prevention services that support youth and families in achieving greater integration, social inclusion and economic success in Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$253,000 |
| Organization: Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
Advancing Healthy Relationships: To ensure that all Calgarians, human service organizations and relevant systems have the supports and resources needed for individuals to achieve sexual wellbeing across the lifespan. |
Funding amount :
$390,000 |
| Organization: Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
WiseGuyz: Healthy Relationships and Life Skills Program: To change young men's endorsement of, and adherence to, harmful masculine gender norms that limit and harm their health and wellbeing, interpersonal relationships, communities and society as a whole. |
Funding amount :
$240,000 |
| Organization: Centre for Suicide Prevention |
Program name and description :
Skills for Safer Living Program: To provide access to skill-building, psycho-educational suicide prevention programs that support individual and caregiver capacity and resilience to improve protective factors and disrupt the cycle of suicidal ideation/attempt(s). |
Funding amount :
$112,699 |
| Organization: Children's Cottage Society of Calgary, An Alberta Society |
Program name and description :
In-Home Infant Respite Care Program: To provide parents with infants younger than six months with respite care in their homes in times of vulnerability to maintain and strengthen the family unit. |
Funding amount :
$124,000 |
| Organization: City of Calgary - Community Strategies |
Program name and description :
FCSS Administration and Planning: Administration and oversight of FCSS funding program. |
Funding amount :
$1,819,540 |
| Organization: City of Calgary - Community Strategies |
Program name and description :
Strategy Development and Implementation: Advancing policies and strategies at the systems-level using research and data. |
Funding amount :
$1,485,473 |
| Organization: City of Calgary - Community Strategies |
Program name and description :
Community and Social Development: City social workers engaging Calgarians through a community development model. |
Funding amount :
$2,799,763 |
| Organization: City of Calgary - Community Strategies |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool Children's and Youth Programs: Afterschool programming for children in Grades 4-12 experiencing vulnerabilities. |
Funding amount :
$571,037 |
| Organization: Closer to Home Community Services Society |
Program name and description :
Stronger Communities: To equip parents, especially of newcomer families, with knowledge and skills that help them find needed resources, build supportive relationships and connections and improve their parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$272,000 |
| Organization: Community Agency Network for Women In Need Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
WINS Community Resource Hubs: To provide individuals at risk for social isolation in low-income neighborhoods with the resources and skills to thrive. |
Funding amount :
$106,000 |
| Organization: Community Kitchen Program of Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary's Cooking Program: To work with low-income and vulnerable Calgarians in the development of skills to enable them to select, plan and prepare affordable, healthy meals to cross ethnic barriers by having multicultural kitchens in the city. |
Funding amount :
$154,000 |
| Organization: Confederation Park 55+ Activity Centre |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable, and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$199,123 |
| Organization: Connections for Families Society |
Program name and description :
Financial Coaching Program: To support family members with cognitive challenges to improve financial wellbeing and economic stability, feel more confident in their ability to care for their children and gain financial independence. |
Funding amount :
$130,925 |
| Organization: CUPS Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
CUPS Family and Child Development Centre: To co-create positive outcomes with low-income families experiencing multiple risk factors and adversity by building protective factors and strengthening family functioning using a two-generational approach. |
Funding amount :
$638,000 |
| Organization: Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Child & Youth Program: To strengthen family relationships, coping skills and parenting practices for families who have experienced domestic violence by mitigating adverse effects and preventing future domestic violence. |
Funding amount :
$403,000 |
| Organization: Distress Centre Calgary |
Program name and description :
211 Phone Line: To facilitate seamless connections between Calgarians and community, health, government and social services through the provision of information and referral services, analysis and sharing of data and leadership in community initiatives. |
Funding amount :
$625,715 |
| Organization: Distress Centre Calgary |
Program name and description :
Crisis Services: To provide an accessible, no-cost crisis service that enhances the quality of life in our community, while creating a stronger community connections by engaging community members to provide crisis support. |
Funding amount :
$648,000 |
| Organization: Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
Bridge over Pandemic: To reduce social isolation, promote social connection and prevent distress to create an inclusive and supportive society to ensure social mobility is accessible to all Calgarians. |
Funding amount :
$111,640 |
| Organization: Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Supercool Afterschool and World Culture Society: To empower children and youth of immigrant or diverse backgrounds by supporting integration through programs that build self-confidence, self-esteem, social bonding and resiliency. |
Funding amount :
$142,513 |
| Organization: El Sistema Calgary Multicultural Orchestra Foundation |
Program name and description :
Calgary Multicultural Orchestra Program: To provide access to music education for socially disadvantaged and culturally diverse children to optimize their use of free time, build a higher self-esteem, develop a sense of belonging and increase positive social ties. |
Funding amount :
$193,150 |
| Organization: EthioCare |
Program name and description :
EthioCare Community Development: To engage members of the Ethiopian, Eritrean and East African communities in Calgary in order to determine needs, issues and priorities for action, and to increase community participation, leadership and volunteer opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$151,973 |
| Organization: Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Frontrunners: To support vulnerable children and youth (8 -14 years) in achieving their optimal development, social-emotional competence and mental health. |
Funding amount :
$136,148 |
| Organization: Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Fathering for the Future: To provide a range of support services and educational resources designed specifically for fathers in vulnerable families that will help them be positive, supportive, informed and engaged parents. |
Funding amount :
$313,882 |
| Organization: Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Perinatal Mental Health Program: To provide support for families in Calgary struggling with postpartum depression and other perinatal mental health issues with the resources they need to heal and achieve wellness. |
Funding amount :
$269,006 |
| Organization: Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Successful Young Parents: To ensure at-risk families led by young parents receive the support they need to be successful, healthy and thrive. |
Funding amount :
$70,000 |
| Organization: Further Education Society of Alberta |
Program name and description :
Calgary Community Family Literacy Programs: To build stronger family foundations through barrier-free literacy programs and break cycles of low-literacy and poverty in families facing barriers such as a lack of literacy or English skills, cultural differences, unemployment or family violence. |
Funding amount :
$159,000 |
| Organization: Good Companions 50 Plus Club |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connectedness and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable and take into account health, mobility and cultural considerations and both promote and enable active. |
Funding amount :
$73,904 |
| Organization: Greater Forest Lawn 55+ Society |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To increase social participation, increased health and wellness of all seniors including Immigrants and Indigenous Peoples through community connection, providing a sense of purpose and belonging. |
Funding amount :
$156,798 |
| Organization: Highbanks Independent Living for Parenting Youth Society |
Program name and description :
Moving the Fulcrum: To support young mothers (16 - 24 years) who are actively pursuing educational goals while raising healthy, happy children. |
Funding amount :
$110,000 |
| Organization: Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections: To increase positive social ties, develop networks of support, strengthen sense of belonging and create engagement opportunities for community members who are vulnerable in one or more key areas and at risk of social isolation. |
Funding amount :
$151,029 |
| Organization: Hospice Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
The Children's Grief Centre: To increase capacity in parents and families, build resiliency in youth, promote emotional wellbeing, foster positive social ties and reduce risky lifestyle behaviors through early interventions for children, teens and families who grieve. |
Funding amount :
$285,385 |
| Organization: Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Mentors Matter: To build healthy connections between members of the community, youth and their families through professionally facilitated mentoring relationships. |
Funding amount :
$120,816 |
| Organization: Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Braiding the Sweetgrass: To build a foundation for Indigenous families that is healthy and free from the trauma cycle. |
Funding amount :
$341,398 |
| Organization: Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Patch: To deliver integrated, wrap-around services within Housing Company complexes for individuals and families to increase financial stability, employment and education opportunities and foster social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$501,406 |
| Organization: Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To increase social inclusion and enhance personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties and support networks of newcomers through volunteerism. |
Funding amount :
$100,000 |
| Organization: Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Cross-Cultural Adaptation Program: To accelerate social inclusion, enhance personal capacity, economic self-sufficiency, support networks and positive social ties of immigrants and refugees through personalized plans for settlement and collaborative community-driven initiatives. |
Funding amount :
$64,471 |
| Organization: Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Gateway Program: Multiple partners in the community, with the goal of increasing service uptake in newcomers to 80%. |
Funding amount :
$562,500 |
| Organization: Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Community Initiatives for Immigrant Seniors Program: To enhance social inclusion by improving the personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties, support networks and civic engagement of immigrant seniors, while strengthening supports for this vulnerable population through collaborative engagements. |
Funding amount :
$265,000 |
| Organization: Jewish Family Service (Calgary) |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program: Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$264,882 |
| Organization: Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Thrive Program: To utilize a variety of food supports as a gateway to reaching isolated or immobile seniors, with the goal of assisting them to maximize aging in place within their communities of choice, minimize social isolation and food insecurity. |
Funding amount :
$200,000 |
| Organization: Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To provide a positive, safe, flexible and inclusive environment for seniors and others to socialize, volunteer and contribute to their community. |
Funding amount :
$116,529 |
| Organization: Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Financial and Social Benefits: To reduce social isolation among seniors that are low-income and support access to social, financial and medical benefits to enhance their sense of belonging and community. |
Funding amount :
$182,915 |
| Organization: Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Education and Recreation: To reduce social isolation among seniors by providing a safe, positive, inclusive and affordable environment for seniors to socialize, engage in learning and recreational activities, interact with others and remain connected in their community. |
Funding amount :
$207,491 |
| Organization: Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Family Enhancement and Resiliency Programming: To reduce family stress and build family resiliency through strengthening relationships between parent and child relationships, enhancing family functioning and increasing social connection. |
Funding amount :
$270,000 |
| Organization: Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling: To increase the social inclusion of vulnerable Calgary families through prevention-oriented family counselling which strengthens family functioning and mitigates the negative impact of family disruption and adverse childhood experiences. |
Funding amount :
$317,000 |
| Organization: Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Early Parenthood Support: To support the wellbeing and resiliency of young parents at risk of social exclusion by helping them overcome challenges, build on existing strengths and develop new capacities to provide sensitive and responsive care their babies need to thrive. |
Funding amount :
$471,000 |
| Organization: Ladies in the Family Foundation |
Program name and description :
Cook for Inclusion Program: To support Black girls and their families who are suffering from social exclusion and low income to develop their social capital which will result in increased natural supports and share experiences for improved wellbeing. |
Funding amount :
$58,750 |
| Organization: Lionheart Foundation |
Program name and description :
Youth Mental Health Counselling: To ensure that adolescents and their families facing anxiety-related mental health challenges receive support to achieve mental health and wellbeing. |
Funding amount :
$206,000 |
| Organization: Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Victim Support Program: To offer a child-focused and trauma-informed model of care to children, youth and families impacted by child abuse to prevent further instances of abuse and increase connection with community. |
Funding amount :
$155,904 |
| Organization: McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Youth Alternative Program: To support young people in developing life skills that will help protect against risk factors and promote safe, positive life choices. |
Funding amount :
$237,530 |
| Organization: McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Hope Homes Program: To assist young people (15-25 years) in securing and maintaining safe housing that contributes to making positive, healthy choices that increase their self-esteem, support life-skill development and facilitates a healthy transition to independence. |
Funding amount :
$54,000 |
| Organization: Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Native Network Positive Parenting Program: To address the impact of residential schools on parenting through sequential learning models of child and parent development, assisting parents in strengthening individual and family functioning, increasing a sense of cultural belonging and support. |
Funding amount :
$386,000 |
| Organization: Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Little Thunderbird: To increase social inclusion among vulnerable Aboriginal children through specific culturally based activities such as sports, art, music and traditional teachings from Aboriginal adults and Elders during vulnerable hours. |
Funding amount :
$87,190 |
| Organization: Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Little Dancing Buffalo Cultural Teaching Program: To increase social ties among Aboriginal children (9 - 12 years) through culturally safe and promising healing practices offered in a traditional cultural education program. |
Funding amount :
$81,144 |
| Organization: Millican Ogden Community Association |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Mo's Place: To provide an afterschool program for the children in the community of Millican Ogden that provides activities, interactions and mentoring that increase the participants self-concept, academic success, social skills and importance of citizenry. |
Funding amount :
$87,145 |
| Organization: Millican Ogden Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections Program: To support and equip parents by providing them with learning opportunities and the supportive relationships that are needed to ensure they have the capacity to improve their parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$92,125 |
| Organization: Miskanawah Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Nitsanak Mamawintowak (Families Coming Together): To offer a range of culturally grounded supports to disrupt intergenerational cycles of trauma, reduce interactions with harmful systems and build family resiliency, strength and lasting wellness. |
Funding amount :
$315,000 |
| Organization: Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Thriving Communities Program: To build the capacity of community leaders to develop businesses that have a positive impact and leverage existing local businesses to become agents for social impact in priority neighbourhoods. |
Funding amount :
$150,000 |
| Organization: Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Asset Building Program: To support low-income households in building a sustainable livelihood by setting financial and life goals, learning to manage money, increasing assets and building saving behaviours. |
Funding amount :
$495,901 |
| Organization: Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Public Policy Program: To advance systems change through research and advocacy in poverty reduction and community economic development. |
Funding amount :
$257,486 |
| Organization: MPC Foundation |
Program name and description :
Seniors Connect Club: The ultimate goal is to address social isolation for seniors with multiple vulnerabilities and who face multiple barriers to participation in society by enhancing social inclusion through reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors. |
Funding amount :
$68,600 |
| Organization: National Zakat Foundation |
Program name and description :
Nisa Homes Calgary: To support at-risk women and children in meeting their goals through increased self-sufficiency, social participation and a sense of belonging in the community. |
Funding amount :
$92,620 |
| Organization: Nepalese Community Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Social Isolation Supports to Enhance Elders' Resilience: To develop the resilience of elders, increasing social inclusion and making them distressed mentally and emotionally. |
Funding amount :
$51,860 |
| Organization: North of McKnight Communities Society |
Program name and description :
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs and Jobseekers: To provide women training and support to overcome socio-economic, cultural, language and other barriers to entrepreneurship or employment. |
Funding amount :
$89,270 |
| Organization: Ogden House Senior Citizens' Club |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To increase the engagement of people 50+ living in the Ogden, Lynnwood, Millican and Riverbend. |
Funding amount :
$186,083 |
| Organization: Pacekids Society for Children with Special Needs |
Program name and description :
Flourishing Families: To reduce systemic barriers to ensure caregivers, siblings and children with special needs are equipped with tools and techniques to thrive in their communities, while building their nature support network. |
Funding amount :
$79,000 |
| Organization: Parkdale Nifty Fifties Seniors Association |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections, and prevent or reduce social isolation among older Calgarians, by providing programs, activities and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$122,000 |
| Organization: Portail de l'Immigrant Association de Calgary (PIA) |
Program name and description :
Francophone Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) Program: To empower parents and support families in preparing their children for school success. |
Funding amount :
$167,223 |
| Organization: Portail de l'Immigrant Association de Calgary (PIA) |
Program name and description :
Francophone Youth Centre: To provide safe, caring and creative environments for youth to enhance and enrich their lives through sports, educational and recreational programs. |
Funding amount :
$120,000 |
| Organization: Pregnancy, Infant & Child Loss Support Centre |
Program name and description :
Still We Rise: Bereavement Peer Support Program: To provide peer support for grieving families, while increasing social support systems, mental health and enhancing family life. |
Funding amount :
$209,250 |
| Organization: Punjabi Community Health Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Sahara Family Support Program: To use a holistic, culturally and language appropriate approach in provision of family counselling, mental health and addiction services to stabilize and empower South Asian clients and their families to lead a life of respect and dignity. |
Funding amount :
$216,000 |
| Organization: Renfrew Educational Services Society |
Program name and description :
Renfrew Family Support Program: To provide individualized support for families to meet the needs of their child(ren) and fully able to participate in their social and community networks. |
Funding amount :
$262,838 |
| Organization: Rise Calgary Resource Centres Society |
Program name and description :
Financial Coaching and Matched-Savings Program: To increase the economic and social mobility within the lives of Calgarians living on low incomes. |
Funding amount :
$129,780 |
| Organization: Rise Calgary Resource Centres Society |
Program name and description :
Mobility Coaching: To increase the economic and social mobility within the lives of Calgarians living on low incomes. |
Funding amount :
$142,000 |
| Organization: SafeLink Alberta Society |
Program name and description :
Strong Voices Prevention Program: To ensure Indigenous people at risk of and affected by HIV/HCV/STI's have access to a continuum of holistic and culturally relevant services to aid them along a path of wellbeing, resiliency and reduced infectious disease vulnerability. |
Funding amount :
$97,493 |
| Organization: Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Peer Support Volunteer Program: To empower those impacted by domestic abuse to lead safe, healthy lives, increasing their social participation and inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$118,720 |
| Organization: Skipping Stone Scholarship Foundation |
Program name and description :
Community Groups: To support trans and gender diverse Calgarian in building meaningful connections, enhance capacity to confidently engage in society and foster a sense of hope. |
Funding amount :
$64,740 |
| Organization: Societe de la petite enfance et de la famille du sud de l'Alberta |
Program name and description :
Happy and Healthy Families: To aid parents and caregivers in feeling confident and competent in their parenting role and have positive and nurturing parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$127,000 |
| Organization: Somali Canadian Society of Calgary (SCSC) |
Program name and description :
Community Facilitation: To support individuals and families to integrate into society, bridging the gap from new Canadians into mainstream society while utilizing their first language and building the capacity of individuals and families. |
Funding amount :
$159,427 |
| Organization: Sonshine Society of Christian Community Services |
Program name and description :
Sonshine Children's Centre: To nurture securely attached and attuned parent/child relationships, support healthy child development, strengthen family functioning and increase protective factors to ameliorate the effects of domestic violence, toxic stress and trauma. |
Funding amount :
$137,608 |
| Organization: Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Cultural Initiatives for Healing: To increase a sense of cultural inclusion among vulnerable marginalized Indigenous populations, particularly men, through participation in cultural education and traditional healing practices such as smudging, sweat lodges and pipe ceremonies. |
Funding amount :
$104,391 |
| Organization: Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling Program: To support family healing from addiction and foster improved family functioning and parenting skills through education, peer support, family involvement and reconnection to cultural identity. |
Funding amount :
$81,154 |
| Organization: The Brenda Strafford Foundation Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Counselling and Support Services: To provide families who have been impacted by domestic violence with access to therapeutic supports that promote self-care, enhance personal safety, establish healthy relationships and address trauma in order to live lives free of abuse. |
Funding amount :
$153,902 |
| Organization: The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) |
Program name and description :
Healthy Minds for the Family: To provide newcomer families with culturally responsive psycho-education, community connections, peer-support and access to professional counselling to improve mental wellbeing and enhance their family lives. |
Funding amount :
$357,000 |
| Organization: The Mustard Seed Society |
Program name and description :
Rock the Nation: To provide opportunities for youth in Grades 7-9 to gain positive peer social supports and engage in a variety of recreation opportunities complemented by learning and skill-building. |
Funding amount :
$96,129 |
| Organization: Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Hera: To provide therapeutic, client-directed support to help equip youth removed from exploitive situations with the skills, education and resources necessary to move forward in a positive direction and create healthy sustainable futures. |
Funding amount :
$120,801 |
| Organization: Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Homestay: To support vulnerable families to increase their economic self-sufficiency and housing stability. |
Funding amount :
$278,752 |
| Organization: Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Youth Programming: To help youth foster skills and enhanced natural support networks needed to reach their goals related to health and wellbeing, education, employment and an increased sense of belonging, self-confidence, social skills and decreased isolation. |
Funding amount :
$273,265 |
| Organization: Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Community Clubs: To provide affordable, accessible and quality programs for children, youth and families in targeted communities to enhance positive development through learning and discovery, health and wellbeing, social and emotional literacy, leadership development and connection. |
Funding amount :
$867,000 |
| Organization: Two Wheel View - Calgary Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Earn-a-Bike: To utilize the bike as a tool for youth to build resiliency and social-emotional learning competencies such as emotion management, empathy and teamwork. |
Funding amount :
$263,027 |
| Organization: Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth |
Program name and description :
Indigenous Inclusion Program: To support urban Indigenous youth on their healing journey to increase their overall positive Indigenous identity and increase their inclusion in society. |
Funding amount :
$100,847 |
| Organization: West Hillhurst Go-Getters Association |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are affordable, accessible, and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$84,574 |
| Organization: Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Girl Power, Girl Force, Girls Lead YYC: To build girls' social-emotional, critical thinking and leadership skills within a supportive and safe community to address root causes of issues that affect their lives, leading to enhanced wellbeing and social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$138,694 |
| Organization: Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Capacity-Building Among Peers: To build social capital among women in Calgary that will support vulnerable women in particular to participate more fully in the social, economic and political life of their communities. |
Funding amount :
$598,986 |
| Organization: Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Work for Change: A Women's Policy Agenda: To create a women’s policy agenda, informed by diverse women, to improve the status of women in Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$166,460 |
| Organization: Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Youth Culinary Arts Program: To increase employability skills, sustainable employment, independence, coping skills, resiliency, social inclusion opportunities for multi-barriered youth in our community. |
Funding amount :
$163,434 |
| Organization: Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Inglewood Opportunity Hub: To provide a comprehensive continuum of services, youth improve their overall wellbeing, support social inclusion, increase employability, exit precarious living situations and enhance self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$163,733 |
| Organization: Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Eastside Family Centre: To reduce the distress of vulnerable youth and families so they quickly return to functioning in their home, school, work and community following a personal crisis. |
Funding amount :
$98,108 |
| Organization: Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Community Stabilization Program: To provide 24/7 therapeutic community-based crisis service that provides a temporary, short term, out of home placement for youth (12-17 years) that are experiencing placement crisis or breakdown. |
Funding amount :
$63,018 |
| Organization: Workers' Resource Centre |
Program name and description :
Casework Outreach Program: To improve the financial wellbeing and social participation of our Albertans through assistance in navigating their employment rights, as well as supporting them to advocate within the claims, complaints and appeals processes as required. |
Funding amount :
$273,000 |
| Organization: Youth Central Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion, Youth Empowerment and Leadership Development: To empower youth, including those who are vulnerable or marginalized, to participate in the community through volunteer and leadership activities so they gain valuable life skills, increase confidence and social connections and gain greater empathy. |
Funding amount :
$147,084 |
2023 Family & Community Support Services - funding allocations
| Organization | Program name and description | Funding amount |
|---|---|---|
| Organization: Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Honouring the Bonds Parenting Program: To support parenting and long-term healing among Indigenous children and their caregivers who experience social and cultural challenges resulting from inter-generational trauma. |
Funding amount :
$108,979 |
| Organization: ActionDignity Society |
Program name and description :
LEAD for Change: To address systemic inequity, promote racial equity and foster inclusion in public systems, policies and service eco-systems to enhance full economic, social and civic participation of Racialized people. |
Funding amount :
$379,315 |
| Organization: Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Community Food Centre: To improve the health, social and community participation of low-income, vulnerable Calgarians through civic engagement, food access, skill development and wellness programming. |
Funding amount :
$184,438 |
| Organization: Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Youth Case Management: To improve the physical and mental health of vulnerable youth through the provision of evidence-informed case management. |
Funding amount :
$224,323 |
| Organization: Alzheimer Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Learning and Support Services: To build resilience and positive social ties for individuals navigating a dementia diagnosis through evidence-based support and education. |
Funding amount :
$131,250 |
| Organization: Antyx Community Arts Society |
Program name and description :
Antyx Youth Arts Action Programming: To increase the self-esteem, self-confidence, leadership skills and community connectedness of youth (12-18) who are marginalized through engagement in community arts opportunities and social action thus boosting mental health and natural supports. |
Funding amount :
$31,240 |
| Organization: Arusha Centre Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary Dollars: To increase participants' social and economic capital, as well as financial and digital literacy to develop independence, strengthen coping skills and resistance to socio-economic crisis. |
Funding amount :
$44,428 |
| Organization: Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured (ARBI) |
Program name and description :
From Surviving Alone to Thriving Together: To mitigate social isolation, bolster resilience and foster social inclusion by providing timely access to psychosocial supports to brain injured clients and their natural supports at no cost. |
Funding amount :
$155,475 |
| Organization: Autism Calgary Association |
Program name and description :
Family Support: To provide preventive and interventional programming to reduce the chronically elevated levels of social isolation, stress, anxiety and depression experienced by parents of children with Autism. |
Funding amount :
$117,750 |
| Organization: Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Youth Mentorship Program: To promote positive youth development for Aboriginal youth through cultural mentorship with Elders and Traditional Knowledge Holders. |
Funding amount :
$170,799 |
| Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
Community Mentoring: To improve executive function, develop social-emotional skills and build resilience in vulnerable youth through a developmental relationship with a caring adult mentor. |
Funding amount :
$201,534 |
| Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
Mentoring in Schools: To establish a developmental relationship between youth and a caring adult or teen mentor to expand their network of natural supports, improve their social-emotional skills, executive function and resilience. |
Funding amount :
$195,836 |
| Organization: Black Canadian Women in Action Society |
Program name and description :
Black Girls Empowerment Program: To provide opportunities for Black youth to realize their full potential through programming focused on mental and social wellbeing, self-esteem, leadership and mentorship and, their Canadian and multicultural heritage. |
Funding amount :
$110,402 |
| Organization: Bow Cliff Seniors |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable, and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$100,497 |
| Organization: Bowness Seniors' Centre |
Program name and description :
Bowness Seniors Centre: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable, and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$20,790 |
| Organization: Calgary Between Friends Club – Fun & Fellowship for Disabled Youth |
Program name and description :
Capacity-Building for Social Inclusion: To ensure individuals with disabilities and their families, service providers and relevant systems have the support and resources needed for individuals to experience a sense of social inclusion through community participation. |
Funding amount :
$27,636 |
| Organization: Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Bridge Club: To support the academic success and positive social-emotional development of children and youth (Grades 1-6) of immigrant, refugee and low-income families through a continuum of intentional after school and summer programs. |
Funding amount :
$329,134 |
| Organization: Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: NxtGen: To support the academic success and positive social-emotional development of children and youth (Grades 7-12+) of immigrant, refugee and low-income families through a continuum of intentional after school and summer programs. |
Funding amount :
$436,088 |
| Organization: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Immigrant Seniors Integration Project: To increase social inclusion and reduce social isolation for immigrant seniors. |
Funding amount :
$156,892 |
| Organization: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Regional Outreach Project: To facilitate the development of stronger, inclusive communities by working with grassroots, ethno-cultural communities and service providers within and beyond the east side of Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$165,850 |
| Organization: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Resources and Engagement: To foster social inclusion and build social capital by developing volunteer programming and supports for new immigrants and refugees of all ages. |
Funding amount :
$76,655 |
| Organization: Calgary Cerebral Palsy Association |
Program name and description :
Family Support, Resources and Mental Health Programs: To provide enhanced family support services focused on needs assessment, barrier and risk factor reduction and strengthening mental health supports for parents raising a child living with a neuromotor disability. |
Funding amount :
$59,025 |
| Organization: Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association |
Program name and description :
Chinese Community Helpers Program: To increase peer support and positive social ties among Chinese older adults and increase social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$137,920 |
| Organization: Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association |
Program name and description :
Support Program: To promote social connection and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing accessible programs and services. |
Funding amount :
$115,308 |
| Organization: Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program: Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$391,188 |
| Organization: Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse Society |
Program name and description :
Sexual Violence Education: To prevent and lessen the impacts of sexual violence by building knowledge of harmful attitudes, beliefs and behaviours, along with skills to engage in prosocial behaviours and healthy relationships and be able to identify and access informed natural and formal supports. |
Funding amount :
$89,313 |
| Organization: Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Responsible Choices for Children and Families: To develop parenting skills to support their children in managing emotions, navigating social relationships and exercising self-regulation skills. |
Funding amount :
$77,465 |
| Organization: Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Family Violence Program: To help individuals, couples, and families experiencing abuse in intimate relationships to understand and change aggressive and abusive behavior and live violence-free lives. |
Funding amount :
$291,415 |
| Organization: Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre Society |
Program name and description :
Affordable Housing Community Integration Case Management Program: To increase social equity by promoting life skills, independence, resilience to crisis, financial self-sufficiency and participation in safe and supportive community for individuals moving back into housing after experiencing homelessness. |
Funding amount :
$110,140 |
| Organization: Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre Society |
Program name and description :
Participation and Integration into the Community Program: To strengthen neighbourhoods by providing access to transportation to foster social inclusion and economic self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$27,245 |
| Organization: Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To support and enhance the social inclusion and participation of immigrant women, girls and seniors through meaningful volunteer opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$114,374 |
| Organization: Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Youth Program: To support the social inclusion and positive development of immigrant girls (9 -19 years) through social-emotional learning, mentorship and leadership opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$150,697 |
| Organization: Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Family Reunification and Resiliency Program: To increase the social inclusion of newcomer women and their families by providing opportunities to develop positive social ties and supports and ensure positive relationships within their families. |
Funding amount :
$113,123 |
| Organization: Calgary John Howard Society |
Program name and description :
Ksisskstaki Ikamotaan: To help Indigenous youth build a strong sense of identity, be connected with and contribute to their community and live a meaningful lifestyle that prevents their involvement in crime. |
Funding amount :
$93,982 |
| Organization: Calgary Legal Guidance Society |
Program name and description :
Social Benefits Advocacy Program: To enhance the positive social and economic outcomes for clients whose social benefits have been denied or suspended, by supporting eligible clients to access the benefits to which they are legally entitled. |
Funding amount :
$308,456 |
| Organization: Calgary Meals on Wheels |
Program name and description :
Home Meal Delivery Program: To deliver nutritious, reliable and accessible food to Calgarians through an engaged network of volunteers to enhance the social safety net and prevent social isolation. |
Funding amount :
$446,464 |
| Organization: Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion Supports for Vulnerable Seniors: To facilitate socially cohesive communities through the engagement and mobilization of volunteers to increase positive social ties and increase social capital. |
Funding amount :
$272,760 |
| Organization: Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older persons. |
Funding amount :
$305,106 |
| Organization: Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
SeniorConnect Gatekeeper Program: To identify seniors who are at risk and address or prevent issues related to their social isolation through community activation. |
Funding amount :
$437,970 |
| Organization: Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter Association |
Program name and description :
Community Services Counselling Program: CSCP reduces risk and increases protective factors for vulnerable adult victims of family violence and their children, through intensive support, connections to community resources, safety planning, parenting groups, advocacy and systems navigation. |
Funding amount :
$427,569 |
| Organization: Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter Association |
Program name and description :
Men's Counselling Service: Through individual and group counselling, parenting groups and ongoing partner checks with the adult victim, the MCS helps participants to have healthy family relationships, free of violence and abuse. |
Funding amount :
$87,397 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Men's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Calgary Bunch Stars: To support Indigenous youth in learning about legacy education and positive cultural identity to support a healing journey undoing the effects of intergenerational trauma and supporting their transition into adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$167,144 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Adult Counselling Program: To increase family cohesion by embedding skillful behaviour into family systems thereby reducing instances of family violence and other adverse events. |
Funding amount :
$587,117 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Community Outreach: To increase personal capacity and choices by providing information and support focused on acquiring resources to meet instrumental needs. |
Funding amount :
$189,293 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Child Development - Mindful Kids: To increase social inclusion by improving family functioning through the introduction of skillful behavior to children and younger adolescents. |
Funding amount :
$297,575 |
| Organization: Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Child Development - Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) Program: To foster positive interactions between parents and their young children leading to positive social-emotional development and academic preparedness. |
Funding amount :
$161,250 |
| Organization: Calgary Youth Justice Society |
Program name and description :
In the Lead: To provide effective early intervention that supports vulnerable youth in achieving key developmental outcomes and protective factors needed to overcome adversity, increase overall wellbeing and thriving and successfully transition to adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$273,769 |
| Organization: Canadian Mental Health Association – Calgary Region |
Program name and description :
Family Support Program: To help family members/caregivers supporting someone with mental health and/or addiction concerns understand and learn to manage their circumstances more effectively, reduce feelings of distress/isolation and enhance family system functioning. |
Funding amount :
$101,859 |
| Organization: Canadian Mental Health Association – Calgary Region |
Program name and description :
Grief and Loss (Suicide Bereavement) Program: To help those struggling with death and non-death grief/loss develop knowledge and skills that help manage health and wellness, facilitate healthy transition through the grief/loss process and approach challenging life experiences with renewed hope. |
Funding amount :
$34,329 |
| Organization: Canadian Pakistani Support Group Association |
Program name and description :
Maskan - Prevention and Addressing Family Violence: To build a culturally competent support ecosystem for immigrants and newcomers to build a sustainable, socially inclusive life and break the intergenerational violence. |
Funding amount :
$97,500 |
| Organization: CanLearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties |
Program name and description :
Taking Charge: To encourage adults with low education to develop their literacy, life skills and personal capacities to create the foundation for completing high school equivalency and/or the pursuit of employment and community participation. |
Funding amount :
$84,866 |
| Organization: CanLearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties |
Program name and description :
Families Learning Together: To improve healthy child development outcomes by improving positive parenting practices and the home learning environment in low-income, socially isolated families. |
Funding amount :
$97,755 |
| Organization: CanLearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties |
Program name and description :
Friends and Teen Talk: To support successful transition into adolescence and adulthood for children and youth, by enhancing the development of social and emotional skills, increasing their sense of belonging and fostering social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$201,036 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
The Way In Network - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$1,268,252 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Elder Friendly Communities: To increase social connections for vulnerable older adults and create sustainable elder-friendly communities where older adults are valued, have purpose, can contribute to their communities and as a result all citizens thrive. |
Funding amount :
$441,326 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling: To increase family cohesion and healthy development in families and to mitigate the effects of toxic stress by improving attachment, coping skills and connection to natural supports. |
Funding amount :
$1,218,807 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Multigenerational Wellness in Community: To provide multigenerational preventative group programming for vulnerable families, youth and older adults that builds social-emotional skills, enhances parental capacity, augments natural supports and increases the wellbeing of Calgarians. |
Funding amount :
$59,459 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Older Adult Counselling: To improve the overall quality of life for older adults by providing counselling supports aimed at strengthening coping skills, improving connections to natural supports and facilitating social connection through community programs. |
Funding amount :
$240,392 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Prime Time: To strengthen families and enhance childhood development using a protective factors and a place-based approach. |
Funding amount :
$234,358 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Village Commons: Community Hub: To provide a welcoming and inclusive community hub space where residents are actively involved in service design and delivery which in turn supports residents in increasing social inclusion, belonging and connection. |
Funding amount :
$157,015 |
| Organization: Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Financial Wellness: To offer a spectrum of financial literacy training that is specific, tailored and delivered through our Financial Wellness program team, participants will gain knowledge and practical skills that are relevant to their circumstances and needs. |
Funding amount :
$65,973 |
| Organization: Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Avenue Youth: To provide culturally responsive intervention and prevention services that support youth and families in achieving greater integration, social inclusion and economic success in Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$189,750 |
| Organization: Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Multicultural Peer Mentorship Program: To accelerate the integration of newcomers through employment, build stronger ties with mainstream organizations and community and strengthen cross-cultural relations. |
Funding amount :
$28,053 |
| Organization: Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Development Program: To facilitate the participation of newcomers, newcomer community groups, established communities and institutions to work collaboratively towards meaningful integration of newcomers into Canadian society. |
Funding amount :
$27,245 |
| Organization: Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
Advancing Healthy Relationships: To ensure that all Calgarians, human service organizations and relevant systems have the supports and resources needed for individuals to achieve sexual wellbeing across the lifespan. |
Funding amount :
$389,497 |
| Organization: Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
WiseGuyz: Healthy Relationships and Life Skills Program: To change young men's endorsement of, and adherence to, harmful masculine gender norms that limit and harm their health and wellbeing, interpersonal relationships, communities and society as a whole. |
Funding amount :
$239,849 |
| Organization: Centre for Suicide Prevention |
Program name and description :
Skills for Safer Living Program: To provide access to skill-building, psycho-educational suicide prevention programs that support individual and caregiver capacity and resilience to improve protective factors and disrupt the cycle of suicidal ideation/attempt(s). |
Funding amount :
$84,524 |
| Organization: Children's Cottage Society of Calgary, An Alberta Society |
Program name and description :
In-Home Infant Respite Care Program: To provide parents with infants younger than six months with respite care in their homes in times of vulnerability to maintain and strengthen the family unit. |
Funding amount :
$123,964 |
| Organization: City of Calgary - Community Strategies |
Program name and description :
FCSS Administration and Planning: Administration and oversight of FCSS funding program. |
Funding amount :
$1,819,540 |
| Organization: City of Calgary - Community Strategies |
Program name and description :
Strategy Development and Implementation: Advancing policies and strategies at the systems-level using research and data. |
Funding amount :
$1,485,473 |
| Organization: City of Calgary - Community Strategies |
Program name and description :
Community and Social Development: City social workers engaging Calgarians through a community development model. |
Funding amount :
$2,799,763 |
| Organization: City of Calgary - Community Strategies |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool Children's and Youth Programs: Afterschool programming for children in grades 4-12 experiencing vulnerabilities. |
Funding amount :
$571,037 |
| Organization: Closer to Home Community Services Society |
Program name and description :
Stronger Communities: To equip parents, especially of newcomer families, with knowledge and skills that help them find needed resources, build supportive relationships and connections and improve their parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$264,592 |
| Organization: Community Agency Network for Women In Need Society in Alberta |
Program name and description :
WINS Community Resource Hubs: To provide individuals at risk for social isolation in low-income neighborhoods with the resources and skills to thrive. |
Funding amount :
$79,500 |
| Organization: Community Kitchen Program of Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary's Cooking Program: To work with low-income and vulnerable Calgarians in the development of skills to enable them to select, plan and prepare affordable, healthy meals to cross ethnic barriers by having multicultural kitchens in the city. |
Funding amount :
$171,177 |
| Organization: Confederation Park 55+ Activity Centre |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable, and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$199,123 |
| Organization: Connections for Families Society |
Program name and description :
Financial Coaching Program: To support family members with cognitive challenges to improve financial wellbeing and economic stability, feel more confident in their ability to care for their children and gain financial independence. |
Funding amount :
$130,925 |
| Organization: CUPS Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
CUPS Family and Child Development Centre: To co-create positive outcomes with low-income families experiencing multiple risk factors and adversity by building protective factors and strengthening family functioning using a two-generational approach. |
Funding amount :
$712,142 |
| Organization: Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services Calgary Region Society |
Program name and description :
Peer to Hear: For hard of hearing seniors is to alleviate the adverse circumstances arising from hearing loss by providing learning from a peer with lived experience, resulting in full participation and contribution to all aspects of society in every setting. |
Funding amount :
$22,809 |
| Organization: Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Child & Youth Program: To strengthen family relationships, coping skills and parenting practices for families who have experienced domestic violence by mitigating adverse effects and preventing future domestic violence. |
Funding amount :
$437,373 |
| Organization: Distress Centre Calgary |
Program name and description :
211 Phone Line: To facilitate seamless connections between Calgarians and community, health, government and social services through the provision of information and referral services, analysis and sharing of data and leadership in community initiatives. |
Funding amount :
$625,715 |
| Organization: Distress Centre Calgary |
Program name and description :
Crisis Services: To provide an accessible, no-cost crisis service that enhances the quality of life in our community, while creating a stronger community connections by engaging community members to provide crisis support. |
Funding amount :
$658,754 |
| Organization: Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
Bridge over Pandemic: To reduce social isolation, promote social connection and prevent distress to create an inclusive and supportive society to ensure social mobility is accessible to all Calgarians. |
Funding amount :
$111,640 |
| Organization: Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Supercool Afterschool and World Culture Society: To empower children and youth of immigrant or diverse backgrounds by supporting integration through programs that build self-confidence, self-esteem, social bonding and resiliency. |
Funding amount :
$142,513 |
| Organization: El Sistema Calgary Multicultural Orchestra Foundation |
Program name and description :
Calgary Multicultural Orchestra Program: To provide access to music education for socially disadvantaged and culturally diverse children to optimize their use of free time, build a higher self-esteem, develop a sense of belonging and increase positive social ties. |
Funding amount :
$144,863 |
| Organization: EthioCare |
Program name and description :
EthioCare Community Development: To engage members of the Ethiopian, Eritrean and East African communities in Calgary in order to determine needs, issues and priorities for action, and to increase community participation, leadership and volunteer opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$113,980 |
| Organization: Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Frontrunners: To support vulnerable children and youth (8 -14 years) in achieving their optimal development, social-emotional competence and mental health. |
Funding amount :
$122,969 |
| Organization: Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Fathering for the Future: To provide support services and educational resources designed specifically for fathers in vulnerable families that will help them be positive, supportive, informed and engaged parents. |
Funding amount :
$332,886 |
| Organization: Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Perinatal Mental Health Program: To provide support for families in Calgary struggling with postpartum depression and other perinatal mental health issues with the resources they need to heal and achieve wellness. |
Funding amount :
$269,603 |
| Organization: Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Successful Young Parents: To ensure at-risk families led by young parents receive the support they need to be successful, healthy and thrive. |
Funding amount :
$66,896 |
| Organization: Further Education Society of Alberta |
Program name and description :
Calgary Community Family Literacy Programs: To provide barrier-free literacy programs for families with low literacy or English skills, cultural differences, unemployment, or family violence to break cycles of low-literacy and poverty. |
Funding amount :
$149,557 |
| Organization: Good Companions 50 Plus Club |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connectedness and reduce isolation among seniors through accessible, affordable programs that take into account health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$73,904 |
| Organization: Greater Forest Lawn 55+ Society |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To increase social participation, health and wellness of all seniors including immigrants and Indigenous peoples through community connection, providing a sense of purpose and belonging. |
Funding amount :
$156,798 |
| Organization: Highbanks Independent Living for Parenting Youth Society |
Program name and description :
Moving the Fulcrum: To support young mothers (16 - 24 years) who are actively pursuing educational goals while raising healthy, happy children. |
Funding amount :
$82,500 |
| Organization: Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections: To increase positive social ties, develop networks of support, strengthen sense of belonging and create engagement opportunities for community members who are vulnerable and at risk of social isolation. |
Funding amount :
$151,029 |
| Organization: Hospice Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
The Children's Grief Centre: To increase capacity and build resiliency, promote emotional wellbeing, foster positive social ties and reduce risky lifestyle behaviors through early interventions for children, teens and families who grieve. |
Funding amount :
$285,385 |
| Organization: Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Mentors Matter: To build healthy connections between members of the community, youth and their families through professionally facilitated mentoring relationships. |
Funding amount :
$118,804 |
| Organization: Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Braiding the Sweetgrass: To build a foundation for Indigenous families that is healthy and free from the trauma cycle. |
Funding amount :
$340,648 |
| Organization: Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Patch: To deliver integrated, wrap-around services within Housing Company complexes for individuals and families to increase financial stability, employment and education opportunities and foster social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$488,896 |
| Organization: Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Roots of Empathy: To foster the development of empathy and emotional literacy, reduce levels of bullying and aggression, promote children’s pro-social behaviours, increase knowledge of human development, learning and infant safety and prepare students for parenting. |
Funding amount :
$17,119 |
| Organization: Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To increase social inclusion and enhance personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties and support networks of newcomers through volunteerism. |
Funding amount :
$94,236 |
| Organization: Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Cross-Cultural Adaptation Program: To accelerate social inclusion, enhance personal capacity, economic self-sufficiency, support networks and positive social ties of immigrants and refugees through personalized plans for settlement and collaborative community-driven initiatives. |
Funding amount :
$64,471 |
| Organization: Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Gateway Program: Multiple partners in the community, with the goal of increasing service uptake in newcomers to 80%. |
Funding amount :
$421,875 |
| Organization: Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Community Initiatives for Immigrant Seniors Program: To enhance social inclusion by improving the personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties, support networks and civic engagement of immigrant seniors, while strengthening supports for this vulnerable population through collaborative engagements. |
Funding amount :
$259,054 |
| Organization: Jewish Family Service (Calgary) |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program: Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$264,882 |
| Organization: Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Thrive Program: To utilize a variety of food supports as a gateway to reaching isolated or immobile seniors, with the goal of assisting them to maximize aging in place within their communities of choice, minimize social isolation and food insecurity. |
Funding amount :
$197,505 |
| Organization: Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To provide a positive, safe, flexible, and inclusive environment for seniors and others to socialize, volunteer and contribute to their community. |
Funding amount :
$116,529 |
| Organization: Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Financial and Social Benefits: To reduce social isolation among seniors that are low-income and support access to social, financial and medical benefits to enhance their sense of belonging and community. |
Funding amount :
$182,915 |
| Organization: Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Education and Recreation: To reduce social isolation among seniors by providing a safe, positive, inclusive and affordable environment for seniors to socialize, engage in learning and recreational activities, interact with others and remain connected in their community. |
Funding amount :
$207,491 |
| Organization: Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Family Enhancement and Resiliency Programming: To reduce family stress and build family resiliency through strengthening relationships between parent and child relationships, enhancing family functioning and increasing social connection. |
Funding amount :
$290,085 |
| Organization: Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling: To increase the social inclusion of vulnerable Calgary families through prevention-oriented family counselling which strengthens family functioning and mitigates the negative impact of family disruption and adverse childhood experiences. |
Funding amount :
$320,536 |
| Organization: Kindred Connections Society |
Program name and description :
Early Parenthood Support: To support the wellbeing and resiliency of young parents at risk of social exclusion by helping them overcome challenges, build on existing strengths and develop new capacities to provide sensitive and responsive care their babies need to thrive. |
Funding amount :
$523,662 |
| Organization: Ladies in the Family Foundation |
Program name and description :
Cook for Inclusion Program: To support Black girls and their families who are suffering from social exclusion and low income to develop their social capital which will result in increased natural supports and share experiences for improved wellbeing. |
Funding amount :
$44,063 |
| Organization: LINKages Society of Alberta |
Program name and description :
Intergenerational After School: To engage vulnerable Calgary youth in tipping-point communities in the development of social competence, cognitive development, self-esteem, self-confidence, identity and positive citizenship through weekly meaningful intergenerational programs. |
Funding amount :
$24,672 |
| Organization: Lionheart Foundation |
Program name and description :
Youth Mental Health Counselling: To ensure that adolescents and their families facing anxiety-related mental health challenges receive support to achieve mental health and wellbeing. |
Funding amount :
$154,500 |
| Organization: Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Victim Support Program: To offer a child-focused and trauma-informed model of care to children, youth and families impacted by child abuse to prevent further instances of abuse and increase connection with community. |
Funding amount :
$116,928 |
| Organization: McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Youth Alternative Program: To support young people in developing life skills that will help protect against risk factors and promote safe, positive life choices. |
Funding amount :
$232,076 |
| Organization: McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Hope Homes Program: To assist young people (15-25 years) in securing and maintaining safe housing that contributes to making positive, healthy choices that increase their self-esteem, support life-skill development and facilitates a healthy transition to independence. |
Funding amount :
$47,165 |
| Organization: Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Native Network Positive Parenting Program: To address the impact of residential schools on parenting through sequential learning models of child and parent development, assisting parents in strengthening individual and family functioning, increasing a sense of cultural belonging and support. |
Funding amount :
$421,478 |
| Organization: Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Little Thunderbird: To increase social inclusion among vulnerable Aboriginal children through specific culturally based activities such as sports, art, music and traditional teachings from Aboriginal adults and Elders during vulnerable hours. |
Funding amount :
$87,190 |
| Organization: Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Little Dancing Buffalo Cultural Teaching Program: To increase social ties among Aboriginal children (9 - 12 years) through culturally safe and promising healing practices offered in a traditional cultural education program. |
Funding amount :
$81,144 |
| Organization: Millican Ogden Community Association |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Mo's Place: To provide an afterschool program for the children in the community of Millican Ogden that provides activities, interactions and mentoring that increase the participants self-concept, academic success, social skills and importance of citizenry. |
Funding amount :
$83,395 |
| Organization: Millican Ogden Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections Program: To support and equip parents by providing them with learning opportunities and the supportive relationships that are needed to ensure they have the capacity to improve their parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$90,653 |
| Organization: Miskanawah Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Nitsanak Mamawintowak (Families Coming Together): To offer a range of culturally grounded supports to disrupt intergenerational cycles of trauma, reduce interactions with harmful systems and build family resiliency, strength and lasting wellness. |
Funding amount :
$311,150 |
| Organization: Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Thriving Communities Program: To build the capacity of community leaders to develop businesses that have a positive impact and leverage existing local businesses to become agents for social impact in priority neighbourhoods. |
Funding amount :
$185,340 |
| Organization: Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Asset Building Program: To support low-income households in building a sustainable livelihood by setting financial and life goals, learning to manage money, increasing assets and building saving behaviours. |
Funding amount :
$495,901 |
| Organization: Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Public Policy Program: To advance systems change through research and advocacy in poverty reduction and community economic development. |
Funding amount :
$257,486 |
| Organization: MPC Foundation |
Program name and description :
Seniors Connect Club: To address social isolation for seniors with multiple vulnerabilities and who face multiple barriers to participation in society by enhancing social inclusion through reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors. |
Funding amount :
$51,450 |
| Organization: National Zakat Foundation |
Program name and description :
Nisa Homes Calgary: To support at-risk women and children in meeting their goals through increased self-sufficiency, social participation and a sense of belonging in the community. |
Funding amount :
$69,465 |
| Organization: Nepalese Community Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Social Isolation Supports to Enhance Elders' Resilience: To develop the resilience of elders, increasing social inclusion and making them distressed mentally and emotionally. |
Funding amount :
$38,895 |
| Organization: North of McKnight Communities Society |
Program name and description :
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs and Jobseekers: To provide women training and support to overcome socio-economic, cultural, language and other barriers to entrepreneurship or employment. |
Funding amount :
$66,953 |
| Organization: Ogden House Senior Citizens' Club |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To increase the engagement of people 50+ living in the Ogden, Lynnwood, Millican and Riverbend. |
Funding amount :
$186,083 |
| Organization: Pacekids Society for Children with Special Needs |
Program name and description :
Flourishing Families: To reduce systemic barriers to ensure caregivers, siblings and children with special needs are equipped with tools and techniques to thrive in their communities, while building their nature support network. |
Funding amount :
$59,250 |
| Organization: Parkdale Nifty Fifties Seniors Association |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections, and prevent or reduce social isolation among older Calgarians, by providing programs, activities and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$109,991 |
| Organization: Portail de l'Immigrant Association de Calgary (PIA) |
Program name and description :
Francophone Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) Program: To empower parents and support families in preparing their children for school success. |
Funding amount :
$125,417 |
| Organization: Portail de l'Immigrant Association de Calgary (PIA) |
Program name and description :
Francophone Youth Centre: Provide safe, caring and creative environments for youth to enhance and enrich their lives through sports, educational and recreational programs. |
Funding amount :
$90,000 |
| Organization: Pregnancy, Infant & Child Loss Support Centre |
Program name and description :
Still We Rise: Bereavement Peer Support Program: To provide peer support for grieving families, while increasing social support systems, mental health and enhancing family life. |
Funding amount :
$156,938 |
| Organization: Punjabi Community Health Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Sahara Family Support Program: To use a holistic, culturally and language appropriate approach in provision of family counselling, mental health and addiction services to stabilize and empower South Asian clients and their families to lead a life of respect and dignity. |
Funding amount :
$162,000 |
| Organization: Renfrew Educational Services Society |
Program name and description :
Renfrew Family Support Program: To provide individualized support for families to meet the needs of their child(ren) and fully able to participate in their social and community networks. |
Funding amount :
$262,838 |
| Organization: Rise Calgary Resource Centres Society |
Program name and description :
Financial Coaching and Matched-Savings Program: To increase the economic and social mobility within the lives of Calgarians living on low incomes. |
Funding amount :
$97,335 |
| Organization: Rise Calgary Resource Centres Society |
Program name and description :
Mobility Coaching: To increase the economic and social mobility within the lives of Calgarians living on low incomes. |
Funding amount :
$106,500 |
| Organization: SafeLink Alberta Society |
Program name and description :
Strong Voices Prevention Program: To ensure Indigenous people at risk of and affected by HIV/HCV/STI's have access to a continuum of holistic and culturally relevant services to aid them along a path of wellbeing, resiliency and reduced infectious disease vulnerability. |
Funding amount :
$97,493 |
| Organization: Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Peer Support Volunteer Program: To empower those impacted by domestic abuse to lead safe, healthy lives, increasing their social participation and inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$118,720 |
| Organization: Skipping Stone Scholarship Foundation |
Program name and description :
Community Groups: To support trans and gender diverse Calgarian in building meaningful connections, enhance capacity to confidently engage in society and foster a sense of hope. |
Funding amount :
$48,555 |
| Organization: Societe de la petite enfance et de la famille du sud de l'Alberta |
Program name and description :
Happy and Healthy Families: To aid parents and caregivers in feeling confident and competent in their parenting role and have positive and nurturing parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$95,250 |
| Organization: Somali Canadian Society of Calgary (SCSC) |
Program name and description :
Community Facilitation: To support individuals and families to integrate into society, bridging the gap from new Canadians into mainstream society while utilizing their 1st language and building the capacity of individuals and families to identify resources and utilize it. |
Funding amount :
$119,570 |
| Organization: Sonshine Society of Christian Community Services |
Program name and description :
Sonshine Children's Centre: To nurture securely attached and attuned parent/child relationships, support healthy child development, strengthen family functioning and increase protective factors to ameliorate the effects of domestic violence, toxic stress and trauma. |
Funding amount :
$137,608 |
| Organization: Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Cultural Initiatives for Healing: To increase a sense of cultural inclusion among vulnerable marginalized Indigenous populations, particularly men, through participation in cultural education and traditional healing practices such as smudging, sweat lodges and pipe ceremonies. |
Funding amount :
$104,162 |
| Organization: Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling Program: To support family healing from addiction and foster improved family functioning and parenting skills through education, peer support, family involvement and reconnection to cultural identity. |
Funding amount :
$79,868 |
| Organization: The Brenda Strafford Foundation Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Counselling and Support Services: To provide families who have been impacted by domestic violence with access to therapeutic supports that promote self-care, enhance personal safety, establish healthy relationships and address trauma in order to live lives free of abuse. |
Funding amount :
$143,608 |
| Organization: The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) |
Program name and description :
Healthy Minds for the Family: To provide newcomer families with culturally responsive psycho-education, community connections, peer-support and access to professional counselling to improve mental wellbeing and enhance their family lives. |
Funding amount :
$267,750 |
| Organization: The Mustard Seed Society |
Program name and description :
Rock the Nation: To provide opportunities for youth in Grades 7-9 to gain positive peer social supports and engage in a variety of recreation opportunities complemented by learning and skill-building. |
Funding amount :
$72,097 |
| Organization: Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Hera: To provide therapeutic, client-directed support to help equip youth removed from exploitive situations with the skills, education and resources necessary to move forward in a positive direction and create healthy sustainable futures. |
Funding amount :
$120,801 |
| Organization: Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Homestay: To support vulnerable families to increase their economic self-sufficiency and housing stability. |
Funding amount :
$316,985 |
| Organization: Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Iiyika’kimaat Youth Program: To support long-term healing for Indigenous youth and families who experience social and cultural challenges resulting from intergenerational trauma. |
Funding amount :
$35,516 |
| Organization: Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Youth Programming: To help youth foster skills and enhanced natural support networks needed to reach their goals related to health and wellbeing, education, employment and an increased sense of belonging, self-confidence, social skills and decreased isolation. |
Funding amount :
$286,630 |
| Organization: Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Community Clubs: To provide affordable, accessible and quality programs for children, youth and families in targeted communities to enhance positive development through learning and discovery, health and wellbeing, social and emotional literacy, leadership development and connection. |
Funding amount :
$992,800 |
| Organization: Two Wheel View - Calgary Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Earn-a-Bike: To utilize the bike as a tool for youth to build resiliency and social-emotional learning competencies such as emotion management, empathy and teamwork. |
Funding amount :
$263,027 |
| Organization: Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth |
Program name and description :
Indigenous Inclusion Program: To support urban Indigenous youth on their healing journey to increase their overall positive Indigenous identity and increase their inclusion in society. |
Funding amount :
$100,847 |
| Organization: West Hillhurst Go-Getters Association |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable, and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$84,574 |
| Organization: Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool: Girl Power, Girl Force, Girls Lead YYC: To build girls' social-emotional, critical thinking and leadership skills within a supportive and safe community to address root causes of issues that affect their lives, leading to enhanced wellbeing and social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$134,744 |
| Organization: Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Capacity-Building Among Peers: To build social capital among women in Calgary that will support vulnerable women in particular to participate more fully in the social, economic and political life of their communities. |
Funding amount :
$598,986 |
| Organization: Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Work for Change: A Women's Policy Agenda: To create a women’s policy agenda, informed by diverse women, to improve the status of women in Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$147,870 |
| Organization: Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Youth Culinary Arts Program: To increase employability skills, sustainable employment, independence, coping skills, resiliency, social inclusion opportunities for multi-barriered youth in our community. |
Funding amount :
$161,121 |
| Organization: Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Inglewood Opportunity Hub: To provide a comprehensive continuum of services, youth improve their overall wellbeing, support social inclusion, increase employability, exit precarious living situations and enhance self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$143,602 |
| Organization: Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Eastside Family Centre: To reduce the distress of vulnerable youth and families so they quickly return to functioning in their home, school, work and community following a personal crisis. |
Funding amount :
$96,720 |
| Organization: Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Community Stabilization Program: To provide 24/7 therapeutic community-based crisis service that provides a temporary, short term, out of home placement for youth (12-17 years) that are experiencing placement crisis or breakdown. |
Funding amount :
$62,126 |
| Organization: Workers' Resource Centre |
Program name and description :
Casework Outreach Program: To improve the financial wellbeing and social participation of our Albertans through assistance in navigating their employment rights, as well as supporting them to advocate within the claims, complaints and appeals processes as required. |
Funding amount :
$204,750 |
| Organization: Youth Central Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion, Youth Empowerment and Leadership Development: To empower youth, including those who are vulnerable or marginalized, to participate in the community through volunteer and leadership activities so they gain valuable life skills, increase confidence and social connections and gain greater empathy. |
Funding amount :
$147,084 |
2022 Family & Community Support Services - funding allocations
| Organization | Program name and description | Funding amount |
|---|---|---|
| Organization : Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Honouring the Bonds Parenting Program: To support parenting and long-term healing among Indigenous children and their caregivers who experience social and cultural challenges resulting from inter-generational trauma. |
Funding amount :
$108,979 |
| Organization : |
Program name and description :
LEAD for Change: To address systemic inequity, promote racial equity and foster inclusion in public systems, policies and service eco-systems to enhance full economic, social and civic participation of Racialized people. |
Funding amount :
$312,382 |
| Organization : Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Community Food Centre: To improve the health, social and community participation of low-income, vulnerable Calgarians through civic engagement, food access, skill development and wellness programming. |
Funding amount :
$145,116 |
| Organization : Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Program name and description :
Youth Case Management: To improve the physical and mental health of vulnerable youth through the provision of evidence-informed case management. |
Funding amount :
$203,818 |
| Organization : Antyx Community Arts Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, Youth Arts Action Program: To increase the self-esteem, self-confidence, leadership skills and community connectedness of youth (12-18) who are marginalized through engagement in community arts opportunities and social action thus boosting mental health and natural supports. |
Funding amount :
$124,960 |
| Organization : Arusha Centre Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary Dollars: To increase participants' social and economic capital, as well as financial and digital literacy to develop independence, strengthen coping skills and resistance to socio-economic crisis. |
Funding amount :
$43,154 |
| Organization : Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Youth Mentorship Program: To promote positive youth development for Aboriginal youth through cultural mentorship with Elders and Traditional Knowledge Holders. |
Funding amount :
$145,894 |
| Organization : Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
Community Mentoring: To improve executive function, develop social-emotional skills and build resilience in vulnerable youth through a developmental relationship with a caring adult mentor. |
Funding amount :
$201,534 |
| Organization : Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Program name and description :
Mentoring in Schools: To establish a developmental relationship between youth and a caring adult or teen mentor to expand their network of natural supports, improve their social-emotional skills, executive function and resilience. |
Funding amount :
$195,836 |
| Organization : Bow Cliff Seniors |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable, and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$100,497 |
| Organization : Bowness Seniors' Centre |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable, and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$83,161 |
| Organization : The Brenda Strafford Foundation Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Counselling and Support Services: To provide families who have been impacted by domestic violence with access to therapeutic supports that promote self-care, enhance personal safety, establish healthy relationships and address trauma in order to live lives free of abuse. |
Funding amount :
$150,302 |
| Organization : Calgary Between Friends Club – Fun & Fellowship for Disabled Youth |
Program name and description :
Capacity-Building for Social Inclusion: To ensure individuals with disabilities and their families, service providers and relevant systems have the support and resources needed for individuals to experience a sense of social inclusion through community participation. |
Funding amount :
$110,543 |
| Organization : Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, Bridge Club: To support the academic success and positive social-emotional development of children and youth (Grades 1-6) of immigrant, refugee and low-income families through a continuum of intentional after school and summer programs. |
Funding amount :
$329,134 |
| Organization : Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, NxtGen: To support the academic success and positive social-emotional development of children and youth (Grades 7-12+) of immigrant, refugee and low-income families through a continuum of intentional after school and summer programs. |
Funding amount :
$413,351 |
| Organization : Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Immigrant Seniors Integration Program: To increase social inclusion and reduce social isolation for immigrant seniors. |
Funding amount :
$137,007 |
| Organization : Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Regional Outreach Program: To facilitate the development of stronger, inclusive communities by working with grassroots, ethno-cultural communities and service providers within and beyond the east side of Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$139,756 |
| Organization : Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Resources and Development: To foster social inclusion and build social capital by developing volunteer programming and supports for new immigrants and refugees of all ages. |
Funding amount :
$76,655 |
| Organization : Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association |
Program name and description :
Chinese Community Helpers Program: To increase peer support and positive social ties among Chinese older adults and increase social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$123,833 |
| Organization : Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association |
Program name and description :
Support Program: To promote social connection and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing accessible programs and services. |
Funding amount :
$107,221 |
| Organization : Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$354,649 |
| Organization : Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse Society |
Program name and description :
Who Do You Tell? & Birch Grove: To prevent future occurrences of sexual violence – sexual abuse, sexual assault and harassment, by equipping children and youth with skills and knowledge to recognize harmful attitudes and behaviours and promote healthy and respectful relationships. To lessen the impacts of sexual violence by ensuring children and youth know how to access informal and formal supports. |
Funding amount :
$357,252 |
| Organization : Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Family Violence Program: To help individuals, couples and families experiencing abuse in intimate relationships to understand and change aggressive and abusive behavior, and live violence-free lives. |
Funding amount :
$291,415 |
| Organization : Calgary Counselling Centre |
Program name and description :
Responsible Choices for Children and Families Program: To develop parenting skills to support their children in managing emotions, navigating social relationships, and exercising self-regulation skills. |
Funding amount :
$77,465 |
| Organization : Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre Society |
Program name and description :
Community Integration Program: To promote life skills, social inclusion, participation and connection to community for individuals moving back into housing from their experience of homelessness. |
Funding amount :
$440,558 |
| Organization : Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre Society |
Program name and description :
Participation & Integration into the Community (PIC) Program: To strengthen neighbourhoods by providing access to transportation to foster social inclusion and economic self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$27,245 |
| Organization : Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Filipino Community Development Program: To support Filipino families who are currently separated or are recently reunited to enhance family cohesion and social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$108,092 |
| Organization : Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To support and enhance the social inclusion and participation of immigrant women, girls and seniors through meaningful volunteer opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$97,494 |
| Organization : Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association |
Program name and description :
Youth Program: To support the social inclusion and positive development of immigrant girls (9 -19 years) through social-emotional learning, mentorship and leadership opportunities. |
Funding amount :
$150,697 |
| Organization : Calgary John Howard Society |
Program name and description :
Kisisskstaki Ikamotaan: To help Indigenous youth build a strong sense of identity, be connected with and contribute to their community and live a meaningful lifestyle that prevents their involvement in crime. |
Funding amount :
$90,928 |
| Organization : Calgary Legal Guidance Society |
Program name and description :
Social Benefits Advocacy Program: To enhance the positive social and economic outcomes for clients whose social benefits have been denied or suspended, by supporting eligible clients to access the benefits to which they are legally entitled. |
Funding amount :
$273,824 |
| Organization : Calgary Meals on Wheels |
Program name and description :
Home Meal Delivery Program: To deliver nutritious, reliable and accessible food to Calgarians through an engaged network of volunteers to enhance the social safety net and prevent social isolation. |
Funding amount :
$552,854 |
| Organization : Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
SeniorConnect Gatekeeper Program: To identify seniors who are at risk and address or prevent issues related to their social isolation through community activation. |
Funding amount :
$437,970 |
| Organization : Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
Social Inclusion Supports for Vulnerable Seniors: To facilitate socially-cohesive communities through the engagement and mobilization of volunteers to increase positive social ties and increase social capital. |
Funding amount :
$218,041 |
| Organization : Calgary Seniors' Resource Society |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older persons. |
Funding amount :
$305,106 |
| Organization : Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter Association |
Program name and description :
Community Services Counselling Program: To reduce risk and increase protective factors for vulnerable adult victims of family violence and their children through intensive support, community resources, safety planning, parenting groups, advocacy and systems navigation. |
Funding amount :
$427,569 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Men's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, Bunch Stars: To support Indigenous youth in learning about legacy education and positive cultural identity to support a healing journey undoing the effects of intergenerational trauma and supporting their transition into adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$167,144 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Adult Counselling Program: To increase family cohesion by embedding skillful behaviour into family systems thereby reducing instances of family violence and other adverse events. |
Funding amount :
$644,466 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Child Development - Children's Group: To increase social inclusion by improving family functioning through the introduction of skillful behaviour to children and adolescents. |
Funding amount :
$242,095 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Child Development - Parent's Program: To increase social inclusion by enhancing parenting skills through the introduction of skillful behaviour to the family system. |
Funding amount :
$221,920 |
| Organization : Calgary Young Women's Christian Association |
Program name and description :
Community Outreach: To increase personal capacity and choices by providing information and support focused on acquiring resources to meet instrumental needs. |
Funding amount :
$180,450 |
| Organization : Calgary Youth Justice Society |
Program name and description :
In the Lead : To provide effective early intervention that supports vulnerable youth in achieving key developmental outcomes and protective factors needed to overcome adversity, increase overall wellbeing and thriving and successfully transition to adulthood. |
Funding amount :
$226,374 |
| Organization : Canadian Mental Health Association – Calgary Region |
Program name and description :
Family Support Program: To help family members/caregivers who are supporting someone with a mental health issue/mental illness and/or addiction understand and learn to manage their circumstances more effectively, reduce their own feelings of distress and isolation and enhance the performance of the family as a system as well as the individuals within it. |
Funding amount :
$407,436 |
| Organization : Canadian Mental Health Association – Calgary Region |
Program name and description :
Grief and Loss Support Program: To give those struggling with death and non-death grief and loss experiences an opportunity to develop knowledge, skills and behaviours that support healthy transition through the grief and loss process, manage health and wellness and cultivate the ability to approach challenging life experiences with a renewed sense of hope and social connection. |
Funding amount :
$137,314 |
| Organization : CanLearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties |
Program name and description :
CanLearn Friends and Teen Talk: To support successful transition into adolescence and adulthood for children and youth, by enhancing the development of social and emotional skills, increasing their sense of belonging and fostering social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$201,036 |
| Organization : CanLearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties |
Program name and description :
Families Learning Together: To improve healthy child development outcomes by improving positive parenting practices and the home learning environment in low-income, socially isolated families. |
Funding amount :
$97,755 |
| Organization : CanLearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties |
Program name and description :
Taking Charge: To encourage adults with low education to develop their literacy, life skills and personal capacities to create the foundation for completing high school equivalency and/or the pursuit of employment and community participation. |
Funding amount :
$84,866 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Financial Wellness: To offer a spectrum of financial literacy training that is specific, tailored and delivered through our Financial Wellness program team, participants will gain knowledge and practical skills that are relevant to their circumstances and needs. |
Funding amount :
$65,973 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Elder Friendly Communities: To increase social connections for vulnerable older adults and create sustainable elder-friendly communities where older adults are valued, have purpose, can contribute to their communities and as a result all citizens thrive. |
Funding amount :
$610,305 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling: To increase family cohesion and healthy development in families and to mitigate the effects of toxic stress by improving attachment, coping skills and connection to natural supports. |
Funding amount :
$1,740,229 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Older Adult Counselling: To improve the overall quality of life for older adults by providing counselling supports aimed at strengthening coping skills, improving connections to natural supports and facilitating social connection through community programs. |
Funding amount :
$292,568 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Prime Time: To strengthen families and enhance childhood development using protective factors and a place-based approach. |
Funding amount :
$234,358 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$1,563,006 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Village Commons Hub Activation: To provide a welcoming and inclusive community hub space where residents are actively involved in service design and delivery which in turn supports residents in increasing social inclusion, belonging and connection. |
Funding amount :
$157,015 |
| Organization : Carya Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Youth Engagement: To empower vulnerable youth and develop social-emotional skills that build a strong sense of self-worth, encourage natural supports and enhance skills to support physical and mental wellbeing in a multi-faceted school and community environment. |
Funding amount :
$237,836 |
| Organization : Catholic Family Service of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling: To increase the social inclusion of vulnerable Calgary families through prevention-oriented family counselling which strengthens family functioning and mitigates the negative impact of family disruption and adverse childhood experiences. |
Funding amount :
$331,145 |
| Organization : Catholic Family Service of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Family Enhancement and Resiliency Programming: To reduce family stress and build family resiliency through strengthening relationships between parent and child relationships, enhancing family functioning and increasing social connection. |
Funding amount :
$350,339 |
| Organization : Catholic Family Service of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Louise Dean Centre: The wellbeing for vulnerable pregnant and parenting teens at risk of financial and social exclusion, and safe, relationally rich, stable and nurturing family environments for their infant children. |
Funding amount :
$681,649 |
| Organization : Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Multicultural Peer Mentorship Program: To accelerate the integration of newcomers through employment, build stronger ties with mainstream organizations and community and strengthen cross-cultural relations. |
Funding amount :
$112,210 |
| Organization : Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Development Program: To facilitate the participation of newcomers, newcomer community groups and established communities and institutions to work collaboratively towards meaningful integration of newcomers into Canadian society. |
Funding amount :
$108,979 |
| Organization : Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
Advancing Healthy Relationships: To ensure that all Calgarians, human service organizations and relevant systems have the supports and resources needed for individuals to achieve sexual wellbeing across the lifespan. |
Funding amount :
$387,986 |
| Organization : Centre for Sexuality Society |
Program name and description :
WiseGuyz: To change young men's endorsement of, and adherence to, harmful masculine gender norms that limit and harm their health and wellbeing, interpersonal relationships, communities and society as a whole. |
Funding amount :
$239,394 |
| Organization : Children's Cottage Society of Calgary, An Alberta Society |
Program name and description :
In-Home Infant Respite Care Program: To provide parents with infants younger than six months with respite care in their homes in times of vulnerability to maintain and strengthen the family unit. |
Funding amount :
$123,854 |
| Organization : City of Calgary - Calgary Neighbourhoods |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, Children’s and Youth Programs: Afterschool programming for children in Grades 4 -12 experiencing vulnerabilities. |
Funding amount :
$571,037 |
| Organization : City of Calgary - Calgary Neighbourhoods |
Program name and description :
Community and Social Development Program: City social workers engaging Calgarians through a community development model. |
Funding amount :
$2,799,763 |
| Organization : City of Calgary - Calgary Neighbourhoods |
Program name and description :
FCSS Administration and Planning: Administration and oversight of FCSS funding program. |
Funding amount :
$1,819,540 |
| Organization : City of Calgary - Calgary Neighbourhoods |
Program name and description :
Strategy Development and Implementation: Advancing policies and strategies at the systems-level using research and data. |
Funding amount :
$1,485,473 |
| Organization : Closer to Home Community Services Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, Critical Hours: To increase the involvement of school-aged children and youth, particularly those who have been identified as vulnerable and at risk of becoming involved in negative community activities, in programs between 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The intention is to teach these children social and emotional skills to build their protective factors and minimize the future need for larger system interventions through stronger community, peer and family connections. |
Funding amount :
$73,062 |
| Organization : Closer to Home Community Services Society |
Program name and description :
Family Diversionary: To equip families with knowledge and skills that help them set family goals, find needed resources, build supportive relationships and connections and improve their parenting skills so they can successfully keep their families together. |
Funding amount :
$169,305 |
| Organization : Community Kitchen Program of Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary's Cooking Program: To work with low-income and vulnerable Calgarians in the development of skills to enable them to select, plan and prepare affordable, healthy meals to cross ethnic barriers by having multicultural kitchens in the city. |
Funding amount :
$222,707 |
| Organization : Confederation Park 55+ Activity Centre |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$199,123 |
| Organization : Connections for Families Society |
Program name and description :
Financial Coach Program: To support family members with cognitive challenges to improve financial wellbeing and economic stability, feel more confident in their ability to care for their children and gain financial independence. |
Funding amount :
$130,925 |
| Organization : CUPS Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
CUPS Family Development Centre: To co-create positive outcomes with low-income families experiencing multiple risk factors and adversity by building protective factors and strengthening family functioning using a two-generational approach. |
Funding amount :
$934,569 |
| Organization : Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services Calgary Region Society |
Program name and description :
Peer-to-Hear: For hard of hearing seniors is to alleviate the adverse circumstances arising from hearing loss by providing learning from a peer with lived experience, resulting in full participation and contribution to all aspects of society in every setting. |
Funding amount :
$91,237 |
| Organization : Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Child and Youth Program: To strengthen family relationships, coping skills and parenting practices for families who have experienced domestic violence by mitigating adverse effects and preventing future domestic violence. |
Funding amount :
$540,493 |
| Organization : Distress Centre Calgary |
Program name and description :
211: To facilitate seamless connections between Calgarians and community, health, government and social services through the provision of information and referral services, analysis and sharing of data and leadership in community initiatives. |
Funding amount :
$625,715 |
| Organization : Distress Centre Calgary |
Program name and description :
Crisis Services: To provide an accessible, no-cost crisis service that enhances the quality of life in our community, while creating stronger community connections by engaging community members to provide crisis support. |
Funding amount :
$691,014 |
| Organization : Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, Supercool Afterschool and World Culture Society: To empower children and youth of immigrant or diverse backgrounds by supporting integration through programs that build self-confidence, self-esteem, social bonding and resiliency. |
Funding amount :
$142,513 |
| Organization : Diversecities Community Service Association |
Program name and description :
The Bridge Program: To reduce social isolation, promote social connection and prevent distress to create an inclusive and supportive society to ensure social mobility is accessible to all Calgarians. |
Funding amount :
$111,640 |
| Organization : Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, Frontrunners: To support vulnerable children and youth (8 -14 years) in achieving their optimal development, social-emotional competence and mental health. |
Funding amount :
$83,433 |
| Organization : Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Family Resilience Program: To help create and sustain healthy and resilient families who are able to support optimal child development and are well connected in their community |
Funding amount :
$389,898 |
| Organization : Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Perinatal Mental Health Program: To provide support for families in Calgary struggling with postpartum depression and other perinatal mental health issues with the resources they need to heal and achieve wellness. |
Funding amount :
$271,393 |
| Organization : Families Matter Society of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Successful Young Parents: To ensure at-risk families led by young parents receive the support they need to be successful, healthy and thrive. |
Funding amount :
$57,585 |
| Organization : Further Education Society of Alberta |
Program name and description :
Calgary Community Family Literacy Program: To build stronger family foundations through barrier-free literacy programs and break cycles of low-literacy and poverty in families facing barriers such as a lack of literacy or English skills, cultural differences, unemployment or family violence. |
Funding amount :
$121,229 |
| Organization : Good Companions 50 Plus Club |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connectedness and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are accessible, affordable and take into account health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$73,904 |
| Organization : Greater Forest Lawn 55+ Society |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To increase social participation, increased health and wellness of all seniors including Immigrants and Indigenous Peoples through community connection, providing a sense of purpose and belonging. |
Funding amount :
$156,798 |
| Organization : Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections: To increase positive social ties, develop networks of support, strengthen sense of belonging and create engagement opportunities for community members who are vulnerable in one or more key areas and at risk of social isolation. |
Funding amount :
$151,029 |
| Organization : HIV Community Link Society |
Program name and description :
Strong Voices Prevention Program: To ensure Indigenous individuals at risk for and affected by HIV, HCV and other STBBI's have access to a continuum of holistic and culturally relevant healing practices, which move individuals and communities along a path of wellbeing, enhancing resiliency and reducing infectious disease vulnerability. |
Funding amount :
$97,493 |
| Organization : Hospice Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
The Children's Grief Centre: To increase capacity in parents and families, build resiliency in youth, promote emotional wellbeing, foster positive social ties and reduce risky lifestyle behaviors through early interventions for children, teens and families who grieve. |
Funding amount :
$285,385 |
| Organization : Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Braiding the Sweetgrass: To build a foundation for Indigenous families that is healthy and free from the trauma cycle. |
Funding amount :
$338,398 |
| Organization : Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Mentors Matter: To build healthy connections between members of the community, youth and their families through professionally facilitated mentoring relationships. |
Funding amount :
$112,767 |
| Organization : Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Patch: To deliver integrated, wrap-around services within Housing Company complexes for individuals and families to increase financial stability, employment and education opportunities and foster social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$451,366 |
| Organization : Hull Services |
Program name and description :
Roots of Empathy: To foster the development of empathy, develop emotional literacy, reduce levels of bullying, aggression and violence, promote children’s pro-social behaviours, increase children’s knowledge of human development, learning and infant safety and prepare students for responsible citizenship and responsive parenting. |
Funding amount :
$68,477 |
| Organization : Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Community Initiatives for Immigrant Seniors Program: To enhance social inclusion by improving the personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties, support networks and civic engagement of immigrant seniors, while strengthening supports for this vulnerable population through collaborative engagements. |
Funding amount :
$241,215 |
| Organization : Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Cross-Cultural Adaptation Program: To accelerate social inclusion, enhance personal capacity, economic self-sufficiency, support networks and positive social ties of immigrants and refugees through personalized plans for settlement and collaborative community-driven initiatives. |
Funding amount :
$64,471 |
| Organization : Immigrant Services Calgary Society |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To increase social inclusion and enhance personal capacity, self-sufficiency, social ties and support networks of newcomers through volunteerism. |
Funding amount :
$76,944 |
| Organization : Jewish Family Service (Calgary) |
Program name and description :
The Way In Program - Older Adult Outreach: To increase access to supports, resources and social connections for vulnerable older adults. |
Funding amount :
$264,882 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Education and Recreation: To reduce social isolation among seniors by providing a safe, positive, inclusive and affordable environment for seniors to socialize, engage in learning and recreational activities, interact with others and remain connected in their community. |
Funding amount :
$207,491 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Financial and Social Benefits: To reduce social isolation among seniors that are low-income and support access to social, financial and medical benefits to enhance their sense of belonging and community. |
Funding amount :
$182,915 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Thrive: To utilize a variety of food supports as a gateway to reaching isolated or immobile seniors, with the goal of assisting them to maximize aging in place within their communities of choice, minimize social isolation and food insecurity. |
Funding amount :
$190,021 |
| Organization : Kerby Assembly |
Program name and description :
Volunteer Program: To provide a positive, safe, flexible and inclusive environment for seniors and others to socialize, volunteer and contribute to their community. |
Funding amount :
$116,529 |
| Organization : LINKages Society of Alberta |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, IG After School: To engage and support vulnerable Calgary youth in the development of self-esteem, self-confidence, identity and positive ongoing citizenship through meaningful intergenerational connections and programming during after school hours. |
Funding amount :
$98,689 |
| Organization : McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Hope Homes Program: To assist young people (15-25 years) in securing and maintaining safe housing that contributes to making positive, healthy choices that increase their self-esteem, support life-skill development and facilitates a healthy transition to independence. |
Funding amount :
$26,661 |
| Organization : McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Youth Alternative Program: To support young people in developing life skills that will help protect against risk factors and promote safe, positive life choices. |
Funding amount :
$215,712 |
| Organization : Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, Little Thunderbirds: To increase social inclusion among vulnerable Aboriginal children through specific culturally based activities such as sports, art, music and traditional teachings from Aboriginal adults and Elders during vulnerable hours. |
Funding amount :
$87,190 |
| Organization : Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Little Dancing Buffalo Cultural Teaching Program: To increase social ties among Aboriginal children (9 - 12 years) through culturally safe and promising healing practices offered in a traditional cultural education program. |
Funding amount :
$81,144 |
| Organization : Metis Calgary Family Services Society |
Program name and description :
Native Network Positive Parenting Program: To address the impact of residential schools on parenting through sequential learning models of child and parent development, assisting parents in strengthening individual and family functioning, increasing a sense of cultural belonging and support. |
Funding amount :
$527,912 |
| Organization : Millican Ogden Community Association |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, Mo's Place: To provide an afterschool program for the children in the community of Millican Ogden that provides activities, interactions and mentoring that increase the participants self-concept, academic success, social skills and importance of citizenry. |
Funding amount :
$72,145 |
| Organization : Millican Ogden Community Association |
Program name and description :
Community Connections: To support and equip parents by providing them with learning opportunities and the supportive relationships that are needed to ensure they have the capacity to improve their parenting skills. |
Funding amount :
$86,238 |
| Organization : Miskanawah Community Services Association |
Program name and description :
Nitsanak Mamawintowak: To offer a range of culturally grounded supports to disrupt intergenerational cycles of trauma, reduce interactions with harmful systems and build family resiliency, strength and lasting wellness. |
Funding amount :
$299,600 |
| Organization : Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Asset Building Program: To support low-income households in building a sustainable livelihood by setting financial and life goals, learning to manage money, increasing assets and building saving behaviours. |
Funding amount :
$495,901 |
| Organization : Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Public Policy Program: To advance systems change through research and advocacy in poverty reduction and community economic development. |
Funding amount :
$257,486 |
| Organization : Momentum Community Economic Development Society |
Program name and description :
Thriving Communities Program: To build the capacity of community leaders to develop businesses that have a positive impact and leverage existing local businesses to become agents for social impact in priority neighbourhoods. |
Funding amount :
$291,358 |
| Organization : Ogden House Senior Citizens' Club |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To increase the engagement of people 50+ living in the Ogden, Lynnwood, Millican and Riverbend. |
Funding amount :
$186,083 |
| Organization : Parkdale Nifty Fifties Seniors Association |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and prevent or reduce social isolation among older Calgarians, by providing programs, activities and services that are accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$73,963 |
| Organization : Renfrew Educational Services Society |
Program name and description :
Renfrew Family Support: To provide individualized support for families to meet the needs of their child(ren), and fully able to participate in their social and community networks. |
Funding amount :
$262,838 |
| Organization : Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society |
Program name and description :
Peer Support Volunteer Program: To empower those impacted by domestic abuse to lead safe, healthy lives, increasing their social participation and inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$118,720 |
| Organization : Sonshine Society of Christian Community Services |
Program name and description :
Sonshine Children's Centre: To nurture securely attached and attuned parent/child relationships, support healthy child development, strengthen family functioning and increase protective factors to ameliorate the effects of domestic violence, toxic stress and trauma. |
Funding amount :
$137,608 |
| Organization : Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Cultural Initiatives for Healing: To increase a sense of cultural inclusion among vulnerable marginalized Indigenous populations, particularly men, through participation in cultural education and traditional healing practices such as smudging, sweat lodges and pipe ceremonies. |
Funding amount :
$103,476 |
| Organization : Sunrise Healing Lodge Society |
Program name and description :
Family Counselling Program: To support family healing from addiction and foster improved family functioning and parenting skills through education, peer support, family involvement and reconnection to cultural identity. |
Funding amount :
$76,010 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Building Youth Connections: Supports newcomer youth ages 15 – 24 to become healthy, integrated and self-sufficient adults by equipping them to meet their personal, social, community, educational and employment goals. |
Funding amount :
$86,754 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, Community Clubs: Supports newcomer youth ages 15 – 24 to become healthy, integrated and self-sufficient adults by equipping them to meet their personal, social, community, educational and employment goals. |
Funding amount :
$1,370,201 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, Youth Matters: To support youth to achieve core outcomes, which include a positive identity as well as social and emotional competencies, so youth will have the skills, agency, confidence and positive attitudes to create great futures and achieve adult self-sufficiency. |
Funding amount :
$239,969 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Community Connections – Outreach: To support individuals to build a sustainable future and improve their overall wellbeing. |
Funding amount :
$431,684 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Hera: To provide therapeutic, client-directed support to help equip youth removed from exploitive situations with the skills, education and resources necessary to move forward in a positive direction and create healthy sustainable futures. |
Funding amount :
$120,801 |
| Organization : Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Program name and description :
Iiyika'kimaat Youth Program: To support long-term healing for Indigenous youth and families who experience social and cultural challenges resulting from intergenerational trauma. |
Funding amount :
$142,062 |
| Organization : Two Wheel View - Calgary Ltd. |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, Earn-a-Bike: To utilize the bike as a tool for youth to build resiliency and social-emotional learning competencies such as emotion management, empathy and teamwork. |
Funding amount :
$263,027 |
| Organization : Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth |
Program name and description :
Indigenous Inclusion Program: To support urban Indigenous youth on their healing journey to increase their overall positive Indigenous identity and increase their inclusion in society. |
Funding amount :
$100,847 |
| Organization : West Hillhurst Go-Getters Association |
Program name and description :
Seniors Programs: To promote social connections and reduce social isolation among seniors by providing programs and services that are affordable accessible, affordable and account for health, mobility and cultural considerations. |
Funding amount :
$84,574 |
| Organization : Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Calgary AfterSchool, Girl Power, Girl Force, Girl Lead YYC: To build girls' social-emotional, critical thinking and leadership skills within a supportive and safe community to address root causes of issues that affect their lives, leading to enhanced wellbeing and social inclusion. |
Funding amount :
$122,895 |
| Organization : Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Community Capacity-Building Among Peers: To build social capital among women in Calgary that will support vulnerable women in particular to participate more fully in the social, economic and political life of their communities. |
Funding amount :
$598,986 |
| Organization : Women's Centre of Calgary |
Program name and description :
Work for Change: A Women's Policy Agenda: To create a women’s policy agenda, informed by diverse women, to improve the status of women in Calgary. |
Funding amount :
$92,100 |
| Organization : Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Community Stabilization Program: To provide 24/7 therapeutic community-based crisis service that provides a temporary, short term, out of home placement for youth (12-17 years) that are experiencing placement crisis or breakdown. |
Funding amount :
$59,451 |
| Organization : Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Eastside Family Centre: To reduce the distress of vulnerable youth and families so they quickly return to functioning in their home, school, work and community following a personal crisis. |
Funding amount :
$92,555 |
| Organization : Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
EXIT Community Outreach: To provide immediate on-site intervention, community prevention and diversion support to vulnerable and at-risk youth. |
Funding amount :
$83,209 |
| Organization : Wood's Homes |
Program name and description :
Youth Culinary Arts Program: To increase employability skills, sustainable employment, independence, coping skills, resiliency, social inclusion opportunities for multi-barriered youth in our community. |
Funding amount :
$154,183 |
| Organization : Youth Central Society |
Program name and description :
Youth Empowerment and Leadership Development: To empower youth, including those who are vulnerable or marginalized, to participate in the community through volunteer and leadership activities so they gain valuable life skills, increase confidence and social connections and gain greater empathy. |
Funding amount :
$147,084 |