Enabling Accessibility Fund for the Early Learning and Child Care small projects

Your project must meet all of the following criteria:

• you must submit a complete application package before 5:00 p.m. EST on January 28, 2022
• your funding request cannot exceed $70,000
• your project activities cannot exceed 24 months
• your project activities cannot be:
  • on provincial or federal property (excluding public schools)
  • on public health care or public hospital property
  • in a home-based child care organization
  • in an unlicensed/unregulated child care centre or facility
• your project must be one of the following:
  • new construction, renovation or retrofit of existing spaces to improve physical accessibility; and/or
  • accessible information and communication technologies
• for projects other than ramps, accessible washrooms, accessible doors, elevators, accessible lifts and pool lifts (known as non-flat rate activities), you must provide 1 external cost estimate (quote). You must submit a rationale if you cannot provide an estimate and an explanation of how you calculated your project costs
• you must provide a description of the community support you have to ensure your project is a success. Please refer to question 33 in the applicant guide for more details

If your project is for new construction, renovation or retrofit of an existing space:

• you must submit a digital picture of the project space to improve (GIF, JPG, JPEG). Your picture must demonstrate the accessibility barriers for persons with disabilities