Value
Varies, with funding reaching a total of $3 million in fiscal year 2021 to 2022.Description
Reaching Home is a community-based program aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness. It will provide direct funding to Designated Communities as well as to Indigenous and rural and remote communities across Canada to support their efforts in addressing local needs and develop local solutions to homelessness.
Eligible Applicants
- Communities outside of Quebec and the territories with a population size of 25,000 and over based on Census 2016
- At this stage, the application can be submitted by a municipality or an organization on behalf of a community
Eligible Expenses
The application process aims to expand the Designated Communities stream by up to 4 to 6 communities. The overall funding available for new Designated Communities will gradually ramp up, starting with a total of $1 million in fiscal year 2019 to 2020, approximately $1.9 million in fiscal year 2020 to 2021, and reaching a total of $3 million in fiscal year 2021 to 2022. The community-level allocations will be determined after the final selection of communities.