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80/20 funding partnership between the Government of Alberta and participating municipalities or Metis Settlements.Description
Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) is an 80/20 funding partnership between the Government of Alberta and participating municipalities or Metis Settlements. FCSS receives its mandate from the Family and Community Support Services Act and the Family and Community Support Services Regulation.
Eligible Applicants
A municipality or Metis Settlement chooses whether to sign an annual agreement with the Government of Alberta to jointly fund eligible services. They must provide at least 20% of the joint funding each year and the Alberta government will provide up to 80%.
Participating municipalities and Metis Settlements are responsible for allocating the joint FCSS funding at the local level. They may use it to:
- deliver eligible preventative social programs and services themselves, and/or
- provide FCSS grants to community agencies to deliver the programs and services
Eligible Expenses
- Services provided under FCSS must be preventative and may include initiatives and programs that:
- help communities identify their social needs and develop responses
- promote, encourage and support volunteer work in the community
- inform the public about services
- support children and their families’ social development
- help families enrich and strengthen family life and function more effectively in their own environment
- enhance retired and semi-retired people’s quality of life
Deadline Date
Participating municipalities electronically submit their annual reports by April 30.Contact
Contact Name: Family and Community Services
Phone Number: 780-415-8150
E-mail Address: css.fcssadmin@gov.ab.ca
Website: https://www.alberta.ca/family-and-community-support-services-fcss-program.aspx#toc-3
