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$11 million has been allocated for one-time grant funding to advance palliative and end-of life care in Alberta.Description
We recognize that access to appropriate and timely palliative and end-of-life care is important. This is why the Alberta government committed $20 million for palliative and end-of-life care initiatives over a 4-year period to address these priorities:
- raise public awareness of palliative care and how and when to access it
- develop effective caregiver supports to support Albertans in their home and community
- establish and implement palliative care education, training, and standards for health professionals
- continue to shift from hospital to community-based home and hospice care
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants must be a legal entity located in Alberta including:
- incorporated non-profit organizations or registered charities
- indigenous organizations
- post-secondary institutions
- schools and school boards
- municipalities
- incorporated businesses
Eligible Expenses
Eligible applicants must demonstrate that their proposed project aligns with the following criteria:
- Project targets at least one of the following palliative and end-of-life care priority areas that support:
- earlier access
- education and training
- community supports and services
- research and innovation
- The project should target at least one of the following priority population groups:
- pediatric population
- palliative clients with a non-cancer diagnosis
- palliative clients experiencing frailty or dementia
- indigenous population
- caregivers
- persons facing structural barriers to access, for example homelessness, poverty
- new immigrants or those with language or cultural barriers to access
- persons living in rural or remote communities
- complex palliative and end-of-life care symptom management
- Given the short timelines for this grant opportunity, the project should demonstrate how the funding would either advance existing projects underway or initiate a new project in a timely manner.
Deadline Date
January 7, 2022Contact
Contact Name: Government of Alberta
E-mail Address: peolc@gov.ab.ca
Website: https://www.alberta.ca/palliative-and-end-of-life-care-grant-fund.aspx