Veteran Homelessness Program: General information: Services and Support Stream

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What is the Veteran Homelessness Program’s Services and Support Stream

The Services and Supports Stream focuses on the delivery of rent supplements and wrap-around services (such as counselling and addiction treatment) to Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Who can apply?

Eligible Applicants

Eligible Applicants include:

  • Not-for-profit organizations
  • Veteran-serving organizations
  • Municipalities
  • Indigenous organizationsEndnote *
  • Public health, research organizations, educational institutions
  • Provincial and Territorial Governments and their entities, including departments, agencies and Crown Corporations

 Note: Indigenous Development Corporations are normally set-up by an Indigenous community organization/government. These corporations constitute the business/economic arm of Indigenous communities/governments and typically count the members of the community as their shareholders. Their primary role is to develop the economic activity of the Indigenous community that established them. Indigenous development corporations generally fall under two categories: for-profit and not-for-profit. The for-profit model however is unique in that profits are then re-invested in the community.

Ineligible Applicants

Ineligible Applicants include:

  • For profit organizations
  • Federal entities, including federal Crown corporations

What types of projects does the Services and Support Stream support?

  Note: For a comprehensive list of Eligible Activities, please consult section What types of projects are eligible under the Services and Supports Stream? of the Applicant Guide.

Up to $72.9 million in he program’s contributions funding has been allocated for the Services and Supports Stream.

Contributions of up to $6.5 million over 5 years are available for successful applicants. The types of projects to be funded under this stream include: 

  • Activities designed to reduce Veteran homelessness
  • Activities designed to prevent Veterans and their families at imminent risk of homelessness from becoming homeless
  • Activities to develop and expand the capacity of service providers operating in the homelessness and Veteran-serving sector
  • Activities designed to plan, coordinate and integrate responses to Veteran homelessness

What projects are not eligible for funding under the Services and Support Stream?

Ineligible projects for funding include:

  • New capital construction
  • Cost of purchasing of land

How are projects assessed?

  Note: To verify the merit criteria that will be used to assess projects submitted though the Services and Support Stream, please consult section Eligibility and assessment criteria for the Services and Supports Stream of the Applicant Guide.

The Application Form captures the information required to assess your project against eligibility and merit criteria. After the submission deadline, all submitted applications will be assessed on a competitive basis against the eligibility and merit criteria below.

The Department may also review information in the public domain, including but not limited to materials on your website and media articles, when determining the eligibility of your application.

All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application. INFC reserves the right to apply additional criteria in the selection of projects if the volume of applications is above the funding available under the Services and Supports Stream and the Capacity Building Stream of the Veteran Homelessness Program. Consideration could be given to the following factors: geographic coverage across Canada, official language minority community considerations, the provision of culturally-appropriate supports (including supports to First Nations, Metis and/or Inuit), and service to Veteran sub-populations experiencing or at risk of homelessness (Seniors, Indigenous peoples, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, Black and racialized Canadians, people with disabilities, Veterans living in rural and remote communities), and the applicant’s experience in both the homeless-serving sector and in serving veterans directly (for Services and Supports Stream only).

Projects determined to be eligible will be evaluated against merit criteria, such as:

  • Clarity of project and activities descriptions
  • Demonstration of the need for proposed activities
  • Knowledge of existing homeless serving infrastructure
  • Clarity of project and activities description
  • Ability to deliver/manage sub projects to deliver rent supplements and wrap-around supports
  • Experience working directly with Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness, or with Veteran-serving organizations
  • Demonstration of support from partners
  • Ability to provide services to a wider geographic area
  • Clarity of expected results and progress measurement

Timeline

The application deadline is June 23, 2023 at 11:59 pm EDT.

Applications received after the deadline will not be evaluated or considered.