What Is Eligible?

• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• JUSTICE INITIATIVES

• EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT

• RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT

• SENIOR AND YOUTH PROGRAMS

• CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

• COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE

• HEALTH INITIATIVES

• OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES i.e. EMERGENCY SITUATIONS (HOMES DESTROYED BY FIRES OR NATURAL DISASTER), MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

Who Can Apply?

• An organization may be a beneficiary of funds from the BCCDC if the organization activities fall within the permitted purposes stated in policy and the organization is generally charitable or non-profit and community purposed.  The activity being proposed for support should be community minded for the organization. 

• Individuals are NOT eligible to submit applications

• Applications for funding will be open to organizations in the immediate communities of White Bear First Nations, kakisiwew-ochapowace Nation, the Town of Carlyle, Village of Manor, Village of Kenosee Lake and the R.M. of Moose Mountain No. 63

• The BCCDC Board will not provide duplicate funding for projects, programs, or community events sponsored by the Community Initiatives Fund

Projects will:

• Focus on Partnerships between First Nations and Non-First Nation communities

• Focus on Economic Development Initiatives

• Focus on Human Services that improve Education, Health and the well-being of Elders, Vulnerable Children, Youth and Families

• Where possible, actively involve those to whom the Programs and Services are to be provided in the Development, Management and Delivery of Programs

• Community involvement in project implementation

• Be Preventative and Restorative in nature and address community identified needs

• Demonstrate Cultural Sensitivity and Awareness, reflecting input of the Community

• Be Integrated and Coordinated with other community programs and services of a similar nature

• Focus on Health Initiatives that are early intervention and preventative in nature.