We all know charities and non-profits - and the incredible staff and volunteers who make them work - are at the forefront of addressing needs in our community. During the pandemic, many of these vital organizations struggled with increased demand for their services, reduced revenues, declines in donations, and a greater reliance on digital tools. They are there for us in our time of need, and now it is our turn to give back. Their post-pandemic recovery is key to their continued ability to offer services and adapt to the changing needs of communities across Canada.

That's why we launched the Community Services Recovery Fund (CSRF), to help organizations across Canada adapt, modernize and be better equipped to improve the efficacy, accessibility and sustainability of the community services that they provide. This program has been delivered through our National Partners: Canadian Red Cross, United Way Centraide, and Community Foundations Canada earlier this year.

Today, Minister for Families, Children, and Social Development, the Hon. Jenna Sudds, announced the recipients of this funding across Canada.

As your Member of Parliament, I am delighted to share that we have brought this funding to some fantastic local organizations in Mississauga-Erin Mills to help them recover and adapt their programs to best serve our neighbours in need. These include:

The Applewood Centre for Adult Learning

Eden Food For Change

Heritage Mississauga

Ivan Franko Homes in Mississauga

My School ROCKS

National Pensioners Federation

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Thank you all for your commitment to serve our community.

Quick Facts:

• The Community Services Recovery Fund was announced in Budget 2021 as a one-time, $400 million investment to help community service organizations adapt, modernize and build internal organizational capacity. This investment will strengthen the charitable and non-profit sector as it supports post-pandemic recovery in communities across Canada.
• The Canadian Red Cross, Community Foundations of Canada and United Way Centraide Canada were selected as the National Funders to deliver the Community Services Recovery Fund following a solicited call and open process for expressions of interest. They will deliver funding to a broad and diverse range of community service organizations across Canada, including charities, non-profits and Indigenous governing bodies.
• The Community Services Recovery Fund has two funding streams: one for local or regional community service organizations serving a portion of a province or territory, and one for community service organizations serving the entire country, an entire province or territory, or multiple provinces or territories.
• Funding from the Community Services Recovery Fund will enable community service organizations to invest in their own organizational capacity under one of the following three project focus areas:
• Investing in People – projects that focus on how organizations recruit, retain, engage and support their personnel.
• Investing in Systems and Processes – projects that invest in the systems and processes involved in creating the internal workings of an organization’s overall structure.
• Investing in Program and Service Innovation and Redesign – projects primarily focused on program and service innovation and redesign using information gained during the COVID‑19 pandemic.
• The Community Services Recovery Fund builds on the successful delivery of the $350 million Emergency Community Support Fund, where the Government of Canada funded over 11,570 projects serving vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic.