Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program (ACSDCP)

• Completed application form
• Detailed project budget template
• Completed workplan template
• Supplementary documents for partners, if applicable
• Any required declarations and signatures

Who is eligible?

• Indigenous not-for-profit organizations.
• Municipal and other local governments working in collaboration with Indigenous organizations and or communities.
• Indigenous governments, including a council of the band and governments of First Nation, Métis, or Inuit communities established or acknowledged by an act of Parliament or a legislature.
• Canadian universities and colleges.

Who is not eligible

• Crown Corporations.
• For-profit groups.
• Individuals.

Eligible expenses

• Fees and disbursements.
• Salaries and wages for permanent or temporary professional, clerical, technical and administrative services, including contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Commission, the Canada Pension Plan, the Workers' Compensation Board, the Provincial Pension Plan or other Employee Benefit Plans.
• Rent, normal utilities, maintenance of offices and other buildings, insurance and taxes directly related to the project and not core or ongoing expenses.
• Office equipment and minor capital acquisitions under $10,000 per acquisition.
• Administrative expenses up to 15% of the total contribution for a specific project, if not already included within other line items.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Capital costs such as land, buildings, vehicles and most other capital costs of more than $10,000 per acquisition.
• Core or ongoing operating expenses.
• Hospitality, including alcohol, that does not meet the eligible expenses criteria.
• Travel for delegates or participants not directly related to the project, invited by others, or voluntarily attending.
• Profit, defined as an excess of revenues over expenditures.

• Alignment with the Program's objectives and principles.
• Responsiveness to, and anticipated impact on, needs identified by target communities.
• Proposed use of resources, including cost-efficiency and value for money.
• Merit, clarity, and completeness of the proposal.
• Applicant and partner capacity, partnerships, community engagement, and achievability of project plans.

• Complete the ICCI 2023 Call For Proposals - Standard Application form.
• Use the Public Safety Canada workplan and budget templates.
• E-mail the application form and supplementary documents to indigenouscorrections-correctionsautochtones@ps-sp.gc.ca, or mail the application to Public Safety Canada, Crime Prevention Branch, Program Development & Coordination, Indigenous Community Corrections Initiative, 340 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P8.
• Submit completed applications by June 12, 2023, 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time (PST).

• Applications are reviewed through a criteria-based assessment process.
• Eligible applications are assessed at Level 3 by a review committee of experts, which provides recommendations to departmental official(s) for final approval.
• Funding decisions are made by delegated Departmental authorities based on alignment with the Terms and Conditions of the Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program.
• Successful applications are subject to reporting and data collection requirements.
• Approved projects are monitored, and an end of project report is prepared on the extent to which projects met the funding objectives.