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Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 1: Home and Community Care
Innovative home and community care support
Funding available
$ 50,000 - $ 5,000,000
Deadline
November 6, 2026
Opened October 7, 2026
Location
Alberta, Canada
Who can apply
Not-for-profit organizations and societies, including registered charities.
See full eligibility
Overview
Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 1: Home and Community Care funds Alberta organizations improving assisted living outcomes, with up to $5M over three years. Eligible activities include caregiver supports, remote monitoring and virtual care, technology-enabled care, workforce innovation, and community-based health and wellness supports.
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Opportunity Score
Moderate potential, but conditions must align.
At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
- Increase performance through digital transformation
- Develop strategic partnerships
- Strengthen organizational capacity
Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Minimum amount : 50,000 $
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- All industries
Location
- Alberta
Legal structures
- Non-profit
- For-profit business
- Public or Parapublic institution
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- All organization sizes
Audience
- All groups
Non-profit candidates
Sector of operation
- All industries
Target groups
- All the groups
Revenue structures
- All structures
Scope
- All dimensions
Next Steps
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Determine your project
Availability timeline
2026
Periods: 3
Activities funded
- Developing, adapting, implementing, evaluating, or scaling new or improved services, programs, technologies, partnerships, or practices.
- Caregiver supports and support for families.
- Remote monitoring, virtual care, and other technology-enabled care solutions.
- Workforce innovation and new models of care delivery.
- Palliative and end-of-life care, and community-based health and wellness supports.
Documents Needed
- Completed application form signed by the organization’s duly authorized signing authority.
- Financial statements for the applicant organization’s most recently completed fiscal year, including accompanying schedules, notes, and auditor’s reports where applicable.
Official resources
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Not-for-profit organizations and societies, including registered charities.
- For-profit organizations.
- First Nations and Métis Settlements.
- Municipalities and local authorities, public institutions, and provincial agencies.
- Continuing care home operators, home and community care providers, community and non-profit organizations, Indigenous communities and organizations, post-secondary and research institutions, private-sector organizations, and partnerships involving eligible organizations.
Who is not eligible
- Organizations that are not First Nations, Métis Settlements, or entities incorporated or registered under one of the specified Acts are ineligible for funding.
- Organizations, First Nations, or Métis Settlements with overdue or incomplete reporting requirements related to any previous ministry grant are not eligible to receive funding.
- Consortiums that are not a legal entity.
Eligible expenses
- Personnel costs, including salaries, wages and benefits for employees directly supporting project activities, and backfilling staff reassigned to the project where justified and approved.
- Administration costs directly related to the project, up to 10% of the total budget.
- Program delivery costs such as materials, supplies, equipment, furnishings, facility costs, and knowledge sharing, reporting and dissemination.
- Capital and professional service costs, including renovation or construction directly related to project activities, and contractor or consultant costs for delivery, evaluation, research, engagement, communications or reporting.
- Technology, travel, recruitment, training, professional development, honoraria and cultural protocol costs, audit costs, and other ministry-approved expenses directly related to project objectives.
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- Expenses incurred before the approved project start date, activities completed before funding approval, and retrospective costs.
- Regular operating costs unrelated to the approved project, including routine service delivery, ongoing administration, and existing staffing costs not directly attributable to project activities.
- Routine software licensing, renewals, or replacement of existing technology that does not form part of an innovative project approach.
- Major enterprise or province-wide technology implementations or system integration initiatives.
- Debt repayment, interest charges, deficit financing, gifts, gratuities, bonuses, political activities, religious worship or faith-based programming, direct financial assistance to individuals, purchase of land, buildings or vehicles, fundraising costs, alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, entertainment, post-secondary tuition or degree programs, insurance costs, and any other expense deemed ineligible by the ministry.
Eligible geographic areas
- Alberta
Selection criteria
- Strategic alignment with the selected strategic investment stream, an identified assisted living system need or opportunity, and one or more system outcome areas.
- Project quality, including a clear rationale, evidence-informed design, achievable activities, realistic implementation approach, measurable outcomes, and an appropriate performance measurement framework.
- Organizational readiness, including capacity, governance, project management approach, implementation readiness, partnerships, and the ability to deliver the project.
- Stewardship and value, including the appropriateness of the budget, risk management, knowledge sharing, and responsible use of public funding to achieve measurable outcomes.
- Preference may be given to projects that demonstrate implementation readiness.
How to apply
- Review the Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program guidelines.
- Complete the application form and gather all required supporting documentation.
- Ensure the completed application form is signed by an authorized signing authority.
- Email the completed application form and required documents to ALIGrantProgram@gov.ab.ca in a single email by November 6, 2026 at 4:00 pm Alberta time.
Processing and Agreement
- Applications are screened for mandatory requirements and then evaluated competitively.
- Successful applicants are notified in writing; funding decisions are final and no appeals will be considered.
- Successful applicants must enter into a grant agreement before receiving funding.
- The grant agreement sets the approved funding amount, co-funding contributions, project deliverables, reporting obligations and payment schedule.
- Funded organizations may be required to participate in evaluation activities and provide information or feedback through surveys, interviews, focus groups or other methods.
Contacts
Other components of this program
Explore related funding streams and grants that belong to the same program.
- Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 2: Continuing Care HomesInnovation funding for Alberta continuing care homes
- Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 3: Community Living and Social SupportCommunity-based innovation for assisted living
- Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 4: Research, Evaluation and Knowledge MobilizationResearch and evaluation for assisted living innovation
Frequently Asked Questions about the Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 1: Home and Community Care Program
What is the Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 1: Home and Community Care?
Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 1: Home and Community Care funds Alberta organizations improving assisted living outcomes, with up to $5M over three years. Eligible activities include caregiver supports, remote monitoring and virtual care, technology-enabled care, workforce innovation, and community-based health and wellness supports.
How much funding can be received?
Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 1: Home and Community Care Funds up to $5,000,000 of admissible expenses.
What is the deadline to apply?
The application deadline for this grant program is November 6, 2026. Applicants must submit their complete application before this date to be considered for funding.
Who is eligible for the Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 1: Home and Community Care program?
To be eligible for the Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 1: Home and Community Care program, you must:
The applicant must be legally established or otherwise recognized under the applicable legislation or authority and in good standing where applicable.
The applicant must have been operating in Alberta for at least one full calendar year.
The proposed project must be delivered in Alberta and primarily benefit Albertans.
What expenses are eligible under Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 1: Home and Community Care?
Developing, adapting, implementing, evaluating, or scaling new or improved services, programs, technologies, partnerships, or practices.
Caregiver supports and support for families.
Remote monitoring, virtual care, and other technology-enabled care solutions.
Workforce innovation and new models of care delivery.
Palliative and end-of-life care, and community-based health and wellness supports.
Who can I contact for more information about the Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 1: Home and Community Care?
You can contact Alberta Ministry of Assisted Living and Social Services (ALSS) by email at aligrantprogram@gov.ab.ca.
Where is the Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 1: Home and Community Care available?
The Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program — Stream 1: Home and Community Care program is available the province of Alberta.