Canada Service Corps – Service Placements Regional Stream

• Funding of up to $3,000,000 per fiscal year for eligible projects.
• Projects may be funded for up to three years, with funding potentially available from August 2024 to March 31, 2027.
• Financial assistance does not cover paid opportunities for youth (such as wages, stipends, or completion bonuses).

• The applicant must be an organization with a local or regional reach focused on youth-serving activities.
• The organization must offer volunteer service placements for youth aged 12 to 30 at the time their service placement begins.
• The project should prioritize engaging Indigenous and/or under-served youth populations.
• The applicant may only submit one application per stream, and the application must meet the eligibility criteria specific to the Regional Stream.
• Organizations delivering programming in Quebec and subject to M-30 must obtain authorization from the Government of Quebec before finalizing any agreement.

Who is eligible?

• Youth-serving organizations with a local or regional reach
• Organizations serving Indigenous or under-served youth

Who is not eligible

• Organizations without a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) business or registration number (unless they are Indigenous organizations applying by email or mail).
• Quebec organizations subject to the Act respecting the Ministère du Conseil exécutif (M-30) without prior authorization from the Government of Quebec.

Eligible expenses

• Payments to a third organization to reimburse expenses incurred to carry out the project activities (refer to the eligible expenses list specific to each component of the program).

Eligible geographic areas

• Organizations located or operating in Canada, including all provinces and territories.

• Alignment with the program’s objective to expand and diversify meaningful service opportunities for youth, with priority given to projects serving Indigenous and under-served youth.
• Potential to create longer-term, multi-year service placements for youth (ages 12 to 30) that positively impact communities.
• Ability to offer supports that increase participant engagement and successful project completion.
• Commitment to diversity, as evidenced by responses to diversity-related questions in the application process, which may be prioritized in assessment.

• The application period was extended to 10 weeks to allow applicants more time to prepare submissions.
• Information sessions with accessibility features such as ASL, LSQ, and CART are offered to support applicants.
• Organizations may enter into third-party agreements to accomplish project objectives, including funding distribution to partners.
• Diversity-related prioritization criteria are applied broadly across all streams in the current Call for Proposals.