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Funding for capital assets: Jordan's Principle and First Nations child and family services
Capital support for First Nations services
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- Funding available
- Varies by project
- Deadline
- Open continuously
- Location
- Northwest Territories, Ontario, Yukon, Canada
Overview
Funding for capital assets: Jordan’s Principle and First Nations child and family services supports First Nations, First Nations child and family services agencies, and First Nations-authorized service providers across Canada to buy or build capital assets for service delivery. Eligible uses include capital needs assessments, feasibility studies, and purchase, construction, or renovation of assets.
At a glance
Funding available
Varies by project
- Increase production or service capacity
- Strengthen organizational capacity
- Renovate or expand facilities
- Renovate or adapt facilities
Eligible candidates
- Location
- Northwest Territories, Ontario, Yukon
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
- Organisation size
- All organization sizes
- Audience
- Indigenous Peoples
- Legal structures
- All legal structures
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Availability timeline
2026
Periods: 1
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- First Nations
- First Nations child and family services agencies
- First Nations-authorized Jordan’s Principle service providers
- First Nations or First Nations-authorized service providers that deliver Jordan’s Principle services to First Nations children who live on or off-reserve, anywhere in Canada, for capital needs assessments or feasibility studies
Eligible expenses
- Capital needs assessments for the purchase, construction, or renovation of assets
- Capital feasibility studies for the purchase, construction, or renovation of assets, including environmental and geotechnical assessments, land surveys, and other technical studies
- Design costs
- Purchase, construction, or renovation of assets that are ready to proceed
- Initial furniture and equipment that is fit for purpose, information technology, and other equipment to furnish new spaces; site preparation; lot servicing and site clean-up after construction; building hook-ups to water, sewer, gas, and electrification; upgrades to roads to enable access to the building; and professional fees
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- Taxes for which the requestor is eligible for a tax rebate and all other costs eligible for rebates, including Goods and Services Tax (GST) rebates and eco-retrofits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions which may be eligible under other federal funding
Eligible geographic areas
- On reserve in a province
- On reserve and in Yukon
- Anywhere in the Northwest Territories
- Ontario for First Nations Representative Services
- Anywhere in Canada for capital needs assessments or feasibility studies supporting Jordan’s Principle services to First Nations children who live on or off reserve
Activities funded
- Purchase, construction or renovation of capital assets
- Capital needs assessments and feasibility studies to support capital assets
- Safe, accessible, confidential and culturally- and age-appropriate spaces for Jordan’s Principle services
- Purchasing land on which a building is to be built, repairing or renovating an existing building, and establishing a cultural space, including outdoors, to run prevention-based programming
- Providing First Nations Representative Services for First Nations in Ontario
How to apply
- Requests for both Jordan’s Principle services and the capital assets attached to the services may be submitted at the same time.
Documents Needed
- Capital Funding Request Form
- Supporting documentation referenced in the form
Selection criteria
- The capital asset, including any pre-capital planning request, must provide safe, accessible, confidential, and culturally- and age-appropriate spaces needed to support the delivery of Jordan’s Principle services to First Nations children.
- Capital assets should support substantive equality and culturally appropriate services, given the distinct needs and circumstances of the First Nation, including cultural, historical, and geographical needs and circumstances.
- The purchase, construction or renovation of the capital asset must be underway or ready to proceed.
- The costs must generally be recognized as necessary to purchase, construct or renovate the asset, or as appropriate to conduct pre-capital planning.
- Generally accepted accounting principles, generally accepted public sector procurement practices, and relevant federal, provincial, and local laws and regulations must be followed, and a funding approach for the life cycle needs of the capital asset must be provided.
Processing and Agreement
- Requests for both Jordan’s Principle services and the capital assets attached to the services may be submitted at the same time, with the Jordan’s Principle services request adjudicated first.
- In the case of requests under Jordan’s Principle, all decisions are currently made at headquarters and all requests are escalated to headquarters for decision making in consultation with the Regions.
Additional information
- The guide supports the implementation of the 2021 CHRT 41 order.
Contacts
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Funding for capital assets: Jordan's Principle and First Nations child and family services Program
What is the Funding for capital assets: Jordan's Principle and First Nations child and family services?
Funding for capital assets: Jordan’s Principle and First Nations child and family services supports First Nations, First Nations child and family services agencies, and First Nations-authorized service providers across Canada to buy or build capital assets for service delivery. Eligible uses include capital needs assessments, feasibility studies, and purchase, construction, or renovation of assets.
What is the deadline to apply?
The program is accepting continuous intake
Who is eligible for the Funding for capital assets: Jordan's Principle and First Nations child and family services program?
To be eligible for the Funding for capital assets: Jordan's Principle and First Nations child and family services program, you must:
The capital asset must support First Nations child and family services or Jordan’s Principle services.
Projects must be ready to proceed.
What expenses are eligible under Funding for capital assets: Jordan's Principle and First Nations child and family services?
Capital needs assessments for the purchase, construction, or renovation of assets
Capital feasibility studies for the purchase, construction, or renovation of assets, including environmental and geotechnical assessments, land surveys, and other technical studies
Design costs
Purchase, construction, or renovation of assets that are ready to proceed
Initial furniture and equipment that is fit for purpose, information technology, and other equipment to furnish new spaces; site preparation; lot servicing and site clean-up after construction; building hook-ups to water, sewer, gas, and electrification; upgrades to roads to enable access to the building; and professional fees
Who can I contact for more information about the Funding for capital assets: Jordan's Principle and First Nations child and family services?
You can contact Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) by email at chrt41-tcdp41@sac-isc.gc.ca.
Where is the Funding for capital assets: Jordan's Principle and First Nations child and family services available?
The Funding for capital assets: Jordan's Principle and First Nations child and family services program is available the province of Northwest Territories, Ontario, Yukon.
Is the Funding for capital assets: Jordan's Principle and First Nations child and family services a grant, loan, or tax credit?
Funding for capital assets: Jordan's Principle and First Nations child and family services is a Grant and Funding