Funding Opportunity | Community Emergency Preparedness Grant (closes October 31 at 5:00 pm)

Funding Opportunity | Community Emergency Preparedness Grant (closes October 31 at 5:00 pm)

    • Applications are now open for the province’s $5 million Community Emergency Preparedness Grant.

    • Eligible applicants must be located in Ontario and include:

      • Small- and medium-sized municipalities (with populations under 100,000 people);

      • Local services boards established under the Northern Services Board Act;

      • First Nations communities, Tribal Councils and Indigenous service organizations that support emergency management programming in First Nations communities;

      • Non-governmental organizations with an emergency preparedness mandate or responsibility;

      • Non-governmental organizations that provide fire protection services to communities;

      • Non-municipal fire departments or entities providing fire protection services as defined in the Fire Protection and Prevention Act in unincorporated Ontario.

    • In 2023-24, the $5 million grant program supported 113 recipients across Ontario.

    • Recipients who received funding in 2023-24 will be ineligible, allowing other communities and organizations from across Ontario to benefit from this program.

    • Applicants must have a My Ontario Account and register for Transfer Payment Ontario.

    • The province is hosting information sessions to help guide applicants through the application process. Participants must register in advance if they are interested in attending.

o   More information available here

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