Human Resources, Labour and Employment
October 4, 2010
Call for Applications
for Supportive Living Community Partnership Program
Funding applications for the 2010
Supportive Living Community Partnership Program (SLCPP) are now being
accepted. The program provides grants to non-profit community-based
organizations to assist them with developing and delivering supports and
services aimed at reducing chronic homelessness.
"Our government recognizes that housing
stability is critical to enhancing the positive outcomes of other
interventions that promote wellness, inclusion, and self-sufficiency,"
said Minister Sullivan. "The SLCPP, which is funded through the Poverty
Reduction Strategy, is an important support to these organizations as
they put forward initiatives to address the diverse needs of people who
are homeless or vulnerable to housing instability."
Grants available to non-profit
organizations are expected to meet one or more of following objectives:
- Assist individuals with complex
service needs with finding and remaining in safe, affordable, stable
housing;
- Support individuals with complex
service needs to achieve greater self-determination by supporting
the conditions that promote housing stability and increase skills
and/or earnings to secure an income to live as independently as
possible;
- Provide opportunities through a
range of supportive living services to complement existing services
and/or to help address a gap in services to support the
stabilization of persons experiencing homelessness and/or multiple
barriers to permanent, long term housing;
- Support community capacity building
activities or projects that assist in the identification and
development of a range of supportive living services that prevent
and address homelessness for individuals with complex service needs.
A copy of the application form can be
obtained by visiting
www.hrle.gov.nl.ca/hrle/forcommunitypartners/slcpp.html or by
calling 729-2672. The deadline for applications is October 27, 2010.
The SLCPP is funded through the Poverty
Reduction Strategy, which outlines a government-wide approach to
promoting self-reliance, opportunity, and access to key supports for
persons vulnerable to poverty. The strategy currently includes more than
80 ongoing initiatives that were informed by the input of the public and
developed by 12 government departments to meet the needs of groups most
vulnerable to poverty.
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Media contact:
Bradley Power
Director of Communications
Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment
709-729-0753, 699-5707
bradleypower@gov.nl.ca
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