Funding programs

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• About funding programs
• Education
• Emergency management
• Governance
• Health
• Housing
• Infrastructure
• Lands and Economic Development
• Social programs
• Water in First Nations communities

About funding programs

If you qualify as an eligible potential recipient and wish to enter into a funding agreement with Indigenous Services Canada, please submit the required proposal, application or work plans. Some funding programs accept proposals through open calls with specific deadlines. Visit Calls for proposals for details.

ISC manages its funding decisions based on the Budget Management Principles founded on the financial management practices for public entities in Canada, which are informed by the Indigenous services context. These principles will serve as the foundation for the ISC Policy on Internal Reallocation of Social, Housing, Education and Health Program Funds.

Education

• Education Partnerships Program
• Elementary and Secondary Education Program
• First Nation and Inuit Cultural Education Centres Program
• First Nations and Inuit Skills Link Program
• First Nations and Inuit Summer Work Experience Program
• High-Cost Special Education Program
• Inuit Cultural Education Centres Grant Program
• Post-Secondary Partnerships Program
• Post-Secondary Student Support Program
• University and College Entrance Preparation Program

Emergency management

• Emergency Management Assistance Program
• Emergency Management FireSmart program
• Emergency Management Non-Structural Mitigation and Preparedness program

Governance

• Band Support Funding
• Employee Benefits
• Professional and Institutional Development Program
• Tribal Council Funding
• Estates management funding

Health

• Aboriginal Head Start on Reserve
• Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program
• COVID-19: Indigenous Community Support Fund
• First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care
• First Nations Baseline Assessment Program on Health and the Environment
• First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program
• Health Services Integration Fund
• Non-insured health benefits for First Nations and Inuit

Housing

• First Nation On-Reserve Housing Program
• New Approach for Housing Support in British Columbia

Infrastructure

• Capital Facilities and Maintenance Program
• First Nation Infrastructure Fund
• Health Facilities Program

Lands and Economic Development

• Contaminated Sites Management Program
• Community Opportunity Readiness
• First Nations Land Management
• Indigenous Business Development
• Lands and Economic Development Services Program
• Reserve Lands and Environment Management Program
• Strategic Partnerships Initiative
• Addressing former residential school buildings and sites on reserves

Social programs

• Assisted Living Program
• Family Violence Prevention Program
• First Nations Child and Family Services Program
• On-reserve Income Assistance Program
• Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples

Water in First Nations communities

• Circuit Rider Training Program

Related links

• ISC Budget Management Principles
• ISC National funding agreement models
• ISC Reporting guide
• CIRNAC Funding programs
• CIRNAC National funding agreement models
• CIRNAC Reporting guide
• Archived: INAC National funding agreement models
• Terms and conditions for ISC transfer payments
• Archived: Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada - Performance Measurement Strategy