NEIGHBOURHOOD CONTRIBUTIONS PROGRAM

Community level action

SUAP Project partners can provide proposals for community-level interventions that address SUAP outcomes. Funding is provided based on needs assessment and discussion with partner organizations to serve local areas.

Community-level intervention proposals can come from any of the following groups:

  • Alberta Alliance Who Educates and Advocates Responsibly (AAWEAR)
  • City of Edmonton
  • REACH Edmonton
  • Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation
  • School of Public Health, and the Design + Health Research and Innovation Lab University of Alberta, including the Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Alberta Health Services (AHS)
  • George Spady Society
  • Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (Prairie Node)
  • Boyle McCauley Health Centre
  • Boyle Street Community Services Streetworks
  • Edmonton’s Heyoka Healing Society
  • Bear Clan Patrol
  • CHEW Project Youth Focused Group
  • Edmonton’s Men’s Health Collective
  • Boots on the Ground
  • HIV Network of Edmonton Society
  • Central McDougall Community
  • Chinatown Transformation Collaborative
  • McCauley Community
  • North Edge Business Association
  • Native Counselling Services
  • Heyoka Healing Society

If you are not on the list please contact us at info@drugsafeyeg.ca.

Needs assessment will be informed by the community engagement conducted in the summer targeting focused stakeholder groups which include community groups, businesses, frontline workers and Indigenous communities.

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Community Initiatives

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Neighourhood Contribution Program Guidelines

  • Minimum: $5,000
  • Maximum: $50,000
  • Deadline to apply: September 30, 2022
  • Successful proposals chosen: October 14, 2022
  • Timeline of activities to be funded: October 2022 - March 31, 2023

 

Proposal Guidelines

  • Budget provided with expenditures detailed
  • Proposals need to respond to community needs as highlighted through either of the following:
    • SUAP community engagement report to be released in September
    • McCauley 2021 community engagement report [Download Here]
    • Research and literature review on the topic of drug poisonings
    • Community needs as highlighted through relationship building with project stakeholder groups which include: community groups, businesses, frontline workers or Indigenous communities
  • Proposals need to highlight the outcomes and benefits created in the community
  • Proposals need to predict their expected community reach as measured by their anticipated number of people served in high-risk communities by their proposed project/services 
  • Proposals need to include practical outcome indicators to track the positive progression of meeting goals
  • Proposals can be no longer than 3 pages (including appendices)
  • Groups may submit multiple different proposals

 

Eligibility Criteria

  • Project proposals must focus on one or a combination of the following:
    1. Raising community awareness on the topic of drug poisonings
    2. Provide community education on the topic of drug poisonings
    3. Develop a community resource to address drug poisonings
    4. Develop a community support or service to address drug poisonings (Please note: a new “service” developed using contribution funding could include, but is not limited to: drug use education, provision of harm reduction supplies such as safe drug use equipment, picking up of needles/syringes in the community and safe disposal, education on health and social supports for the community, etc.)
  • Has access to existing community resources and relationships to supplement project proposals
  • Strong focus on high risk community groups:
    1. Communities CURRENTLY experiencing a high prevalence of substance use and/or a high number of drug poisonings and 
    2. Communities AT RISK of experiencing a high prevalence of substance use and/or a high number of drug poisonings. Structural vulnerabilities may place certain communities at risk (e.g., males aged 30-40, Indigenous communities, inner city communities, people experiencing homelessness).
  • Proposal has a dedicated project team
  • Proposal advisory committee established to provide guidance and mentorship would be a strong asset
  • Proposal team capacity to engage in the project
  • Proposals need to address preventing drug poisonings within the city of Edmonton with a focus on high risk communities

 

Reporting

  • Three reports will be required as part of the contribution program agreement
    • Indicator progress reports are due December 16, 2022 and February 17, 2023
    • One final report is due April 10, 2023
  • Templates for all reporting requirements will be provided
  • The indicator progress reports must include:
    • Funds used thus far by the project
    • Outcome indicators to demonstrate the project is on track on meeting its goals
    • Number and type of new services generated so far
    • Number and demographics of stakeholders served by new services generated. These demographics include:
      • Gender
      • Official language
      • Age
      • Location
      • Access/participation from specific populations such as Indigenous peoples, 2SLGBTQIA+, Racialized people/communities
  • The final report must include:
    • Total funds spend
    • Report on outcomes
    • Final number and type of new services generated
    • Final number and demographics of stakeholders served by new services generated (to be used to assess the impact made in the community)
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